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Upcoming AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Meeting
The next meeting of the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) will be Thursday, February 8, 2023. The meeting agenda and information about how to attend in person or…
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Climate Transparency in California Is at Risk
The Climate Accountability Package — comprised of Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 253 and Senator Henry Stern’s SB 261 — created the nation’s first requirements for large corporations to…
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SB 252 Fails as CalPERS and CalSTRS Oppose Its Proposal for Divestment from Fossil Fuels
The Legislature proposal in SB 252 this year would have required the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to stop investing…
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Fifth National Climate Assessment Reveals Grim Outlook and the Need for Urgent Action
Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) was released this month. The NCA5 describes itself as “the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is…
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Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (VCMDA) Adopted
The recently adopted Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (VCMDA) will go into effect on January 1, 2024. (See Assembly Bill (AB) 1305 (Chapter 365, of Statutes of 2023).) …
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CARB Reports Emissions Are Up
CARB recently released a preliminary greenhouse gas inventory reporting that the the state’s emissions increased in 2021 and 2022 as compared with 2020. Reporting by Scoping Plan sector in units of…
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