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A new analysis concludes that unless California almost triples its rate of cutting greenhouse gases, the state won鈥檛 meet its 2030 climate change target. Some emissions were rising.

Tidal wetlands trap a lot of carbon dioxide. A recent survey maps those marine carbon sinks, also called 鈥渂lue carbon鈥� ecosystems, on the Southern Oregon coast.

Oregon鈥檚 nearly $94 billion public employee pension system could one day be carbon neutral, according to a new plan from the state Treasury. But getting there depends largely on whether corporation and private investment funds stick to their own commitments to do the same.

The Oregon Climate Action Commission approved $10 million in investments with the goal to reduce the state鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions. The broader goal is to incentivize practices that capture and store carbon in the state鈥檚 natural and working lands.

The landmark Climate Protection Program is effectively dead for the next year while state regulators redo the rulemaking and approval process.

Newsom signed two bills requiring large companies to report their financial risks posed by climate change as well as their annual greenhouse gases. But he will work with the Legislature to relax the 2026 deadlines.

Demonstrators gathered at the Capitol earlier this week to support two Senate bills that would require more transparency around corporate emissions.

With only 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road, and just two models for sale, California lawmakers are debating how much state money should support them.

The move is one piece of California鈥檚 mission to cut emissions and targets the largest source of air pollution in the state, which comes from vehicles.

To help counter their greenhouse gas pollution, Microsoft and other companies invested millions in a project to store more carbon in Southern Oregon trees. The 2021 Bootleg Fire upended that plan.

Northwest scientists say the region鈥檚 unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.

In a worldwide first, California鈥檚 air board unanimously moves to end diesel鈥檚 decades-long stranglehold on the economy. Truckers predict chaos, while communities near ports, freeways celebrate cleaner air.