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Governor Brown Signs Cap and Trade Extension
With sunny San Francisco as a backdrop in the distance, at the same spot where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the original California Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006, today Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 398, which will extend California's climate change policies into the next decade.
July 26, 2017
California Cap-and-Trade Is “Officially a Success”
Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) officially dubbed the state's cap-and-trade system “a success.”
November 12, 2015
CA Taking Applications for Cap-and-Trade Transit-Oriented Housing Funds
[Update: the date of the workshop in Oakland was changed on 2/4/15; change is reflected below.]
February 3, 2015
CA Adopts Guidelines for Cap-and-Trade Affordable Housing Program
Yesterday the Strategic Growth Council adopted guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and scheduled workshops for early February to provide technical assistance to potential applicants.
January 21, 2015
Report: CA Cap-and-Trade Program Is Up to Snuff
The Environmental Defense Fund released a report this morning that says the second year of California's cap-and-trade program is a success on several fronts.
January 14, 2015
Exposed: Oil Industry’s Astroturf Tactics Against CA Cap-and-Trade
It's no surprise that the oil industry is fighting California's cap-and-trade program. But it is enlightening to see the strategy laid out in a leaked PowerPoint presentation [PDF].
December 1, 2014
CA Environmental Groups Grade Legislators
It's scorecard season in California. Advocacy groups are giving grades to legislators based on how they voted on bills in the last year's sessions, and releasing the scores just in time to influence next week's election.
October 31, 2014
CA Tackles the Question: What Is a “Disadvantaged Community”?
In a packed, airless room last night in Oakland, several hundred people grappled with the question of how to define "disadvantaged communities" in California that shoulder the heaviest burden of pollution.
September 5, 2014
Steinberg Kills Bill That Sought to Delay Cap-and-Trade on Fuels
The misinformation campaigns trumpeting an imminent “hidden gas tax” in California lost a battle with the defeat of Assemblymember Henry Perea's bill, A.B. 69, which was designed to delay application of cap-and-trade to the fuels industry for three years
August 27, 2014
CA Agencies Host Workshops on Cap-and-Trade Funding Programs
State agencies are figuring out how to best spend new cap-and-trade revenue, and the first step is asking the public for input on creating guidelines for eligible projects.
August 26, 2014