Tag: Governor Jerry Brown

Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 07:56 UTC
Multi-year drought forces California to impose mandatory water restrictions

California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions this week, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25%.
Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 07:46 UTC
Booming California overtakes Brazil as the world's seventh largest economy

California is overtaking Brazil as the world’s seventh-largest economy, bolstered by rising employment, home values and personal and corporate income, a year after the US most-populous state surpassed Russia and Italy.
Wednesday, January 15th 2014 - 07:11 UTC
New EPA rule requires chemical disclosure for offshore fracking

$Governor Jerry Brown does not support a ban on fracking and insists the new law is rigorous.$

By. Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing off the coast of California to disclose the chemicals they discharge into the ocean. Oil and gas companies have been fracking offshore California for perhaps as long as two decades, but they largely flew under the radar until recently.

Multi-year drought forces California to impose mandatory water restrictions