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California Climate Change Winners and Losers     

State: Climate change could cost taxpayers billions of dollars - AOL
AOL.com
... climate change on California's highways and roadways will cost $14.7 billion by 2033. ... NFL Week 6 winners and losers led by 3 hot-seat coaches at ...

Winners & Losers: RFK, Jr., Calls Out the AMA, California Launches Slavery Reparations ...
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Winners & Losers: RFK, Jr., Calls Out the AMA, California Launches ... LOSER: Gavin Newsom Signs California Reparations Bill. California Gov ...    

California Socially Responsible Investing     

Antioch City Council postpones decision on “Ethical Investing” policy with “Socially ...
Antioch Herald
entitled “Socially Responsible and Ethical Investment Exclusions” includes the following proposed language: “a. The City will not invest in any ...

California Locks in November Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
ESG Today
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Landmark California emissions reporting regulations enter force - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
ESG data & ratings · Social · DEI · Human and labour rights · ESG backlash ... Responsible Investment Manager. Senior Advisor. Senior Associate. Senior ...

California Climate Change and Satellites     

NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
NASA Science
The higher-than-normal water can be seen sloshing toward South America then moving up the coast to California. ... Climate Change. Solar System. NASA ...

Climate change slows Earth's spin, makes days longer | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
It's the fastest recorded change in the previous century. Find out about Schumann resonances, how Earth-orbiting satellites measure climate change and ...

In the eastern Pacific, NASA satellites show seas up to 1.3 feet higher as NOAA ... - ECOticias.com
ECOticias.com
A team of journalists specializing in socio-environmental news, sustainability, climate change, the environment, responsible consumption, and ...

California Wildfires Climate Change     

After a decade of wildfires, an overlooked election could shape California's climate future
LAist
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with LAist. Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist, covering climate change, energy, and natural ...

Why are California's governments so lousy at fighting wildfires? - Reason Magazine
Reason Magazine
... California needs to change its overall approach toward wildfire ... climate change and double down on the state's counterproductive climate policies.

Could a Public Wildfire Insurance Plan Work in California? - KQED
KQED
“Ideally, place politicians far away from this process,” said Ilan Noy, an expert in the economics of disasters and climate change at Victoria ...

California Sustainability Investing     

California Locks in November Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
ESG Today
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California Sets November 10 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG News
ESG News
... 77% of CFO's ...

California Waste Solutions expands global environmental investment with more than half a ...
Biomass Magazine
California Waste Solutions Inc. is extending its environmental work across the Pacific, pairing recycling operations in Oakland and San Jose with ...    

California Leadership Climate Change     

A little bipartisan bromance as Schwarzenegger, Newsom laud California's climate-change wins
LA Times
... leadership at stake as China surpasses the U.S. in electric vehicles, clean-energy manufacturing and the deployment of renewables. Advertisement.

Behind Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gavin Newsom's Long Beach meeting - NY Post
NY Post
“We have no peers,” said Newsom of California's environmental protections. “We are dramatically changing the way we're producing and consuming energy, ...

Thanks to El Niño, California is getting a grim preview of its climate change future
San Francisco Chronicle
With a new governor taking office in January, we have a chance for renewed leadership. Whoever wins should restore the school air conditioning ...

California Energy Storage     

Solar and Storage Saved Californians and Texans Billions in Energy Costs this Summer
Solar Energy Industries Association
... CaliforniaEnergy AffordabilityResearchTexas · Add SEIA on Google. Solar and Storage ... Storage Surge Saves CA & TX Billions. California. Texas. : ...

Long-Duration Energy Storage » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA)
California Community Choice Association
The Tumbleweed Energy Storage Project is California's first utility-scale, eight-hour LDES project. Located in Kern County and commercially ...

Solar and Storage Growth Drives Down Electricity Prices – SEIA
Solar Energy Industries Association
Rapid growth in solar and energy storage helped drive down average wholesale electricity prices by 42% in Texas and 51% in California from summer 2021 ... 

California Green Bond Funds     

Prop 38: California's $8.4 billion research bond divides scientists - STAT News
STAT News
Top immunology association divided over $8.4-billion California ballot measure to fund the field, emails show · Half the money seems earmarked for a ...

California voters weigh $11.25 billion housing bond | Planetizen News
Planetizen
Prop. 1, combined with other funding, would support over 40000 new rental units in California.

This institute could get $4 billion from a ballot measure. With just three workers, is it ready?
CalMatters
... bond funding is up to the California Department of Public Health. ... If all the funds are depleted, Californians would repay the bond at a rate ...   

