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This week's post features items from ESG Today, Responsible Investor, Impact Alpha, Nasa JPL, European Space Agency, The Conversation, The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists, Forbes, Heatmap News, Sierra Nevada Conservancy - CA.gov, JD Supra, News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund, LA Times, Santa Maria Times, ABC7, Utility Dive, Energy-Storage.News, CalMatters, San Francisco Chronicle, Microgrid Knowledge, UCSB News - UC Santa Barbara, Richmondside, Stocktonia, MyNewsLA.com, Patch, The Oaklandside, Carbon Pulse, FleetOwner...we scour the web so you don't have to! 

California Socially Responsible Investing     

California Confirms Series of Reliefs to Ease First Year of Climate Reporting for Companies
ESG Today
Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, Mark worked at Delaney Capital ...

ESG round-up: California Air Resources Board publishes emissions disclosure guidance
Responsible Investor
The €497 million High Yield Corporate Bond ESG Paris-Aligned Climate ETF and its $422 million cousin will drop the PAB for an MSCI index, if approved ...

Cal Wellness, First Citizens Bank commit $3 million to California community ownership fund
Impact Alpha
... Impact Investing Careers · LP / GP · Climate · COP Watch · Climate Tech · Deploy! Green Infrastructure · Climate + Gender · Sustainable Fashion ...    

California Climate Change and Satellites     

How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño - Nasa JPL
Nasa JPL
... California. “It didn't kick off until the middle of the year and is ... Earth / Global Climate Change · Exoplanet Exploration · Mars Exploration.

ESA - How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change - European Space Agency
European Space Agency
What enables the mission to play such an integral role in our knowledge of climate change is its unique combination of sensors on board each satellite ...

Satellite images show how penguins' diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change
The Conversation
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that eat more fish are more ...

California Wildfires Climate Change     

Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Change is Worsening Wildfire Seasons
The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
... California's cities. Wildfires have many contributing factors. Dismissing the role of fossil-fueled climate change in driving extreme wildfires ...

Wildfires Have Left The Forest And Moved Into The City - Forbes
Forbes
Wildfires, intensified by climate change, now pose a significant urban ... wildfires in California and the Pacific Northwest. The researchers ...

3 Ideas to Rein in Costs From California's Wildfires - Heatmap News
Heatmap News
California's continued progress on climate change may depend on whether the state can find a way to bring down its high electricity rates, which ...

California Sustainability Investing     

The SNC Board awards nearly $1.5 million in new Proposition 68 recreation grants
Sierra Nevada Conservancy - CA.gov
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), a California state agency focused on improving the environmental ... California ranchers. Investing funds to help ...

Horizon – News and Trends in Sustainability Law - August 2026 | DLA Piper - JDSupra
JD Supra
... investment that accelerates global decarbonization. In ... Driscoll's is already facing two other lawsuits in California related to environmental ...

California Leadership Climate Change     

Scaling climate leadership across borders: The case for linkage - News and stories
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
Climate change solutions. We deliver game-changing environmental ... California's Cap-and-Invest program is a platform for climate leadership.

Bass, Raman tout their environmental bona fides at L.A. forum - Los Angeles Times
LA Times
Toward a more sustainable California. Get Boiling Point, our newsletter exploring climate change, energy and the environment, and become part of the ...

CEC Climate Stewards Program makes a difference one graduate at a time | Mark James Miller
Santa Maria Times
The Climate Stewards Program began in 2020 as a University of California ... climate change with friends and family.” Ad. The fall “cohort” will ...    

California Energy Storage     

California hasn't issued a Flex Alert in nearly 4 years. Here's why - ABC7
ABC7
California hasn't needed a Flex Alert in nearly four years, and officials say battery storage is a big reason why.

Front-of-meter solar, storage could serve 32% of California's 2032 peak load - Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Clean energy advocates said the analysis shows a path for Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California ...

Google, Tesla, Sunrun, and PG&E partner on new California virtual power plant programme
Energy-Storage.News
PG&E's Smart Home Assets for Reliability and Efficiency (SHARE) is a new VPP of home battery energy storage systems (BESS), smart devices, and battery ...

California Green Bond Funds     

California lawmakers tap climate bond for Golden Gate Fields park - CalMatters
CalMatters
California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park.

Voters would decide on a $7.5-billion science bond to fund state research if Newsom approves
LA Times
California lawmakers sent a $7.5-billion science research bond measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom. If signed, it would go before voters on the March ...

California lawmakers propose $125 million for Golden Gate Fields waterfront park
San Francisco Chronicle
The funding would come from Proposition 4, a climate bond California voters approved in 2024. “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ...

