Public Information Officer for the California Independent Systems Operator
Public Information Officer for the California Independent Systems Operator
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Gregg Fishman
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FROM Gregg Fishman
Which Way, L.A.?
Searing Heat Pushes State Electricity Grid to the Max Higher temperatures are generating a higher demand for power, making today and tomorrow Flex Alert days.
Which Way, L.A.?
Green Power Versus Green Spaces State law requires private utilities to generate 20% of their power from renewable sources by 2010. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is exempt because it’s publicly owned , but Mayor Villagraigosa wants to meet that goal anyway. We’ll talk about that in a moment. First, the issue of building new power lines to bring geothermal power to Los Angeles from the Imperial Valley. Environmentalists are worried that the new “energy corridor” will destroy habitat on protected lands.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?