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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it misleading
WSB Radio
Georgia winners and losers after Bulldogs beat Alabama ...

California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

CalSTRS Appoints Nick Abel as Director of Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies
ESG Today
ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. ESG ... California's teachers.” Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year ...

In brief: CalSTRS promotes SISS director - New Private Markets
New Private Markets
California state-run pension fund appoints Nick Abel to investment director in its sustainable investment strategy.

Community Vision lands $5 million Packard Foundation boost for community ownership in California
ImpactAlpha
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation's $5 million debt investment came through its $250 million mission investing strategy ... social enterprises in ... 

California Geoengineering

California regulators reject solar plant closure deal over objections from feds, energy companies
POLITICO Pro
What happened: The California Public Utilities Commission voted to reject contract termination agreements that Pacific Gas & Electric negotiated with ...

California utilities score regulatory victory in wildfire resilience fight - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
GREENWIRE | California utilities scored a major victory Wednesday, with regulators stripping a key element from a proposed power line undergrounding ...

Top California wildlife official departs for environmental group - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
E&E NEWS PM | SACRAMENTO, California — Chuck Bonham, the longtime director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, is leaving the ...

California Climate Change and Satellites     

GeoFlame VISION: AI, Satellite Tech Predict Wildfire Risk | Mirage News
Mirage News
Tags: NASA , Washington , United States , environment , california ... climate changeamericaImpactcourtInternetincident · Latest News Updates ...

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
Space
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

Trump does his thing, and NASA does its own - Defence24.com
Defence24.com
... satellites that will collect important data on the changing climate on Earth. ... satellite was launched into space from California. It will ...

California Wildfires Climate Change    

California endures whipsaw climate extremes as federal support withers
Times of San Diego
Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger wildfires and intense storms are imperiled under President Trump.

The fire line is getting fuzzy - POLITICO
Politico
Nearly a year after the Los Angeles fires, California ... climate change are shaping the future of California ...

Amid catastrophic loss, the unshakable allure of the San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles Times
He told me climate change is a bigger factor in the fires that hit Northern California's heavily wooded areas than in Southern California's chaparral ...

California Sustainability Investing    

CalSTRS names Abel to lead sustainable, stewardship strategies - Alternatives Watch
Alternatives Watch
The California State Teachers' Retirement System named Nick Abel as its Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies (SISS) investment ...

CalSTRS chooses new director of sustainable investment and stewardship strategies
Pensions & Investments
Abel, who was previously a portfolio manager at the $385.8 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System, West Sacramento, succeeds Kirsty ...

Ninth Circuit halts California climate-disclosure rule - Ballotpedia News
Ballotpedia News
20, aiming to simplify sustainability reporting and make it easier for investors to understand financial products. The proposal introduces three ...

California Leadership Climate Change     

California's Major Wins and Losses for Climate, Clean Air, Toxics and Health - NRDC
NRDC
... California made significant progress on clean energy, climate leadership, and affordability. ... Renewable Energy Climate Change Buildings Climate ...

But where will the water come from? - Politico
Politico
Climate change adds another layer of uncertainty. The Newsom administration projects that hotter, drier conditions could shrink California's water ...

PD Editorial: Californian fights climate change with pocket change - The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
That is what the California Air Resources Board has just delivered. On Nov. 20, the board updated its regulations for landfill methane. The change was ...

California Energy Storage    

Opinion | Wind, water and solar energy aren't enough. California needs nuclear options
CalMatters
Even with vastly expanded battery storage capacity to smooth things out, the match is poor. California will sometimes generate renewable energy in ...

Plans for Huge New CA Oceanfront Battery Storage Plant Withdrawn Following Disastrous ...
Fire Engineering
Paul Rogers m- The Mercury News The Texas company that owns the battery storage plant at Moss Landing, California, that burned in a spectacular ...

Clearway negotiates 560MWh tolling agreements with California IOU SDG&E, sells BESS to yieldco
Energy-Storage.News
Clearway Energy Group has negotiated tolling agreements with SDG&E for one of its solar and storage complexes in Kern County, California.

California Green Bond Funds    

California Authority to Sell $950 Million of Green Bonds to Prepurchase Power | Morningstar
Morningstar
The bonds will be backed by a trust fund and by revenue from the clean energy project. will supply the electricity, with New York Life Insurance ...

Green Bond FAQ » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA)
Cal-CCA.org
How much money have CCAs saved through CCCFA so far? CCCFA has issued $23 billion in prepayment bonds, saving CCA customers roughly $150 million every ...

