Newsom’s appointees should stop delaying this great climate solution
We’ll have to wait a few more weeks to find out if Gov. Gavin Newsom is willing to push back against utility industry resistance to…
Turkey launches probe after Boeing plane lands without front landing gear | Aviation News
Boeing 767 cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport without its front landing gear, says a transport ministry official. A Boeing 767 cargo plane has landed…
Here’s what Exxon’s CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis
Oil and gas conglomerate Exxon Mobil could be a key player in global efforts to combat the climate crisis — if only governments would remove…
Boeing Starliner launch scrubbed over oxygen relief valve concern
1 of 3 | The first crewed mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule was scrubbed Monday night, with two astronauts on board and just hours before…
Boeing postpones launch of Starliner space capsule over valve problem | Space
Cancellation of inaugural crewed space mission comes as Boeing is under fire over safety record at its aviation arm. Boeing has called off the inaugural…
Boeing scrubs historic Starliner launch to ISS hours before take off as Nasa astronauts forced to stand down over issue
THE launch for Boeing’s spacecraft has been scrubbed just hours before it was bound for the International Space Station with crew members aboard for the…
US officials probe allegations Boeing workers falsified inspection records | Aviation
Federal Aviation Administration says Boeing voluntarily informed officials that inspections may not have been completed. Air safety officials in the United States are investigating whether…
Boeing faces new inquiry over 787 inspection doubts
"We quickly reviewed the matter and learned that several people had been violating company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work…
It’s time for a grand bargain to end California’s solar squabbling
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees could vote next week on a widely criticized plan that climate activists, solar installers and labor unions say would pointlessly slow…
Climate change is a star in some of Hollywood’s most popular movies
I never saw the 2017 film “Justice League.” But if I had, I would have been treated to a scene in which Batman (Ben Affleck)…
Here are the 32 coal plants still powering the American West
Over the last two decades, 21 coal-fired power plants have shut down across the Western U.S. Twenty-one down, 32 to go. Those numbers are based…
Disneyland will never be completed. Neither will healing the Earth
It didn’t take much for Eric Swenson to start a chain reaction that in less than two years would prompt the world’s most influential entertainment…
Boeing subject of 32 whistleblower complaints, documents reveal | Business and Economy News
Boeing has been the subject of 32 whistleblower complaints with the workplace safety regulator in the United States during the past three years, newly obtained…
Changing our lives is scary. The climate crisis is way scarier
“I want you to stop changing your lives, OK? We’ve been conditioned to think that change is good and exciting, but what if it’s not?…
Boeing whistleblower says firm is ‘putting out defective airplanes’ | Manufacturing
NewsFeedA Boeing engineer has told a US Senate hearing that the company is ‘putting out defective airplanes’ due to improper manufacturing methods.Published On 18 Apr…
Repowering the West, Part 5!
In January 2020, I sat down with my editors at the L.A. Times office and pitched them on a series of stories that would eventually…
US officials probe new whistleblower claims against Boeing | Aviation News
Engineer alleges that aircraft giant took unsafe shortcuts in the production of the 787 Dreamliner. US aviation authorities have begun investigating new whistleblower claims accusing…
Boeing Q1 deliveries plunge amid safety concerns
1 of 3 | Deliveries of Boeing commercial airplanes dropped during the first quarter of this year to their lowest number since midway through 2021,…
Hurry up with the electric cars, Disneyland. There’s no time to waste
When I broke the news last week that Disneyland is planning to ditch gas engines and make a long-overdue switch to electric or hybrid cars…
Disneyland is ditching gas cars at Autopia. It’s a great first step for Tomorrowland
The air tastes putrid. The traffic is terrible. The engines are loud, the oil-stained roadways ugly and antiquated. This is Autopia, part of Walt Disney’s…