(Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
California has some of the nation's leading climate policies, with hard deadlines to slash greenhouse gas emissions, switch to zero-emission cars and trucks and get 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources.But so far, its leaders have lagged behind other states, like Maine and New York, in using another important tool - the financial power of its massive public pension funds - to hasten the nation's independence from fossil fuels.
California has some of the nation's leading climate policies, with hard deadlines to slash greenhouse gas emissions, switch to zero-emission cars and trucks and get 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources.But so far, its leaders have lagged behind other states, like Maine and New York, in using another important tool - the financial power of its massive public pension funds - to hasten the nation's independence from fossil fuels.
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