molly peterson

Boxer v. Fiorina, Brown v. Whitman, proposition 23: reading about November’s races, it’s clear that climate figures into key decisions the state’s going to make in a matter of months. It’s not clear the substance of climate policy will have anything to do with those decisions, but it’s worth taking a look. I’m going to start doing a regular roundup of the week’s developments in climate politics. It seems like a good way to keep my head in the game.

Cities along the Los Angeles River face increasing responsibility for preventing bacteria from entering the waterway after regional water regulators passed new standards at a meeting in Glendale on Friday. The rules will apply to all cities whose storm drains empty into the river or its tributaries. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board passed the standards over the loud objections of the cities. They’re claiming that the added responsibility of eliminating bacteria from water entering the river could

Even famous people who get Emmy nominations for shows I watched (mostly on Alex Axles Cohen’s couch) for years sometimes have problems with the Department of Water and Power.