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California Climate Change Winners and Losers     

'Super' El Niño disrupts Pacific fisheries and global markets - MSN
MSN
Winners and losers: While Peru and India brace for smaller catches, Southern California ... Climate change factor: Experts warn that warming ...

GRIST: El Niño is here, and it's already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
Maven's Notebook
From India to Peru to California, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the fishing industry. ... climate change doesn't ...

California's New EV Rebate Creates Winners, Losers, and a Surprising Twist for Tesla
EVWorld.com
California's New EV Rebate Creates Winners, Losers, and a Surprising Twist for Tesla. Fair Use ... 

California Socially Responsible Investing     

ESG round-up: Follow This drops plans to sue BP over proposal exclusion
Responsible Investor
Investor coalition targets M&S over living wage – NYC sets engagement expectations for equity index tender – California extends deadline for GHG ...

California Geoengineering     

Another Super El Niño is brewing. Scientists are looking at a controversial solution to squash them
CNN
... geoengineering could be used as a tool to tamp down the severe heat ... Some are adapted to its impacts — for example, California relies on ... 

Study propses dimming the sun to protect Earth from El Niño - New York Post
New York Post
The radical sunscreen proposal was detailed in a study in the journal Science Advances. “SG (solar geoengineering) could theoretically be leveraged to ...

The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality
MIT Technology Review
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution. Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake ...    

California Climate Change and Satellites     

Governor Newsom launches “FireSat” wildfire-detection satellites to spot blazes from space
Governor of California - CA.gov
... California is choosing leadership, innovation, and action. We are ... Climate action · Mental health for all. Awareness campaigns. Heat Ready ...

California Launches First FireSat Satellites for Real-Time Wildfire Detection From Space
edhat
Home > California > California Launches First FireSat Satellites ... Climate change and wildfire weather may reshape California's wine regions.

These Fire-Spotting Satellites Could Find Wildfires Before They Become Disasters
Gizmodo
... California on November 18, 2018. © NASA. Read Later Read Later ... Climate change extreme weather satellites wildfires. Share this story. Copied!   

California Wildfires Climate Change     

Extreme heat raises wildfire fears; monsoonal moisture will create sticky conditions
LA Times
Although it's unclear to what extent climate change is influencing this particular heat wave, scientists have found that global warming from the ...

Global warming, increasing wildfire risk threaten viability of some California winery regions
Phys.org
Wildfires and global warming. Together with Takuya Matsumoto, a master's student at Tohoku University, Hiraga modeled California's current and future ...

Global warming and increasing wildfire risk threaten viability of elite wine-growing regions in ...
Frontiers
Scientists modeled the evolution of the suitability of different areas across California for wine grapes over the 21st century, using two IPCC ...    

California Sustainability Investing     

Environmental justice group sues California over carbon market overhaul - LA Times
LA Times
The lawsuit claims that California's air regulator rushed changes to its signature cap-and-invest program without proper environmental review.

Sustainability is in Style: First Electric Mobile Circular Fashion Lab Comes to Los Angeles
California Climate Investments - CA.gov
Thanks to a $90,000 California Climate Investments grant from the California Air Resources Board's Innovative Small E-Fleet Pilot Project (ISEF), ...

California Budget Makes Major Investment in Healthy School Meals - Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth
Budget protects School Meals for All and invests in school kitchens and workforce, farm-to-school programs, and healthy, sustainable food procurement— ...

California Leadership Climate Change     

Here's How the New California State Budget Improves Central Coast Affordability and Quality of Life
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas - Assembly Democratic Caucus
SACRAMENTO — Every day, families across the Central Coast are doing the math — weighing grocery bills or gas prices, rent versus wages, ...

Why the EPA Is Attacking California's Clean Car Standards (Again) - UCS blog
UCS blog - Union of Concerned Scientists
California has been fighting vehicle pollution for 60 years · What is a Clean Air Act waiver? · How EPA and Congress attacked California's clean car ...    

California Energy Storage     

A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city - Canary Media
Canary Media
Sodium-ion batteries promise cheaper, more durable energy storage. Peak Energy seeks to kick-start the next-gen battery market by building the ...

A pioneering grid-battery factory is headed for this California city - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Now, it's building a gigafactory in Sacramento, California, that will be the country's first to produce sodium-ion battery storage plants for the grid

Avantus progresses California solar-plus-storage projects, Fluence providing domestic content BESS
Energy-Storage.News
... battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California, US. Fluence to provide AC BESS solution for 800MWh California project. System ...

