Cap and Trade Is Supposed to S...

Nov 15, 2019 by

Countries have called California’s cap-and-trade program the answer to climate change. But it is just as vulnerable to lobbying as any other legislation. The result: The state’s biggest oil and gas companies have actually polluted more since it started.

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So what did California do with...

Mar 29, 2019 by

Think of California as a kind of green Robin Hood. For six years now, it has been taking money from polluters and spending it to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

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No State Has Ever Enacted a Ca...

Oct 11, 2018 by

Inside their bold effort to secure “the holy grail of climate policies.”

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California’s governor is makin...

Jul 12, 2017 by

[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters Jerry Rig   GRIST.ORG Shutterstock A vacuum of national climate leadership has sucked Jerry...

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New Series of Hard-Hitting Cli...

May 4, 2017 by

New Series of Hard-Hitting Climate Ads Targets Trump and Washington Lawmakers

[Translate] Environment With its persuasive imagery and blunt message, even a climate skeptic will find this ad campaign hard to...

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AS TRUMP SIGNALS CLIMATE ACTIO...

Dec 16, 2016 by

AS TRUMP SIGNALS CLIMATE ACTION PULLBACK, LOCAL LEADERS PUSH FORWARD

[Translate] By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG NYTIMES Photo A wind farm on in Colorado City, Tex. Texas currently has more wind power than any...

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BRITISH COLUMBIA’S CARBO...

Apr 2, 2016 by

BRITISH COLUMBIA’S CARBON TAX HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT BUSINESSES WANT TO INCREASE IT

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel   A carbon tax may be a controversial topic...

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THESE COUNTRIES ARE MAKING POL...

Feb 14, 2015 by

THESE COUNTRIES ARE MAKING POLLUTERS PAY

[Translate] By James West  GRIST This story was reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Solving climate change is...

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