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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

US A/C Map Reveals Heat Winners and Losers | Mirage News
Mirage News
US A/C Map Reveals Heat Winners and Losers. University of Kansas. LAWRENCE — As climate change produces ever more heat waves, how many homes in the ... 

California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

Exxon Sues California to Stop New Climate Reporting Laws - ESG Today
ESG Today
Never miss the latest breaking ESG investment news. Get ESG Today's newsletter today! Subscribe Now. c. Close. We value your ...
        
Measurabl Partners with USGBC California to Power Statewide Building Performance Hub
ESG News
Sustainable Business · Policy & Gov. Policy & Regulators · Government · ESG Investing · Carbon Markets · Sustainable Finance · Climate Finance ...
        
7 Best Socially Responsible Funds - WTOP News
WTOP
This iShares fund is a leader in assets among socially responsible funds, and therefore the obvious place to start for investors looking to invest ...

California Geoengineering

Bipartisan Backlash Against Geoengineering and Carbon Removal in the United States
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In 2022, a network of Alaska Native leaders hosted a protest against a California-based geoengineering experiment seeking to spray synthetic silica ...
        
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be? - Prospect Magazine
Prospect Magazine
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain.
        
California climate regulators propose tightening carbon emissions cap - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
The draft proposal marks the opening salvo in a new round of fighting over California's climate targets. By: Camille von Kaenel.

California climate change and satellites     

Elon Musk wants to block out the SUN to curb global warming - Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Following the California wildfires in January ... Musk did not specify exactly what role AI would be playing in his constellation of satellites ...
        
Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites
Yahoo News NZ
Elon Musk's brilliant plan for saving us from climate change involves a little help from a ... California votes on redistricting this week: report.
        
The Hidden Connection Between Space Sustainability and Climate Research - NewsBreak
NewsBreak
Satellites: The Invisible Guardians of Climate Science. https://img ... Human-induced climate change leads to a global warming at ground level ... 

California Wildfires Climate Change    

Did Climate Change Make the LA Fires Worse? It's Complicated - PBS SoCal
PBS SoCal
There's also uncertainty around whether climate change is exacerbating the whiplash between wet and dry years in Southern California — lots of fuel ...
        
Wildfire smoke and its harmful effects will worsen with climate change - Nature
Nature
... California when this project began and frequently experienced extreme smoke. Part of the scientific challenge was that wildfires and the smoke ...
        
Insurers flee wildfire-prone California despite state assistance - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
CLIMATEWIRE | California's battered property insurance market, which has been a leading symbol of financial destabilization due to climate change ...

California Sustainability Investing    

Unlocking Resilience: Transforming California's climate risk into business value
Sustainability Institute
OMERS Infrastructure - Director, Head of Sustainable Investing. Keep up to date with the latest from ERM and the Sustainability Institute. Email.
        
California's ARB lowers 2030 emissions reductions ambition via proposed cap-and-invest changes
Carbon Pulse
California regulator ARB is walking back the emissions reduction ambition under its cap-and-invest programme relative to workshops held last year, ...
        
Clean Power Alliance Welcomes Three New Cities, Expanding Service to 38 Southern ...
California Community Choice Association
Local impact and sustainability with targeted investments that improve community resilience ... sustainability for our community and helping to make Ca ...    

California Leadership Climate Change     

Unlocking Resilience: Transforming California's climate risk into business value
Sustainability Institute
Building leadership alignment and organizational momentum for effective climate action. ... Principal Technical Consultant, Climate Change. Joe Rizzo.
        
California Officials Rally Behind Climate Superfund Act to Make Big Oil Pay
Streetsblog California
Climate Change · State Capitol Updates · Active Transportation Program ... California Leadership Council. “It brings resources back to the ...
        
ExxonMobil claims California climate disclosure laws violate First Amendment rights in lawsuit
Fox Business
... Fed independence in question as Trump pushes for ... ExxonMobil has sued the state of California, alleging that two climate change ...   

California Energy Storage    

California Passes Law to Reduce Risk of Battery Storage Fires - The Energy Mix
The Energy Mix
Batteries have become an integral part of California's push to clean up its electricity system. But the Moss Landing conflagration jolted the state as ...
        
CEC to Hold First Public Meeting on Corby Battery Energy Storage System Project in Solano County
California Energy Commission - CA.gov
SACRAMENTO — The California Energy Commission (CEC) will hold a public meeting Nov. 6 on the proposed Corby Battery Energy Storage System Project ...
        
After major fire, California county weighs ban on new battery plants - GMToday.com
GMToday.com
Nine months after a huge fire at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing raised questions about how to balance public safety with California's ...

California Green Bond Funds    

Administration proposes climate bond funding to expand extreme heat mitigation programs
Citizen Portal AI
... funds could support planting roughly 15,000–20,000 trees and 30–40 grants. Jamie Gonzales of the Department of Finance, presenting for the California ...
        
Natural Resources secretary outlines Prop 4 priorities and transparency pledge for $10 ...
Citizen Portal AI
... California · Facebook Twitter Link ... - Coastal resilience and ports: Crowfoot noted proposals of roughly $172,000,000 in climate bond funding ...
        
