California Implements More Ambitious Climate Agenda

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law several bills that follow his climate proposals for more aggressive goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy sources.

On September 16, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a series of climate and energy bills that follow much of the enhanced climate program that he presented to the state legislature in August. The bills implement an ambitious climate policy that sets a more aggressive net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target, sets interim goals on the cour…