Environment
Blunt warning says Californians must step up to meet climate goals
A California think tank warns the state has reached the tough part of its climate goals — which includes cleaning up cars.
Climate Change
Environment
Citing ‘a way to keep doors open,’ Jerry Brown enlists China in his war on climate change
As the Trump administration pulls back on environmental enforcement, former Gov. Jerry Brown and China’s top climate change official have formally launched a California-China Climate Institute. Brown calls it a way "to keep doors open" with a global power and a response to environmental "malfeasance" in Washington.
Environment
Trump’s dual threat to California’s car deal
Gov. Gavin Newsom vows that California "will keep fighting" for cleaner cars, despite the Trump administration's efforts to derail the state's pact to cut greenhouses gases from tailpipes.
Explainers
California’s fight over tailpipe emissions, explained
President Trump has threatened to roll back Obama-era standards, jeopardizing a decades-old exemption that lets California make its own clean air rules.
California Wildfires
Worried about wildfires, Californians ready to spend, vote to fight climate change
Californians want the state to lead the world in fighting climate change, according to a new poll — and many are ready to tackle the problem on the road, at the ballot box, and even with their pocketbooks.
Environment
California’s emissions deal with automakers dodges Trump EPA plan to gut rules
California made its own tailpipe emissions deal with four major carmakers, officials said Thursday, ignoring Trump administration threats to roll back Obama-era vehicle standards.
Climate Change
California’s pollution enforcers would like to save tropical forests. But at what cost?
California’s climate change enforcers are grappling with the thorniest of controversies: how to prevent the planet’s tropical forests from disappearing. The question they aren’t ready to answer—at least not yet—is what focusing on far-away forests could mean for pollution at home.
Capitol
Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers
Combat climate change, or clean up the water? Legislators chose to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to fight California’s drinking water problem. The move alarmed environmentalists and legislators on both sides of the aisle — but it could soon become the norm.
Climate Change
‘Clean’ freight traffic is elusive as California rolls toward zero emissions
For carbon-free transportation, California must cover a lot more ground soon. But by some estimates, electric truck fleets could still be a decade away.
Climate Change
Trump administration says no new talks with California on car rules
Automakers backed Obama-era rules on car emissions and gas mileage, then asked President Trump to change them. Now the companies fear a long Washington-California court fight.