Greenhouse Gas Emissions

气候变化

Despite sharp growth in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising

Unless the emissions trend is reversed, the state could stall on its route to clean air.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 5 月 16, 2019

国会大厦

Meet California’s new environment czar, who walked the state to ‘reset’

What better way to decompress from a stressful federal government job than by trekking 2,600 miles on foot from Mexico to Canada? That’s what Jared Blumenfeld, the new head of the California Environmental Protection Agency, did three years ago, setting out on the arduous and beloved Pacific Crest Trail that traces California’s searing deserts, rugged […]

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 3 月 6, 2019

住房

Minneapolis just eliminated single-family zoning. Should California cities follow suit?

Minneapolis made national headlines earlier this month when the city council forced neighborhoods previously zoned only for single family homes to allow the construction of duplexes and triplexes. Is this the right cure for California's housing woes?

经过 马特·莱文 • 12 月 27, 2018

气候变化

Big polluters get help from the state, renewing doubts about California’s climate goals

The state may not be able to cut enough greenhouse gases by 2030, says Mary Nichols, who chairs California's Air Resources Board.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 12 月 14, 2018

时事通讯

California money, Trump’s emissions and water wars

California income taxes, gas taxes, campaign spending, climate change, automobile emissions, Mary Nichols, Xavier Becerra, Grump's EPA, Fresno, Paul Ryan, renewable energy

经过 Dan Morain • 9 月 25, 2018

评论

The high cost of a zero-emission California

Reaching Gov. Jerry Brown's goal of a carbon-neutral California would require massive expenditures on the electrical grid and for zero-emission vehicles.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 9 月 24, 2018

环境

As California burns, climate goals may go up in smoke—even after the flames are out

Climate-warming compounds are released by charred forests long after wildfires have been put out. That may do more to warm the planet more than the immediate harm from smoky air.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 8 月 7, 2018

环境

How Trump’s new rules for cars would hit California—if they survive in court

The administration wants to roll back strict Obama-era standards for auto emissions and gas mileage. It also challenges California’s right to set its own rules.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 8 月 2, 2018

环境

Ontario ready to pull out of carbon market, leaving California in limbo

California's cap-and-trade program is under threat by the withdrawal of Ontario from the bi-national carbon-trading market.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 6 月 27, 2018

选举

Parks and politics: What you need to know about Propositions 68 and 70

One measure on the June ballot asks voters to shell out billions to improve the environment. Another could make it more difficult for the state to spend billions on helpful projects.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 5 月 30, 2018