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California Global Reporting Initiative    

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California Socially Responsible Investing    

Antioch Council to consider “woke” investment policies
Antioch Herald
State of California (201); Supervisors (150); Taxes (104); Technology (40) ... Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), would filter out and exclude ...
 
California Pushes Back Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports to November
ESG Today
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Introducing our Staff Pension Plan Responsible Investment Policy - UVic
UVic
Email. The Staff Pension Plan's governing bodies believes integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions ...

California Geoengineering

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California Climate Change and Satellites     

Satellite data reveals high emissions in San Joaquin Valley, offering California officials clear ...
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
We deliver game-changing environmental solutions that have a real impact for people around the globe. Energy transition · Cut methane emissions · Get ...
 
SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California | Space
Space
Climate Change · Weather · The Universe · Stars · Black Holes · Dark Universe ... SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 ...

California Wildfires Climate Change    

Heat waves increase the West's wildfire risk - High Country News
High Country News
Tagged: California, Climate, Climate change, Drought, Extreme heat ... Mukesh Kumar is a postdoctoral researcher in wildfires and complex systems at the ...
 
High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find | UCLA
Newsroom | UCLA
Severe fires kill trees instead of giving them a chance to recover, changing the face of California's landscape. ... “Climate change has made the ...
 
High-severity wildfires burn 30 times more area than in 1985, UCLA study finds - ABC7
ABC7
... fires as the dominant type of forest fire in California. "These ... CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES · WILDFIRE · UCLA · STUDY · CLIMATE CHANGE. Watch Live. An ...

California Science Based Carbon Performance Targets

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California Sustainability Investing    

California Pushes Back Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports to November
ESG Today
Get ESG Today's newsletter today! Subscribe Now. c. ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. ESG Today. ESG investing news, ...
 
California invests millions to expand bottle deposit return network - Packaging Insights
Packaging Insights
The funding is part of a wider US$41 million circular economy investment to boost recycling infrastructure, green jobs, and material recovery. The ...
 
California, Washington State and Québec agree to link carbon markets, driving greater cuts ...
Environmental Defense Fund
... investment in clean energy. Statement of Environmental Defense Fund Manager for Energy Transition & Carbon Markets Caroline Jones. June 25, 2026. 

California Leadership Climate Change     

California is Filling the Climate Leadership Grift
California Globe
California Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2025 claimed that greenhouse gas emissions are down in California – not just down but “down 20% since ...
 
California, Washington State and Québec agree to link carbon markets, driving greater cuts ...
Environmental Defense Fund
Climate change does not stop at borders, so it requires ... We are eager to see more bold climate leadership come from subnational leaders.
 
How UC research is helping the Golden State take charge of its climate future
University of California
Leadership · News · Impact · Advocate Toggle subnavigation for ... Problem: California farmers need new tools to meet changing climate pressures.

California Energy Storage    

New major battery‑storage project proposed in California - CTIF.org
CTIF.org
A developer has filed plans for a new grid‑scale battery‑energy storage system (BESS) in California, a project that would add one of the state's ...
 
New Battery Storage Projects Deliver Resiliency and Cost Savings for Two Marin County ...
Cal-CCA.org
SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — Two critical community facilities in Marin County have taken major steps to safeguard residents during power outages, ...
 
California's Community Choice Aggregators are leading the way on energy storage
pv magazine USA
The first of these is the Tumbleweed Energy Storage facility in Kern County, California, the state's first 8-hour BESS, which will serve eight CCA ... 

California Green Bond Funds    

California leaders announce historic Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026 to ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
The proposal also includes funding to support veterans' homeownership, affordable rental housing, homeownership assistance, farmworker housing, ...
 
Great Redwood Trail Agency Earmarks $12.4 Million in Climate Bond Funding ... - Lost Coast Outpost
Lost Coast Outpost
... Climate Bond funding for priority trail segments in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties. “Proposition 4, the Climate Bond passed by California ...
 
Great Redwood Trail Agency celebrates climate bond dollars - Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Fort Bragg Advocate-News
The GRTA board approved its first deployment of $12.4 million of a $50 million Climate Bond allocation towards development of the first eight ...

California Data Driven Decision Making    

This Week's Leadership Moves: State of California, Teradata, and Banner Health
CDO Magazine
... data and AI strategies to support digital transformation, data management, enterprise innovation, security, and AI-driven decision-making. This ...
 
How professional services firms use data-driven insight to make better decisions - Marsh
Marsh
Discover how data-driven decision making helps professional services firms improve performance, manage risk and strengthen resilience.

California Sector Based Decarbonization  

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California Microgrids    

Flow batteries selected for microgrid deployments in Maldives, Paskenta Tribe lands in California
Energy-Storage.News
Quino Energy is deploying flow batteries in the Maldives, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians is integrating zinc hybrid storage in California.
 
