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Other legislation includes help for offshore wind and potential pumped hydro project at San Vicente Reservoir

Cities and counties ask the nation’s highest court to rule on California homeless camps, and Sacramento DA sues the city.

With another heat wave straining California's electrical grid, it's a good time to think about how to keep the power on during a blackout. Unfortunately, there's no cheap fix.

The fossil fuel industry is pouring millions of dollars into a campaign to defeat two climate reporting bills in California.

Bills would force large companies that do business in the state to report all emissions and crack down on bogus carbon offset claims

Press Democrat readers comment on a proposal to ban tobacco sales, and more.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed bills that will slash the state’s carbon emissions, protect vulnerable communities and create a two-decade pathway to a 100 percent clean energy electrical grid.

The Golden State wants carbon neutrality by 2045.

$54 billion investment in climate change mitigation is a boost to Gov. Newsom’s potential presidential bid and to the state’s transition away from fossil fuels

Newsom’s priorities -- for the last three weeks of the session -- include ramping up targets for greenhouse gas reductions and clean electricity, and creating safety zones around new oil wells. Story from @CalMatters.