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Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks agoHere's how the 2025 legislative session closed: the lowdown on the environment
California extended its cap-and-trade program to 2045, accelerated clean energy measures, and balanced climate leadership with controversial decisions on oil drilling and forever chemicals.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoMillions of Californians are getting a refund on their electric bill. What you need to know
Millions of Californians will receive automatic October electric bill credits exceeding $50 through the California Climate Credit funded by the state's cap-and-trade (cap-and-invest) program.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoNewsom signs California climate package aimed at lowering gas and utility costs
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a sweeping package of climate and environment bills aimed at reducing the cost of electricity, stabilizing gasoline prices and propping up California's struggling oil industry. At a bill signing ceremony at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Newsom told state lawmakers and representatives from labor, business, climate and energy groups that the package was a compromise, designed to push California toward a clean-energy future while still ensuring the state has enough affordable gasoline to meet drivers' needs.
California
Environment
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month agoCalifornia Gov. Newsom extends cap-and-trade program aimed at curbing carbon emissions
California extended and rebranded its cap-and-trade program through 2045, aligning it with carbon-neutrality goals and directing auction revenues to climate, housing, transit, and rail funding.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months agoDown to the wire: California lawmakers announce last-minute climate and energy package
California extended its cap-and-trade program to 2045 and approved climate and energy reforms including expansion of a regional electricity market and funding prioritization.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoLetters: Recent drop in PG&E bills doesn't put a dent in increases
A 2% electricity rate reduction does not offset a 41% three-year increase; cap-and-trade should be renewed and include a ratepayer dividend, while political loyalty-over-competence erodes national optimism.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoWalters: Renewal of state cap and trade program to cut emissions is fraught with issues
The issue's macro-politics are that while gas-emitting industries and business groups favor its renewal as a predictable way of meeting emission reduction goals, environmental groups see it as business buying exemptions from pollution. They would prefer direct company-by-company regulation. Within that conflict are other issues, such as steadily dropping proceeds from the emission auctions, which emitters with vital products should be given permits without cost, and how auction revenues should be spent.
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