Climate Change
In California’s wildfires, a looming threat to climate goals
Mother Nature doesn't follow California's emissions rules.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Climate Change
California’s emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit than the weather
Last year’s drop in California emissions came not through drastic pollution reductions from oil refineries nor the state’s lauded cap-and-trade program. It was the rain.
Climate Change
Once again, California sues feds over failure to enforce Clean Air Act
In what is becoming a familiar pattern, the state of California has notified the Trump Administration of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce an Obama-era law calling for reduction in methane gas emissions. Methane’s potent heat-trapping capacity makes it many times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
