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Sep 16, 2022 · In a July letter to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Governor Newsom called for the state to ensure that the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan provides a path to achieve both the 2030 climate goal and state carbon neutrality no later than 2045, requesting that the final plan incorporate new efforts to advance offshore wind, clean fuels, climate-friendly homes, carbon ...
Oct 25, 2023 · – Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act in Congress. Ocean Conservancy endorsed the legislation when it was first introduced in February 2020 and again in 2021, and has continually worked with members of Congress to refine the scope and language of the bill.
Feb 11, 2021 · California pledged to achieve 100% clean energy. That was the easy part. Esworth Carty, regional maintenance manager for Clearway Energy Group, walks past solar panels at the newly completed 192 ...
- Sammy Roth
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Feb 11, 2020 · – On Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. EST, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), as well as U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and other congressional leaders will host a press event to unveil the historic Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, legislation to tackle the exploding crisis of plastic pollution and transform waste and ...
Aug 19, 2024 · Signs of progress are emerging. From January to mid-July of this year, zero-carbon, renewable energy exceeded demand in California for 945 hours during 146 days — equivalent to a month-and-a-half of 100% fossil-fuel-free electricity, according to the California Energy Commission, the state agency tasked with carrying out the clean energy ...
Sep 9, 2022 · And when Congress was passing the Clean Air Act, California wanted a special carve-out to pass emission standards that were even stricter than what the federal government would require of other ...
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Mar 25, 2021 · The California Public Utilities Commission in particular has sounded alarm bells of caution, warning that building too much clean-energy infrastructure in the next few years could cause ...
