“Fish vs farms”: It’s the perennial tug-of-war for water between environmentalists, who want to see stable ecosystems in the Sacramento-San-Joaquin River Delta, and farmers, who feel slighted that they need to fight with endangered fish in order to irrigate their fields. Now, that fight is playing out in Washington, DC, …
Read More »Trump’s Emergency Declaration Could Stall Construction Projects At San Diego Military Bases
Military communities around the country are looking at the potential impact of President Trump’s state of emergency declaration. The president declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday to secure up to $ 8 billion in funding for a barrier on the southern border – more than four …
Read More »Trump’s border security boss should resign over family separation policy, Democrats say
Leading Democrats from California called for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign on Monday, citing the department’s controversial practice of separating immigrant families caught trying to cross the southern … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s love for coal and the Republicans who want more solar
While President Donald Trump searches for a way to save America’s coal country, some in his own party have their eyes set on what’s arguably the exact opposite: making solar … Click to Continue »
Read More »Will Trump’s pick to run the EPA office in San Francisco show up for work?
The White House has finally found someone to take on the stress of overseeing President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel-friendly environmental agenda in the heart of hostile territory: California and nearby … Click to Continue »
Read More »Editorial: Trump’s EPA rollbacks to dirtier cars means dirtier air to breathe
President Donald Trump’s ill-advised rollback of tailpipe emissions standards will choke progress toward cleaning the air and cutting the costs to drive a car or truck. The Environmental Protection Agency … Click to Continue »
Read More »Automakers hope to avoid market disruption in Trump’s latest fight with California
A possible clash between the U.S. government and California over future fuel-economy standards raises the question of whether automakers one day might have to build different sets of the same … Click to Continue »
Read More »No one seems to want to run Trump’s EPA in California
Perhaps it is unsurprising that the White House still hasn’t filled this job: San Francisco is not an inviting place for the Make America Great Again administration. But the administration’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »As Trump’s fossil-fuel ‘energy dominance’ plan founders, a crucial solar energy decision nears
During his first year in office, President Donald Trump has guided the ship of state directly into the headwinds of market instability, civic opposition, unstable finance and environmental risk in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Transgender Merced veteran reacts to fed court ruling on Trump’s military ban
A federal judge in Washington on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from excluding transgender people from military service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that transgender service members who … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s tax overhaul could hurt many Californians
The tagline for Republicans’ new tax code rewrite, unveiled Wednesday at the Capitol, should be “hashtag keep yo money,” South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott joked. It may not work out … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s environmental rollbacks hitting major roadblocks
As President Donald Trump flouts international calls to act on climate change, his administration is finding the pressure at home tougher to ignore. The limitations of Trump’s power to reset … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s what U.S Rep. Jim Costa thinks about Trump’s health care bill
Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, talked with Merced County health leaders and advocates on July 6, 2017 to receive feedback and discuss how the republicans proposed health bill will impact people in Merced County. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
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