Next 10 in the News

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.

California received plenty of praise back in 2016 when it hit its target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions four years ahead of time.

California is not on track to meet its greenhouse gas emission goals, in part because Californians just aren’t ready to give up their trucks and SUVs.

California is a national leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but it is well short of meeting its climate goals for the next decade and won’t reach them for at least 30 years unless drastic action is taken, a study of the state’s green economy stated Tuesday.

A California think tank is sounding the alarm that the state isn’t on track to meet ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals without dramatically picking up the pace.

A couple of years ago, environmental groups and state leaders cheered when California reported it had reached its 2020 emissions target four years early.