Climate Change

CalMatters made it a priority to cover the UN climate change conference in Scotland, but the governor's office delayed critical information.

Gov. Newsom and state leaders are going to an international conference to make a statement on California climate change policy. The governor has big shoes to fill compared to former Gov. Jerry Brown.

One of the biggest challenges that Gov. Gavin Newsom will face when he travels to Scotland next week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference: Proving to the rest of the world that California is improving its environmental climate without damaging its business climate. The tensions and synergies between the two were evident Tuesday, when […]

In a few weeks, cities must keep food scraps and yard waste out of landfills to reduce polluting methane emissions. We can use the stuff we throw away to make renewable natural gas.

An important first step for California to transform its energy system will be to establish a procurement standard for fuels such as hydrogen and renewable natural gas.

Rain is descending on California as a bomb cyclone and atmospheric river hit the state, enough to end fire season but not the drought.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, October 22. Long road to divestment Oil is on its way out in California — kind of. “We don’t see oil in our future,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, as his administration unveiled a draft proposal — originally scheduled for release last year — that would ban the development of […]

Gov. Newsom says he supports proposed rules on where new oil wells can go, plus additional pollution controls on existing wells.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, October 8. At last: rain and snow California is about to get a breath of fresh air — literally. Cooler weather is set to sweep across much of the state over the weekend, bringing light rain to Southern California, the first significant snowfall of the season to the Sierra Nevada, […]

California’s taking an environmental beating. Orange County was hit with its largest oil spill in three decades when at least 126,000 gallons of crude oil spewed from a leaking pipeline connected to an offshore platform. The oil slick — which was first reported Saturday and grew large enough to cover the city of Santa Monica […]