California lawmakers advance aggressive climate change plans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California lawmakers on Wednesday pushed through an ambitious climate change package to further reduce the state's carbon footprint and boost the use of renewable energy to 50...
View ArticleGov. Brown, legislative Democrats scale back climate package
With little time and opposition from oil interests, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats were forced on Wednesday to retreat from their ambitious proposal to address climate change by dropping a...
View ArticleCalifornia ramps up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Building on California's ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday called on the state to further slash its carbon footprint over the next 15 years. Brown set a...
View ArticleHow California got way ahead of the rest of the world in fighting climate change
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jennifer Gill got pregnant with her first child when she was in eighth grade. She...
View ArticleBrown readies to take spot on global climate stage: 'They're not calling him...
Gov. Jerry Brown was deep into a two-hour meeting on climate change with some of California’s top scientists when he interjected a highly technical and much more personal question. He wanted to install...
View ArticleState lawmakers challenge Air Resources Board's power over climate change rules
Top members of Gov. Jerry Brown's staff hosted more than a dozen Assembly members recently to take their temperatures on hotly contested environmental legislation. Instead, the meeting became a gripe...
View ArticleWhite House Announces Additional Commitments to the American Business Act on...
(Source: President of the United States) Today, the White House will announce additional commitments from 73 companies from across the American economy who are joining the American Business Act on...
View ArticleTransit, health funding among California's unfinished work
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) While California state lawmakers announced last-minute deals on medical marijuana regulation and a scaled-back climate change proposal, they were likely to adjourn this year's...
View ArticleLawmakers, governor debate climate-change spending
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic legislative leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown are divided over whether to divvy up more than $1 billion collected from carbon auctions or retain it as an enticing...
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