California’s wind and solar projects face new federal hurdles
California’s drive to run its electric grid entirely on wind, solar and other clean sources of energy just got harder after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new budget law.
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Controversial climate rule, which could raise gas prices, about to go into effect
California’s revamped Low Carbon Fuel Standard takes effect on Tuesday, despite fierce Republican criticism and increasing Democratic trepidation over its potential to raise gas prices.
US Senate blocks California’s electric car mandate in historic vote
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block California’s landmark mandate phasing out gas-powered cars, dealing a substantial blow to the state’s aggressive transition to electric vehicles.
Who should pay billions for climate disasters? California and others target Big Oil — will that work?
Big Oil faces mounting lawsuits as extreme weather worsens, with California leading efforts to make fossil fuel giants pay billions of dollars for the climate damage they have long denied.
California’s surge in EV sales has stalled — so what happens to its landmark mandate?
California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough.
Californians pay billions for utilities’ wildfire prevention, cost-effective?
Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid in...
State plan overhauls climate program; raising gas cost, stirs debate
California plans to overhaul one of its cornerstone climate programs — a decision that could push gasoline prices higher in a state where residents already pay the most at the...
California needs a million EV charging stations — but that’s ‘unlikely’ and ‘unrealistic’
California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented — and some experts say unrealistic — pace to meet the needs of the 7 million electric cars expected...
California climate programs would lose billions in Newsom’s budget
Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to support a bond measure to help pay for billions of dollars in climate programs endangered by the state’s record deficit and...
California isn’t on track to meet its climate change mandates — and a new analysis says it’s not even close
California will fail to meet its ambitious mandates for combating climate change unless the state almost triples its rate of reducing greenhouse gases through 2030, according to a new analysis released today.
