Climate Change
July, 2021
- In big first, California’s oil and gas regulatory agency denies all 21 Aera Energy fracking permit applications
- State denies Valley fracking permits, citing health and climate concerns
- Governor Newsom Holds Virtual Discussion with Leading Climate Scientists on State’s Progress Toward Carbon Neutrality
- The West is caught in a vicious climate change feedback loop
- A California Town Has No Reliable Running Water During A Heat Wave
June, 2021
- California Town Completely Without Running Water as Drought, Heat Wave Intensifies
- California town reportedly has no running water during heat wave
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- The West Coast: Carbon Free by 2045 . . . or Earlier
- Report: Groundwater Overhaul Could Threaten Drinking Water Of More Than A Million Valley Residents
- California was supposed to get protection from backyard oil drilling. Another missed deadline.
- California approves 11.5 GW of new clean resources in largest-ever single procurement order
- The EPA Just Announced A $50 Million Push To Help Underserved Communities Tackle Pollution And Get Jobs
- EWG enters fight for rooftop solar in California, calling for monopoly utilities to serve ratepayers, not Wall St. investors
- Officials issue warning about poor air quality in Valley
- Tulare County’s never-ending drought brings dried up wells and plenty of misery
- California's climate plan pits bioenergy against environmental justice goals
- Oil and Gas Industry Diverted 3 Billion Gallons of Freshwater for Drilling That Could Have Gone to Households
- The Golden State Going Greener
- Newsletter: Why a California oil workers union is getting behind clean energy
- How better data can help California avoid a drinking water crisis
- Hefty budget offers chance for state to seal ‘Green New Deal’
- 'Energy Justice' Nominee Brings Activist Voice To Biden's Climate Plans
- How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change
- Latinx and Low-Income Communities Are Paying the Human Costs of Plastic Pollution
- The Path to Climate Solutions Starts with Environmental Justice
April, 2021
- CA must commit to ambitious climate targets, infrastructure will follow
- Newsom orders end to fracking in California by 2024, work toward phasing out all in-state oil production by 2045
- Newsom Announces Plans to Ban Fracking, Phase Out Oil Extraction in California
- California takes steps to ban fracking by 2024 and will halt oil extraction by 2045
- Newsom orders end to fracking in California by 2024, work toward phasing out all in-state oil production by 2045
- Gov. Newsom aims to phase out fracking; will halt issuance of permits by 2024
- Newsom to announce ban on new fracking projects
- 'Just transition' advocates revisit anti-oil campaign after key defeat in Sacramento
- CalEPA Announces Carbon Neutrality Studies Identify Potential Paths for California to Reach 2045 Goal
- How California Oil Spillers Fend Off New Climate Laws
- California wells will go dry this summer. ‘Alarm bells are sounding’ in the Valley
- 4 in 10 Americans breathe polluted air, with people of color hit hardest
- Gov. Newsom declares emergency drought in two California counties. Central Valley excluded for now
- Latinx Leaders Paving the Way for Climate Action
- Low-income Californians must help state set climate change, economic justice goals
March, 2021
- Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America
- Development of clean energy should be linked to needs and benefits of low-income communities
- 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Introduced?
- Expected State Attorney General Action in Response to Post-Election Environmental Policy Change
- Cap and trade, offsets at a crossroads in California’s climate policy
February, 2021
- Center for Biological Diversity sues Cali over oil, gas drilling
- Renewable Energy Technology is Not Fully Helping Communities That Need it Most
- Gavin Newsom Sued for 'Completely Unacceptable' Approval of Oil and Gas Projects in California
- Los Angeles is Looking Into Clean Energy, But is it Enough?
