molly peterson

A federal district court has upheld key provisions of a program designed to clean up air pollution at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, in part by requiring trucking companies to employ their drivers rather than contract with them. In a written statement, Geraldine Knatz, the executive director of the Port of LA, said port officials are pleased. “Our ability to have direct enforcement of the truck bans and other important features of our concession agreements with the

Oops! Forgot about this over the weekend: which magazines, you ask? The Atlantic and The New Republic, actually. (Preaching to the converted?) Bradford Plumer makes the point that state-level climate policy matters in The New Republic: Renewable standards, efficiency laws, a utility-only carbon-trade system that’s currently operating in the Northeast… And looking ahead, a number of Western states are watching California closely and mulling the possibility of linking up with its cap-and-trade system down the road. Assuming that Congress doesn’t

Opponents to AB32 – supporters of Proposition 23 – I write both so that I beat it into my own head that 23 opposes 32 – say they’re concerned that cutting greenhouse gas emissions even on an oft-delayed schedule will wreck the state’s economy. A bunch of pointy-headed intellectuals beg to differ. And within that group of intellectuals, some of ‘em are complaining about it. The Union of Concerned Scientists has a new letter out from a group of 118