Dubroff: Tri-Counties on the front lines of clean energy innovation
Columns, Energy, Latest newsThe region has a lot at stake in the climate talks in Paris. That’s my takeaway as more than 190 nations gather in the French capital to ponder the future of the carbon-based economy. Bending the curve on carbon emissions has attracted a big global constituency – engaging the Pope, multinational companies, communist regimes Read More →
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students build house for solar decathlon
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Bills to help veterans get jobs should become law
Editorials, OpinionAs Labor Day nears, California’s legislature is considering bills to help veterans returning home from active duty rejoin the workforce. California is home to a growing population of more than 1.8 million veterans. With overseas operations in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and more troops headed home, the number of veterans seeking jobs in California Read More →
Can commercialism, professionalism co-exist in accounting profession?
Op/Eds, OpinionWhat we see today in the accounting profession is troubling. Increased commercial activities threatens the independence cornerstone of the profession that underlies its public interest obligation. Audit firms are pushing the envelope in their involvement with non-audit services that makes it appear as though they might compromise their independence on the audit because of these Read More →
‘Making things right’ after Refugio oil spill more than lip service
Central Coast, Editorials, Energy, Opinion, South Coast, Tourism, Tri-County EconomyPlains All American Pipeline, the Houston-based company responsible for the oil spill near Refugio Beach on May 19, should stop the bullshit. Plains’ aversion to providing honest answers about the spill was on full display June 26 at a joint oversight hearing by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Select Committee on the Read More →
Bigger fines needed to hold oil pipe owners accountable
Editorials, Energy, Latest news, Opinion, South Coast, TourismIt’s a case of business as usual for Plains All American Pipeline, which owns the pipe that ruptured near Goleta on May 19 and spilled an estimated 101,000 gallons of oil. About 21,000 gallons of oil flowed through a storm culvert under Highway 101 into the ocean, blackening area beaches and creating a 10-square-mile oil Read More →