California Data Driven Decision Making     

Preparing for California's Automated Decision-Making Regulations Under the CCPA
JD Supra
... decision based on their analysis” outlined in the regulations. The ... data storage, firewalls, anti-virus, anti-malware, spam- and robocall ...

California Microgrids     

California City's Civic Center Faced Critical Energy Question for its Master Plan. A Microgrid ...
Microgrid Knowledge
The Sunnyvale Civic Center achieved net-zero energy and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification in part due to ...

The Capstone Comeback: Microturbines Plus Creates New Future Path for Microgrid Partner
Microgrid Knowledge
... California. The company then known as Capstone Turbine created a fleet providing combined heat and electric power (CHP) for customers such as ...

Renewable Energy Update 9.4.26 | Allen Matkins - JDSupra
JD Supra
Power outages plague this coastal California town. A $20M fix is moving forward. Bullet Patch – August 28. Plans for a community microgrid in ...  

California Carbon Capture Utilization Storage     

UCSB professor to lead IPCC methodology report on carbon capture, storage and utilization
UCSB News - UC Santa Barbara
UCSB soil scientist Iris Holzer will help lead the team updating the IPCC greenhouse gas accounting guidelines.

Carbon Capture, Transport and Geological Storage - JD Supra
JD Supra
California · New York · Texas · Canada · United Kingdom · Subscribe · Custom ... Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); (iv) Carbon Capture, Utilization and ...    

California Community Health Risk Assessment     

4 things to know — Chevron cancer report meeting; it's time for COVID vaccines
Richmondside
The district released a preliminary health assessment stating that refinery neighbors face an elevated risk ... Chevron health risk report community ...

California Community Health Risks From Climate Change     

Commentary: We can't protect Californians from heat if we aren't counting who's most affected
Stocktonia
These risks vary ... The California Health Report reports on communities across the state about health equity issues. Tagged: climate change ...

Bass, Raman State Their Cases on Environmental Issues at Mayoral Forum
MyNewsLA.com
... Communities for a Better Environment and Clean and Healthy California. ... community health. “I have devoted my entire adult life to working in ...

Bass, Raman Clash Over LA's Climate Record In Mayoral Forum | Los Angeles, CA Patch
Patch
... community health. (Paige Austin/Patch). LOS ANGELES, CA — Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman shared their views on the environment ...  

California Low Carbon Funds     

Oakland's rapid Tempo line set to lose millions in cap-and-trade dollars - The Oaklandside
The Oaklandside
... funds transit systems serving low-income ... Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, which supports operations on Oakland's TEMPO line.

Federal court blocks reclassification of California clean air waivers - Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse
Calcined clay gains ground as low-cost route to curb cement emissions ... World Bank, Brazilian bank work on $100 mln carbon fund targeting ...

California bill targets cold-storage facilities with emergency fund requirements - FleetOwner
FleetOwner
Expert Insights: The Lower Carbon Intensity Journey ... FleetOwner helps commercial fleet executives and maintenance managers who oversee the operations ...  

California Renewable Energy Investments     

California Expands State Water Project Energy Flexibility
Environment+Energy Leader
California SB 952 gives the State Water Project more flexibility to manage renewable energy procurement while preserving its 2035 clean power ...

PG&E, Google, Rewiring America Launch VPP in California - POWER Magazine
POWER Magazine
... investments. SHARE adds a complementary, near-term pathway: investing directly in homes located where energy demand is growing. This proof-of ...

Google, Tesla, Sunrun, and PG&E partner on new California virtual power plant programme
Energy-Storage.News
... energy resources with continued grid investment. PG&E is working ... energy storage, solar-plus-storage, sunrun, tesla, usa, vpp. Read Next. A ...    

California Methane Emissions     

California and the Australian state of Queensland ink new partnership to accelerate climate ...
Governor of California - CA.gov
... methane emissions reduction. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, and the partnership between California and Chile opens up new ...

Scaling climate leadership across borders: The case for linkage - News and stories
News and stories - Environmental Defense Fund
Linking California's Cap-and-Invest program with Washington's will deliver $1.8 billion more in projected revenue for California's Greenhouse Gas ...

L.A. says it will clean up its biggest gas power plant. Environmentalists aren't buying it
LA Times
This year, Southern California Gas Co. abandoned its plan for a hydrogen pipeline to the L.A. Basin, the Angeles Link Project, after state ...   

California Impact Investing     

Teacher Residencies in California: Enrollment, Preparation, and Outcomes of Residency ...
Learning Policy Institute
Doing so would support deeper understanding of the impacts of teacher residencies and California's residency investments, not only on the teacher ...

The Week's Dealflow: September 4, 2026 - ImpactAlpha
Impact Alpha
Agrifood investing. California-based TerraBlaster raised $12.5 million for its laser-based method of assessing soil health. The company's laser- ...