While it doesn't have the headline-grabbing power of a big global treaty or act of Congress, the fact is that we are living in the midst of massive, decentralized, grassroots-up problem solving on climate.
California's cap-and-trade program incorporates the use of carbon offsets generated from the destruction of ozone depleting substances (ODS) to help the state meet its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The biggest news out of California may be that the supermajority could solve our budget problems without raising any new taxes or cutting existing programs.
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a case seeking to stop California's first-in-the-nation mandate requiring fuel producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, feder...
While the rest of the nation does little to combat climate change, California is showing the country -- indeed the world -- how to craft sophisticated climate policy that will cut greenhouse gas emissions.
SAN FRANCISCO — California formally adopted the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system Thursday, an experiment by the worl...
California's reconsideration of carbon pricing provides a chance to create an alternative that can serve as a model for the world.
California would vastly increase its commitment to wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy under legislation that cleared the Legislature o...
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge has temporarily halted the nation's most ambitious program to give power plants, utilities and other polluters financial inc...
All in all, cap-and-trade serves the goal of environmental justice better than the alternatives. This progressive policy instrument merits a central place in the arsenal of weapons California employs.
The passing of Prop 23 would turn the clock backwards on the support of clean technology companies in the state, on green jobs, on emissions standards, and it would send a message to the rest of the country that if California can't do it, nobody can.
This piece was coauthored by George Wagner. As Californians, we have two clear paths before us - one as a leader in clean technology and the other as...
A number of regional agreements in the united States and Canada limit greenhouse gas emissions. What's stopping them from becoming national legislation? Corporate interests.
A "Yes" vote on Prop 23 jeopardizes both economic growth and the improvement of air quality in California, and delays the reduction in the emission of detrimental greenhouse gases.
Steyer is an unassuming, fist-pounding man of conviction who deftly defies the stereotype of ruthless financier. I sat down with him to debate the issues and hear his closing argument.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The campaign against Proposition 23 – the ballot initiative that would push back California's landmark global warming...
Adrian Grenier (of Entourage) and film producer Peter Glatzer first started collaborating on environmental issues in 2008 when they created the show A...
What will be the impact of climate change on California workers if the US and other countries around the world fail to significantly reduce green house gas emissions?
By strangling efforts to move away from oil and other dirty energy, California's Proposition 23 guarantees that our children will continue to breathe polluted air for decades.
Proposition 23 is the real job-killer. Why? Because there are no jobs on a dead planet.
BP has made a big mess. It may sound like we're talking about the Gulf oil spill, but we're actually talking about our own backyard: BP's Carson Refinery located in densely populated southern Los Angeles.
A new poll in California indicates a dead heat among that state's voters on Proposition 23, the ballot initiative in which out-of-state oil companies ...
As the old cars are scrapped and the age of our national fleet is modernized, the improvement in the air we breathe continues. Sometimes "legislating technology" can actually work.
A ballot initiative to suspend a milestone California law curbing greenhouse gas emissions is drawing a wave of contributions from out-of-state oil co...
California is bracing for a battle over Proposition 23. Bankrolled mostly by two Texas oil companies, Valero and Tesoro, this controversial measure o...
