Global Warming

Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets

2013-05-17 14:09:00

State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...

Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations

2013-05-17 18:30:00

Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...

A return to the 'era of limits' in California

2013-05-16 00:00:00

In a reminder of the boom years of the late 1990s, California's fiscal picture brightened in the first few months of 2013, leaving the state unexpectedly flush with cash. But when Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal...

For the record

2013-05-16 00:00:00

DNA and breast cancer: A Q&A in the May 15 Section A about how genes influence breast cancer risk implied that the average woman's risk of developing breast cancer was 50%. As stated elsewhere in the article, most women face a 12% to 13% lifetime risk...

Global warming ruins SoCal Mother's Day

2013-05-13 14:26:00

News flash: Global warming hits California! That’s right -- the Golden State has become the Golden Baking State, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. For example, in Johnny Carson’s “beautiful downtown Burbank” on...

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site

2013-05-13 09:40:00

Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth's atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation's climate observers. The National Oceanic and...

Gov. Brown chided for plan to borrow from cap-and-trade funds

2013-05-14 16:16:00

Gov. Jerry Brown sparked controversy Tuesday when he proposed to shift $500 million out of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and loan it to the state general fund as part of the effort to balance the budget. The money would come from a...

Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state

2013-05-14 20:38:00

SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...

Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants

2013-05-12 20:48:00

POOLESVILLE, Md.�— On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...

Letters: From pothole to pothole we go

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Re "L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars," May 5 As The Times reports, public funds dedicated to Los Angeles' road maintenance this year total an all-time high of $105 million — about $42 per registered vehicle in the city. But that's a small...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold

2013-05-10 15:03:00

WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...

Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says

2013-05-12 10:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species....

Greenhouse gases contribute to climate change, but are they also causing Southern California's heat wave?

2013-05-13 13:47:54

Coal-fired power plants, such as the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona, contribute to the record levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. The atmospheric carbon dioxide level is expected to soon hit a troublesome milestone of 400 parts per million, scientists say.

2013-04-30 18:17:40

The Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL is the first hydrogen-electric vehicle the German manufacturer is making available to individuals. A new National Research Council Report says it's one of the technologies needed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

2013-03-19 10:26:02