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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander - Politico
Politico
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander. The document offers the clearest view yet of which Republican ...
    
We Can Have it All: Forward-Looking Climate Policy and Affordability. Here's How.
The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
There will be winners and losers at the end of this legislative session ... I know which side I want to be on. Posted in: Climate Change, Energy, ...    

California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

Sea Forward Joins CataCap to Make Ocean Impact Investing More Accessible - Edhat
Edhat
Santa Barbara, CA, June 4, 2025 – Sea Forward is proud to announce a new opportunity for individuals to 'donate to invest' in ocean health, made ...
    
EQIX Named A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
... socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. ... BNK Invest caters to investing firms and individual ... 

California Geoengineering

California's self-own on wind and solar - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
ENERGYWIRE | SACRAMENTO, California — A wind power farm in the mountains of far-Northern California was the first through the door of a new permit ...
    
Arctic geoengineering project shut down over danger to wildlife - MSN
MSN
The non-profit scheme, founded in 2007 and based in California, had previously deployed the glass beads at test sites in the US and Canada, as well as ...
    
California redistricting: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
... California, Friday July 25, 2025.Rich Pedroncelli/AP. SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats plan to release a redrawn congressional map ...

California climate change and satellites     

SpaceX rocket carrying 24 satellites lights up Southern California sky - Yahoo
Yahoo
The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that ...
    
How Methane Satellites Work and Why it Matters - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
... Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. ... Did California Policies Make the LA Fires Worse? California's environmental and climate ...
    
Trump wants NASA to burn a crucial satellite to cinders, killing research into climate change
Los Angeles Times
NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatories have produced groundbreaking data about global warming and crop health. Trump wants the observatories ...

California Wildfires Climate Change    

California's signature climate effort is up for renewal — and it's a fight - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
... California, among other consequences. “Climate change is costing Californians money right now with wildfires and insurance and extreme heat and ...
    
Study Ties Earlier Fire Season to Climate Warming - Environment+Energy Leader
Environment+Energy Leader
Southern California's arid desert ecoregions saw smaller, statistically insignificant changes, and in some cases slight delays, likely due to fuel ...
    
After short reprieve, heat and fire weather to return in SoCal - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
... California fire crews contain a handful of ... California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats.

California Sustainability Investing    

GrubMarket's Green Strategy Marks Two Years in California - Environment+Energy Leader
Environment+Energy Leader
Two years into its Sustainable California initiative, GrubMarket ... By investing in these transitions, the program signals a push toward a ...
    
Mercury Insurance Submits California's First Sustainable Insurance Strategy Homeowners ...
Yahoo Finance
Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) has submitted a rate filing for its California Homeowners program based on the State's Sustainable Insurance ...
    
California Water Commission to hear both State and local perspectives on ... - Action News Now
Action News Now
... Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) across California. Staff from the California Department of Water Resources and the State Water ...

California Leadership Climate Change     

California's signature climate effort is up for renewal — and it's a fight - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
“If our state leaders don't make serious changes to the cap-and-trade program, polluters will continue to skate, while low-income communities of color ...
    
When 270 days becomes 650 - POLITICO
Politico
California leaders pushed to streamline renewable energy permitting. Instead, they've made developers furious.
    
California's signature climate effort is up for renewal — and it's a fight - Yahoo
Yahoo
... Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, in a statement. “If our state leaders don't make serious changes to the cap-and-trade program ...

California Energy Storage    

California county adopts 'balanced' BESS zoning, hopes to stop developers seeking state ...
Energy-Storage.News
Officials in Solano County, California, adopted new zoning standards for battery storage as a moratorium on development nears its expiration.
    
Brattle Report Finds California's Distributed Power Plant Program Could Deliver Hundreds ...
PR Newswire
... battery storage. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- California's statewide Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) distributed storage program ...
    
Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results
Inside Climate News
... battery at a home in Granada Hills, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2020 ...  

California Green Bond Funds    

Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund Announces Dividend: Market Impact on ... - AInvest
AInvest
- The fund reported $56.6M operating income despite $22.8M interest expenses, highlighting reliance on California municipal bonds and sensitivity to ...

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California rejects Elon Musk's rocket-launch proposal - POLITICO
Politico
“We owe it to the public and to the future to insist on data-driven, transparent decision making.” Thursday's vote came after commission staff ...
    
New California Regulations on Employers' Use of AI to Make Decisions Go Into Effect Oct. 1, 2025
JD Supra
The regulations also offer a glimpse into how choices made about testing employment decision-making systems — automated or otherwise — can help, or ...
    
California Wins Big in Inaugural AI 50 Awards - Industry Insider
Industry Insider
... data-driven decision-making overall. Long Beach — Long Beach uses AI to drive progress for its operations, staff and greater community. A ...

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

The Rise of RNG in California: A Strategic Opportunity in Decarbonizing Gas Infrastructure
AInvest
... sector growth. - California's RNG transition exemplifies ... California's RNG market is a microcosm of the global shift toward decarbonization.
    
