Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Cap-and-Trade

Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus is among the recipients of recently announced awards from the LCTOP: The agency will receive $433,364 to improve service on lines 15, 16, and 17. Image: Wikimedia

Local Public Transportation Projects Receive $97 Million

By Melanie Curry | Jul 10, 2018 | No Comments

California's Low Carbon Transit Program just announced grants to 152 local transportation projects to provide free and reduced fares, expand transit service, purchase zero-emission buses, and improve bus stops.

Image: UCI Community Resilience Projects

Study: Cap-and-Trade-Funded Projects Overstate Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities

By Kristopher Fortin | Feb 27, 2018 | 8 Comments

Many regional projects that get funding from cap-and-trade may not provide direct benefits to the disadvantaged communities they claim to be helping.

Greenlining Institute's UpLiftCA site added a Resource Finder to help connect individuals and groups with climate change resources.

New Website Helps Californians Find Resources, Help with Cutting Carbon

By Melanie Curry | Feb 6, 2018 | No Comments

Governor Brown's cap-and-trade expenditure plan cuts several critical community-focused programs that are building local capacity and bringing local benefits.

Transform Fresno includes projects in the downtown and southwest parts of the city, which are burdened by low income and bad air quality. Image from Strategic Growth Council staff report

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Fresno, Watts, and Ontario Awarded Grants to Transform Their Communities

By Melanie Curry | Jan 31, 2018 | No Comments

Three cities will receive grants to complete projects developed in collaboration with the local community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing other health and economic benefits.

California Air Resources Board data shows decreases in state greenhouse has emissions. Source: CARB

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Joint Legislative Committee Discusses Future of Cap-and-Trade, Climate Policies

By Melanie Curry | Jan 5, 2018 | 1 Comment

Cap-and-trade is working, says CARB, but needs to work harder. Meanwhile federal support is disappearing, and the administration may actively undermine the state's work. And disagreement about a definition cloaks a wider point of conflict on cap-and-trade.

California has been able to reduce emissions while growing its economy. Source: EDF

A Cap-and-Trade Primer Based on California’s Experience

By Melanie Curry | Nov 8, 2017 | 5 Comments

To help focus the conversation at the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bonn, the Environmental Defense Fund has prepared a quick fact sheet on cap-and-trade.

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