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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

Dem governor's race in turmoil as USC cancels debate after candidates moaned it was 'racist' - AOL
AOL.com
We stood up against an unfair candidate debate set-up that prematurely chose winners and losers,” Xavier Becerra, former California Attorney ...

California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

The Brief: In California, necessity is the mother of housing innovation - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Investors back sustainable textile startups in the UK, Sweden and India. ... View (or post) impact investing jobs on ImpactAlpha's Career Hub.
 
California, NY Corporate Social Responsibility Groups Sue SEC for 'Abandoning ... - Law.com
Law.com
... Responsibility argued a new SEC policy effectively gave companies a “rubber stamp” to block investors from presenting and voting on proposals.
 
California Pushes Scope 3 Reporting for $1B+ Firms - ESG News
ESG News
California's SB 253 will require companies with over $1B in revenue to disclose full value chain emissions from 2027. 

California Geoengineering

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California Climate Change and Satellites     

Danish climate satellite DISCO-2 set for launch on the Transporter-16 Rideshare
Satellite Evolution
... California. The mission marks an important milestone for Denmark's ... climate change and its global impact. The launch represents the ...
 
Agriculture Equipment California: 2026 Grants & Water Deals - Farmonaut
Farmonaut
How Satellites and AI Revolutionize Water Management in Farming | Precision Agriculture with NDWI ... California's changing climate. Leverage Grants ...
 

California Wildfires Climate Change    

This Year's US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer
Inside Climate News
Recently released data show how drought, paltry Western snows and unseasonable heat, all exacerbated by climate change, could be priming the ...
 
Heat dome burns off mountain snow in western U.S., flashing warning for fire season - CBC
CBC
... fire season | CBC Climate Change News Loaded. Science. Heat dome burns ... California Los Angeles climate scientist Daniel Swain. Colorado's ...
 
Fire season fears grow amid western heat wave - CNN
CNN
... wildfires at the University of California at Merced. This early snowmelt has increased the risk of an earlier and more severe wildfire season, he said ...

California Science Based Carbon Performance Targets

Google, Meta, McKinsey Ink U.S. Reforestation-Based Carbon Removal Deals - ESG Today
ESG Today
... science-based restoration projects that will advance progress on global climate goals. Founded in 2019, California-based Living Carbon transforms ...

California Sustainability Investing    

The Brief: In California, necessity is the mother of housing innovation - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Dealflow: Sustainable Fashion. Investors back sustainable textile startups in the UK, Sweden and India. Recycled nylon. Modular recycling machinery ...
 
California Pushes Scope 3 Reporting for $1B+ Firms - ESG News
ESG News
... 77% of CFO's ...
 
New narrative for California's housing shortage: Build more, build cheaper (podcast)
ImpactAlpha
... Investing | Erik Stein. El Salvador-based Innogen Capital snags $2.5 ... sustainable investing now · Impact Voices | Bryan Doxford. CDFIs are the ... 

California Leadership Climate Change     

You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure: Reservoirs and California's Climate Blind Spot
California Trout
Climate change is the greatest threat to California's cold-water fisheries. ... California's climate leadership reflects the whole system. Our best ...
 
PRESS RELEASE: Reservoirs contribute to climate change, it's time for California to track ...
Maven's Notebook
If California is serious about climate leadership, it must measure and combat all major sources of emissions, including those hiding in plain sight.”.
 
San Francisco's climate change goals don't account for the AI boom
San Francisco Chronicle
Keeping the tech sector in California, and San Francisco ... True leadership must be demonstrated, again and again, through choices ...

California Energy Storage    

California bill would unlock distributed energy participation in grid resource adequacy market
pv magazine USA
Tapping into distributed storage during these windows offers a lower-cost alternative to maintaining aging fossil fuel assets that otherwise sit idle.
 
This $600M California battery will power 321,000 homes at peak demand | Electrek
Electrek
The renewable energy developer has started construction on the 250 megawatt (MW)/1,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly ...
 
Senator Wiener Introduces Bill to Streamline Clean Energy Permitting
Senator Scott Wiener
SB 1097 will streamline permitting for clean energy projects and transmission upgrades as California races to deploy enough clean energy to offset ...

California Green Bond Funds    

With help from California's climate fund, Nestor is finally getting a new park - KPBS
KPBS
The South San Diego neighborhood is one of the communities set to benefit from a $10 billion state bond for climate and environmental projects.

California Data Driven Decision Making    

California Gets Serious About Regulation (Again) - Security Boulevard
Security Boulevard
Second, they recognize that harm is driven by systems, not just data collection. The use of data in automated decision-making creates risks that ...
 
Community Schools in Los Angeles Unified: Transforming Teaching and Learning
Learning Policy Institute
Additionally, community schools maintain school-based decision-making ... Data Files and the California Assessment of Student ...
 
Rancho BioSciences Appoints Chris O'Brien as CEO to Deliver AI-Ready Data ... - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee
... driven decision-making across discovery, translational research, and clinical development. The company's expertise spans data engineering ... 

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

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California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

There's a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gases: In Your Beer
The New York Times
A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints ... Mr. Atwood compared the arrangement to the model hospitals use ...
 
California Bill Could Tie Data Center Growth To Energy Storage Adoption - Carbon Herald
Carbon Herald
By checking this box, you confirm that you have read and are agreeing to our terms of use regarding the storage of the data submitted through this ...
 
Hyperscalers, Reliability and the Return of Natural Gas Paired With Carbon Capture
JD Supra
California · New York · Texas · Canada · United Kingdom · Subscribe ... [2] Id.; see also DOE, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (last visited Mar.

California CDP Sustainability    

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California Community Health Risk Assessment         

Sutter Health helps high-risk patients map out next steps | AHA
American Hospital Association
The Sacramento, Calif.-based system is piloting its first automatic High‑Risk Breast Cancer Screening Program at California Pacific Medical Center in ...
 
Fitch Affirms Redlands Community Hospital, CA's IDR and Revs at 'A-'; Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings-Chicago-26 March 2026: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Redlands Community Hospital's (RCH) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and the rating on ...

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

California spends hundreds of millions on heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?
Local News Matters
IN SOUTHWEST SANTA ROSA teenagers skip sports practices to avoid getting burned by the hot turf. Some will end up at the air conditioned mall.
 
Blakespear Introduces Bill to Rein in CEQA Exemptions for Advanced Manufacturing
Davis Vanguard
Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, has introduced legislation to tighten changes to the California Environmental Quality Act, ...

California Low Carbon Funds    

Katie Porter Outlines Energy, Federal Funding Positions During Riverside Campaign Stop
National Today
Porter addressed concerns about California's unique regulatory framework, including the state's low carbon fuel standard, which she said contributes ...
 
Banks moving forward on measuring key climate financing measure - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
It figures that for 2024, Canadian banks financed 61 cents in low-carbon projects for every dollar going to fossil fuels in 2024, well below the ...
 
Why California Has the Nation's Most Expensive Gas - KQED
KQED
We have a cap-and-trade program, a low-carbon fuel standard program, and those climate programs, their intention is to fundamentally reduce emissions, ...

California Renewable Energy Investments

'We're harvesting the sun': A huge solar project grows in California - Canary Media
Canary Media
This article is part of the series “Power Struggle: Building Clean Energy in Rural America. ... investment in roads, schools, and public safety.
 
Clean Energy Leaders Unite Behind Building an Affordable California Act - Advocacy
Advocacy - California Chamber of Commerce
Meeting California's climate goals depends on rapidly scaling clean energy but projects are routinely delayed for years by red tape, duplicative ...
 
Construction starts on Arevon's 250-MW energy storage project in California
Solar Power World
Arevon is proud to continue investing in infrastructure that supports reliability, affordability, and California's long-term clean energy goals. 

California Methane Emissions     

You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure: Reservoirs and California's Climate Blind Spot
California Trout
California reservoirs emit millions of metric tons of greenhouse gas each year, but are currently unaccounted for an unregulated.
 
PRESS RELEASE: Reservoirs contribute to climate change, it's time for California to track ...
Maven's Notebook
“Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, and water storage reservoirs in California are a significant and largely untracked source,” said Keiko ...
 
Cow manure digesters really cut methane — unless they leak - EurekAlert!
EurekAlert!
But on the rare occasions they fail, the leaks are large enough to offset their climate benefits. “I think manure emissions on dairies are ...

California Impact Investing    

California doubles down on ocean health with historic investments, following landmark ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
Through key investments, we remain at the forefront in addressing the impact of climate change on our oceans and taking action to restore our waters.
 
New narrative for California's housing shortage: Build more, build cheaper (podcast)
ImpactAlpha
... Impact; More. Impact Investing | March 26, 2026. New narrative for ... California, long known as one of the most difficult places to build ...
 
California Pushes Scope 3 Reporting for $1B+ Firms - ESG News
ESG News
California's SB 253 will require companies with over $1B in revenue ... Impact Investing · Opinion · Opinion · Featured Guest Post · Events · Upcoming ...