An LA Timesman in Washington. Then: The domestic policy upheaval in the Age of Trump and traveling the nation to chronicle the 2020 election. Now: Politics. Energy. Money. Climate. Food. Cannabis. Techies. The West.
Evan Halper
National Reporter, Los Angeles TImes
Washington, D.C.
An LA Timesman in Washington. Then: The domestic policy upheaval in the Age of Trump and traveling the nation to chronicle the 2020 election. Now: Politics. Energy. Money. Climate. Food. Cannabis. Techies. The West.
"This is a fascinating option," said Robert Weisenmiller, chair of the California Energy Commission. "The technology works. You can do this. The question is … what do we need to do to make it happen?" California has the nation's most aggressive goals for renewable power and also wants to put 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road over the next decade.
But as states, led by California, race to bring more wind, solar and geothermal power online, those and other forms of alternative energy have become a new source of anxiety. The problem is that renewable energy adds unprecedented levels of stress to a grid designed for the previous century. Green energy is the least predictable kind.
Scientists backed by the government and Bill Gates are studying schemes such as sunlight-blocking particles and giant carbon vacuums to halt climate change. This rendering shows a cloud-brightening scheme by scientist John Latham… (John MacNeil ) As international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions stall, schemes to slow global warming using fantastical technologies once dismissed as a sideshow are getting serious consideration in Washington.
Wealthy investors package tax breaks to generate windfalls from even mediocre box office results. "The wisest of investors out there always make money in Hollywood, even on the crappiest of films."