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Carbon causes climate change. Why does a Kern County want to make more?
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOfficials in California’s top oil-producing county have a plan for a massive industrial park to...
California high court says county can't enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Monterey County cannot enforce a voter-approved ban...
Kern leaders question Newsom's tax revenue 'backfill' claim
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 6—Sitting in the audience listening to Gov. Gavin Newsom late last month at the California Economic Summit in downtown Bakersfield, Kern County Chief Administrative Officer Ryan Alsop recalls ...
Kern plays biggest role as California taps renewable energy to avoid blackouts
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 28—Except for last week's reminder, so much happens in Kern's energy transformation lately it's easy to forget the county's sizable lead in California solar and wind energy production. State ...
California hopes to fight global warming by pumping CO2 underground. Some call it a ruse
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Phillip 66 Los Angeles refinery in Wilmington. A plan released by the California Air Resources...
Editorial: Cleaning up California's oilfields may cost $21.5 billion. Taxpayers shouldn't get the...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPumpjacks operate in the McKittrick oil field in Kern County. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)...
California vows to ban gas-fueled cars. But its record on big climate promises is mixed
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades is crowded with afternoon traffic on Aug. 25. (Myung J....
Kern County leader named California Community College chancellor at system's pivotal time
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSonya Christian, head of the Kern Community College District, was appointed to lead the largest system of higher education in the country at a crucial time of plunging enrollment.
In Bakersfield, a lawsuit aims to turn a dry riverbed into a flowing river
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWater no longer flows through the Kern River at Beach Park in Bakersfield, where people have pressed...
Kern states its case at economic summit
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 28—Kern County leaders made their case Thursday — not once or twice, but over and over — on the opening day of the California Economic Summit in downtown Bakersfield. Their message to the ...