California's K-12 facility funding system unconstitutional, students, parents say in lawsuit
Facilities Dive
As in complaints filed in other states, plaintiffs want the state to stop relying on local bond issues to trigger the release of matching funds to ...     

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California's ADMT Regulations Reshape the AI Business Landscape
Bloomberg Law News
... Privacy Act, businesses in California will need to learn how to handle data privacy, security, and the use of automated decision-making technology.
        
California Strikes Balance for AI in Recruiting and Employment - The National Law Review
The National Law Review
... data inputs, outputs, decision criteria, audit results, and ... decision makers or participants in unlawful conduct located in California.
        
California Eyes 2026 for AI Data Center Bills After Setbacks - Bloomberg Government
Bloomberg Government - BGOV.com
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people ... Data-Driven Departments. Rankings & Awards. Government Affairs ...     

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

Microgrids spread across US as Big Tech, utilities shore up power supplies | Reuters
Reuters
In California, utilities are using microgrids to improve grid resilience and reliability, using funds from a $200 million Microgrid Incentive ...
        
Bekenstein Climate Leader: Haley Weinstein '27 MEM | Yale School of the Environment
Yale School of the Environment - Yale University
After returning from Iceland, she interned at the Clean Coalition, a California nonprofit that designs and stages community microgrid projects.

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

CARB asks for permanent staff to implement SB905 carbon‑management ... - CitizenPortal.ai
Citizen Portal AI
May 01, 2025 | California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California ... utilization and storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) program.
        
Committee advances bill to set state safety standards for CO2 pipelines amid federal delay
Citizen Portal AI
... capture, utilization and sequestration projects can proceed despite ... "We need emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage to ...     

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

On-demand webinar: The Evolving State of Public Health in California
California Medical Association
... risk assessment tool. September 29, 2025. HHS has released updated security risk assessment tool, designed to help small and medium-sized practices ...    

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

Surfrider report warns of imminent loss of California beaches - FOX 5 San Diego
FOX 5 San Diego
Learn about the urgent threat of beach loss in California due to climate change ... health and risks for communities nationwide. It also identifies key ...
        
New UCLA Policy Toolkit Centers Community-Informed Solutions to California's Air Pollution Crisis
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
The Latino Air Pollution and Health Policy Toolkit builds directly on insights from advocates, organizers, and environmental justice leaders.
        
Environmental studies professor wins grant to support community-engaged research on ...
UC Santa Cruz - News
California is one of the most agriculturally productive regions in the United States, but our watersheds face two problems: water scarcity and ... 

California Low Carbon Funds    

The Consequences Of The Department Of Energy's Award Terminations
The Business Download |
... low- and net-zero carbon manufacturing.” Photo Courtesy Sublime Systems. National Security Impacts. The rollback of this funding will also ...
        
Provincial government boosts funding for Hydrogen Innovation Fund - CTV News
CTV News
The money is supposed to support new uses for low-carbon hydrogen ... CTV News wins 31 RTDNA Canada awards, including wins for ...
        
SolTrans board approves carryover funding after charger equipment damage delays electrification
Citizen Portal AI
July 17, 2025 | Vallejo, Solano County, California · Facebook ... The board voted to reallocate previously programmed Low Carbon Transit ...    

California Renewable Energy Investments

A hydrogen 'do-over' for California | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
These hubs were premised on the use of “renewable, electrolytic hydrogen” — meaning hydrogen generated by using renewable electricity to power water- ...
        
Thompson, Neal, Ways & Means Democrats introduce bill to restore historic renewable ...
Lake County News
Thompson, Neal, Ways & Means Democrats introduce bill to restore historic renewable energy investments ... Thompson represents California's ...
        
LA's oceanfront power plant is a test of clean energy ambitions in the Trump era | LAist
LAist
But California's high hopes for hydrogen — and the state's investments ... California continues its transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

California Methane Emissions     

Letters to the Editor: Methane gas leak underscores a threat that California needs to act on
Yahoo
But even more urgently, California must deal with its nearly 90,000 unplugged oil and gas wells that all need to be cleaned up. More than a third of ...
        
California starts looking for deeper emissions cuts - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
CARB runs California's carbon market — the largest in the U.S. — which sets a declining yearly limit on statewide greenhouse gas emissions. The ...
        
Remote sensing helps confirm Aliso Canyon methane plumes traveled at least 6.2 miles ...
UCLA Newsroom
... California's annual methane emissions and double the typical methane emission rate for the Los Angeles Basin. BACKGROUND. The Aliso Canyon disaster ...  

California Impact Investing    

LA's oceanfront power plant is a test of clean-energy ambitions in the new Trump era - CalMatters
CalMatters
The challenge now is whether that clarity can guide smarter investments — and a more sustainable path forward. READ NEXT. California's multibillion- ...
        
Commissioner Lara moves to safeguard Californians' financial future with new regulation
California Department of Insurance - CA.gov
California Organized Investment Network (COIN) Is a Collaborative Effort Between the California ... impact underwriting, investments, or operations.
        
California's ARB lowers 2030 emissions reductions ambition via proposed cap-and-invest changes
Carbon Pulse
California regulator ARB is walking back the emissions reduction ambition under its cap-and-invest programme relative to workshops held last year, ..