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Is California sticking it to Tesla for selling so many EVs (and selling the emissions credits)?
2016-07-08 19:02:20| Extremetech
California may cap the emissions credits a successful electric vehicle company (read: Tesla) can sell. Tesla (and the automakers buying credits) are ticked.
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Oil companies confirm talks over California climate programs
2016-07-07 18:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Oil companies confirm talks over California climate programs Officials representing oil companies say they are in talks with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration about changes to California's carbon-emissions programs, including his vaunted program requiring companies to buy pollution credits, which faces an uncertain future. Western States Petroleum Association President Catherine Reheis-Boyd said in a statement that her group has been engaged in ongoing talks on behalf of California's oil and...
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Nine Experts to Watch on California Water Policy
2016-07-07 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kqed: More than four years of drought in California have made the need for smart and forward-looking water policy initiatives abundantly clear. About 83 percent of the state is currently still in drought, according to the most recent data by the U.S. Drought Monitor. The state also faces big policy decisions on how to prepare for long-term water shortages resulting from climate change, growing ecological concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, implementation of groundwater law and continued issues...
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California redwoods store more carbon than any other forests in the world, study finds
2016-07-06 15:05:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: California's ancient redwood forests aren't just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth -- a new study finds they are a particularly potent weapon against global warming. The towering trees remove and store more carbon from the atmosphere per acre than any other forests on the planet, including tropical rain forests, researchers found in a discovery that could influence everything from logging rules to how parks are preserved as the state grapples with climate change. "The story...
Are California redwood trees the answer to global warming?
2016-07-06 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MercuryNews: California's ancient redwood forests aren't just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth -- a new study finds they are a particularly potent weapon against global warming. The towering trees remove and store more carbon from the atmosphere per acre than any other forests on the planet, including tropical rain forests, researchers found in a discovery that could influence everything from logging rules to how parks are preserved as the state grapples with climate change. "The story...
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