- Big Decisions: The Future of US Environmental and Energy Policy
- Exposure to Pollution Has Long-Term Effect on Multiple Generations
- The origins of environmental justice—and why it’s finally getting the attention it deserves
- Communities at the Heart of Climate Action
- Gov. Gavin Newsom is at a crossroads on climate action and environmental justice
- New bill seeks to ban fracking in California
- Kern Community Leaders Address Dangers of Oil and Gas at BC Webinar
- California to review carbon trading program as part of climate roadmap
- Democratic State Lawmakers Propose Fracking Ban in California
- Calif. Senators Propose Banning Fracking In State By 2027
- California to review carbon trading program as part of climate roadmap
- Burning Fossil Fuels Caused One-Fifth of Premature Deaths in 2018
- CPUC moves forward with plan to prevent 2021 blackouts despite criticism from environmental groups
- Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’
- What’s Next For State Climate Action In The US? 7 Areas To Watch
- County oil review set to resurface next week at contentious hearing
- Biden Seeks To Put Teeth In Environmental Justice Policies
- Foundations Pledge to Direct More Grants to Climate Groups Led by People of Color
- Pledge drive urges funding racially diverse climate efforts
- California Adds New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Along Highway 99, Creates Climate Corps
- California Environmental Officials Switch to Offense as Biden Takes Charge
- California Governor Gavin Newsom, Despite Pledge, Signed 1,709 Oil and Gas Production Permits
- Groups fear California blackout prevention plan could increase gas use, threaten climate goals
January, 2021
- Editorial: Biden's climate shift is a break and a test for Newsom
- Biden climate plan: Environmental justice 'writ large'
- CA’s environmental agenda gets new energy
- EJ Groups Flex Muscle
- Cal Leaders Applaud Biden on Administration Action on Climate
- Oil and gas companies say they support climate action. Are they serious?
- Reps. Barragán and Clarke reintroduce the Energy Resilient Communities Act to fight Climate Crisis
- Millions of Americans, Hundreds of Groups Support Halting Fossil Fuel Leasing, Permitting on Public Lands, Oceans
- State takes credit for issuing 23% fewer oil drilling permits
- Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land
- What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment
- What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment
- Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept
- The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration
- California Attorney General, CARB Lead Coalition in Challenging Trump Administration's ‘Insufficient’ Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Airplanes
- Newsom budget hurts environmental justice programs
- How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Fight Climate Change and Structural Racism
- Democrats look to pass environmental justice package
- Politicians join industry's campaign against phasing out California oil production
- Two Years Later, Newsom Has Failed on Climate
December, 2020
- Biden Faces Pressure to Tackle Backlog of 'Unfunded' Toxic Waste Sites
- Signs of Hope for US Federal Climate Action in 2021
- National Momentum for Equitable Building Decarbonization
- Mary Nichols, California's Great Environmental Warrior, Did Not Fight the Right Battles for Some
- The Vibe Of It All: Turning Stockton Into 'An Oasis Of Joy'
- Opinion: Ten pieces of good news for the environment in a dismal 2020
- The New Derivatives Market in California Water: Disaster Natural Resources Capitalism at Work
- Boiling Point: Obama wouldn’t keep fossil fuels in the ground. But Biden says he will
- Latinos in Fresno deserve efforts to reduce climate-driven pollution and illnesses
- The battle over Nichols for EPA
- Who will fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat? Newsom ought to appoint a climate hawk
- How can we hold politicians to their promises on race and climate?
- Trump Opens Up Bidding for Oil and Gas Leases in California
- Climate Hawks Vote: Staffing the Biden Administration with climate hawks
- A Biden-Harris Take on Environmental Justice: What to Expect
- The Energy 202: Biden calls climate change an 'emergency.' Now he's under pressure to officially declare it one.
November, 2020
- White House Races to Finalize Environmental Rollbacks
- Boiling Point: In the West, opposing natural gas is tricky — even for a Democrat with climate cred
- Utilities launch groundbreaking 'green' hydrogen-gas project
- Jerry Brown's Climate Advice to Biden: Rebuild Credibility, Disregard Environmental Advocates
- California Volunteers Selects Host Partners for Inaugural California Climate Action Corps Fellowship - Includes California Fire Safe Council
- The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color
- If You Care About the Climate Crisis, You Must Care About Environmental Justice—Here’s Why
- L.A. Could Mandate Buffer Zones Around Oil, Gas Wells
- Help is on the way for California’s air and climate
- A Quick Look at the Biden-Harris Clean Energy Plan, and its California Connections
- How California Is An Example For Biden’s Climate Change Fight
- How Will VP Harris Influence Climate Policy At The White House?
- Disadvantaged Communities May Get Overlooked For Climate Adaptation Funding
- What Does it Take to Meet State Climate and Equity Goals?
- YES! Youth Environmentally Savvy
- New National Climate Change Guide Focuses On Impact In San Joaquin Valley Communities
October, 2020
- California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice
- Behind the Battle for the Future of California’s Oil
- Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution
- Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution
- Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change
- Environmental groups launch campaign against Kern oil permitting plan
- Activists Criticize Newsom for Not Addressing Oil Drilling
September, 2020
- Gov. Gavin Newsom and Big Oil: It’s Complicated
- Will Gavin Ever Stand Up to Big Oil?
