Month: February 2018
Canada and Mexico Aren’t Waiting for Us
Like the rest of the world, they’re moving ahead on the climate change issue even without us.
[for unknown reasons, this didn’t post correctly earlier, though it did go out to email subscribers] Our national government is trying to beat a hurried retreat from addressing climate change. But our neighbors in Canada and Mexico are pressing forward. Both of them need to do more, but nevertheless they contrast very favorably with our …
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CONTINUE READINGCommemorating the California Air Resources Board’s 50th Anniversary
Celebrating CARB’s Past Achievements; Charting Its Future Course
Recently, the U.C. Davis School of Law’s California Environmental Law & Policy Center hosted a major conference on the UCD campus commemorating the California Air Resources Board’s 50th anniversary. The event, which drew nearly 400 attendees, was the result of a terrific, three-way collaboration between CELPC, UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies and CARB. (Here’s …
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CONTINUE READINGCalifornia Legislature Contemplates Banning Internal Combustion Engines By 2040
AB 1745 by Assm. Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) would follow similar policies in Norway and the United Kingdom
Countries like China, Norway and the U.K. have made headlines recently with plans to ban the sale of internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2040 or soon thereafter. Is California next? Governor Brown expressed interest in the state following suit, to maintain its mantle as a global electric vehicle leader. And now Assemblymember Phil Ting …
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