Any minute now, we could get news about the budget – and the future of the state’s climate program.
Two weeks ago, when Governor Brown proposed indefinitely loaning the first $500...
Cap-and-trade
05/15/2013
Even as he acknowledged that we are nearing a climate tipping point and that it will take two more years to recover the jobs lost during the Great Recession, Governor Brown yesterday released a...
05/01/2013
This Monday, the state Assembly Transportation Committee approved a key bill, AB 1051, by a clear majority of 9-2. This bill, a top priority at last week’s Transportation Choices Advocacy Day, would...
04/17/2013
How can California best leverage the new revenue from our state’s cap-and-trade climate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? According to the Draft Investment Plan that the California Air...
04/09/2013
This is a guest post by Menaka Mohan of the Prevention Institute.
As a bike commuter in Oakland, my daily ride to work around Lake Merritt to our offices in Jack London Square illustrates the...
02/28/2013
Yesterday at the last of three cap-and-trade workshops, Los Angeles area advocates and students joined TransForm to push for investing greenhouse gas cap-and-trade auction revenues in expanding...
Transportation and affordable housing take center stage at California’s first cap-and-trade workshop
02/21/2013
As part of his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Brown proclaimed global warming the greatest long-term threat to California. Our state’s long coastline, fresh water supply from snowpack, air...
12/04/2012
California’s first quarterly auction of greenhouse gas allowances took place on November 14th. For the first time in history, California set a price on carbon - $10.09 per ton. This opening price is...
10/26/2012
TransForm and our allies have been working hard with the legislature and the Governor’s office to develop appropriate processes and guidelines for using revenue collected from California’s greenhouse...