On September 18, 2019, the Trump administration announced the revocation of California's waiver, which allowed the state to enforce stricter greenhouse gas emissions and zero-emission vehicle mandates ...

Governer of California Gavin Newsom has revealed plans for the new Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI) aimed at ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative program, created to guide air quality improvement efforts in California.

Newsom scuttled the finalization of a landmark waste law, leading CalRecycle to propose new rules. Critics say the rules ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning homeless encampments on state property and urged local jurisdictions to do the same.

If enacted, the climate superfund would almost certainly trigger a wave of legal challenges. Donald Sobelman, a San Francisco environmental attorney, told CalMatters that the bill is legally ambitious ...

Newsom’s executive order allows fire reduction efforts to bypass CEQA ahead of fire season. Some fire agencies are seeking to ...

The program, currently set to expire in 2030, reduces carbon pollution by encouraging emitters to invest in the development of clean technology. Newsom’s proposal to renew the cap-and-trade ...

The greenhouse gas-reduction program is the ... is then invested in pollution-reducing projects, such as the electrically-powered high-speed rail project. According to Newsom’s revised budget ...

Gavin Newsom wants to tap at least $2.5 ... But environmental justice advocates have long criticized the program for failing to reduce local pollution in those communities, which often bear ...

Gavin Newsom wants to tap at least $2.5 billion from the ... But environmental justice advocates have long criticized the program for failing to reduce local pollution in those communities, which ...