Keep tabs on climate and energy legislation in California and urge your representatives to take action for a climate-safe future.

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The Climate Center’s Bill Tracker helps you stay on top of the climate bills that are in front of the California legislature — and take action. The tracker includes a curated list of bills addressing energy, climate justice, transportation, adaptation, resilience, sequestration, and other issues related to the climate crisis. To review all bills in … Read more

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SB 279 (McNerney) Expanding Composting Capacity for California Farms and Communities

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Year: 2025

SB 279 would expand composting capacity on farms and in communities, divert more food scraps from landfills, and provide California growers with a climate-friendly alternative to open burning.  Composting creates healthy soils that draw carbon out of the atmosphere, retain water, and increase food security. It also reduces climate pollution by preventing methane emissions. By … Read more

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AB 1243 (Addis) Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act

Status: Active
Year: 2025

The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, introduced as SB 684 (Menjivar) in the Senate and AB 1243 (Addis) in the Assembly, would ensure that polluters pay their fair share for the climate damage they have caused in California. If passed, it will generate funds to invest in energy efficiency, natural systems climate resilience, accelerating the … Read more

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AB 740 (Harabedian) Virtual Power Plants

Status: Active
Year: 2025

AB 740 (Harabedian) will accelerate the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), which are networks of clean, distributed energy resources like smart thermostats, home batteries, smart plugs, electric water heaters, and electric vehicles. When aggregated, these resources can deliver energy during peak demand hours, creating savings for the VPP participants and for all electricity customers … Read more

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SB 840 (Limon) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets

Status: Active
Year: 2025

SB 840, by lead authors Senators Monique Limón and Mike McGuire, addresses the state’s approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This bill sets the groundwork for reforming and extending Cap and Trade, the market-based compliance mechanism that reduces emissions while generating funds to invest in climate solutions. Cap and Trade originally set declining annual aggregate … Read more

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AB 1207 (Irwin) Update the Cap and Trade program

Status: Active
Year: 2025

AB 1207 aims to extend California’s Cap and Trade program, which is a market-based system that focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and generating funds to invest in climate solutions. Currently, this bill would retain all of the existing program elements but would require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to consider the “social cost” … Read more