Gov. Jerry Brown’s bid to extend the state’s cap-and-trade system for fighting climate change illuminates some of the fault lines running through the Legislature — and through the governor’s own party…
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Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders released a plan Monday to extend through 2030 California’s cap-and-trade program, a key piece of the state’s quest to fight climate change by drastically reducing emissions from greenhouse gases…
After weeks of back-and-forth between environmentalists and business interests, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders introduced a proposal Monday to reauthorize California’s cap and trade program, the centerpiece of the state’s efforts to battle climate change…
Top California lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown (D) are still hammering out language to extend the state’s cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases in an effort to reach a deal by the end of next week…
In a rebuke to President Trump’s disengagement from worldwide climate change efforts, Gov. Jerry Brown told an international audience Thursday the president “doesn’t speak for the rest of us” and unveiled plans for a global environmental summit in San Francisco next year…
The American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report says four of the most polluted metropolitan regions in the U.S. are in the San Joaquin Valley…
In recent months, Gov. Jerry Brown has made clear that an extension of the state’s cap-and-trade program will need GOP support…
[A]ccording to state data, turning on the tap is risky for more than 1 million people in the San Joaquin Valley, where drinking water is among the most contaminated nationwide, according to government testing…
A report by the State Water Resources Control Board found that there are 680 community water systems across California that rely on contaminated groundwater as part of their drinking water supply…
This year, through July 2, Bakersfield has violated the federal health based ozone standard 28 times…
