California Construction News staff writer
California has enacted some of the nation’s most aggressive climate measures to cut pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
Measures are expected to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 and 90% clean energy by 2035, establish new setback measures protecting communities from oil drilling and capture carbon pollution from the air.
Over the next two decades, the California Climate Commitment will:
In a July letter to the chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Governor Newsom called for the state to ensure that the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan provides a path to achieve both the 2030 climate goal and state carbon neutrality no later than 2045, requesting that the final plan incorporate new efforts to advance offshore wind, clean fuels, climate-friendly homes, carbon removal and address methane leaks.
“This month has been a wake-up call for all of us that later is too late to act on climate change. California isn’t waiting any more,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “California is taking the most aggressive action on climate our nation has ever seen. We’re cleaning the air we breathe, holding the big polluters accountable, and ushering in a new era for clean energy. That’s climate action done the California Way – and we’re not only doubling down, we’re just getting started.”
In Vallejo, Governor Newsom signed the legislation at the USDA Forest Service Regional Office on Mare Island, a facility powered by clean energy that also feeds the grid.
The climate package signed last week includes:
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