Blanca Begert is a Reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She specializes in environmental journalism, focusing on energy policy and regulation, sustainable agriculture, and the environmental impacts of mining. Her work has been featured in prominent publications including the Associated Press, Mother Jones, and Scientific American.
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By: Blanca Begert
The Trump administration struck a $120 million agreement with Golden State Wind in April to abandon its wind lease and pursue oil instead.
By: Blanca Begert
After the Trump administration paid California offshore wind developers to abandon their leases and pursue oil and gas development instead, the state is fighting back.
By: Blanca Begert
After the Trump administration paid California offshore wind developers to abandon their leases and pursue oil and gas development instead, the state is fighting back.
By: Blanca Begert, Dakota Smith
After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California's growing data center industry, action triggered by community anger over the facilities and fears of high utility bills in some communities.
By: Blanca Begert, Dakota Smith
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by
By: Dakota Smith, Blanca Begert
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by
By: Dakota Smith, Blanca Begert
The goal, according to legislators and advocates, is to protect consumers from growing electricity costs driven upward by the sprawling facilities and to track the centers' immense energy and water consumption.
By: Blanca Begert
Renters could get access to solar panels if the governor signs two bills just passed by the legislature
By: Blanca Begert
In a lawsuit filed last Friday in U.S. District Court for the California Northern District, state Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission allege that one of the deals violates federal law and constitutes an illegal payout.
By: Blanca Begert
California just became the first state in the nation to require that replacement car tires be as energy-efficient as new ones, a move the state says will save drivers a billion dollars annually while reducing gasoline and electricity demand.
