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November 30, 2018

Camp Fire’s climate toll: Greenhouse gases equal about a week of California auto emissions

Butte County’s Camp Fire not only claimed a staggering amount of lives and property, it spewed out a whole lot of greenhouse gases - about as much as all of California’s cars and trucks produce in a week, according to new state estimates.

San Francisco Chronicle

September 10, 2018

California just adopted its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity

California is one signature away from committing to 100 percent clean electricity. If it does so, it will become the most significant political jurisdiction in the world to take that step, by a wide margin. (It is the world’s fifth-largest economy!) The state is on the verge of making history — again.

Vox

August 30, 2018

Climate change is going to cost California, and the bill will be staggering

As California lawmakers struggled this week to address an apparent new normal of epic wildfires, there was an inescapable subtext: Climate change is going to be staggeringly expensive, and virtually every Californian is going to have to pay for it.

CALMatters

August 30, 2018

1 big thing: California's transportation challenge

California is on the cusp of enacting a law to have 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045. But amid the hoopla, a new report underscores an arguably tougher challenge: Wringing CO2 out of transportation.

Axios

August 30, 2018

California Car Emissions Rise as Trump's Cuts to Standards Loom

A new report shows California is failing to cut greenhouse gas pollution from automobiles just as the Trump administration is poised to revoke the state’s right to regulate its tailpipes in pursuit of a single, national standard.

Bloomberg

August 23, 2018

California’s huge energy decision: link its grid to its neighbors, or stay autonomous?

California is America’s undisputed clean energy leader, a kind of cultural and economic island, liberal enough to pass bold climate policies and big enough (the world’s sixth-largest economy, were it a nation) for them to matter, economically and environmentally.

Vox

August 6, 2018

Putting 5 Million Electric Cars on California Roads Wouldn't Overwhelm Power Grid: Report

One concern raised about the proliferation of plug-in electric vehicles in California is that they threaten to overwhelm an already stressed power grid.

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