Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Cap-and-Trade

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella Valley) testifies on his bill, A.B. 398, at yesterday's Assembly hearing. Image: Screengrab from CATV

CA Legislature Passes Cap & Trade Bill; Questions Remain

By Melanie Curry | Jul 18, 2017 | 4 Comments

California reauthorized its cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It's a landmark victory and a rare bipartisan accord; it brings some certainty to California climate change policy-- and it leaves a lot of open questions.

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Vote on Cap-and-Trade Bills Postponed to “Allow Discussion”

By Melanie Curry | Jul 12, 2017 | No Comments

Governor Brown is pushing hard to pass two bills that would reauthorize California's cap-and-trade system, but proponents of strong climate change policies say that the legislative package could seriously undermine those efforts.

Appeals Court Rules That Cap-and-Trade Is Not a Tax

By Melanie Curry | Apr 7, 2017 | 5 Comments

The court ruled that California's cap-and-trade system involves voluntary participation and the purchase of a commodity with value—neither of which are “the hallmarks of a tax.”

California Air Resources Board's annual report shows cumulative and yearly benefits from climate investments, including greenhouse gas reductions and other benefits. All images from the Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Annual Report.

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Report: What California Is Getting From Cap-and-Trade Investments

By Melanie Curry | Mar 15, 2017 | 2 Comments

This report on cap-and-trade investments should satisfy legislative demands to know where all that money is going and what benefits California is getting from climate investments. It describes the programs being funded, how much those programs are reducing greenhouse gases, and what other benefits the state is getting from its investments.

What Are California’s Real Priorities?

By Melanie Curry | Mar 1, 2017 | 3 Comments

Everyone agrees that transportation investment is needed. But the talk is too much about how to get the money, not enough on how best to spend the money.

The health effects of increased physical activity as a result of climate change policies have an economic value. Image: CARB

CARB Considers Alternatives to Cap-and-Trade

By Melanie Curry | Feb 16, 2017 | 8 Comments

The California Air Resources Board will postpone its decision on strategies to meet 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets until June. Staff presented a proposed alternative to cap-and-trade that at least one listener called a "straw man."

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