BREAKING: Five of the six climate and energy bills pushed by Newsom made it to his desk. He signed them today at an event with legislative leaders at a clean energy-powered forestservice office on Mare Island, with oil refineries in the background.
and give its operator, Pacific Gas & Electric, a $1.4 billion loan to do so. The plant is a carbon-free source of energy, although nuclear power opponents are concerned about accidents and nuclear waste issues.A disagreement on methods to extract carbon has pitted the oil industry against environmentalists as California deliberates on how to reduce the millions of metric tons of carbon that are already in the air.
“There’s never been large-scale development in the state. Few people in California have even seen a permit for a project, let alone reviewed and commented on one,” she added. “This isn’t something that we should be rushing through.” “Natural carbon sequestration is the only way to draw down and sequester carbon this decade while combating heat, drought, and wildfires,” said Ellie Cohen, CEO of The Climate Center, an environmental advocacy organization that lobbied for the bill.
— which will prohibit new oil and gas development in neighborhoods — is considered a heavy political lift.
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