Nadia Lopez
Reporter | CalMatters-
Five of the six climate and energy bills that Gov. Newsom pushed at the last minute were approved by the Legislature and signed into law. -
In another worldwide first, California would require new trucks to be zero-emissions in 2040. Large companies would gradually convert fleets. Truckers worry about the costs and practicality of electric trucks. -
New initiatives have been added to California鈥檚 draft scoping plan, including climate-friendly homes, offshore wind and cleaner airplane fuels. -
State funding is insufficient so lower-income residents have trouble getting their subsidies. The problems jeopardize California鈥檚 climate and air pollution goals as electric car prices keep rising. -
The Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to limit federal environmental protection rules will have little-to-no effect on California鈥檚 carbon-reduction policies, according to experts 鈥� and state leaders say they are doubling down on their climate commitment. -
State lawmakers approved funding that could save California鈥檚 Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, in a in bid to avoid power shortages. -
California鈥檚 climate change plan fails to provide substantial evidence that capturing carbon will meet ambitious greenhouse gas goals, critics say. The plan 鈥渄oes California a disservice,鈥� one state advisor said. -
Who loses and who gains as California cleans up its cars? Nearly 32,000 mechanics would lose jobs by 2040 under the proposed phaseout of new gas-powered cars. Electric companies would be the big winners. -
Gov. Newsom is considering seeking federal funds to keep Diablo Canyon open as California transitions away from fossil fuels. But there are many complications to keeping nuclear power in California. -
A climate change roadmap to be proposed in May aims to minimize costs while reaching carbon neutrality by 2045. Environmentalists say it鈥檚 too slow and reliant on carbon markets and capture technologies.
