Climate Retreat? State Legislature Could Ditch Plan to Radically Cut Emissions

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The traffic clogging California's roadways spews streams of greenhouse gases into the air. Creative Commons image by Flickr user

By Laurel RosenhallCALmatters

Gov. Jerry Brown has taken the national stage to tout California’s fight against global warming, telling cheering throngs at the Democratic National Convention that the state has “the toughest climate laws in the country.” Yet inside the state Capitol, the fate of the policy’s centerpiece — legislation to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions — is in peril.
One ominous sign: The Democratic leader of the Assembly has not thrown his weight behind the bill.

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