California Green Bond Funds     

Great Redwood Trail Agency deploys $12.4M in climate bond funds for first segments
Redding Chico Eureka
California's Great Redwood Trail took a major step forward with the first deployment of state climate bond dollars, as the Great Redwood Trail ...

California Introduces $3,500 EV Rebate to Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption - Serrari Group
Serrari Group
California launches a $3500 EV rebate for first-time buyers, offering ... Track Money Market Funds, Treasury Bills, Treasury Bonds, Green Bonds ...

California Data Driven Decision Making     

The California Department of State Hospitals Selects Netsmart as Its Modernized, Data ...
Morningstar
Across these high-acuity hospital environments, DSH delivers specialized care for individuals with complex behavioral health needs, including patients ...

NEWS: As California Leads Nation in Scientific Advancements, Schiff, Lofgren, 42 ... - Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
California lawmakers press the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to fulfill its role of overseeing nonpartisan federal grant process.

Puzzled California State Board faults Legislature as it denies charter school appeal
EdSource
Charter schools face renewal challenges under unclear law. Aspire Golden State College Prep's appeal exposes tensions in the process.    

California Microgrids     

California School District Using Solar, Storage, V2G and a Microgrid to Power More ...
Microgrid Knowledge
The 1171 kW solar and energy storage microgrid will reduce energy costs, lower emissions, improve resilience and power the Porterville Unified ...

NextNRG Begins Pre-Construction on Two California Healthcare Microgrids
GlobeNewswire
logo-update.png. NextNRG Begins Pre-Construction on Two California Healthcare Microgrids. Engineering, permitting and project planning underway as ...

NextNRG Begins Pre-Construction on Two California Healthcare Microgrids
Yahoo Finance
NextNRG Begins Pre-Construction on Two California Healthcare Microgrids. NextNRG, Inc. Tue, July 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM PDT ...

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage     

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California's first carbon capture project is up and running ...
Maven's Notebook
As the state drafts pipeline rules for projects injecting CO2 underground, environmental groups are pressing for a more thorough assessment of the ... 

California Community Health Risk Assessment     

Abortion pills could come to California community college health centers - Lookout Santa Cruz
Lookout Santa Cruz
The analysis said most campuses charge an average health fee of about $23 per academic term. The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office ...

California Community Health Risks From Climate Change     

Climate Change Is Expanding Dengue Fever Risk Across California, Study Warns
Global Biodefense
... communities with stronger ties to dengue-endemic nations — an ... California's public health infrastructure has not historically needed ...

Ask a Scientist: How is Rural California Anticipating and Building Resilience to Climate Change?
UCS blog - Union of Concerned Scientists
... health. Some examples include capturing flood water to replenish groundwater, which reduces flood risk for communities. A second example is ...

California Low Carbon Funds     

DEQ selects a California-based nonprofit to lead its climate investment program - OPB
OPB
If companies do not lower their carbon emissions, they are required to buy credits through the program. Those funds would then be invested in ...

CARB Approves $70 Million For Reduced Emissions Off-Road - KHTS Radio
KHTS Radio
CORE is California's only incentive project that exclusively funds ... Funded with revenue utilities generate from the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, ...
    
California electric truck incentives spark debate - Clean Trucking
Clean Trucking
Funded through revenue generated by California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the program is expected by state officials to become the largest ... 

California Renewable Energy Investments     

Avantus Secures $525 Million to Support Major California Solar-Plus-Storage Project
POWER Magazine
... clean power to regions with growing demand,” said Bart White, global head of Energy Structured Finance for Santander Corporate & Investment Banking.

Powering Prunes with Clean Energy: Sunsweet's Efficiency Upgrades
California Climate Investments - CA.gov
In 2020, the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Food Production Investment Program (FPIP) awarded Sunsweet a $1.6 million grant to modernize its ...

DEQ selects a California-based nonprofit to lead its climate investment program - OPB
OPB
Those funds would then be invested in climate action projects, like creating more renewable energy, retrofitting and weatherizing buildings.

California Methane Emissions     

PG&E Surpasses 2030 Methane Reduction Goal Five Years Ahead of Plan
PG&E Corporation - Investor Relations
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGE) submitted its annual 2025 methane emissions data to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), ...

Yolo County landfill project turns methane into renewable fuel - Biomass Magazine
Biomass Magazine
Yolo County, California, is moving forward with a project to replace the aging gas-to-electricity system at the Yolo County Central Landfill with ...