Posts Tagged: climate action
Opinion
OPINION – Earlier this month, the California Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Senate Bill 1036 (SB 1036), a bill that would cause far-reaching damage to the ability of California – and the world – to fight the climate crisis. Despite its good intentions, in practice, SB 1036 opens individuals and firms engaging with the voluntary carbon market in good faith to increased legal risk and potential civil litigation and misinformed, frivolous lawsuits.
Opinion
OPINION – Even as California has made great strides and raised the bar on climate action, it has not adequately planned for our long-term energy needs. Now we are at a turning point. We need a plan to reach the state’s new clean energy targets of 90 percent by 2035 and 95 percent by 2040 on the road to 100 percent by 2045.
News
Liane Randolph helms the state’s lead agency for climate change programs, putting her center stage on one of the hottest issues of the day. It puts her in a delicate position. “With climate change, you want to move fast,” she said. “But if you want to do it in a way where people have a say and where it is affordable, you need to be more patient and deliberative.”
Opinion
OPINION: Latinos have long-been committed to protecting public lands and rivers. Yet, California Latinos are almost twice as likely to live somewhere that is “nature deprived” than white communities, meaning there are far fewer parks, streams, beaches, and other natural places nearby.
The concept of carbon credit, sustainable energy. Carbon neutrality and net zero emissions. Top view of lush trees in the forest Using renewable energy from wind and sunlight Clean energy.
