Questions linger about environmental impact of Poseidon plant
Poseidon Water plans to build a seawater desalination plant on the grounds of the AES Huntington Beach Generating Station, which will close in the next few years.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
April 28, 2021 3 PM PT
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Every year that it converts a bit of the Pacific Ocean into drinking water, the proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant would kill tiny marine life crucial to the sea’s food web.
Questions of how and when to offset that environmental harm remain unresolved in regulators’ ongoing review of Poseidon Water’s plans to build a $1-billion desalting plant on the Orange County coastline.
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How Gavin Newsom Landed in a California Jam
The campaign to recall the state’s governor shows that even a one-party stronghold like California can be rocked by the nation’s political polarization.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has been a target of recall attempts almost from the moment of his election.Credit.Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
April 27, 2021Updated 6:23 p.m. ET
SACRAMENTO For all the controversies and Covid-19 crises that now have Gov. Gavin Newsom of California facing a historic recall election, it was a pair of prosaic events on Nov. 6 a court hearing and a dinner that led to the current political instability that will grip the state for months to come.
Facebook banned Gavin Newsom recall organizer during 2020 crackdown
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Orrin Heatlie, the main organizer for the Recall of California Gov. Newsom campaign, records a radio program at KABC.Damian Dovarganes / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Orrin Heatlie, the main organizer for the Recall of California Gov. Newsom campaign, poses with a banner before recording a radio program at the KABC radio station studio in Culver City (Los Angeles County) on March 27, 2021.Damian Dovarganes / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
SACRAMENTO Orrin Heatlie, the primary leader of the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, was banned from Facebook last year after the company concluded that he had violated its community standards.