As damaging as it was for more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow to fall on California since Christmas, a worst-case global warming scenario could juice up similar future downpours by one-third by the middle of this century, a new study says.
The governor’s proposal to slash $6 billion in funding “unquestionably hurts the state more in the long-term,” one climate activist said.
Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint.
Hamid Torabzadeh, who runs a Red Cross program that helps prepare teens for potential climate disasters, was one of just six people honored with the award.
Diana Michaelson was a driving force behind the student-led climate change policy adopted by the LBUSD, and now, her work is being recognized internationally.
New initiatives have been added to California’s draft scoping plan, including climate-friendly homes, offshore wind and cleaner airplane fuels.
California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures.
The Clean Shipping Act, introduced by Congressman Alan Lowenthal, would set stricter carbon emission standards for fuels used by ships.
He also wants to establish a permitting policy for projects that would remove carbon dioxide from the air and put into law the state’s 2045 carbon neutrality goal as well as a ban on new oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools.
A ton of methane is 83 times worse for the climate than a ton of carbon dioxide, when compared over twenty years.
