Russ Mitchell
Journalist and Researcher at Freelance
Reporter. Former Twitter user. Find me on LinkedIn, BlueSky, Substack, and https://t.co/GSwOD0kOMu.
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Feb 16, 2025 |
latimes.com | Russ Mitchell
Russia. China. Venezuela. Iran. More than a dozen countries make gasoline at state-owned refineries. Could California be next on the list? California policymakers are considering state ownership of one or more oil refineries, one item on a list of options presented by the California Energy Commission to ensure steady gas supplies as oil companies pull back from the refinery business in the state.
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Feb 4, 2025 |
latimes.com | Russ Mitchell
Demand for new electric vehicles has flatlined in California, new sales figures show, raising questions as to whether automobile manufacturers can meet ambitious state mandates for zero-emission vehicle sales. Aside from Tesla, which sells only EVs, no other major manufacturer will meet the state’s 35% threshold for zero-emission vehicles in the upcoming 2026 model year, said Brian Maas, president of the California New Car Dealers Assn. “The data don’t lie,” Maas said.
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Feb 2, 2025 |
latimes.com | Russ Mitchell
That’s enough to kick the plan’s strained finances further into crisis mode, increasing the chances that homeowners statewide will see insurance costs rise.
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Feb 2, 2025 |
latimes.com | Russ Mitchell
It seemed like the death knell. The state of California failed to get required federal permission from the Biden administration — the Biden administration — to enforce new regulations that would phase out sales of diesel big-rig trucks to fleet operators at the state’s seaports, forcing them to buy zero-emission vehicles instead. The regulations, known as Advanced Clean Fleets, faced pitched opposition from the trucking industry.
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Feb 1, 2025 |
latimes.com | Russ Mitchell
The Rev. Al Sharpton will visit Pasadena on Thursday to lead a memorial service and a rally for victims of the Los Angeles fires. Accompanying him will be attorney Ben Crump, who represents families of people killed in the fires, along with several relatives of the deceased. “The wildfires scourging Los Angeles these last few weeks have been a devastating humanitarian and natural disaster,” Sharpton said in a prepared statement.
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