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This week's post features items from Institute for Local Self-Reliance, The Mercury News, California Globe, Politico, Bloomberg, Morningstar, Legal Planet, PG&E Corporation - Investor Relations, The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists, Zócalo Public Square, GovTech, RTO Insider, Energy-Storage.News, Yahoo Finance, Artemis.bm, Ogletree Deakins, Microgrid Knowledge, Microgrid Media, The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists, Modesto Bee, InsuranceNewsNet, Carbon Pulse, Reuters, The Citizens' Voice, Earthjustice, CalMatters, KGET.com, StreetInsider and many more...we scour the web so you don't have to! 

California Climate Change Winners and Losers     

The Biggest Winners and Losers of the 2026 Community Power Scorecard | Energy Democracy
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
The Biggest Winners and Losers of the 2026 Community Power Scorecard ... Climate and Environmental Justice. Someone in a suit signing a piece of ...

Winners and losers from Tuesday's election - The Mercury News
The Mercury News
Winners and losers from Tuesday's election. Democrats win House and Senate in major rebuke to Trump and Republicans. Share this: Share on Facebook ...

California Wildfires Climate Change     

New Documentary Blames LA's 2025 Wildfires on 'Climate Change' While Officials' Failures ...
California Globe
Cal Fire has long stated that roughly 95 percent of California wildfires are human-caused, whether by equipment, vehicles, power infrastructure ...

The California climate move-out - POLITICO
Politico
This is the grim future researchers laid out in California's Fifth Climate Change ... climate hazard like a wildfire. What we've seen across ...

Climate Change Is Putting Us in a Permanent State of Vigilance - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
In California, disaster vigilance is becoming a way of life as climate change supercharges wildfires and storms. Our Bay Area-based reporter ...   

California Sustainability Investing     

Sustainability - CA Immobilien Anlagen AG 1CAI - Morningstar
Morningstar
Review CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (1CAI:XMIL) stock and the current sustainability and ESG risk rating to help with your investing decisions.

Sharing Our Advice with California's Next Governor - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
... environmental, and climate change topics in California's gubernatorial election. ... investment and, critically, attract more private sector investment ...

Five California Nonprofits Receive $500000 to Restore Habitats, Expand Environmental ...
PG&E Corporation - Investor Relations
Final round of PGE Corporation Foundation grants completes a five-year, $2.5 million investment in 25 community organizations Link to the B-roll ...  

California Leadership Climate Change     

Priorities for California's Next Governor - Union of Concerned Scientists - The Equation
The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
... climate leadership. California has leveraged enormous economic power to drive ambitious climate policy, fund incredible clean innovation and show ...

Sharing Our Advice with California's Next Governor - Legal Planet
Legal Planet
This work included co-hosting a forum with candidates in January focused on energy, environmental, and climate change topics; development of a series ...

Why California's Climate Law Still Matters to the World
Zócalo Public Square
... climate policy leadership for provincial and local ... Political momentum for countering climate change has slowed, even in California ...

California Energy Storage     

With Solar, Battery Storage, Resilience Comes to Bay Area - GovTech
GovTech
Oakland, Calif.-based Ava Community Energy is developing solar and battery storage sites at municipal facilities, to help increase energy ...

CAISO Battery Capacity Increased 42% in 2025, Report Finds - RTO Insider
RTO Insider
(See Battery Storage Revenue Average Trending Down in California.) Battery revenues peaked in the first and second quarters of 2025 primarily due ...

California Energy Commission releases US$46 million for DERS supporting grid reliability
Energy-Storage.News
The DEBA Programme provides funding for distributed energy resources (DERS), including battery energy storage systems (BESS), microgrids, and load ...

California Green Bond Funds     

California's $11.25B Housing Bond Targets Funding Gap - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
California voters will decide on an $11.25B housing bond, as EAH Housing says predictable funding keeps projects financially viable.

California Earthquake Authority seeks $600m reinsurance with Ursa Re 2026-1 cat bond
Artemis.bm
Climate Change & Climate Risk · Industry Loss Warranty (ILW); Casualty ... UCITS Catastrophe Bond Funds – assets under management · Reinsurance ...   