Accenture's Strategic Expansion into California Public Sector Services: A Catalyst for High ...
AInvest
... Industry X resources aligns with California's smart infrastructure and decarbonization goals. ... Highlands Consulting, a Sacramento-based firm ...

California Microgrids    

bioEnergy Development Announces Decentralized 1 GWh Power-Generation Microgrid for ... - KTLA
KTLA
... California News · Nation/World · Entertainment · Consumer News · Earthquakes · LA ... Syngas → electricity/heat for behind-the-meter microgrids or ...
    
BoxPower releases 110-kWh battery ideal for microgrid setups - Solar Power World
Solar Power World
Off-grid and microgrid company BoxPower has unveiled a new LFP battery that is assembled in California. The ABX‑110‑BABA also meets Build America, ...
    
Costco Tire Center Goes Off-Grid with Microgrid in Connecticut
Microgrid Knowledge
In California, Carr Winery and Amond World, a refrigerated cold storage developer in the Central Valley, have both invested in off-grid microgrids to ...    

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

White Paper: A Review of Emerging Technologies and Methods for Carbon Sequestration
California Air Resources Board - CA.gov
... capture from the air, as well as storage and utilization technologies that would convert CO2 to a form that would ensure safety and permanency of ...
    
What are the implications of California's regulatory push for carbon reduction on ... - AInvest
AInvest
We use essential cookies to make our site work. ... What is the potential for CRC to benefit from California's carbon capture and storage (CCS) ...
    
CP Daily Newsletter: Thursday August 14, 2025 - Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices remained steady week-on-week ... Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Conference 2025: Oct. 8-9 ...     

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risk Assessment     

Toxic gas emissions from a California landfill fuel health crisis and community outrage
The Daily Climate
Residents near the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in northern Los Angeles County have suffered worsening health problems as state officials struggle to ...
    
Community pushback extends comment period on proposed Rohnert Park plastic recycling plant
Northern California Public Media
Veena Singla, an environmental health researcher at University of California ... “ The risk assessment or human risk analysis, it only considers one ...
    
Planning Commission approves hotel, coffee shop and car wash project
Community Forward Redlands
... California). They raised concerns about air quality, noise, health risks from construction and contamination at the site. Andrew Graf of the law ...

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

Climate and Community Health Factsheet: The Critical Role of Infrastructure in Building Resilience
Public Health Institute
Focus Areas Environmental Health, Healthy Communities · Issues Climate Change, Community Development · Programs Build Healthy Places Network.
    
As farmworkers face longer, hotter harvest seasons, their risk of heat-related illness grows
WHYY
... global and community health program is working on a more ... health risks farmworkers face due to climate change and how to mitigate those risks. 

California Low Carbon Funds    

Clean Transportation Incentives – Fiscal Year 2025-26 Funding Plan Development
California Air Resources Board - CA.gov
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosts a ... money will be spent on programs related to low carbon transportation and air quality.
    
What are the implications of California's regulatory push for carbon reduction on ... - AInvest
AInvest
This strategic positioning aligns with California's ambitious climate goals and could attract partnerships and investments in low-carbon energy ...
    
How is Gavin Newsom's $50M Legal Slush Fund to 'Trump-Proof' the State Faring?
California Globe

Newsom confessed in March that California's low-income Medi-Cal is insolvent. As California Congressman Kevin Kiley noted, “the cost of Newsom's ...  

California Renewable Energy Investments    

CAL FIRE invests $5 million to expand biomass use and train forestry workers
Bioenergy Insight
Funding comes from California Climate Investments and General Funds ... renewable energy sources in the country's electricity tax law. The ...
    
California's self-own on wind and solar - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
... California's ambitious new wind energy projects in permitting limbo.AP. ENERGYWIRE | SACRAMENTO, California — A wind power farm in the mountains of ...
    
Close to Home: House GOP gutted my renewable energy investments - The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
Cancel anytime. Winner of 67 California Journalism Awards, including first place General Excellence for the third consecutive year. GET ACCESS.     

California Methane Emissions     

California, other state AGs urge Trump EPA to drop plan to kill greenhouse gas rules
Reuters
... greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, a move that would remove the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations.
    
Bay Area Air District Sues Martinez Landfill Owner Over Alleged Methane Leak - KQED
KQED
... California Air Resources Board. ... Methane is a “potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to climate change,” Fine said in the statement.
    
Toxic gas emissions from a California landfill fuel health crisis and community outrage - EHN
Environmental Health News
Residents near the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in northern Los Angeles County have suffered worsening health problems as state officials struggle to ...

California Impact Investing    

Sea Forward Joins CataCap to Make Ocean Impact Investing More Accessible - Edhat
Edhat
Santa Barbara, CA, June 4, 2025 – Sea Forward is proud to announce a new opportunity for individuals to 'donate to invest' in ocean health, made ...
    
Three California REALTORS® receive C.A.R.'s Champions of Home Impact Award
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today announced one winner and two honorees for its Champions of Home Impact ...
    
How Investors Are Reacting To California Resources (CRC) Record Q2 Profit, Buyback and ...
Simply Wall St
We'll explore how record quarterly production and earnings impact California Resources' longer-term investment narrative and outlook. These 15 ...

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