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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

Hydrogen Hubs, Rail Tunnels, and Walkability: Winners & Losers in the Shutdown Cuts
CleanTechnica
... climate progress for years to come ... Hydrogen Hubs, Rail Tunnels, and Walkability: Winners & Losers in the Shutdown Cuts.

California Global Reporting Initiative    

Governor Newsom signs SB 53, advancing California's world-leading artificial intelligence industry
Governor of California - CA.gov
SB 53 is responsive to the recommendations in the report — and will help ensure California's position as an AI leader. ... Initiatives. Abortion ...
        
California's Newsom signs law requiring AI safety disclosures - Reuters
Reuters
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative ... Reporting by Jody Godoy in New York; Editing by Chris ...

California Socially Responsible Investing    

California Names 4,000+ Companies Facing Mandatory Climate Disclosures - ESG News
ESG News
C-suite leaders and investors will be monitoring how CARB finalizes its compliance framework, including enforcement mechanisms and penalties for non- ...
        
Climate X partners US advisory firm Embark to tackle California's climate regulations
Finextra Research
/sustainable. News and resources on ESG data and technology, Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance initiatives and best practices. Home ...
        
ESG News Week In Review: 21 September
ESG News
ESG News Week In Review: 21 September – 28 September · Apple Expands Nature-Based Climate Investments with California Redwood Forest Project ...

California Geoengineering

One California geothermal bill passes, one fails in latest Newsom signings - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
Steam rises from the EnergySource LLC geothermal electricity plant near Westmorland, California. It's a mixed legislative bag for California's ...

California climate change and satellites     

Meet the startup testing space-based solar farms that use lasers to send power to Earth
CNBC
A California-based startup is launching space-based satellites into ... How robotic beehives use AI to protect bees from climate change · Diana ...
        
Plan to reflect sunlight to power solar panels at night upsets astronomers
Los Angeles Times
California startup Reflect Orbital ... Hiltzik: Trump wants NASA to burn a crucial satellite to cinders, killing research into climate change.
        
New study warns California's ancient Sierra Nevada glaciers may disappear entirely ...
Cal Coast Times
Satellite and Aerial Surveys: Tracking glacier surface area and volume changes from 1980 to 2023. Ice Core Sampling: Understanding historical climate ...    

California Wildfires Climate Change    

Governor Newsom signs executive order launching next phase of whole-of-government ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... wildfire, and other climate threats and natural disasters. ... California's climate leadership. Pollution is down and the economy is up ...
        
Study: Wildfires in western U.S. play role in global warming - UPI.com
UPI
... Environment. Focusing on August 2020 wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in northern California and dozens of smaller fires in Utah ...
        
California's wildfire season was going relatively well. A shutdown could change that.
Politico
James Puerini, who works with federal, state and tribal partners on prescribed burns and forest health projects as part of the nonprofit Climate and ...

California Sustainability Investing    

California's next big oil fight is in full swing - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
Environmental advocates want oil companies to keep extra supplies on hand. Industry hates that idea. Avatar of Noah Baustin. By: Noah Baustin.  

California Leadership Climate Change     

Governor Newsom signs executive order launching next phase of whole-of-government ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... change creates new risks to property owners and insurers as well ... California's climate leadership. Pollution is down and the economy is up ...
        
Newsom stakes claim as U.S. climate leader. Some back home no longer buy it
San Francisco Chronicle
... leaders sidelined as much as what they prioritized in response to the Trump administration's California-hostile and climate change-denying actions.
        
California's road to climate progress, Part 1 - Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
As far back as the 1940s, California's leaders knew they had a climate problem. ... California against the ever-expanding risks of climate change. When ... 

California Energy Storage    

Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects - ABC News
ABC News - The Walt Disney Company
In the U.S., California and Texas have been leaders in battery storage. But other states are moving quickly, often with privately developed systems.
        
Governor Newsom signs bill to enhance battery storage safety - KSBY
KSBY
Sponsored by the California Professional Firefighters and the California State Association of Electrical Workers, the law follows the Moss Landing ...
        
California's solar and battery combo packs a transformational punch - Reuters
Reuters
That year-over-year jump of roughly 7,200 GWh of solar electricity supplies was supplemented by a roughly 75% rise in California's battery storage ...  

California Green Bond Funds    

Trump administration cancels nearly $8 billion in climate funding to blue states: Vought
CNBC
Vought said the projects affected by the decision are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts ...
        
State Looks To Hire Thousands Of Year-Round Firefighters | KQED
KQED
... funding for more year-round firefighters. California voters approved a $10 billion climate bond measure last November. We're now seeing where the ...
        