- Legal Petition Seeks to Close California Forest Carbon Loophole
- Boiling Point: California won’t need to kill fossil fuel plants. They’re dying of old age
- What to Know About Newsom’s Big Climate Plan
- ‘Not the Time for Small Ball’: Climate Leaders Tout Ways to Lead California Through Crises
- Wiener says he’ll move to ban fracking in California, following Newsom’s lead
- Gavin Newsom’s climate hypocrisy
- All New California Cars, Trucks Must Be Zero-Emission By 2035, Newsom Announces In Executive Order
- In Open Letter to California, Climate and Environmental Justice Groups Outline Key Climate Actions for Gov. Newsom
- Power Up: California may be burning. But it's also still drilling for oil
- Lawmakers let oil and gas interests sicken us; Gov. Newsom can put us on the path to recovery
- Fresno area ‘surrounded by fires.’ Residents warned to stay inside from record-bad air
- Lawmakers let oil and gas interests sicken us; Gov. Newsom can put us on the path to recovery
- California farmworkers say they didn’t get masks during wildfires
- Plume from massive fires swirling over Fresno area. Here’s how to stay safe
- Nation’s largest solar farm approved for Tulare County
- Where is the ash in Stanislaus County coming from, and how long will it be here?
- In CA: Wildfires continue and the air quality suffers
- Smell wildfire smoke in your home? Here’s a cheap and simple hack to clean indoor air
August, 2020
- The 3 CA Senate Dems who voted against drilling setbacks bill took big bucks from big oil
- Editorial: California is leading again on clean trucks and cleaner air
- Shape up or ship out: California requires ships, trucks to eliminate thousands of tons of pollution
- Is Carbon Capture a Political Scam?
- CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on Grounding COVID Recovery in Climate Action
- Fires Exacerbate Difficult Working Conditions For Farm Workers
- The power went out. Now California might let these gas plants stay open
- Community Voices: Be a climate champion
- Will Kamala Harris Act Boldly on Climate Change?
- Renewable Energy Isn’t to Blame for California’s Blackouts
January, 2020
November, 2019
October, 2019
September, 2019
July, 2019
June, 2019
- Climate Change Versus Clean Water: A Battle Over California Funds
- Kamala Harris on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands
- Many States Disagree with President on Climate Change
- Overnight Energy: Trump proposal would nix agency reviews of long-term climate impacts | Greens rip decision | House votes to block offshore drilling for one year
- Newsom Catches Heat for Using Climate Funds on Drinking Water Plan
- Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers
- Editorial: California lawmakers are turning cap-and-trade into the slush fund critics long feared
- California’s Biggest Secret? How Big Oil Dominates Public Discourse to Manipulate and Deceive
May, 2019
- Commutes, jobs at stake in California's clean air battle with Trump
- To improve the Valley’s poor air quality, focus must be to reduce vehicles on the road
- California defies Trump to ban pesticide linked to childhood brain damage
- How to Build the Green New Deal? Cities and States May Already Have Answers
April, 2019
- California Readies Clean Energy Financing Clearinghouse
- How Big Oil Dominates the Public Discourse to Manipulate and Decieve
- Air Quality Up but Still Poor for Central Valley Areas
- Report: Despite Improvements, Valley Air Still Worst In The Country
- On Earth Day, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Refuses to Lead on Global Warming; Denies Petition to Require Insurers to Disclose the Fossil Fuel Projects They Insure, Says Consumer Watchdog
- Putting California's climate action plans to work for our communities
- California's New Enviro Chief Talks Alternative Pesticides, Recycling Reform and Trump ‘Upside-Down Days'
- Protect the state’s environmental legacy from Trump’s onslaughts
- The Foundations That Work on Environmental Health, with an Eye on Building Power
- Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
March, 2019
- How California is Defying Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
- California Already Has a Green New Deal. Here's How It Works
- Billionaire Environmentalist Tom Steyer Joins Eduardo Garcia to Fight for Clean Water Across California
- Fight the Power?
- Tackling the Water Crisis will be Just as Hard as it Sounds
- Nunes, Costa, Cox Collide on Climate Change, yet they Represent the Same Fresno County Region
- California Is At The Vanguard Of Climate Change Policy. But Does The State Need A ‘Green New Deal’ Of Its Own?
