Anne C. Mulkern
E&E News
Contact Anne
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Anne:
Nut shells fuel cement kilns as Calif. imposes climate law
California mandates cement industry carbon neutrality. Here are the options for how it could be done. → Read More
Calif. adapts to wildfire by urging people to flee
Teaching people to flee their homes is now part of California's approach to dealing with wildfires. → Read More
CALIFORNIA: First driverless taxi service approved for free pickups
Electric self-driving cars can now pick up passengers in California. → Read More
POLITICS: How Calif. is closing the door to gas in new homes
California's top energy bosses soon will decide when to snuff out natural gas flames in new homes. → Read More
ENERGY TRANSITIONS: How Calif. is closing the door to gas in new homes
California's top energy bosses soon will decide when to snuff out natural gas flames in new homes. → Read More
HOUSE: Californians drive energy and environment debate
Last year's elections gave California 46 members in the House Democratic caucus. Chairmanships, committee assignments and other leadership positions have only enhanced the state's power. → Read More
UTILITIES: PG&E heads for financial cliff as fire liabilities mount
The largest utility in California stands to go broke paying damages connected to massive wildfires, potentially triggering bankruptcy unless the state intervenes, financial and legal experts said. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: Trump says 'bad environmental laws' to blame for wildfires
President Trump blamed environmental laws yesterday for intensifying wildfires in California, in his first tweet about the ongoing disaster that has killed at least seven people. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: Trump's move to weaken car rules could reopen climate case
The Trump administration's plan to weaken federal rules on vehicle emissions could lead to the Supreme Court re-examining a major climate case that defined carbon dioxide as an air pollutant. → Read More
CAMPAIGN 2018: Calif. Dems escape 'jungle primary' lockout
Democrats avoided a nightmare scenario in California last night, with party favorites advancing in key House races. Voters also set hotly contested statewide contests. → Read More
RENEWABLES: Hawaii upends utility model, adds incentives for solar
Hawaii is overhauling how utilities get paid, upending a century-old business model and ordering incentives for affordability, renewable power and helping homeowners add rooftop solar. → Read More
COURTS: Oil company allies say climate lawsuits were shopped around
The oil industry is hitting back after being sued for climate damages by California cities and counties. → Read More
SEA-LEVEL RISE: Raising an entire island? That's 'insane'
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- An aqua-blue bay filled with white boats surrounds Balboa Island. In recent years, the bay has gushed over an aging sea wall when major storms strike at high tide. To alleviate impacts from projected sea-level rise in this exclusive enclave and other parts of Newport Beach, the city plans to spend $2 million in the short term, and potentially much more in coming years. → Read More
COURTS: Here's the strategy behind cities' lawsuits against Big Oil
Lawsuits seeking to make oil companies pay for climate-related damages in California could go forward in both state and federal courts, after judges issued split decisions on where the cases belong. → Read More
CALIFORNIA: Bounty of Democratic candidates means GOP could hold Issa seat
Democrats hoping to flip control of the House in November see the seat held by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) as a top target. Even before Issa announced in January that he won't run again, Democratic candidates flooded into the race for the 49th District. → Read More
CALIFORNIA: Record wildfires set stage for fight over insurance rules
Wildfires that ravaged California neighborhoods late last year triggered more than $9.4 billion in insurance claims, the latest in a spate of increasingly destructive blazes. Now the state's insurance regulator and some lawmakers want to change the rules governing fire insurance as homeowners face potential price spikes and cancellations. → Read More
SEA-LEVEL RISE: Calif. city with water on 3 sides faces grim future
IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — With 1.5 miles of Pacific Ocean to the west, the federally protected Tijuana Estuary to the south and the San Diego Bay to the north, Imperial Beach, the southwesternmost city in the continental United States, is immediately vulnerable to the impacts of sea-level rise. → Read More
CAMPAIGN 2018: Feinstein challenger calls himself top Trump resister
California's Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León (D) knows he's upending the traditional way Golden State Democrats seek the U.S. Senate: Get in line and wait your turn. → Read More
ADAPTATION: Who pays to move people away from rising seas? No answer yet
Determining who must move because of sea-level rise, where they'll go and who will foot the bill is among the most pressing questions of our era, experts said yesterday at Stanford University. → Read More
RENEWABLE ENERGY: How to hit 100% clean? Hawaii, Calif. offer different answers
California Democratic leaders want their state to commit to a future of 100 percent renewable electricity, a goal approved so far by only one U.S. state — Hawaii. → Read More