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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

Biggest winners and losers of California's redistricting war - POLITICO
Politico
LOSERS. Kevin McCarthy is seen. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fell short in his effort to raise money to defeat Proposition ...
        
Prop 50's biggest winners and losers - POLITICO
Politico
Prop 50's biggest winners and losers · Texas Democrats: Texas Gov. · Greg Abbott and Republican state lawmakers steamrolled Democrats with their new ...
        
Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil - NewsBreak
NewsBreak
... climate change in Trump's second term. Govs. Tony Evers of Wisconsin ... Biggest winners and losers of California's redistricting war. Initial ...     

California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

Fractured & Fraught — but Still Potentially Profitable: The State of ESG in 2025
Corporate Compliance Insights
... ESG disclosure requirements and California has pressed on with its similar regulations. ... Access to capital: A few years ago, investors were including ...
        
ESG Investing's Future: Navigating Regulatory Currents and Sustainable Fund Performance
FinancialContent
... California, are actively shaping corporate sustainability reporting. In ... The modern precursor, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) ...
        
ESG Today: Week in Review
ESG Today
ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. ESG ... This week in ESG news: UK to regulate ESG ratings providers; Exxon sues ...    

California Geoengineering

California tries to fill a widening climate vacuum - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
Gavin Newsom speaks. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).Ethan Swope/AP. GREENWIRE | SÃO PAULO — Gavin ...
        
Nov 8: The pros and cons of geoengineering, and more... | CBC Radio
CBC
To understand more, researchers at the Ptacek and Fu lab at the University of California, San Francisco, including postdoctoral fellow Dan Levine ...
        
California greenhouse gas emissions dropped 3% in 2023 - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
GREENWIRE | California's greenhouse gas emissions declined by 3 percent in 2023, according to new data that state air quality regulators released ...   

California Climate Change and Satellites     

Satellite hunt for superpollutant wins $100 million in new funding - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
California, Texas ... Dlouhy and Clark write for Bloomberg. Show Comments. Climate & EnvironmentScience & MedicineWorld & NationClimate Change ...
        
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California's central coast (video) | Space
Space
... Climate Change · Weather · The Universe · Stars · Black Holes · Dark Universe ... SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California's central coast ...
        
ESA's HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch - GPS World
GPS World
The twin HydroGNSS satellites arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ... Click Here! Tags: climate change, ESA, GNSS reflectometry, ... 

California Wildfires Climate Change    

Wildfires are getting more intense around the world due to human-driven climate change
Space
... changes converged into record-breaking fires from the Amazon to California. Click here for more Space.com videos... "Land surface models simulate ...
        
To see fewer devastating wildfires, Congress must fix our forests now - The Hill
The Hill
While climate change plays a role in wildfires increasing in size ... Tags California wildfires canada wildfires Climate Goals congress Fix ...
        
Meet Newsom's answer to Trump's climate attacks - POLITICO
Politico
... California Climate. How the politics of climate change are shaping the future of California. California ...

California Sustainability Investing    

Postcard from California: Disclosing the full climate impacts of big businesses
The New Lede
... investment decisions.” According to Ceres, a Boston-based advocacy group that works to promote action by businesses toward greater sustainability ...
        
As Trump abandons people and the planet, Governor Newsom heads to COP30 in Brazil
Governor of California - CA.gov
... investment in green finance, manufacturing, and ... sustainable manufacturing, and economic growth in California and across the Americas.
        
Ecolab, GM & The California Water Resilience Initiative | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
Solutions include large-scale investments in water recycling, stormwater capture, groundwater restoration and efficiency upgrades in homes and ... 

California Leadership Climate Change     

World-leading economy and climate solutions: California's emissions drop in 2023, driven ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
World-leading economy and climate solutions: California's emissions drop in 2023, driven by clean transportation. What you need to know: As leaders ...
        
As Trump abandons people and the planet, Governor Newsom heads to COP30 in Brazil
Governor of California - CA.gov
... leadership — showing how subnational governments are turning global climate commitments into action. ... California Climate Credit. And thanks to ...
        
Gavin Newsom: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2025 - Time Magazine
Time Magazine
... climate change. Those claimed more than 400 lives and cost more than ... California and other climate-leading states are with you in the ...     

California Energy Storage    

California's new bill could usher in a “safe-by-design” era for battery storage - ESS News
ESS News
Developers have less than two months to prepare for California's new safety standards, where smart documentation -not system redesign - will be ...
        
California legislation sets new safety standards for battery storage - PV Magazine
PV Magazine
TWAICE says California's Senate Bill 283 will shift developers' focus from hardware redesign to proactive documentation and data-driven safety ...
        
State energy commission hears from energized Vacaville neighbors on proposed lithium-ion ...
CBS News
California changed state laws back in 2022 to fast-track battery storage plants to help the state meet its clean energy goals and desire for more ... 

California Green Bond Funds    

BOS urges fair share of climate bond money for New River | News | thedesertreview.com
The Desert Review
... climate bond that voters approved in Nov. 2024, “there's a specific line for California-Mexico rivers and coastal waters.” He said that in that ...
        
Mayer Brown represents the City of Bogota in $600 million green bond offering, the first of its ...
Mayer Brown
California Climate Disclosure Laws – Countdown to Disclosure: What ... Private Equity, Funds & Investment Management · Projects ...  

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California's ADMT Regulations Reshape the AI Business Landscape | JD Supra
JD Supra
To “significantly replace human decisionmaking” means when a decision is made solely based on ADMT output, without human involvement. Human ...
        