- Green New Dealers, Look to California
- De Leòn Joins USC Schwarzenegger Institute to Launch Statewide Fight Against Air Pollution
- It's Time for California to Get Out of the Oil Business
February, 2019
- What's Gavin Newsom's Plan for Sustainable Water in California? We Still Have Little Idea
- We can’t Wait for Washington’s Green New Deal. California Needs Just Transition Now
- California's Governor Warns Climate Change Pressuring Utilities
- How Can the Green New Deal Deliver Environmental Justice?
- Californians Add Momentum to "Green New Deal"
January, 2019
December, 2018
November, 2018
October, 2018
- States Shift Focus To Pollution Victims As Trump Nears 2 Major Climate Rollbacks
- Why a Farmworker’s Daughter Interrupted Governor Brown at the Global Climate Action Summit
- How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?
- Jerry Brown Didn’t Invite Grassroots Activists to His Climate Summit—They Came Anyway
- New California Laws Address Climate Change—Some Bills Fall Short
- New California Laws Address Climate Change—Some Bills Fall Short
September, 2018
- California counters Trump on car emissions standards, expands other climate rules
- Expanding Environmental Justice to Achieve a Just Transition
- Water missed the main stage at the Global Climate Action Summit. It should be front and center.
- Protesters fills streets near SF climate summit, object to 'market-based' solutions
- “Climate Capitalism Is Killing Our Communities”: Protesters Disrupt Gov. Brown’s SF Climate Summit
- Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit
- Hundreds march in SF against governor’s Global Climate Action Summit
- Jerry Brown Is Getting Heckled At His Own Climate Conference
- Big Oil's Black Mark on California's Climate Record
- Climate Change Isn’t Just Making It Difficult For Farmworkers. It’s Putting Their Lives In Danger.
- Jerry Brown signs 100% renewables bill to fight 'existential threat of climate change'
- Thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis
- Heavy hitters on climate change converge on San Francisco, with Gov. Jerry Brown as host
- March for climate change: Huge gathering expected for Saturday rally in SF
- Activists everywhere will Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice in marches on Saturday. Join one.
August, 2018
- With Global Climate Action Summit, Paris Comes to San Francisco
- Jerry Brown’s Climate Legacy Is Still Being Decided
- California Releases Grim Climate Change Assessment
- Climate change will be deadlier, more destructive and costlier for California than previously believed, state warns
- Air pollution from U.S. manufacturing lower; regulations among other factors credited
- Climate Defenders Mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March
- California’s biggest environmental challenges? Water. Climate change. Political hot air.
- California Brings Benefits of Solar Power to Low-Income Residents
July, 2018
June, 2018
- Prop 70’s resounding defeat signals need for bolder climate leadership
- Senate Committee passes bill that would make state more dependent on dirty energy
- Hey California, Let’s Spare the Air and Turn Down the Gas
- Primary Results Boost Environmental Justice in CA
- Lyft offers zero support for zero emission bill
- Governor Brown Appoints EDF California Climate Director to Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee
- Building a post-carbon future: California tries to lead — will the world follow?
May, 2018
- Prop. 70 will slow down California’s push toward a greener future
- Senate approves bill building climate equity for low income communities
- How a Foundation's Focus on Cities Made it a Leader in a Changing Environmental Movement
- Prop. 70 will undermine California’s climate investments
- Will Gov. Brown Plug the Dangerous Hole in California’s Climate Action?
January, 2018
November, 2017
- Climate change: Jerry Brown says he’s talked enough, wants to ‘get something done’
- California’s 'Dirty Oil' Said as Environmentally Damaging as Canada Oilsands
- California’s Climate Emissions Are Falling, But Cap-And-Trade Is Not The Cause
- The good news? Gov. Brown has world’s attention on climate. The bad news? There’s no time to lose
- California to showcase subnational climate action at COP 23
September, 2017
August, 2017
July, 2017
- What Jerry Brown’s Big Cap & Trade Win Means On Climate and the GOP
- ure, then giddily pose with Democratic leaders — in return for zilch
- California’s cap-and-trade gets mixed review from Citizens Climate Lobby
- To Slow Climate Change And Speed Up Environmental Justice
- Brown’s cap-and-trade bill exposes fault lines of state politics
- Lawmakers announce plan to extend California cap and trade
- Gov. Brown and lawmakers unveil proposal to extend California climate program
- Brown and lawmakers haggle over details of carbon market
- Gov. Brown unveils plan for global climate summit, further undercutting Trump's agenda
- Cap-and-Trade Deal Could Woo GOP Support, Anger Environmentalists
June, 2017
- EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Documents Show Jerry Brown Giving Big Oil a Seat in Drafting Climate Policy
- It’s pollution as usual unless vulnerable communities’ leaders act: Guest commentary
- California's climate debate heats up behind closed doors as Gov. Brown pushes to extend cap and trade
- Will California Overhaul Its Cap-and-Trade Program?
