Climate Change: Mad Weather, Insane Policies

By Rev. Jim Conn
Despite the conventional wisdom that Southern California only has one season, some wag suggested it does indeed have four: Fires, floods, earthquakes and riots. So far this year we’ve had none of those, for which I am grateful, and I h…

How Long Before Life-Endangering Air Pollution Becomes A Top-of-Mind Concern?

By Alan Kandel
Houston: We (California) have a problem, a Texas-sized problem.
With the climate change debate front-page news, the fight to combat air pollution is every bit as important in my book; perhaps even more so. If not, what is this saying?
Ca…

Federal Government Runs out of Money to Fight Fires, Pays for It By Cutting Fire Prevention Programs

By David Dayen
Here’s a story at the intersection of catastrophic climate change and austerity.
Because of the constant burning of carbon into the atmosphere and the resulting changes to the weather and climate, the US has experienced more and more wil…

Sacramento’s Mixed Fiscal Message

By Peter Schrag So was it a threat or just a statement of hard facts? The “it” here was the Field Poll’s finding last week that 72 percent of voters don’t approve of the school budget cuts that would automatically follow failure of Gov. Je…