California is set to go carbon-free by 2045
A new bill has been fast-tracked in the midst of a climate change-fueled wildfire season.
By Jennifer Lu Yesterday at 2:32pm
Solar energy is a big part of California's plan to go 100 percent renewable.
California—which, if it were an independent country, would have the world's fifth largest economy—is joinning Hawaii in going carbon-free by 2045 thanks to a landmark bill to ditch electricity from fossil fuels for renewable energy. On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown made this quest an official mandate by signing SB 100 into law.
“California is committed to doing whatever is necessary to meet the existential threat of climate change,†Brown said.
The push to fast-track the state's clean energy trajectory coincides with real-world climate change concerns. California is experiencing longer and deadlier wildfire seasons exacerbated by climate change even as the Trump administration rolls back federal programs for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, cars, and trucks that contribute to global warming.
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