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California Climate Change Winners and Losers

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California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

These State Pension Funds Invest in Palantir - Sludge
Sludge
Those investments have drawn protest from public employees in states like California ... Many of the states holding Palantir stock have adopted socially ... 

California Geoengineering

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California Climate Change and Satellites     

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California Wildfires Climate Change    

Sparse snowpack in California fuels concern over fast-approaching fire season - CalMatters
CalMatters
Climate change has been remaking California's fire seasons into fire years. And California's recent average to abundant water years have fueled what ...
 
California's fire outlook: hot, dry and federally reorganized - POLITICO
Politico
... climate change are shaping the future of California ...

California Science Based Carbon Performance Targets

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California Sustainability Investing    

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California Leadership Climate Change     

Here's How Environmental Leadership Protects Californians from Price Spikes and Greedy Polluters
UCS blog - Union of Concerned Scientists
Global conflicts like the current wars in the Middle East and Ukraine can spike gas prices in California and throughout the country.
 
Climate Issues in the 2026 Governor's Race: Housing and Climate - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
California faces complex and integrated challenges of unaffordable housing and climate change. ... Leadership. California's 2026 Gubernatorial ...
 
Governor Newsom welcomes approval of Diablo Canyon license renewals, delivering on ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... climate change, and cementing the Golden State as a global powerhouse. ... California's climate leadership. Pollution is down and the economy is up ... 

California Energy Storage    

Escondido controversial Battery Storage project withdrawn - NBC 7 San Diego
NBC 7 San Diego
... California's energy leadership.” The company first introduced the project in 2023. The proposal aimed to provide stored renewable energy to San ...
 
Regional Natural Gas Storage Helped Southern Californians Avoid Over $120 Million In ... - Sempra
Sempra
"Southern California is better prepared for weather events and other regional energy disruptions because of targeted investments in natural gas ...
 
Escondido controversial Battery Storage project withdrawn - NBC 7 San Diego
NBC 7 San Diego
The project would have been built in a 23-acre property in Eden Valley.

California Green Bond Funds    

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California Data Driven Decision Making    

A new major takes shape where AI meets tomorrow's job market - Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach
... powered by AI and data-driven decision-making. “We are living in this ... Logo of California State University, Long Beach – Where California Dreams.
 
TDWI Launches 2026 AI Impact Awards to Recognize Real-World Business Results from ...
Visalia Times-Delta
... data-driven decision-making and performance. TDWI offers major ... 1105 Media is based in Woodland Hills, California, with offices throughout the U.S..
 
California inks Edelman to $19M deal to rebut partisan attacks - PR Week
PR Week
The campaign will target investors, entrepreneurs and small-business owners; corporate decision-makers; industry associations; local elected officials ... 

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

A Billionaire's Pitch To Cut Power Bills Collides With California's Real Costs - Forbes
Forbes
Cleantech investor and governor candidate Tom Steyer says competition with utilities can slash electricity. But the main bill drivers don't ...
 
Santa Barbara shows its solar strong colors - Environment America
Environment America
“The Clean Coalition's facilitation of solar-driven microgrids is fundamentally dependent on local solar, and Environment California's legislative ...

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

Carbon Capture Edges Forward Despite Cost Challenge - EnergyNow.com
EnergyNow.com
By Eduardo Garcia. california carbon capture project 1200x810. Pockets of carbon capture projects are emerging in U.S. and Europe as developers ...

California CDP Sustainability    

California SB 343 | Anthesis Global
Anthesis Group
Any significant adverse environmental impacts directly associated with the production, distribution, use, and disposal of the consumer good. Any ...

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

California Updates Pollution Mapping Tool to Identify Communities Most at Risk
The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
CalEnviroScreen, developed by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), is an interactive pollution tracking map ...
 
Public Health Status Update for 04/03/2026 | Marin County Coronavirus Information
covid-19
For additional public health insights across California, subscribe to ... Guided by insights from Marin's Community Health Assessment, we ...
 
One Rural City is Home to Some of California's Highest 'Pollution Burdened' Communities
American Community Media
... health risks posed by pollutants to surrounding communities. The ... California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), and ...

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

Toxic dust from California's shrinking Salton Sea is harming children's lung growth
The Conversation
... community health and environmental concerns in the Imperial Valley region. Our study followed these children over several years, documenting ...
     
For water and mining policy near Salton Sea, keep in mind local children's health
Los Angeles Times
... California communities near busy roadways. ... Opinion VoicesClimate & EnvironmentCaliforniaContributorsWater & DroughtHealth & WellnessClimate Change ... 

California Low Carbon Funds    

CalSTRS trims fossil fuel holdings to mitigate climate risk - IEEFA
IEEFA
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is reducing its exposure to fossil fuels. · The fund has moved $30 billion into a low-carbon public ...
 
Carbon Capture Edges Forward Despite Cost Challenge - EnergyNow.com
EnergyNow.com
california carbon capture project 1200x810. Pockets of carbon capture ... Suppliers of low carbon materials need strong demand signals to commit ...
 
Communities invited to apply for emissions reduction funding - Cabin Radio
Cabin Radio
The cash, from the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund, “helps eligible ... ca. Phone: 867-688-9309. Mail: Cabin Radio PO Box 2545, 5007 50 ...

California Renewable Energy Investments

This $600M California battery will power 321,000 homes at peak demand | Electrek
Electrek
Arevon is building a big new battery project just south of San Francisco, designed to keep the lights on when demand spikes. The renewable energy ...
 
Newsom promised California 'Lithium Valley.' But the renewable energy bounty has yet to be tapped
Times of San Diego
The company has raised $285 million in private investment and said it will be publicly listed on the Nasdaq. “Ironically it was all about lithium, and ...
 
Capstone Green Energy Secures $112.5M Strategic Investment - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Paul Williams is a contributor at LA Times Studios. Connect with California. Become an L.A. Times subscriber to unlock West Coast news and ...

California Methane Emissions     

Digesters cut methane — but leaks can erase gains, study finds - Agri-Pulse
Agri-Pulse
Published this week in Environmental Research Letters, the study tracked emissions at 98 California dairies over eight years using satellite and ...
 
Study says Central Valley dairy digesters work great — until they don't - The Bakersfield Californian
The Bakersfield Californian
The California Energy Commission has given the projects large construction grants because, if the gas were not treated in some other way, it would ...
 
Cow Manure Digesters Really Cut Methane — Unless They Leak - Eurasia Review
Eurasia Review
This need for comprehensive monitoring comes as California continues to invest in digesters as part of its strategy to reduce emissions of heat- ...

California Impact 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. · Epoch Biodesign is dealing ...
 
Investing in Journalism: Why Civic Infrastructure is Key to California's Future | ACoM
American Community Media
This program has also proven to be a sustainable workforce pipeline: 39% of the first cohort alone were hired into permanent, full-time journalism ...
 
These State Pension Funds Invest in Palantir - Sludge
Sludge
Public pension funds from California to New York hold a combined billions of dollars in Palantir stock, while teachers and other public employees ...