California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new climate plan that aims for 20 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2045 and 7 million highly efficient homes by 2035 would ramp up the state’s actions on climate change, environmental groups say.
Newsom on Friday told the state air regulator it needed to take “even bolder action” than what its staff proposed for a five-year emissions plan due for adoption this fall.
The goals Newsom set in his letter to the California Air Resources Board amount to a “powerful tonic” amid congressional inaction on climate, said Laura Deehan, state director for Environment California.
“We can ...
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