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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

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California Geoengineering

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California Climate Change and Satellites     

Stellites have just discovered that Earth does not have four equal seasons, and ... - ECOticias.com
ECOticias.com
Many of these hotspots appear in Mediterranean climate regions such as California ... For ecologists, it offers a way to pinpoint where wildlife ...

California Wildfires Climate Change    

A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow
Inside Climate News
Even as exposure to floods, fire and extreme heat increase in the face of climate change, a popular tool for evaluating risk has disappeared from ...
    
'People saw dollar signs': a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement
The Guardian
... wildfires: one year laterCalifornia wildfires. 'People saw ... Decades passed and climate change increased the fire risk, so when the Eaton fire ...
    
Cities are drawing their fire lines - Politico
Politico
How the politics of climate change are shaping the future of California ... She covers how wildfires, drought and other environmental problems ...

California Sustainability Investing    

Sustainability - California High Speed Rail - CA.gov
California High Speed Rail - CA.gov
Economic Investment · Sustainability Practices · Cultural Resources · Private Property. San Joaquin River Viaduct. Contact Us. Green Practices & ...
    
Banning council expands options for environmental project | News | recordgazette.net
Record Gazette
... invest green project to save Earth with sustainable net zero ... California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
    
California Allocates $202 Million to Clean Transport Projects - Bus-News
Bus-News
The projects are financed through the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP), part of the state's California Climate Investments initiative, ...

California Leadership Climate Change     

Newsom's rant about Europe's careful response to Trump was pathetic | Opinion - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee
The California governor had no standing to criticize how a ... climate change adaptation and democracy. Newsom should have stayed home ...
    
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called global leaders "pathetic" on Tuesday for failing ... - Facebook
Facebook
Gavin Newsom of California on Wednesday assailed President Trump's recent speech to the United Nations, in which the president called climate change a ...
    
Newsom roasts world leaders over Trump appeasment: 'I should have brought knee pads'
The Independent
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating ...

California Energy Storage    

South OC Battery Storage Project Halted For Now - Voice of OC
Voice of OC
... battery storage energy facility in San Juan Capistrano have been put on pause. Compass Energy Storage submitted an application to the California ...
    
Trump administration takes first step toward offering new offshore oil drilling leases in California
Reuters
... California from Seal Beach, California, U.S. ... energy and ‌battery storage additions, as electricity demand surges across the United States.
    
Californians for Local, Affordable Solar and Storage launches new association
Solar Power World
While California historically led on distributed energy projects, sizable investments in community solar have left the state for more favorable policy ...

California Green Bond Funds    

Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program – Track 1
California Grants Portal - CA.gov
The SB 1 Grant Program is part of California Climate ... Amount is accurate as of January 2026. California Grants Portal Logo California Grants Portal.
    
Mr. Bill: A Successful Legislative Year for Damon Connolly | Pacific Sun
Pacific Sun
“This year, I was able to help secure, along with my Northern California colleagues, $33.5 million [from the climate bond fund] for the State Coastal ...

California Data Driven Decision Making    

Governor Newsom meets with World Health Organization Director-General, announces ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
California will not bear witness to the chaos this decision will bring. ... driven decision-making. To lead this work, the state engaged some of ...
    
California becomes first state to join WHO-coordinated global outbreak response network
FOX 5 San Diego
... California-led effort aimed at modernizing public health infrastructure and reinforcing science-based decision-making. The initiative includes ...
    
Navigating the California Consumer Privacy Act: 30+ Essential FAQs for Covered ... - Jackson Lewis
Jackson Lewis
... decision-making or substantially replace human decision-making. ... (C) Have the authority to make or change the decision based on their analysis in (B) ...

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Community Health Risk Assessment         

A banned pesticide is still showing up in Long Beach and other coastal communities
Los Angeles Times
... health risks. In early ... Climate & EnvironmentBusinessCaliforniaPoliticsCalifornia Politics Climate ChangeTrump AdministrationHealth & Wellness.
    
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 20-23: Climate change effects on the Delta, and ...
Maven's Notebook
In 2025, DWR released two reports concluding that subsidence has restricted the amount of water delivered to communities through California's primary ...
    
Some homeowners are going without insurance but choosing to stay put | UCLA
Newsroom | UCLA
... concerns about climate change. “Policymakers need a clear ... Climate hazards: California has unusually high exposure to climate change ...

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

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California Low Carbon Funds    

Caltrans awards $202M to fund clean transportation projects - Progressive Railroading
Progressive Railroading
The projects are funded by California Climate Investment (CCI) through the Low Carbon Transit Operation Program (LCTOP) which has invested over $1.4 ...
    
A California Climate Policy Is Polluting Wisconsin | The New Republic
The New Republic
The California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard, or LCFS, is a climate program ... Critics view digesters—and the public funds being funneled into ...
    
Coalition presses USDA to limit funds for manure digesters | KiowaCountyPress.net
Kiowa County Press
Farmers can also generate credits under California's low-carbon fuel standard. Lobdell said the limited REAP program funds would be better spent ... 

California Renewable Energy Investments

California Surpasses 2.5 Million ZEV Sales
California Energy Commission - CA.gov
As a result of state action, California is a world leader in solar energy and battery storage. ... investment from the Clean Transportation Program.

California is getting grid planning right – now we actually need to build it - Energy Exchange
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
... investment that protect affordability while accelerating the clean energy transition. With the right planning framework now in place, regulators ...
    
At World Economic Forum, Governor Newsom announces California shattered clean car ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
California doubles down on clean transportation investments. California is ... Competing to win the future requires investing in clean energy ...

California Methane Emissions     

Methane gas leak in Wasco under control: KCFD | KGET 17 News
KGET.com
A methane gas well caught fire in a remote area around 9:30 a.m. in Wasco near Palm Avenue and Phillips Road. An evacuation order was issued for a ...
    
Evacuation order lifted near Wasco-Kern County Airport after methane gas leak - KBAK
KBAK
California City PD: Missing 78-year-old man with dementia found. UPDATE ... According to ReadyKern, a Methane gas release was a threat to areas North of ...
    
Methane leak prompts evacuation order north of Wasco - 23ABC News Bakersfield
23ABC News Bakersfield
Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. Methane gas leak forces evacuation order north of Wasco in Kern ...   

California Impact Investing    

Following 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness, Governor Newsom announces new ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... impact for Californians experiencing homelessness. These ... through a $77 million investment from the California's cap and invest program, ...