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Climate Change:
One glacier expert is saying human industrial activity has already locked in 69 feet of sea level rise. If that's true, what would that mean for California?
Climate Change:
California's landmark carbon emission credit trading program won a round in state court late last week, as Judge Ernest Goldsmith tossed out a suit against the California Air Resources Board that would have sent the cap and trade program back to the drawing board.
Government:
California Governor Jerry Brown's State of The State address Thursday morning included a detailed, hard-headed assessment of the threat climate change poses the state. But those looking for hints about new state energy policies for 2013 likely came away disappointed.
Climate Change:
California's industrial emissions of greenhouse gases dropped for the third straight year in 2011, according to figures released this month by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Climate Change:
During his second inaugural address yesterday, President Obama said that the country's continued failure to address climate change "would betray our children and future generations." But will his actions match his rhetoric?
Climate Change:
The editors of the MIT Technology Review have a message for President Obama: "You've got four years to set us on track to fix the climate, and your own administration's policy is one of the problems."
Climate Change:
Selling greenhouse gas emissions permits is about to become routine in California
Science:
That desert landscape we're bulldozing for solar power plants? Turns out it sequesters carbon if we leave it alone.
Climate Change:
We're now emitting 2 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every second. Climatologists are starting to lose hope that we can keep global warming down to 2°C as a result.
Climate Change:
What's a ton of carbon dioxide worth in California? As of this week, there's a new answer to that question: about $12 or $13.
Climate Change:
Californians support the state's new cap and trade system of auctioning greenhouse gas emission permits by a margin of two to one, according to a poll released today -- including a majority of Republicans.
Climate Change:
California's tough new greenhouse gas cap and trade law swung into action this morning.
Government:
L.A's veteran Congressional Representative wants hearings on how a warmer world makes it harder to generate electricity.
Climate Change:
Democrats seem to be getting fed up with debating climate change denialists.
Policy:
Admitting the possibility of climate change is enough to get you drummed out of the GOP these days, but Reagan's former Secretary of State George Shultz is taking it a lot further.
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News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
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