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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2018
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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course on the Obama administration’s moratorium on enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that hav ...

January 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: January 02, 2018
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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent ...

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels - is mandated by state law. Thi ...

January 02, 2018
| by Leanna Sweha

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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: October 04, 2017
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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now sup ...

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now supports a ban on the sale of gas-powered cars in California. He apparently was inspired by China ...

October 04, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 21, 2017
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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade au ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade auction revenues to climate change programs. So far, the media has focused largely on the fair la ...

September 21, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 02, 2017
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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a lo ...

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a low carbon economy. Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) in his opening remarks said Imp ...

September 02, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: July 26, 2017
| (16) Comments

Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Ea ...

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Earlier this month, he made an impassioned plea to legislators to pass the bill, calling their vo ...

July 26, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Extension to Fight Climate Change

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2017
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Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Extension to Fight Climate Change

(From Press Release) - – Today, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) voted in strong support of landma ...

(From Press Release) - – Today, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) voted in strong support of landmark legislation to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program. The package includes AB 398 by Asse ...

July 18, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Will Getting the Grid Ready for 100 Percent Renewables Spike Electricity Bills?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: June 26, 2017
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Will Getting the Grid Ready for 100 Percent Renewables Spike Electricity Bills?

By Leanna Sweha PG&E has been making improvements to its grid to meet the state’s mandate to provide ...

By Leanna Sweha PG&E has been making improvements to its grid to meet the state’s mandate to provide 50 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. This is one driver of recent rate inc ...

June 26, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Aguiar-Curry and Dodd Lead Charge to Protect California’s National Monuments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 27, 2017
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Aguiar-Curry and Dodd Lead Charge to Protect California’s National Monuments

(From Press Release) - Assembly Joint Resolution 15, a bill expressing the support of the California Stat ...

(From Press Release) - Assembly Joint Resolution 15, a bill expressing the support of the California State Legislature to continue protecting national monuments, passed out of the State Assembly on a ...

May 27, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Forests Get the Short End of the State Climate Funding Stick

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 24, 2017
| (4) Comments

Forests Get the Short End of the State Climate Funding Stick

By Leanna Sweha One of the state’s critical climate goals is to maintain forests as net carbon sinks. Sad ...

By Leanna Sweha One of the state’s critical climate goals is to maintain forests as net carbon sinks. Sadly, data shows that California’s forests have become net greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, due to ...

May 24, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade May Not Have Had a Chance to Work Yet

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 09, 2017
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Cap-and-Trade May Not Have Had a Chance to Work Yet

By Leanna Sweha The senate holds an oversight hearing on Cap-and-Trade this week. On the agenda are prop ...

By Leanna Sweha The senate holds an oversight hearing on Cap-and-Trade this week. On the agenda are proposals that would give the program a major overhaul. This includes getting rid of offsets and fr ...

May 09, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 03, 2017
| (1) Comment

Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. ...

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. One of these bills, AB 378, would make Cap-and-Trade less about greenhouse gases and more abou ...

May 03, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Kinda Intense: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 21, 2017
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Kinda Intense: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

By Leanna Sweha The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seems to stand in the shadow of Cap-and-Trade. Both a ...

By Leanna Sweha The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seems to stand in the shadow of Cap-and-Trade. Both are market-based programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and spur new technology, but the LC ...

April 21, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Bittersweet: The Cap-and-Trade Court Ruling and Environmental Justice

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 12, 2017
| (3) Comments

Bittersweet: The Cap-and-Trade Court Ruling and Environmental Justice

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the Third District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling that Cap-and-Tr ...

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the Third District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling that Cap-and-Trade is not an unconstitutional tax. This was a decisive victory for the state. Members of the ...

April 12, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Cal AG Issues Letter to EPA Objecting to Withdrawal of Information Request to Oil and Natural Gas Industry

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 06, 2017
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Cal AG Issues Letter to EPA Objecting to Withdrawal of Information Request to Oil and Natural Gas Industry

(From Press Release) - Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with eight fellow attorneys general, sent a ...

(From Press Release) - Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with eight fellow attorneys general, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt objecting to t ...

April 06, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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California Responds to Trump Climate Change Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2017
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California Responds to Trump Climate Change Policies

This week President Trump, flanked by the executives of polluting companies and miners, signed his long-p ...

This week President Trump, flanked by the executives of polluting companies and miners, signed his long-promised executive order intending to nullify President Obama’s previous climate change policies ...

March 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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California Gets in the Driver’s Seat on Fuel Economy Standards

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 27, 2017
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California Gets in the Driver’s Seat on Fuel Economy Standards

by Leanna Sweha The US EPA recently announced that it would reconsider national model year (MY) 2022-2025 ...

by Leanna Sweha The US EPA recently announced that it would reconsider national model year (MY) 2022-2025 fuel economy rules that cover both greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants. The same day, the m ...

March 27, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Preventing Leaks – That Is, the Cap-and-Trade Kind

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: February 28, 2017
| (1) Comment

Preventing Leaks – That Is, the Cap-and-Trade Kind

By Leanna Sweha As engineers shore up storm-damaged dams and levees, there are other kinds of leaks to co ...

By Leanna Sweha As engineers shore up storm-damaged dams and levees, there are other kinds of leaks to consider - the kind caused by state climate change law, such as Cap-and-Trade. The Air Resources ...

February 28, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

| (1) Comment

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Forget Trump – There’s an Internal Climate Change Battle Brewing

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: February 17, 2017
| (25) Comments

Forget Trump – There’s an Internal Climate Change Battle Brewing

By Leanna Sweha Democrats in Sacramento are in lockstep against President Trump on climate change. At the ...

By Leanna Sweha Democrats in Sacramento are in lockstep against President Trump on climate change. At the same time, it looks like a rift is growing between some Democrats who prefer Cap-and-Trade and ...

February 17, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

| (25) Comments

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Congressman John Garamendi: Congress Must Protect the EPA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 09, 2017
| (16) Comments

Congressman John Garamendi: Congress Must Protect the EPA

by John Garamendi Last Friday, my Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives introduced a dang ...

by John Garamendi Last Friday, my Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives introduced a dangerous bill (H.R. 861) that would abolish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sadly, this ...

February 09, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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