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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

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California Global Reporting Initiative    

Full emissions disclosure under California Senate Bill 253 could change carbon evaluations ...
Nature
Investors who consider climate impacts often rely on emissions produced directly by companies or from the energy they purchase.

California Socially Responsible Investing    

California Sets August 2026 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - 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 ...
 
California sets August deadline for GHG emissions reporting - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
Members of California's clean air and pollution management agency have signed off on corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting, making it the ...
 
CARB approves California's climate disclosure regulations - ESG Dive
ESG Dive
“By establishing clear and consistent disclosure requirements, California is ensuring that the state's investors and consumers have access to ...

California Geoengineering

Among Young Climate Scientists, a Growing Interest In Geoengineering - Yale E360
Yale E360
Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some students are researching dimming the sun despite the pushback from other scientists. Yashas Raj ...

California Climate Change and Satellites     

Satellite photos show California's sudden snowpack meltdown: Now you see it, now you don't
Los Angeles Times
But extreme warmth across the West this winter has meant more precipitation falling as rain, not snow — a symptom of global warming, experts say, ...
 
A Night Light in the Sky? Reflect Orbital Wants to Launch a Big Space Mirror. - nytimes
nytimes
Mr. Nowack says that Reflect Orbital's satellites could be a tool to reduce the burning of fossil fuels and thus slow climate change. One of the ...
 
California youths plead with appeals court to hear how climate change affects their lives
LATimes.com
In an appeal, lawyers for 18 California youths argued that regulators discount children's future health when weighing environmental policies. 

California Wildfires Climate Change    

No rest for the wired - Politico
Politico
State lawmakers are trying to tackle electricity rates, wildfire liability and climate ... How the politics of climate change are shaping the future of ...
 
Wildfire Seasons Are Starting to Overlap. That Spells Trouble for Firefighting. - The New York Times
The New York Times
... California, Merced, who led the new study. “These changes are ... “We haven't yet seen the full impact of climate change on fire because ...
 
Climate models may be missing massive carbon emissions from boreal wildfires
ScienceDaily
Date: March 4, 2026; Source: University of California - Berkeley; Summary: Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they ...

California Sustainability Investing    

California Sets August 2026 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
ESG Today
ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. ESG Today. ESG investing news, analysis, research and information. Top Stories.
 
CARB approves California's climate disclosure regulations - ESG Dive
ESG Dive
“By establishing clear and consistent disclosure requirements, California is ensuring that the state's investors ... Filed Under: Sustainability, ...
 
California sets August deadline for GHG emissions reporting - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
What drives sustainable investment at a trillion-dollar US asset manager? ESG round-up: BlueOrchard expected to remain part of Schroders after ... 

California Leadership Climate Change     

California Becomes First State To Require Climate Change Reporting - Forbes
Forbes
Following delays and ongoing legal challenges, a California regulator enacted sustainability reporting requirements relating to climate change ...
 
California's new governor must hold down clean energy costs, drive innovation - CalMatters
CalMatters
... climate leadership and shared economic ... Corporations and climate change: California may force large businesses to disclose climate impacts.
 
As Federal Climate Rules Are Rolled Back, California Advances Corporate Emissions ...
Davis Vanguard
In contrast, California leaders framed the move as an assertion of the state's continued climate leadership. ... climate change. These ...

California Energy Storage    

California's data centers should models of affordable, clean electricity - CalMatters
CalMatters
Requiring facilities to install on-site generation and storage that can be dispatched by the California independent system operator, and to actively ...
 
New Report Offers Path for Cleaner, More Cost-Effective Data Centers in California
Morningstar
... battery storage for added demand flexibility. “Curtailed solar energy represents a missed opportunity for California to put carbon-free ...
 
Vacaville City Council unanimously approves ordinance for battery energy storage sites
KCRA
The local action comes as California law has shifted parts of the approval process to the state level. A 2022 state law allows some energy storage ... 

California Green Bond Funds    

UC sponsors SB 895 to place a $23 billion bond to fund scientific research in California on ...
University of California
“Science makes California great in so many ways, from helping cure diseases, to helping prevent climate-driven wildfires, to driving our economy.
 
Muni Bonds in California Get Expensive Amid Flurry of Demand - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
So far this year, muni bond funds have seen more than $18 billion of ... MarketsEconomicsTechnologyPoliticsGreenCryptoAI. Work & Life. Wealth ...
 
California Land Repurposing Program Surpasses 4,800 acres of projects - News and stories
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
For fiscal year 2025-26, MLRP will receive $32 million in funding from California's Proposition 4 Climate Bond, which aims to protect communities from ...

California Data Driven Decision Making    

AI & Big Data Expo North America 2026 Comes to San Jose as Demand for AI and ... - Bluffton Today
Bluffton Today
... data strategies to support AI-driven decision-making. Day Two: Machine Learning, AI Applications, and Enterprise Transformation Day Two will focus ...
 
