California is counting on its greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program to deliver more than one-third of the emissions reductions needed to meet the state’s 2030 climate goal under a plan approved Dec. 14.
The 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan that the California Air Resources Board governing panel adopted at its Sacramento meeting charts a path to shrinking statewide emissions to 260 million metric tons by 2030. Statewide greenhouse gas emissions were 440.4 million metric tons in 2015, according to state data.
“This is a major step forward for us,” CARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols said following the ...
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