Just one month after members of the California Natural Resources Agency represented California at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal, this week, the agency’s California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released a seminal report for the 2022 Decadal Management Review of California's Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network and Management Program.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday an ambitious plan to reach California’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, with initiatives to expand offshore wind power generation and to electrify buildings to eliminate fossil fuel usage.
President Joe Biden authorized use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) on Monday to speed up the domestic production of key clean energy technologies for use in buildings.
The Department of the Interior has announced the first proposed lease sales for wind power off the shore of California and the United States’ West Coast.
A coalition of 20 states and three cities filed a motion on Thursday to intervene to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to restore California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act, which allows them to set stronger greenhouse gas emission standards than the federal government. The motion responds to a lawsuit filed by 17 Republican-led states, challenging EPA’s action in March, 2022 to restore state authority.
The only nuclear reactors under construction in the United States are now projected to cost more than $30 billion, more than double the original cost estimate of $14 billion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has reopened the discussion on changes to the state’s rooftop solar program. It was the first action the CPUC has taken since it shelved a controversial proposed change to the state’s net metering program more than three months ago.
As California seeks to secure a 100% renewable electricity grid to address the climate crisis, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has released their initial Offshore Wind report with goals of 3,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and 10,000 to 15,000 MW by 2045 with a potential of 20,000 MW by 2050, with sufficient technological improvements.
