California has set some of the world’s most aggressive climate and clean-energy policies. We investigate how successful these policies are and how they affect Californians.
California’s Emissions, Population and Economic Growth How will population and economic growth impact California’s greenhouse gas targets? View More SHARE Facebook Twitter Email In practice, however, the acceleration may not be quite so dramatic. That’s because most experts expect California to come in below its 2020 targets. If, for example, California’s emissions come in at […]
Answer: Political leaders, including Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate leader Kevin de León, as well as outside analysts, predict that California will meet its 2020 greenhouse gas goal. That goal, established by Assembly Bill 32, calls on California to shrink its greenhouse gas emissions to the amount emitted in 1990 — namely, 431 million metric […]