A first-stage decarbonization program is underway. But Gov. Brown and other political figures, such as Kevin de León, the president pro tem of the state Senate, want California to set a global example over the next 15 years by reducing petroleum consumption in cars and trucks by 50 percent, making buildings more energy-efficient and increasing
One-third of the world’s oil must stay in the ground if humanity hopes to avoid the worst effects of global warming, Gov. Jerry Brown told a climate conference at the Vatican Tuesday. “We are going to have to set a clear goal,” Brown told a crowd of mayors and public officials from around the world.
French firm Air Liquide has started operating a carbon dioxide liquefaction plant in Tulare County that captures carbon emissions and transforms them into products used in the manufacturing and food service industries. The plant is located in Pixley, next to the Calgren Renewable Fuels ethanol plant, which has a capacity to produce 55 million gallons
Despite increasingly aggressive clean air and fuel standards, years of drought are taking a toll on California's air quality, the American Lung Assn. says in a new report. The portion of California’s Central Valley from Fresno to Madera was the most polluted region in the nation on any given day in 2013 with microscopic particulates,
Companies spent more than $1 billion in California’s latest sale of carbon emissions credits, making it the largest auction since the controversial “cap and trade” program began in late 2012. The reason: The program was expanded effective Jan. 1 to cover transportation fuels, and the state expanded the pool of available credits to accommodate the
Long-term research by UCANR has documented the capacity for farmland in the San Joaquin Valley managed with certain conservation practices to sequester carbon, results that could give farmers a seat at the carbon trading table. The study was published this month in the Agronomy Journal. Published research results provide evidence that farmers will need to
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According to the National Chicken Council's 2015 Wing Report released Thursday, 1.25 billion wings will be eaten during the Super Bowl, as the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots face off. "To put that into perspective, if 1.25 billion wing segments were laid end to end, they would stretch back and forth from CenturyLink
For decades, young people flocked to the country’s three biggest cities—New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago—to build careers before taking their talent and spending power beyond these metropolitan areas to raise families. That pattern now appears to be fading as more young workers are staying put in the big three. From 2004 to 2007,
Sales of new and existing homes were lackluster last year, but there is an air of optimism running through this year’s gathering of home builders, contractors and suppliers at the home-building industry’s annual convention. The National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders Show, combined with the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, is expected to attract