Happy New Water Year 2026!; Risk-taking is key to saving CA's freshwater species; Salmon ...
Maven's Notebook
... California's Climate Bond from 12pm to 1:30pm. State leaders just allocated $3.3 billion in Climate Bond funding for the coming year, which is the ...    

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California Finalizes CCPA Regulations for Automated Decision-Making Technology, Risk ...
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Businesses can also leverage risk assessments conducted for other purposes (i.e., pursuant to a requirement under the EU's General Data Protection ...
        
California Leads the Way in Consumer-Facing AI Regulation with Automated ... - Duane Morris
Duane Morris
As an important development in U.S. AI regulation, California enacted its automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) rules in September 2025.
        
California's Restrictions on AI in the Workplace Will Hurt Workers
Center for Data Innovation
Second, as with many proposed laws, this bill defines automated systems so broadly that almost any software-based tool involving data or analytics, ...

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

Inside the Calistoga Resiliency Center, One of Only a Few Community Microgrids in California
Microgrid Knowledge
After years of disputes over how to deploy community microgrids to provide resilience in wildfire-prone California, the fuel-cell-based Calistoga ...
        
Davis City Council Defers Decision on Microgrids for New Housing Projects
Davis Vanguard
Residents urge the council to prioritize affordable housing to boost local economy. DAVIS, CA — The Davis City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to ...
        
Costco Advances Toward Energy Independence with Off-Grid Solar Systems
Microgrid Knowledge
... storage and electric vehicle charging solutions at the retailer's Mira Loma and Ontario, California facilities    

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

Representatives Moore, Costa Introduce Legislation Promoting Bioenergy with Carbon ...
Blake Moore
... CA) introduced bipartisan, innovative legislation bolstering the deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technology in the ...    

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risk Assessment     

CDA urges use of RHTP funds to support mobile dental clinics, implement Medicare dental ...
California Dental Association (CDA)
... health care in California. States that are focused on ... health risk assessment and intraoral screening as part of a patient's primary care.
        
California Partnership Boosted COVID-19 Response and Advanced Health Equity, Report Reveals
Bioengineer.org
... CA. Unlike conventional assessment tools, this method embraces the complexity of community-academic partnerships by capturing varied stakeholder ...
        
Federal shutdown disrupts telehealth; Medicare and Medicaid payments continue
California Medical Association
... community health center funding, and the National Health Service Corps. ... HHS has released updated security risk assessment tool, designed to ...   

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

California's road to climate progress, Part 1 - Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
... California against the ever-expanding risks of climate change. When ... community resilience in the face of growing climate loss and risk.
        
Commonwealth Fund ranks which states are best, worst for health and climate change preparation
Healthcare Brew
On the other side of the country, California-based Kaiser Permanente is taking on wildfires with community awareness and support. And nonprofit ...
        
California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy
Inside Climate News
A digest of stories on the inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. ... environmental health expert and lead ...  

California Low Carbon Funds    

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California Renewable Energy Investments    

Trump's $7.6 Billion Energy Cuts Hit California Grid Upgrade - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
A consortium that included the California Energy Commission and Southern California Edison was awarded a federal grant of $600 million for the ...
        
Trump's Clean Energy Cuts Jeopardize California's Climate Goals - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Power transmission lines and wind turbines in Rio Vista, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg.
        
The Big Winners in California? Science and Climate. - Union of Concerned Scientists
The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
This seminal climate program sets a declining cap on global warming emissions and generates billions of dollars in funding for clean energy, zero ...     

California Methane Emissions     

California Proposes New Regulations to Prevent Landfill Fires - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
The proposed changes are part of a broader set of updates to statewide rules aimed at reducing methane emissions to 40% below 2013 levels by 2030. The ...
        
California Is Proposing New Regulations to Avert Landfill Fires - Bloomberg Law News
Bloomberg Law News
... methane emissions from waste. The proposed amendments would require landfill operators in California to conduct “intensive monitoring and ...
        
How a California Clean Energy Program Became a Boon for Big Dairies - Sentient Media
Sentient Media
California is the nation's largest milk producer, and the dairy and livestock sector accounts for more than half of California's methane emissions.    

California Impact Investing    

Nonprofits may benefit from the growing popularity of impact investing | RSM US
RSM US
Impact investing is an investment strategy that aims to generate measurable social or environmental benefits alongside financial returns. This ...
        
Opinion: Why impact investors should share the good news about climate adaptation opportunities
Pioneers Post
... impact investors can be the leaders. Despite record-breaking floods in Spain and Texas and wildfires in California, and our increasing ...
        
Climate X partners US advisory firm Embark to tackle California's climate regulations
Finextra Research
/sustainable. News and resources on ESG data and technology, Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance initiatives and best practices. Home ...