AI in Recruiting and Employment Decision-Making: New California AI Regulations Strike a ...
JD Supra
... based technology now shaping employment decisions, such as: ... Accountability means transparency in process, traceability in data, and intervention ...
        
Retrospective: 2025 in state data privacy law - IAPP
IAPP
The California Privacy Protection Agency's rulemaking covers automated decision-making ... data-driven harms, surveillance' and mass data collection.    

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

ET Highlights: California's push for emissions caps, Singapore port authority & Belgium ...
S&P Global
Energy transition highlights: Our editors and analysts bring you the biggest stories from the industry this week, from renewables to storage to ...
        
Utility Global and Symbio North America Announce Strategic Alliance - Fuel Cells Works
Fuel Cells Works
Houston, TX, and Temecula, CA— Utility Global (“Utility”), a U.S.-based leader in economic industrial decarbonization through innovative hydrogen ...

California Microgrids    

Bill to speed use of existing microgrid funds advances after brief hearing - Citizen Portal AI
Citizen Portal AI
July 16, 2025 | California State Assembly, House, Legislative, California ... Why it matters: Microgrids are cited by proponents as a resilience ...
        
Largest Green Hydrogen and ESS Hybrid Microgrid in US Goes Online in California | SMM
Metal News
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a California utility, in collaboration with Energy Vault, has launched a long duration energy storage ...
        
20 New EV Charging Ports Installed In Long Beach, CA - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
Powerflex installs commercial solar power, energy storage systems, microgrids, and EV chargers. The company's headquarters is in San Diego. Long ...    

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

Ground Breaking Ceremony for California's First Carbon Capture and Storage Project - The Runner
The Runner
That is equivalent to the emissions of nearly 400,000 passenger vehicles or the energy use of over 200,000 American households. Brookfield ...
        
Balancing climate ambition and affordability: Reflecting on California's 2025 legislative session
Clean Air Task Force
... carbon dioxide removal and storage to industrial decarbonization solutions. Looking ahead: The reauthorization of California's Cap-and-Invest ...
        
CARB urges permanent staff for SB905 carbon capture program - Citizen Portal AI
Citizen Portal AI
March 12, 2025 | California State Assembly, House, Legislative, California ... utilization and storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Matt ...

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

Invest in a stronger, healthier you - UCnet - University of California
UCnet - University of California
... health risk assessment; updates to your prevention plan; medication review; health advice; advance care planning; and cognitive assessments. Here ... 

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

The Consequences of Climate Change on Cancer Development and Patient Care
The ASCO Post
... risk for differing health outcomes. For example, low-income communities and minority populations are disproportionately affected by cancer and ...
        
Ignoring Greenhouse Gases Emissions Endangers Us All | American Lung Association
American Lung Association
Climate change amplifies existing health risk and can widen disparities in poor health outcomes. Communities that are already overexposed to ... 

California Low Carbon Funds    

California Hydrogen Hub Hits Pause After Federal Funding Cut - Energy Intelligence
Energy Intelligence
The Arches public-private hydrogen hub initiative in California is halting operations due to last month's cancellation of $1.2 billion in DOE ...
        
CRC Ready to Run When California CO2 Pipe Pause Ends - Energy Intelligence
Energy Intelligence
Brussels has earmarked $3.3 billion under its latest low-carbon funding round to support projects, ranging from CCS to sustainable fuels and greener ...
        
Hydrogen fund may fuel low-carbon innovation - Petrolia Lambton Independent
Petrolia Lambton Independent
Associate Minister of Energy, Sam Oosterhoff, looks at Greenfield Global's low-carbon aviation fuel plant at the Sarnia-Lambton Research Park Oct. 31.   

California Renewable Energy Investments

California ARCHES Green Hydrogen Hub Pauses After $1.2Bn Funding Cut
Fuel Cells Works
The Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), California's ... Related Categories. Hydrogen EconomyEnergy PolicyGreen Investment ...
        
California's Affordability Crisis: Utilities Asking for More Money for Shareholders
Sierra Club
... investments, as California needs major investments in clean energy and transmission infrastructure to meet its climate and renewable energy goals.
        
Port of Oakland Sets Renewable and Zero-Carbon Power Record in 2024, Secures New ...
Port of Oakland
... renewable energy investments. The agreement also supports California's Senate Bill 100 goals, which require 100% clean electricity by 2045. The ...     

California Methane Emissions     

California Governor Newson slams Trump for 'dumb' US climate policy at COP30
France 24
She governs a major fossil fuel-producing state but has pushed to expand renewables and curb methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. Reflecting ...
        
Governor Newsom inks new global partnerships at COP30 as Trump administration doesn't ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
California's climate leadership. Pollution is down and the economy is up. Greenhouse gas emissions in California are down 21% since 2000 — even as ...
        
World-leading economy and climate solutions: California's emissions drop in 2023, driven ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... California's programs to decrease greenhouse gas emissions are working. While California's emissions go down, its economy continues to expand.     

California Impact Investing    

How CA nonprofit is investing in education to empower young women in Africa - ABC7 News
ABC7 News
"A small amount of money and a small amount of effort can have a lot of impact there," board member Evan Ericson says. As Agape Farmhands looks ...
        
Impact investing finds new centres of gravity - Private Equity International
Private Equity International
The world of responsible investing has been hit in recent years by a backlash against ESG practices, particularly in the US. ESG and impact investing ...
        
Impact investing in and with AI + private equity's long game aligns with better jobs
Impact Alpha
In this week's ImpactAlpha Open, we explore how impact investors are investing with AI and investing in AI. ... California history. The plight of these ...

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