About This Site
- Welcome to CA Climate Change.net
Welcome to the California Climate Change Site. This is a working site that offers information on California's actions to deal with climate change. It is intended to offer an up-to-date information from scientific communities, industries, policy and legislative bodies and media coverage on climate change for people working in this field.
As this is a working site, we are constantly looking for new information. Please, feel free to e-mail us with any feedback or recommended additions.
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Special Features
- AB 32 Implementation
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is charged with the implementation of California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32. ARB is required to establish the greenhouse gas emissions limit based on California's emissions in 1990, convene working groups to evaluate and recommend measures to meet the emissions limit, determine which sectors will fall under the limit, and develop a scoping plan, which may include a market mechanism, such as a cap-and-trade system, and implement it by 2012.
This site offers quick links to implementation measures mandated under AB 32.
News and Recent Developments
- California's Forests at Top of Policy Agenda
August 13, 2008. Forests for the Next Century. MarketWatch.com.
Coinciding with a series of wildfire-related forums in California, forest managers and owners today launched an education program to illustrate the need and opportunity for science-based approaches to managing the state's public and private forests.
- What's That Smell? Fair Ride Runs On Manure
August 13, 200. KCCI8 DeMoines. KCCI.com.
A children's ride at the California State Fair will soon run entirely on cow manure, and despite the likely bathroom humor, fair officials said it's a great step forward.
- States threaten to sue EPA to get emission rules
July, 31, 2008. Samantha Young. AP San Francisco Chronicle.
California and four other states will sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships, aircraft and off-road vehicles, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday.
- Turning the tide in the water crisis
July, 31, 2008. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dianne Feinstein. Los Angeles Times.
The wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres are the most visible symptom of another long, hot, dry summer in California. Less visible, though no less devastating, are the effects that the prolonged drought has on the state's water supply and environment.
- Warming West is ground zero for wildfires
July, 31, 2008. Jane Kay. San Francisco Chronicle.
California has been hit by 2,000 fires this year, and climate scientists are predicting that the situation will worsen as temperatures rise.
- West Coast states seek trust fund for oceans
July, 31, 2008. Associated Press. San Francisco Chronicle.
Pacific state governors want Congress to create a trust fund to help pay for ocean-protection efforts along the West Coast.
- The Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction
July, 24, 2008. University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research. California Progress Report.
A new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER), “The Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction” is being released today at the Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL).
Combining existing data with new analysis, the eight studies project the long term economic impact of climate change on Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey and Ohio. Studies on additional states are in the works. The researchers selected the eight states to be analyzed based on the availability of data from prior studies, while avoiding replication of research on states already in the limelight—such as California. The researchers also made their selections to provide geographical diversity.
"We don't have a crystal ball and can't predict specific bottom lines, but the trend is very clear for these eight states and the nation as a whole: climate change will cost billions in the long run and the bottom line will be red," says Matthias Ruth, who coordinated the research and directs CIER. "Inaction or delayed action will make the ink run redder."
- Utilities push back big against Prop. 7
July, 23, 2008. Shane Goldmacher. CapitolAlert
A November ballot measure to expand renewable energy produced in California faces a long, expensive fight, as two of the state's biggest utility companies have poured $22.5 million this week into beating the initiative.
- 1 step closer to cleaner air
Opinion. Ventura County Star. California has cleared a major roadblock in its fight to reduce tailpipe emissions from the millions of vehicles that traverse its highways. But, another hurdle still awaits.
- Judge says California can regulate greenhouse gases from cars
December 13. 2007.Ken Bensinger. Los Angeles Times. In a major defeat for automakers, a federal judge in Fresno ruled Wednesday that California could set its own standards on greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles. But the state still needs permission from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the rules.
- State wins challenge to law on emissions
December. 13. 2007. Michael Gardner. Copley News Service. California scored a significant legal victory yesterday as it approaches an end-of-the-year showdown with the Bush administration over regulating vehicle emissions to curb global warming.
- Funds stepping up on climate
December 3, 2007. Gilbert Chan. Sacramento Bee.
California pension fund leaders are going international with their climate change campaign, joining 150 corporate executives from around the globe in demanding mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions.
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