A new think-tank study says government efforts to promote greater adoption of electric vehicles in California, especially among the poor, would boost the state's economy as consumers find other uses for the money they would otherwise spend on fuel.
California has established itself as a global model on climate issues, with Teslas filling its roads and solar farms stretching across its sun-baked Central Valley.
Californians and Sacramentans are choosing transportation methods — in the forms of trucks and SUVs — that produce more greenhouse gasses rather than less, and that could push the state’s attainment of greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals out by more than 100 years.
If California continues to operate at its current pace of carbon reductions, the state won’t reach its 2050 emissions reduction goals to reduce economy-wide emissions 80% below 1990 until 2157, according to a recent report from Next 10.
A new report from the non-partisan think tank Next 10 finds California needs to triple its greenhouse gas reduction targets if the state hopes to stymie carbon dioxide fueled climate change.