Renewable America Announces Completion of Pearl Crop Solar Project - Morningstar
Morningstar
... microgrids projects in California, announces the completion of 1.9 MWdc commercial solar projects with Pearl Crop, Inc. (Pearl Crop), a food ...
 
Microgrid Battery Market Growth Trajectory to 2035: Decarbonization, Resilience, and ... - IndexBox
IndexBox
Enphase Energy Inc. Fremont, California, USA, Microinverters and battery storage for microgrids, Large multinational, Enphase IQ Battery for ...

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage    

The oil company pivoting to carbon storage and data centers - Politico
Politico
CRC is embarking on their new project at a fortuitous time. California climate officials have increasingly called for carbon capture and storage ...
 
Continuing to Support the Energy Transition through Carbon Capture and Sequestration/Storage
SCOR
... Carbon TerraVault (CTV) sequestration facility in Elk Hills California. ... use of more than 200,000 American households. SCOR's Broader ...

California CDP Sustainability    

California Moves to Delay First Corporate Emissions Reporting Deadline to November
ESG News
California regulators proposed moving the first corporate greenhouse gas reporting deadline from August 10 to November 10. The delay applies to ... 

California Community Health Risk Assessment         

Mayor Bass Issues Emergency Executive Orders to Accelerate Remediation and Recovery ...
Mayor Karen Bass - City of Los Angeles
En Español 한국어New Community Resource Center Established as Centralized Location to Serve Impacted Residents, Workers, and Businesses Owners.
 
Urban Hospitals Face Closure. Billionaires Get Tax Breaks - The Sacramento Observer
The Sacramento Observer
Trump-era $100B healthcare cuts put 83 California hospitals at risk, hitting Black and working-class communities as workers push for a one-time ...
 
Lung Cancer Screening in California and Los Angeles County: A Landscape Analysis
The Cureus Journal of Medical Science
... California healthcare system structure and LA County risk distribution and management capacity. ... Some community health centers (CHCs) rely on ... 

California Community Health Risks from Climate Change    

Where you live can affect how you feel - UC Irvine News
UC Irvine News
UC Irvine environmental health researcher Jun Wu. “Climate change doesn ... health across Southern California. The project will explore the ...
 
Extreme heat and health: Policy guide reveals what communities need to know - Phys.org
Phys.org
... Health Equity Lens. www.swpublichealth.ca/media/vs … _2026_final_may8.pdf. Key concepts. effects of climate changeClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingExtreme ...
 
Extreme heat and health: What communities need to know | Waterloo News
University of Waterloo
... communities respond to one of the fastest growing climate risks. While ... health risks posed 

California Low Carbon Funds    

California, Quebec, and Washington form joint carbon market - KUOW
KUOW
Billions in revenue from governmental carbon auctions has been funding clean-energy projects and supporting low-income communities. Sponsored.
 
Higher gas prices coming to California this July 1 - Victorville Daily Press
Victorville Daily Press
... California law that funds the state's road infrastructure. Additionally, due to changes to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the per ...
 
California Moves to Delay First Corporate Emissions Reporting Deadline to November
ESG News
California regulators proposed moving the first corporate greenhouse gas reporting deadline from August 10 to November 10. The delay applies to ...

California Renewable Energy Investments

California sends notice of intent to challenge Trump administration's offshore wind buyout
Environmental Defense Fund
California sent a Notice of Intent to sue to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding its illegal $120 million buyout of the Golden State ...
 
California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both. - ny times
ny times
A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
 
Tariffed On-Bill to Finance Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Retrofits for Multifamily ...
RMI
The success of California's transition to clean energy and healthy buildings relies on robust  

California Methane Emissions     

Satellite data reveals high emissions in San Joaquin Valley, offering California officials clear ...
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with over 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.
 
The Best Way to Eliminate Methane Leaks is to Drill - California Policy Center
California Policy Center
Nowhere is this more evident than in Los Angeles County, where emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds are allegedly linked to production ...
 
After heated outcry, a Central Valley town withdraws support for a hydrogen pilot project
KVPR
... California Gas Company with direction from the California ... Studies have shown that hydrogen-blended natural gas can increase methane emissions ...

California Impact Investing    

Governor Newsom signs historic balanced state budget, cementing California's fiscal ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... responsible budgeting and making transformational investments in people. ... The budget signed today continues California's commitment to investing ...
 
California Budget and Bond Deal Paves the Way for Significant Housing Investments
Enterprise Community Partners
The analysis that we produced has been influential in communicating the potential impact of state investments in affordable housing and quantifying ...
 
Governor Newsom, Legislative leaders announce 2026-27 balanced budget agreement that ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
This budget demonstrates responsible choices that protect our fiscal strength while continuing to invest in what matters most. In California, we ...