Brown signed another bill, AB197, that gives lawmakers more oversight of regulators and provides aid to low-income or minority communities located near polluting facilities such as oil refineries and factories. At right, is Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles.
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Edmond Brown has signed legislation on September 8, strengthening the state’s promise to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The oil industry, business groups and Republicans opposed the legislation.
California is on track to meet or exceed the current target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as established in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32).
The new targets will be met by restricting the carbon content of gas and diesel, encouraging the sales of green vehicles, and imposing a tax on pollution, according to the AP. The new requirement would “make it possible” for the state to cut emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. SB 32 codifies an executive order Brown issued past year. “California is doing something that no other state has done”. The scale and ambition of this bill will also keep California at the forefront of clean technology investment for years to come.
Brown said at a gathering in Sacramento a day earlier that critics have long tried to scuttle reforms by saying they aren’t feasible.
In October, the California governor signed a measure to advance the renewable energy mandate for electricity and vowed to cut petroleum use in cars and trucks in the state by as much as 50 percent over the next 15 years. “Well, this month it’s been over 26 percent”.
Lawmakers and businesses who support the new bills say they will help create new jobs and set an example for the rest of the country.
Since California became a green leader by passing the climate change law a decade ago, the state has seen a flourishing clean-energy industry, said Carlson, the UCLA law professor.
But his signing leaves in jeopardy the state’s best-known emissions reduction measure.
California will further slash greenhouse gas emissions after Gov.
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Right now, short-lived pollutants like methane get a near free pass when it comes to climate regulations in the state, despite the fact that methane accounts for about nine percent of California’s emissions. News stories displayed here appear in our category for US Headlines and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
