by Gabby Brown, Sierra Club Highlights New analysis from the Sierra Club shows that natural gas exploration company California Resources Corporation (CRC) may leave California taxpayers with $900 million in costs for the remediation of thousands of abandoned oil wells CRC has ownership interest in nearly 18,000 oil wells that can cause greenhouse gas emissions, … Read more
by Kevin Crowley and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg Highlights Exxon Mobil is raising its yearly emissions to 17% by 2025, releasing an additional 21 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year according to the companies own assessment of its $210 billion investment strategy New investment and growth plans come after the company experienced losses during the … Read more
by Matthew Rosza, Salon Highlights A study published in the scientific journal Nature details how Greenland’s largest ice sheet is on track to start melting faster than it has in the past 12,000 years, resulting between 8,800 and 35,900 billion tonnes of ice loss over this century The loss of Greenland’s ice can result in … Read more
After several weeks of record-breaking heat, fires, and smoke, Governor Newsom today reiterated that we are in a climate emergency and announced Executive Order N-79-20 requiring 100% of all new in-state sales of cars and light trucks to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. This makes California the first state in the nation to ban new … Read more
Lecture by Ellie Cohen to the Environmental Forum of Marin 2020-2021 inaugural class of FORUM 2020, September 15, 2020: No More Business as Usual: Climate-Safe CA and the Path to Net-Negative Emissions by 2030 (pdf)
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Stockton’s City Council unanimously approved a resolution selecting a consultant to complete a feasibility study on launching a Community Choice Energy program in Stockton. Enabled by state law, the program would allow the City to procure power on behalf of residents, businesses, and municipal accounts while still receiving transmission and distribution … Read more
By Venise Curry, MD, and Ellie Cohen, Special to CalMatters September 14, 2020 https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/09/lawmakers-let-oil-and-gas-interests-sicken-us-gov-newsom-can-put-us-on-the-path-to-recovery/ Make no mistake about it. Climate change is powering California’s perfect storm of record heat, lightning, drought, wildfire and smoke amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and electricity blackouts. In his video message to the Democratic National Convention in August, Governor Gavin Newsom … Read more
by The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, The Los Angeles Times Highlights The west coast of the United States is currently experiencing the climate catastrophe scientists have been warning the world about for decades Around 2 million acres of land have burned in California from this year’s early fire season Though some fires were accidentally … Read more
by Oliver Milman, The Guardian Highlights SUVs were the second largest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade, surpassing all shipping, aviation, heavy industry, and trucks There are more than 200 million SUVs on the road, emitting 700 megatonnes of CO2, about the entire output of the UK and … Read more
by Tony Barboza, The Los Angeles Times Highlights The California Air Resources Board approved new standards that will significantly lower smog pollution from diesel trucks and cargo ships as trucks emit close to one-third of smog pollution and cargo ships are on their way to be more polluting than trucks within the next 3 years … Read more
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