- Climate goals: inside California's effort to overhaul its ambitious emissions plan
- Some US States, Cities Say ‘We Are Still In’ Paris Agreement
- Close to Home: State can show the way on climate policy
- Q&A: California needs more local carbon offsets
- For sustainable climate policy, California needs a balanced approach
- Is California’s Legislature ultraliberal? Not so fast
- How Far Can California Go It Alone After Trump Withdraws From Climate Accord?
- California climate debate rages as Brown raises his profile
- Climate change and bail-reform bills fall short in California Assembly
- Mayor Garcetti, Governor Brown: 'Trump is AWOL but California will step up!'
- Trump's rejection of Paris climate deal is 'insane' and 'deviant behavior,' California's Gov. Jerry Brown says
- California Senate Passes Bill Mandating 100% RPS
May, 2017
- California Legislature holds key to protecting health of Californians and our climate
- 2045 Deadline for 100 Percent Green Energy Clears Calif. Senate
- State Democrats Have New Leverage in Effort to Curb Greenhouse Gases
- Bad air quality and high temperatures have health experts warning Valley residents
- California Capitol focuses on environmental injustice—but will it lead to real results?
- One Stone, No Birds: California Greenhouse Gas Policy
- How California’s cap and trade market undermines environmental justice
- Ten Years of California Climate Dividends Advocacy Leading to SB775
- Republicans in California say they're ready to work on climate change. Should Democrats take them seriously?
- Stories From the Frontlines of Climate Change
April, 2017
- Advancing Equitable Carbon Pricing in California
- The fight against climate change in California gains an unlikely ally: Republicans
- California’s landmark climate-change program would also fight air pollution under proposal
- Could California’s cap-and-trade system control other pollution, too?
- Climate Regulation in California: A State of Constant Change
- Carbon Tax Next Target for California’s Disadvantaged Communities
- That $52-billion road bill just made California's next climate change move a heavy lift
- Governor Brown fails the environmental justice test
- California's Cap-and Trade Program Wins in Court, Program's Future Still Unclear
- California’s ‘new’ environmentalism: Toxic air, tainted water driving climate-change debate
March, 2017
February, 2017
- The Climate Movement goes to War with Trump
- Environmental Groups Say California's Climate Program Has Not Helped Them
- Lawmakers use threat of Trump to pitch carbon taxes
- Living in poverty, pollution can change everything – down to the molecular level
- Fearing worse, oil industry fights to save cap and trade
- Lawmakers push for ‘environmental justice’ in California carbon reduction policy
- How will California battle climate change? A new proposal revs up debate over cap-and-trade program
- Is California climate law worsening pollution in communities of color?
January, 2017
- California’s future is in our hands - not in Washington D.C.
- New Calif. Carbon Trading Legislation Answers Big Oil's Call to Continue Business As Usual
- Big Oil Lobbyist Backs 'Well-Designed' California Carbon Trading Program
- Pricing carbon: California’s unfinished climate priority
- CCA market could rebound, despite lingering concerns
December, 2016
November, 2016
October, 2016
- New emissions targets make cap and trade the best low-cost, market-based approach
- Want to Win on Climate? Put Justice at the Center
- Wrangling the Climate Impact of California Dairy
- California's new climate change laws almost didn't happen this year. Here's how lawmakers pulled it off.
- Here’s why many young voters see climate change as THE issue in 2016
- Landmark Environmental Legislation Marks 10th Anniversary
September, 2016
- Clearing the Air: Woody Hastings, Center for Climate Protection
- Has a decade of Golden State climate diplomacy made a difference?
- Landmark California Law Links Emissions Reductions and Environmental Justice Goals
- CA GOV. BROWN SIGNS NATION'S TOUGHEST SUPER POLLUTANT RESTRICTIONS LAW
- California’s latest pioneering climate laws provide a model for the country
- 5 Environmental Justice Bills Advance to Governor Brown’s Desk!
- Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Support Communities Impacted by Climate Change
- The Racial Justice Flaws in California's Climate Bill
- Brown Signs $900M Environmental Package
- Governor's Office's Statement On Bill Signing
- Governor signs climate change bills in Fresno
- New Report Highlights Equity Flaws in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
- New Report Highlights Equity Flaws in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
- Report: For Best Results, Address Equity and Climate Change Together
- Embrace equity to win on climate goals
- My View: California Passes Climate Change Policy with Teeth
- California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like
- California Sets Strictest GHG Reduction Targets
- Gov. Brown signs sweeping legislation to combat climate change
- Governor Brown Signs Historic Climate Change Legislation
- Brown Signs Pavley, Garcia ‘Green’ Bills Into Law
- A PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT OF CALIFORNIA’S CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM
- Legislative Wrap-up: Environmental Justice, Cap-and-Trade Funding
- Historic Environmental Justice Bills Advance in 2016 Legislative Session
August, 2016
- Legislature Must Decide the Fate of Three Environmental Justice Bills Before Midnight
- Op-Ed - Smart environmental policies serve all Californians
- An interview with Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist who might run for governor of California
- Pending Cap & Trade Spending Bill Will Provide Significant Benefits for the San Joaquin Valley
- California Doubles Down On Green Economy, But Kicks Cap-And-Trade Down The Road
- California's new climate legislation hailed as a breakthrough
- California’s Emissions Goal Is a ‘Milestone’ on Climate Efforts
- What Just Happened? California Passes Major Climate Bills
- Front and Center in Climate Policy: Environmental Justice Plays Key Role in Winning Next Generation Of Climate Policies
- A big question complicating the climate debate: Are current policies only benefiting the rich?
- 2016 Statewide Green Zones Convening Highlights
- California lawmakers propose spending plan for $1.2B in cap-and-trade funds
- Going Green, Including All: Transformative Climate Communities in California
- California: Pulling Together for Climate Action Now
- Why Passing Climate Legislation Is Good for California’s Water
- California May Put Climate Plan to a Public Vote
- A $1 billion plan to provide integrated solar energy for low-income renters
- Climate change: Pollution hits low-income communities hardest
July, 2016
- Bakersfield residents and representatives discuss the California Climate Plan Thursday
- South Valley Woman Headed to Washington D.C. to be Honored for being a Champion for Change
- EPA inaction sends emissions plan back to drawing board
- State Sets Meetings to Discuss 2030 Climate Action Targets
- Auditor should find out why return on cap-and-trade is so pathetic
June, 2016
- California regulators voice support for cap and trade program
- 2016 San Joaquin Valley air pollution half-year report
- Environmental Justice Advocates Call for Focus on Equity in Climate Policy
- Obamas' Yosemite Visit Prompts Call for Cultural Diversity in Parks
- California's cap-and-trade program faces daunting hurdles to avoid collapse
- Columnist inveighs in op-ed how Valley’s dirty air is (and isn’t) regulated
May, 2016
April, 2016
March, 2016
- María Hinojosa talks climate change in Sacramento
- “Keep REDD out of California!” says the California Environmental Justice Alliance
- Valley legislators need to improve on environmental justice
- Markets Alone Can’t Produce Social Justice
- Massachusetts company submits HECA proposal days ahead of state meeting
February, 2016
December, 2015
November, 2015
October, 2015
- For California's Drought Towns, the Next Challenge Is Growth
- California Leads the Way on Climate Change
- California just signed a landmark bill to tackle climate change
- Environmental Justice Advocates Convene To Plan for $550 million in California Climate Investments From Carbon Reduction Law in 2015-16
August, 2015
- Californians battle for far-reaching climate legislation
- Overwhelming Majority of California Latino Voters Want Climate Action Now
- Should Cap-And-Trade Program Rethink "Disadvantaged Communities?