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Grant Researchers Access to Criminal Justice Data - Davis Vanguard
Davis Vanguard
... data-driven decision-making from their criminal justice agencies. ... California lawmakers are exploring innovative construction methods, such as ...
 
The BR Privacy, Security & AI Download: March 2026 | Blank Rome LLP
Blank Rome
Bill to Expand Data Deletion Rights Introduced in California Senate: California ... Finally, the bill prohibits arbitrators from delegating any decision ... 

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

BurnBot Wins National Award - Carmichael Times
Carmichael Times
Verizon announced the winners of the 2025 Community Disaster Resilience Prize on March 5 at Cal Expo.
 
Sempra Cancels LNG Project in Gulf of California, Protecting "Aquarium of the World"
Microgrid Media
Energy company Sempra Infrastructure has canceled its proposed Vista Pacífico liquefied natural gas export terminal in Mexico's Gulf of California ...

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

Carbon management company enters commissioning, testing phase for California's first ...
Carbon Pulse
A California carbon management developer announced that its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project successfully captured CO2 from a gas ...
 
Carbon TerraVault Provides 2025 Update - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... carbon capture and carbon ... Mot-clé. Carbon TerraVault CTV California Resources Corp CRC California Energy Transition Carbon Capture and Storage CCS.
 
California Resources Targets First CO₂ Injection at Elk Hills CCS Project in Spring 2026
TankTerminals
... capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and permanently storing it underground in depleted reservoirs. Carbon TerraVault is developing ...

California CDP Sustainability    

Full emissions disclosure under California Senate Bill 253 could change carbon evaluations ...
Nature
California's SB 253 parallels the E.U.'s Corporate Sustainability ... non-CDP, identifying firms responding to the CDP survey. B Reports the ...

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

California Updates Pollution Mapping Tool to Identify Communities Most at Risk | ACoM
American Community Media
CalEnviroScreen, developed by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), is an interactive pollution tracking map ...
 
Landmark Study Finds No Significant Risk from Key Component of Synthetic Turf Fields
OEHHA - CA.gov
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment released a study finding that recycled tires used as crumb rubber in synthetic ...
 
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) Landmark Study ...
Sierra Sun Times
... communities or pose risks to residents," CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller said. "CalRecycle appreciates the work of OEHHA and its partners to ...

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

California communities' recovery time between wildfire smoke events is shrinking - Phys.org
Phys.org
particulateair qualityair quality standardeffects of climate changeMedical physics & public health. Provided by University of California - San Diego.
 
Benefit of physical activity initiatives for climate change mitigation and adaptation - Nature
Nature
Vulnerable communities disproportionately face the combined risks of rising temperatures, extreme weather events, forced migration and widening health ... 

California Low Carbon Funds    

CARB Approves $373M in Clean-Vehicle Grants - Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine
Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine
Overall, the Funding Plan dedicates 50 percent of the low-carbon transportation funds ... Topics:CARBCaliforniaZero-Emission VehiclesState Funding ...
 
Interview: Navigating Canada's clean fuel markets boom
ClearBlue Markets
In this interview with Environmental Finance, ClearBlue's ... North American carbon markets remain fragmented, with California's Low Carbon ...
 
University of Maine System invests $2 million in low-carbon ETF, terminates global equity manager
Pensions & Investments
The investment was for the university system's $16 million pension fund during an investment committee meeting of the board of trustees Feb. 26.

California Renewable Energy Investments

California's new governor must hold down clean energy costs, drive innovation - CalMatters
CalMatters
Voters say they want a cleaner energy future — but not if it wrecks jobs, doubles their bills or pushes out California's middle class.

California orders more renewables before federal tax credits are cut
E&E News by POLITICO
The move is intended to help renewable energy developers get their projects online before tax break deadlines.

California Methane Emissions     

California Approves 128 Oil Wells in Two Months, More Than Last Three Years Combined
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity: BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— California regulators have approved more new oil and gas wells in Kern County during the ...
 
Boilers Begone! ASPC and Pitzer Senate support stricter gas boiler regulations
The Student Life
On March 1, Pitzer Student Senate passed a resolution to support phasing out large industrial gas boilers in Southern California, including at ...
 
California gas prices will jump under climate revisions, industry warns - POLITICO Pro
POLITICO Pro
California's high gas prices would increase under an environmental proposal, an industry group says. California's high gasoline prices, on display at ... 

California Impact Investing    

California Sets August 2026 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
ESG Today
ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. ESG Today. ESG investing news, analysis, research and information. Top Stories.
 
Six barriers keeping foundations from impact investing – and how to overcome them
Impact Alpha
... Impact Voices | Andrew Fremier, Ryan Johnson and Cody Petterson. Building regional engines for affordable housing in California · ImpactAlpha Logo.
 
PMI U.S. Invests in Communities; Announces $150,000 Grant to Support California Asian ...
Morningstar
... California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce ... "Lasting impact comes from showing up consistently, earning trust over time and investing ...