California Data Driven Decision Making     

California Expands Workplace AI and Surveillance Rules: What Employers Should Know ...
Western Growers
Decisions based primarily on such systems require meaningful human ... data collection or automated decision-making features. Specifically ...

California Enacts Sweeping AI Workplace and Legal-Practice Bills | Davis Wright Tremaine
Davis Wright Tremaine
... decision-making and that materially impacts natural persons. Spam ... When informing an employee of a discipline or termination decision primarily based ...

California Legislation Regulates Employers' Use of AI in the Workplace: Four New Laws on ...
JD Supra
... Driven Layoffs. Thomas Ahlering ... Employers are prohibited from relying “solely” on ADS when making a disciplinary or termination decision.

California CDP Sustainability     

California Sets November 10 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG News
ESG News
Together, the laws extend California's regulatory influence across corporate emissions accounting, financial risk management and sustainability ...

Third Partners Launches 3P/AI as Lean Sustainability Teams Face California's Nov. 10 Deadline
Markets Insider - Business Insider
3P/AI also automates responses to EcoVadis, CDP, and retailer surveys such as Costco's 15-category Climate Data Survey, and delivers full Scope 1, 2, ...    

California Community Health Risk Assessment     

CalEPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Report Shows Climate ...
Sierra Sun Times
As the Trump administration turns its back on science, California is doubling down on climate action, on protecting our communities, and on building a ...

EHR Algorithm Boosts Latent TB Screening Under California's New Law - Bioengineer.org
Bioengineer.org
... risk assessment determination could be completed during routine encounters. ... A Health Maintenance topic that identifies 13,000 at-risk ...

Rosarium Health Forms Home Modification Partnership with Anthem Medi-Cal
MedCity News
... assessments for patients who are at risk of falls. ... California Alliance for Health, CalViva and Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley.    

California Community Health Risks From Climate Change     

Report Shows Climate Change Impacts are Accelerating, Demonstrates Importance of ... - OEHHA
OEHHA - CA.gov
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead state agency for the assessment of health risks posed by ...

Wildfires, heat waves and access to care among health-related problems facing Californians
Newsroom | UCLA
California Health Interview Survey data show that 30.3% of Los ... Climate change endangers health. Extreme heat waves and wildfires have ...

Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat
Daily Bruin
... health, including housing, food, climate change and gun violence. More than 50% of California adults reported experiencing an extreme heat wave in ...

California Low Carbon Funds     

California Sets November 10 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG News
ESG News
California has formally established November 10, 2026, for initial Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reporting under SB 253.   

California Renewable Energy Investments     

Clean Power Alliance Secures $1.4 Billion Prepay Bond, Locking in $91.1 Million in ...
California Community Choice Association
PCC1 is the highest-tier category of renewable energy in California. ... CPA has an investment-grade credit rating of A from S&P Global Ratings.

Digging deeper: $20 million to kickstart next-generation geothermal in California
Clean Air Task Force
... investment to $40 million. ... Next-generation geothermal energy could dramatically reduce the cost of achieving California's clean energy goals.

GM Ventures Leads $108 Million Raise for Peak Energy to Break into Data Center Power Market
ESG Today
ESG Investing, sustainable finance & business sustainability news. Twitter · Facebook · LinkeIn. ESG Today. ESG investing news, analysis, research and ...

California Methane Emissions     

California ARB issues 1.2 mln offsets to MMC projects in second largest round YtD
Carbon Pulse
Isometric targets US, Canada methane emissions with orphaned well plugging protocol · EU leaders put ETS2 under fresh pressure amid talks on energy ...

California Locks in November Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
ESG Today
... gas emissions reports. Alongside the OAL approval, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the regulator charged with developing and enforcing ...

Schwarzenegger, Newsom mark climate bill's anniversary | California | thecentersquare.com
The Center Square
... gas emissions. The goal was a reduction of emissions to 1990 levels by ... Winegarden noted other states have achieved greenhouse gas reductions faster ... 

California Impact Investing     

Preparing rural California means investing in people, not just tech | EdSource
EdSource
How will AI affect rural California? Experts suggest investing in local colleges to prepare teachers, nurses, and farmers for a new era.

The California Endowment's Big New Brick-and-Mortar Project - Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy
... California Endowment,” said Allison Clark, associate director of impact investments at the MacArthur Foundation. She added, “This investment ...

California Sets November 10 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG News
ESG News
California has formally established November 10, 2026, for initial ... Impact Investing · Opinion · Opinion · Featured Guest Post · Events · By Region.