cap and trade

Oregon’s Republican Congresspeople have once again scuppered attempts to pass a climate change bill, by running away. In June of 2019, Oregon Republican Senators refused to show up to work in order to deny the Senate a quorum to vote on a cap-and-trade bill that had passed the House. Some even fled the state to […]

Grecia Elenes grew up in Fresno, California. She says some parts of the city have been neglected for decades. When she moved back after college she realized nothing has changed. “You see the same vacant lots. You see the same liquor stores,” she says. “There’s still no parks. You have the same missing sidewalks.” “That […]

By Ken Kimmell On Monday, Nov. 13, a bi-partisan group of seven states (New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Vermont), and the District of Columbia announced that they will seek public input on how to craft a regional solution to greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, now the largest source of […]

California lawmakers extended the state’s climate legislation Monday night, in what is being considered a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to lower greenhouse emissions. The legislation, a package of bills that extends California’s plan to address climate change, passed with a supermajority in both the Assembly and the Senate, insulating it from any legal […]

Natural Resources Defense Council This week, Gov. Jerry Brown outlined his policy priorities for the coming year, one that will see California poised to make history by implementing its groundbreaking climate and clean energy law, increasing water reliability, restoring a troubled and neglected Bay-Delta ecosystem, and investing in low carbon fuels that reduce the state’s dependence […]