Nadia Lopez, CalMatters
Nadia Lopez covers environmental policy issues. Before joining CalMatters she covered Latino communities in the San Joaquin Valley for The Fresno Bee and reported from city hall for San José Spotlight. She's a native of Chula Vista and a graduate of San Francisco State University.
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In an anticipated move, the California Air Resources Board officially voted to phase out diesel-powered trucks and replace them with electric vehicles (EVs) or hydrogen-powered alternatives.
PG&E will seek a 20-year permit for Diablo Canyon — but California state officials only want the nuclear power plant open through 2030 to smooth the transition to renewable energy.
Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the new climate change blueprint, which aims for the state to cut greenhouse gases and oil use and become carbon neutral by 2045.
This week, an auction of leases to build massive floating wind farms in deep Pacific Ocean waters off Morro Bay and Humboldt County is the first major step toward producing offshore wind energy off the West Coast.
The new version of California’s climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse gases by 2045. It also relies more on controversial carbon capture projects.
Opponents clashed over the California Air Resources Board's Advanced Clean Fleets, a state proposal to ban gas-fueled truck sales and make large trucking firms convert to electric within two decades.
On the ballot this November is Prop 30, which seeks to tax millionaires in order to create a Clean Air Fund that would help make electric vehicles more accessible. But the fact that a private rideshare company, Lyft, authored and subsidized the proposition has raised questions about where the money would actually go.
Over a nine-hour meeting, car owners, environmentalists and industry representatives showed up in droves to voice concerns about ramping up electric car sales and banning new gas-powered cars in 2035. Board members asked for more strategies to help low-income residents.