JPMorgan Seeks to Turn Muni Funds With $840 Million Into ETFs - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
The board for the JPMorgan California Tax Free Bond Fund and the ... MarketsEconomicsTechnologyPoliticsGreenCryptoAI. Work & Life. Wealth ...

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California Privacy Regulators Fine ROR Partners for Unregistered Data Broker Activity
Technology Law - Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
... decision against ROR Partners LLC (“ROR”) carrying important implications for companies engaged in data-driven advertising. In its order, the CPPA ...

California Privacy Developments to Watch in 2026 - The National Law Review
The National Law Review
... Decision-Making Technology (ADMT). At the same time, states ... data-deletion requirements for data brokers and AI-driven profiling systems.

Displacement and Dollars Down the Drain: The Data Behind California's Highway Expansion Crisis
Streetsblog California
... California's policy- and decision-makers must confront the consequences of transportation decisions. ... At a time when California faces climate-driven ..,

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

California microgrid pilots EV integration model for wildfire-prone regions - R&D World
R&D World
The Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid (RCAM) in Northern California has integrated parked electric vehicles (EVs) as a buffer for excess solar ...

In emergencies, hospitals are relying on microgrids
Tech Brew
The system's Ontario, California, hospital hosts its largest microgrid with on-site solar, a fuel cell system, and batteries—which can supply the ...

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

California Resources stock initiated with Overweight rating at Wells Fargo - Investing.com
Investing.com
... carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) business and owned power assets. In what Wells Fargo describes as a conservative case, the firm ...

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

New Report Reveals How California's Growing AI Infrastructure Threatens Environmental ...
PR Newswire
The report provides an in-depth spatial analysis connecting the locations of data centers with community health and environmental indicators across ...

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

California's farmworkers face ICE raids, deadly heat and pollution all at once
LA Public Press
Climate change is contributing to the deadly working conditions. ... health risks posed by their jobs. To this day, the 59-year-old cannot ...

Coastal sites that release toxic waste could flood as sea levels rise - Earth.com
Earth.com
Her research focuses on how environmental hazards and climate change shape health risks in marginalized communities across the U.S.. Her team ...

New Report Reveals How California's Growing AI Infrastructure Threatens Environmental ...
WVNews
... risks posed by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) ... community health and environmental indicators across California. It ...

California Low Carbon Funds    

California faces $1.8 bln funding gap as cap-and-trade revenues fall short -report
Carbon Pulse
California's Legislature could face difficult ... ExxonMobil reduces planned low-carbon investment to $20 bln in updated 2030 corporate strategy ...

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context
Legislative Analyst's Office
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. Caltrans. $200 million. Wildfire ... GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; CalFire = California ...

California Renewable Energy Investments

Governor Newsom announces $1.1B in zero-emission transit, safer roadways, and resilient ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
Building California's future. Among today's approved investments is $53 million to purchase 12 clean energy locomotives to replace older diesel ...

Thompson bill aims to reinstate clean energy investments | News - The Davis Enterprise
The Davis Enterprise
Terabase Solar CEO Matt Campbell stated that half of California's electricity comes from solar energy production. In 2024, Campbell says, two ...

Governor Newsom Announces One Point One Billion Dollars for Zero-Emission Transit ...
Caltrans - CA.gov
Among today's approved investments is $53 million to purchase 12 clean energy locomotives to replace older diesel engines across Southern California's ...

California Methane Emissions     

Crews begin 24/7 emergency repair work on abandoned oil well in Newport Beach after gas leak
ABC7
Workers are trying to repair a 1920s-era abandoned oil well that's been leaking oil and methane gas. Smack dab in the middle of one of Newport Beach's ...

Newport Beach launches 24/7 drilling to fix abandoned well that leaked methane, oil | KTLA
KTLA
... California Politics · California Politics · Politics from The Hill · LA 2028 ... When city crews responded, they detected methane gas in the home's ...

CDFA Awards $6.29 Million From California Climate Investments for Methane Emission ...
Farms.com
... California Climate Investments for Methane Emission Reduction Projects on Dairy and Livestock Farms. Dec 08, 2025. The California Department of Food ...

California Impact Investing    

Funding and Financing Options for Resilience Investments - California Forward
CA Fwd
These impacts hurt our communities and residents, not only in the form of staggering disaster impacts, but also in higher daily living costs as ...

Community Vision lands $5 million Packard Foundation boost for community ownership in California
ImpactAlpha
Community Vision CA's $130 million loan fund was originally launched as the Northern California ... German family offices co-invest with EQT impact fund ...

Fund managers from diverse backgrounds are delivering standout returns - Fortune
Fortune
... impact for our mission to advance wellness for California's communities. ... The real risk isn't investing differently – it's investing the same ...