Rachel Becker / CalMatters
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Experts say the state’s cap and trade program may be insufficient in meeting ambitious climate goals. And environmentalists have called the program unfair to polluted communities. -
The companies pledged to meet state greenhouse gas requirements, not Trump administration rollbacks. In exchange, they get more time to meet them.
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Some of California’s key environmental programs for battling smog and climate change have lost nearly $105 million as the state grapples with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
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More than 100 million people in the United States, including nearly 35 million Californians, live with air that exceeds the EPA’s health standard for ozone.
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Fewer inmates are available for hand crews so the state is filling the gap. So far, slightly more acreage has burned this year than last year.