- Why California Polluters Pay a Pennsylvania Pig Farmer to Curb Emissions
- Climate Change Reforms Must Continue, But More is Needed to Protect Working Class Communities
June, 2015
May, 2015
March, 2015
February, 2015
January, 2015
December, 2014
November, 2014
October, 2014
September, 2014
May, 2013
January, 2013
December, 2012
November, 2012
October, 2012
September, 2012
August, 2012
July, 2012
June, 2012
- California Cap and Trade Survives Appellate Fight
- State Appeals Court Rejects Environmental Justice Groups' Cap and Trade Claims, Sides with ARB
- APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS CAL. CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN
- Environmental Justice and GHG Cap-and-Trade: It's More than a Complaint
- NEW CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT ATTACKS CALIFORNIA’S GREENHOUSE GAS CAP & TRADE PROGRAM AS RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY
- EPA complaint says cap and trade racially biased
- EJ Advocates Renew Efforts to Block Cap and Trade
- Enviro Groups Call Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Program Biased
March, 2012
February, 2012
January, 2012
December, 2011
November, 2011
October, 2011
- California sets carbon trading rules, despite concerns
- Cap and Trade: Sweating the Small Stuff
- California becomes first state to adopt cap-and-trade program
- Calif poised to finalize 'cap-and-trade' plan
- California Air Resources Board Approves Cap and Trade
- State Air Resources Board to Vote on Cap and Trade
- California AB 32's Cap-and-Trade Program Developments
September, 2011
- Cap-and-Trade Proceeds in California, Governor Signs Solar Bills
- UPDATE: CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT APPROVES STAY ON WRIT BLOCKING CAP AND TRADE
- Carbon & Courts: Cap and Trade: Fixable or Fatally Flawed?
- UPDATE ON AB 32 CAP-AND-TRADE BATTLE: LIP SERVICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?
- UPDATE ON AB 32 CAP-AND-TRADE BATTLE: LIP SERVICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?
August, 2011
- State air board backs cap and trade on emissions
- California praised for approving climate law plan to cut pollution
- Activists to Air Board: Keep the Cap, Lose the Trade
- Statewide Mobilization “Day of Action” in Sacramento Urges Policymakers to Consider Cap and Trade Alternatives
- Environmental, Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights Groups Reject International Offsets in California’s Global Warming Solutions Act
- Intercambiando Contaminación
July, 2011
June, 2011
- Cap and trade delayed
- California delays its carbon-trading program until 2013
- Court Ruling on Cap-and-Trade Brings Environmental Justice Advocates to California Capitol for State Hearing
- California Moves Ahead With Cap and Trade
- Outsourcing Global Warming Solutions
- Environmentalists unhappy with latest CARB revision
May, 2011
- An Unclear Course on Emissions Policy
- In Blow to Big Polluters, Judge Halts California’s Cap and Trade Program
- Most of Calif.'s Carbon Law Unaffected by Court Ruling; Trading Date Could Slip
- UPDATE ON AB 32 CASE: JUDGE ISSUES NARROW WRIT
- Court Enjoins Cap and Trade
- Sierra Club calls on Gov. Brown to revise global warming plan
- Re: Need to Re-Evaluate AB 32 Cap-and-Trade Rule
- Cap and trade violates Californians’ civil and environmental rights
April, 2011
March, 2011
- Has Emissions Cap and Trade Created Toxic Hotspots? A New Study Says No
- Climate Law Implementation to Halt
- The recent court decision blocking California’s scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: One-stop shopping for recent Legal Planet commentary
- Enviro Lawyers Tied in Knots Over Court's Ruling on Calif. Climate Change Law
- Might recent events allow Governor Brown to consider a new direction for AB 32 implementation?
- Can the Air Resources Board continue to implement measures to reduce greenhouse gases?
- Two Cheers for Environmental Justice Cynicism
- Reflections on environmental justice and AB 32′s emissions trading program
- AB 32 Lawsuit: Assessing the Environmental Justice Arguments Against Cap and Trade
- Climate Watch: AB 32 and Environmentalists
- Calif. cap-and-trade plan suffers legal setback
- Judge Halts California Emissions Plan
- Judge places California's global warming program on hold
- Court issues final ruling in AB 32 challenge — enjoins implementation of AB 32 scoping plan pending CEQA fixes
- Environmental Justice Groups Win: California Air Resources Board Forced to Revisit Alternatives to Unjust Pollution Trading System
- Images from the Central Valley
February, 2011
- Environmental Justice Lawsuit May Delay California Cap and Trade
- Lawsuit by low-income groups may delay climate law
- Why EJ Groups are Leery of Cap & Trade
- California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle
- EDF’s Take on AB 32 Scoping Plan Lawsuit
- Court’s AB 32 Ruling Is Quite Narrow and At Most a Temporary Setback
- Calif court tentatively rules AB 32 implementation unlawful