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Cap-and-Trade Funding Will Go For Electric Vehicles, Other Programs–But Not Transit Passes
CA approved cap-and-trade spending last week - unfortunately there's a lot for electric cars and not so much for transit.
September 19, 2017
Report: CA Emissions Shrinking—Except for Transportation
Californians need to drive less. Policy makers shy away from regulating driving, so herein: a few suggestions. Discuss.
August 23, 2017
SPUR Talk: Achieving Local Climate Goals
Heavy rains, floods, forest fires, sea level rise are the new normal, warned the Union of Concerned Scientists at SPUR. And it's only going to get worse. What can local and state governments do?
August 11, 2017
CTC Starting to Focus on Details of How to Invest S.B. 1 in Transportation System
Right now and for the next few months, California has a huge opportunity to shift its transportation investment to create a system that works for everybody.
June 27, 2017
ARB Releases Proposed GHG Reduction Goals for Regions
After 2020 California GHG emission reduction goals will become more stringent, and therefore harder to reach. Since transportation is the largest single contributor to GHG emissions, achieving targets requires finding ways to make it easy for people to drive less. But regions say they can't control driving, and they don't have enough money.
June 19, 2017
Air Resources Board to Discuss Greenhouse Emission Targets Today
More ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets are needed, but regional governments say they can't meet them without more aggressive changes--which they say they don't have the power to impose.
March 22, 2017
What Are California’s Real Priorities?
Everyone agrees that transportation investment is needed. But the talk is too much about how to get the money, not enough on how best to spend the money.
March 1, 2017
CARB Considers Alternatives to Cap-and-Trade
The California Air Resources Board will postpone its decision on strategies to meet 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets until June. Staff presented a proposed alternative to cap-and-trade that at least one listener called a "straw man."
February 16, 2017
CA Air Resources Board Releases Draft Plan for Extending Emission Targets
The California Air Resources Board thinks that cap-and-trade is the best way to reach greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by the state, and is formulating a plan to extend it beyond 2020.
December 2, 2016
Interview With Out-Going Climate Champion, State Senator Fran Pavley
California can be a model for the rest of the country and the world on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, grow the economy, and encourage healthy public debate---thanks to legislation authored by outgoing Senator Fran Pavley.
November 28, 2016
