With the state working to expand its landmark energy and climate efforts beyond 2020 and considering a policy to cut oil use by 50 percent by 2030, understanding the successes and challenges of California’s current innovative policies to address driving, fuels and our growth patterns is critical.
As lawmakers in Sacramento consider a flurry of climate change and clean energy measures in these last few weeks of the legislative session, it is worth remembering that the road to a clean-energy future runs through the largest contributor to California’s greenhouse gas emissions: the transporta
California has joined a pact with 11 other states and countries to slash greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. Gov. Jerry Brown signed an agreement Tuesday as part of a broader effort to pressure global leaders to adopt an aggressive emissions treaty at a United Nations-led summit in Paris later this year.
From its solar panel-adorned rooftops to the influx of Teslas now populating area carpool lanes to a strong organic food sector, California is well known for its stereotypical green reputation.
A new report claims to analyze and rank the economic and energy performance of the world's 50 largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting nations for the first time. The United States ranks among the world's top countries in clean tech investments, patents, renewable energy generation, and electric vehicle (EV) adoption -- while at the same time being among the worst for energy consumption and emissions.
Australia has one of the world's highest rates of greenhouse gas emissions per person. A report released on Monday lists countries that have been reducing their greenhouse gas emissions per capita rate since 1990. But Australia is not one of them and has gone in the opposite direction, with a 21% increase in greenhouse gas emissions per person.
