Developing sector-based benchmarks for issuing carbon credits would open markets to emerging companies and mark significant progress toward Paris Agreement goals.
Proposed legislation would require disclosures of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by both private and public companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue that do business in California.
Covering all 4,000 miles of the state's canals with solar panels would save more than 65 billion gallons of water annually by reducing evaporation, one study showed.
Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped.