In 2013, California launched its cap-and-trade program, a carbon credit market that allows companies and governments to engage with offset projects that incentivize investments in planting trees, ...

While the Capitol is fixated on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s drive to rearrange California’s congressional districts in order to counter a pro-Republican gerrymander in Texas, there are several other pithy ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom hosts a news conference and signs a slew of climate initiative bills at the Academy of Sciences on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in San Francisco. (Photo by Camille ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has championed it as a crucial tool ...

New legislation has extended the state’s cap-and-trade program to 2045, however, it also includes allocation changes for programs through which Caltrain receives funding. Instead of a percentage ...

This column was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Nineteen years ago, during actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship, he and the Legislature created a program that ...

The new legislation arrives after several years of uncertainty about the future of California’s cap-and-trade program after 2030. AB 1207 sends a strong signal globally about the use of cap-and-trade ...