California Data Driven Decision Making     

California's 'No Robo Bosses Act': New Restrictions on Employers' Use of AI - Ogletree
Ogletree Deakins
When an employer primarily relies on an AI-powered tool output for such decisions ... California Privacy Protection Agency's automated decision-making ...   

California Microgrids     

Microgrids Deliver More Than Reliable Power — They Also Bring Hope to Remote ...
Microgrid Knowledge
With three new solar and energy storage microgrids, the Mesa Grande Band of southern California gains access to affordable and reliable ...

California Energy Commission releases US$46 million for DERS supporting grid reliability
Energy-Storage.News
The DEBA Programme provides funding for distributed energy resources (DERS), including battery energy storage systems (BESS), microgrids, and load ...

CAISO Approves Flexible Large-Load Interconnection Proposal - Microgrid Media
Microgrid Media
CAISO's board-approved proposal remains subject to FERC review. Illustration: Microgrid Media. The California Independent System Operator's board ...

California Community Health Risks From Climate Change     

As El Niño and Climate Change Collide on California Coast, FEMA Says You're On Your Own
The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
... risks over time, or privilege wealthier communities while leaving lower income communities exposed. An iconic coastal adaptation project is ...

Climate change affects Modesto's poorest areas the most. What is the city's plan?
Modesto Bee
Climate studies for California project a 4- to 5-degree increase ... His coverage of public health, medicine, consumer health issues and the ...

What climate change is costing California: University of California - San Diego
InsuranceNewsNet
The report finds that the largest monetized damages are in health and labor. But the economic effects can extend well beyond the initial shock, as ...

California Low Carbon Funds     

California posts LCFS credit deficit for fourth consecutive quarter - Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme recorded a net deficit of under 2.1 million credits in Q2, the fourth consecutive quarterly ...

Bloom Energy (BE) Signed A Carbon Captured Power Deal In California - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... lower carbon power rather than pure zero emissions. It also reinforces the bull catalyst around expanding recurring project and service ... 

California Renewable Energy Investments     

Bloom Energy Stock In Focus After California Power Deal - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Bloom Energy Investment Narrative Recap. To own Bloom Energy, you need ... clean energy credentials. Among the recent updates, Bloom Energy's ...

California Resources Corporation Announces Strategic Collaboration with Bloom Energy to ...
Yahoo Finance
Companies to Evaluate Scalable, Clean and Firm Power Solutions to Advance 1 GW or More of Decarbonized Power in CaliforniaLONG BEACH, Calif., Nov.

Arevon Celebrates 10 Years of Operations at Five California Solar Projects | Morningstar
Morningstar
Arevon is one of California's leading solar and energy storage ... We provide a platform for our authors to report on investments fairly, accurately, ...

California Methane Emissions     

Republicans ask appeals court to overturn California EPA waiver ruling | Reuters
Reuters
... California vehicle emissions rules to lawmakers for potential repeal ... Last year, Congress ⁠rescinded authority ​for California to outlaw gas ...

Millions of dollars from Aliso Canyon gas leak are now available - The Citizens' Voice
The Citizens' Voice
Evan Kamei is the director of TECH Clean California, a state program helping distribute the settlement money. He said the incentives “will help create ...

Court Rules California's First Major Carbon Capture Project Violates Law - Earthjustice
Earthjustice
... gas emissions and serve as a real climate solution. “For years, Kern County residents have raised serious concerns about increased pollution and ...

California Impact Investing     

California housing bonds: Voters pass Prop. 37, Prop. 1 - CalMatters
CalMatters
Prop. 37 is a first-of-its-kind revenue bond that would have the state borrow as much as $25 billion from private investors ... Impact · News and Awards ...

Amazon Data Centers: Jobs, Infrastructure and Water Conservation in California
KGET.com
... impact of these investments. On this edition of Amazon Data Centers, Josh Weissman, vice president of data center community development at Amazon ...

Form 497K Franklin California Tax - StreetInsider
StreetInsider
... investors, which may in turn impact municipal bond prices. Tax-Exempt Securities: Failure of a municipal security issuer to comply with applicable ...