Oil pump jack and refinery in Bakersfield, California, USA at sunset. Image by MattGushOPINION – The California Division of Petroleum Market Oversight (DPMO) is missing a basic understanding of the impact that decades of bad policies are having on consumers – including the state’s goal to phase out fossil fuels and advance policies that actively increase the price of gasoline while demand remains high.
Woman plugging electric charger into car. image by SouthWorks.OPINION – Strengthening and improving the Low Carbon Fuel Standard this year will ensure that it builds on this success in its next decade, setting yet another example of California’s leadership for the world. We strongly support this vital work and urge policymakers to act now.
Image by Oleksiy Mark via ShutterstockOPINION – California has positioned itself not just as a national leader in reducing carbon emissions, but an international model. The state recently achieved another in a long stretch of milestones by securing EPA approval to mandate that half of all heavy vehicles sold in the state be electric by 2035. However, in this instance, the
Rush hour on the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles. (Photo: Joseph Sohm via Shutterstock)OPINION: Transportation accounts for the greatest share of greenhouse gas emissions in California, at 41 percent and trending up. So it should come as a relief that California’s Air Resources Board recently approved a suite of clean transportation rules that will not only help reduce carbon emissions from vehicles, but will help consumers who are feeling the pain of rising fuel costs in California.
The power plant in El Segundo, Calif. (Photo: Don Solomon, via Shutterstock)OPINION: One of California’s tools in fighting climate change and promoting clean air is the emissions reduction program known as cap and trade. Cap and trade is one part of California’s broader approach to growing clean energy jobs and investment — and it works best in concert with the state’s full suite of policies.