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However, SEIU declined to say whether Butler was involved directly in those efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11963215,news_11963066","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“[Environmental justice] was important to Laphonza because we represented women of color and low-wage workers living in areas where the air isn’t the best, the water isn’t the best,” said current SEIU 2015 executive vice president Carmen Roberts. “So that was certainly one of our justice agenda items.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous environmental groups released statements in the aftermath of Butler’s appointment, including California Environmental Voters, whose political and organizing director Mike Young called her a “known advocate” and said the group looked “forward to working with her on the progressive values she’s represented throughout her career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But none of the statements from California-based environmental groups, including EnviroVoters, said anything about Butler’s environmental achievements. None agreed to an interview with KQED, either, saying they couldn’t speak to her climate record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her appointment could set up her now-counterpart, Sen. Alex Padilla, to be the more active member of the California delegation in the Senate on climate change. Prior to his time in office, Padilla served for six years as chair of California’s Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications, where he led efforts on renewable energy and climate policies. As a senator, he co-sponsored the Green New Deal and now serves on the Environment and Public Works Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Democratic strategist Maviglio — who worked with Butler during her time at SEIU — isn’t counting her out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She may emerge as a[n environmental] leader because she knows how important it is to California and to the governor,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in fact, he said, she could bring a fresh perspective to the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s fought all her life for poor people and people living in urban areas, and I think more and more we see how climate is affecting those very same constituencies,” he said. “So I think you’ll see her rise up, particularly on environmental justice issues, and be an outspoken force for those in the Senate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1984492/sen-laphonza-butler-is-an-expert-in-labor-issues-but-what-about-climate","authors":["11362"],"programs":["science_4951"],"categories":["science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_523","science_4414"],"featImg":"science_1984494","label":"science_4951"},"science_1955826":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1955826","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1955826","score":null,"sort":[1579137153000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"democratic-candidates-go-all-in-on-climate-issue-at-debate","title":"Democratic Candidates Go All In on Climate at Debate","publishDate":1579137153,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Democratic Candidates Go All In on Climate at Debate | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Throughout last night’s Democratic presidential debate, there were signs of the strong progressive push on climate action that is animating the presidential race as it reaches a critical moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contenders for the nomination, in their final face-off before the Feb. 3 Iowa Caucuses, were eager to show their commitment to climate action as integral to policy across the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/bernie-sanders-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Bernie Sanders\u003c/a> (I-Vt.) cited climate as the main reason he opposed President Donald Trump’s free trade deal with Mexico. Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062019/elizabeth-warren-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Elizabeth Warren\u003c/a> (D-Mass.) said climate had to be part of defense strategy. Former Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/joe-biden-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Joseph Biden\u003c/a> touted his role in heading up the largest U.S. investment ever in renewable energy as part of the 2009 economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, one of the moderators, \u003cem>Des Moines Register\u003c/em> chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel, implored the candidates to stick to the subject of international trade. “We’re going to get to climate change,” she promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates’ repeated return to the subject of climate change marked a dramatic turnaround from previous election cycles, when it rarely surfaced at candidate forums and routinely ranked far down on the list of voters’ concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leading the push to propel climate to the top of the agenda has been the youth-led activist group Sunrise Movement, which champions the Green New Deal and \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/sunrisemvmt/sunrise-movement-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president-b6bdb68ba408\">endorsed\u003c/a> Sanders last week—a fact he made sure to mention. The climate action group 350.org also launched a drive aimed at getting former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg to strengthen his climate platform: “We don’t have time for middle-of-the-pack climate plans,” 350.org \u003ca href=\"https://act.350.org/sign/buttigieg-we-need-real-climate-leader/\">said\u003c/a> in its online petition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The primary season climate offensive raises questions that will be pivotal to the effort to defeat Trump and end the \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19122019/trump-climate-policy-record-rollback-fossil-energy-history-candidate-profile\">drastic setbacks\u003c/a> to global climate action under his administration. Will ardent young climate activists stay engaged if a moderate Democrat, like Biden, wins the nomination? If the party chooses a progressive like Sanders, who advocates an end to fracking, will he be able to win over enough moderate voters to defeat Trump—especially in swing states like Pennsylvania, which have come to rely heavily on natural gas production?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As important as those questions might be, the candidates are sweeping them aside for now. With polls showing that Iowa’s \u003ca href=\"http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=btYXC68syxmDVppbhVzFoYHdeMNV9070xvOlf%2FNdDQ0wXj6aidRhm2BDE5PnWsZF1T5ip8ynJpUVAxDr4kwep7fGLE%2FDPebYigVEQInFz48rO4fb4JUsfajOHUsTafKmG3QEqiDOJ69xYHAYQh%2BRyw%3D%3D&G=0&R=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Felections%2Fpresidential%2Fcaucus%2F2020%2F01%2F13%2Fiowa-caucus-2020-what-do-iowans-care-about-health-care-climate-change-education%2F4423488002%2F&I=20200115041604.00000c05afae%40mail6-114-ussnn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVlMWU5MWNjZWZkOWI2MzhhN2ZjYWNlNDs%3D&S=9a3RU2rYNCVShgvcUtXCyN_G-pGXPhebupGXSiZd2ZU\">likely Democratic caucus participants \u003c/a>consider climate change on par with health care as a top voting issue, the candidates see little to lose by staking out the strongest possible action plans on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the candidates are positioning themselves as climate hawks,” said Edward Maibach, a professor at George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication. “They want to be seen as real leaders eager to do what’s necessary to address the climate crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voters’ Climate Change Views Rapidly Evolving\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maibach, a principal investigator of an opinion survey on climate conducted in partnership with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, said the candidates appear to be taking their cue from the potential voters they are hearing from. The Yale-GMU project, which will be unveiling its latest political survey next week, has been tracking a pronounced shift in sentiment favoring strong climate action that goes beyond the liberal wing of the party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the exception of conservative Republicans, Americans’ views of climate change have evolved rapidly over the past five years,” Maibach said. “They are increasingly coming to understand that climate change is a present-day problem, not just a future problem, and they are becoming more worried about it as a result. Moderate and conservative Democrats are the group whose views have changed the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeremy Symons, a public affairs consultant specializing in climate change and environmental issues, agrees with Maibach’s assessment. “One thing’s clear—the Democratic nominee will benefit enormously by leaning in full-throttle on climate change, because it is one of the rare issues that can mobilize turnout of the base and resonate with undecided voters,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tuesday’s debate, the moderates sought to make clear that they were in synch with the most progressive candidates on climate. Buttigieg, for example, didn’t take the bait when he was prodded by businessman Tom Steyer over why, as the youngest candidate, he didn’t have a more progressive plan on climate. His plan, he maintained, was as strong as any other candidate’s. “This issue is personal for me,” Buttigieg said. “It’s why we’re going to tackle climate from day one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/amy-klobuchar-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Amy Klobuchar\u003c/a> (D-Minn.), asked why she did not support a ban on fracking, skipped over providing an explanation of why she sees natural gas as a transition fuel. Instead she stressed her 100 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters and the fact that, like the other candidates, she has a goal of net zero carbon emissions by midcentury. “Nearly every one of us has a plan that is very similar,” she said. Warren and Sanders are also rated 100 percent by the League of Conservation Voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klobuchar will have a chance to raise her climate profile by participating in\u003ca href=\"https://www.thewrap.com/weather-channel-announces-second-climate-forum-with-presidential-candidates/\"> a climate forum\u003c/a> sponsored by The Weather Channel two days before the Iowa Caucuses. The only other candidates participating are Steyer and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, both of whom have made climate leadership central to their campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg, a billionaire who is funding his own campaign and therefore cannot participate in the debates under Democratic National Committee rules, this week \u003ca href=\"https://www.mikebloomberg.com/2020/policies/clean-buildings\">unveiled a plan\u003c/a> to require all new buildings to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2025. The plan, which emphasizes a transition to renewable energy instead of natural gas, marks \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23112019/michael-bloomberg-president-climate-change-activists-concerns-green-new-deal-wealth-tax\">an evolution\u003c/a> in Bloomberg’s own thinking on climate. Although he previously supported natural gas as a transition fuel, it “isn’t as clean as we thought,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunrise Movement Goes All in for Sanders Early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many environmental activists who expect to go all-out in an effort to defeat Trump have put off choosing a candidate among the Democrats this early in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunrise Movement, on the other hand, decided to turn its get-out-the-vote effort in Iowa and New Hampshire into a field program directly supporting Sanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe a Bernie Sanders presidency would provide the best political terrain in which to engage in and ultimately win that struggle for the world we deserve,” said Sunrise Executive Director Varshini Prakash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanders, who is advocating a $16.3 trillion, 10-year mobilization to enact the \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012020/green-new-deal-future-2020-election-climate-change-sanders-ocasio-cortez\">Green New Deal\u003c/a>, a massive shift in federal government spending to create jobs and hasten a transition to clean energy, has pledged nearly 10 times the federal investment in climate action that Biden has promised. The Green New Deal has been attacked relentlessly by fossil fuel allies, and even supporters of climate action acknowledge the steep hurdles it would face on Capitol Hill, where a proposal for a much smaller, $33 billion investment in clean energy \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20122019/congress-2020-budget-clean-energy-coal-miner-pension-black-lung-blm\">died at the end of the year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But these numbers, in themselves, signal how far the political ground on climate has shifted—Biden’s call for a $1.7 trillion federal investment in tackling climate change marks nearly 30 times \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/campaigns/article234890482.html\">what Hillary Clinton promised \u003c/a>when she sought the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago. Although he didn’t mention the Green New Deal by name during the debate, Biden has sought to frame his climate platform with the epic sweep its advocates are seeking. “We’re the only country in the world that’s ever taken great crisis and turned it into great opportunity,” Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Symons argues that who emerges as the Democratic nominee is not as important as the continued engagement of climate activists in the general election and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The differences between the candidates’ plans are real,” he said, “but they pale in comparison to the two big issues that will really decide what happens on climate change—first of all, whether we defeat Trump, and secondly, whether the winner will make climate change the No. 1 priority for spending political capital early in their new presidency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunrise Movement leaders sought to show they had their eyes on that bigger picture, even while they focus on electing Sanders in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Senator Sanders does not win the nomination, the stakes of the climate crisis also demand that we can’t sit this election out,” said Sunrise’s political director, Evan Weber. “No matter what, we will be steadfast in advocating for the defeat of President Trump and his fossil fuel cronies at the ballot box.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With the Iowa Caucuses days away and Sunrise Movement endorsing Sanders, candidates scrambled at the debate to talk climate. It's raising some questions.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704847900,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1507},"headData":{"title":"Democratic Candidates Go All In on Climate at Debate | KQED","description":"With the Iowa Caucuses days away and Sunrise Movement endorsing Sanders, candidates scrambled at the debate to talk climate. It's raising some questions.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"InsideClimate News","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Marianne Lavelle\u003c/br>InsideClimate News","path":"/science/1955826/democratic-candidates-go-all-in-on-climate-issue-at-debate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Throughout last night’s Democratic presidential debate, there were signs of the strong progressive push on climate action that is animating the presidential race as it reaches a critical moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contenders for the nomination, in their final face-off before the Feb. 3 Iowa Caucuses, were eager to show their commitment to climate action as integral to policy across the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/bernie-sanders-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Bernie Sanders\u003c/a> (I-Vt.) cited climate as the main reason he opposed President Donald Trump’s free trade deal with Mexico. Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062019/elizabeth-warren-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Elizabeth Warren\u003c/a> (D-Mass.) said climate had to be part of defense strategy. Former Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/joe-biden-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Joseph Biden\u003c/a> touted his role in heading up the largest U.S. investment ever in renewable energy as part of the 2009 economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, one of the moderators, \u003cem>Des Moines Register\u003c/em> chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel, implored the candidates to stick to the subject of international trade. “We’re going to get to climate change,” she promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates’ repeated return to the subject of climate change marked a dramatic turnaround from previous election cycles, when it rarely surfaced at candidate forums and routinely ranked far down on the list of voters’ concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leading the push to propel climate to the top of the agenda has been the youth-led activist group Sunrise Movement, which champions the Green New Deal and \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/sunrisemvmt/sunrise-movement-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president-b6bdb68ba408\">endorsed\u003c/a> Sanders last week—a fact he made sure to mention. The climate action group 350.org also launched a drive aimed at getting former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg to strengthen his climate platform: “We don’t have time for middle-of-the-pack climate plans,” 350.org \u003ca href=\"https://act.350.org/sign/buttigieg-we-need-real-climate-leader/\">said\u003c/a> in its online petition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The primary season climate offensive raises questions that will be pivotal to the effort to defeat Trump and end the \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19122019/trump-climate-policy-record-rollback-fossil-energy-history-candidate-profile\">drastic setbacks\u003c/a> to global climate action under his administration. Will ardent young climate activists stay engaged if a moderate Democrat, like Biden, wins the nomination? If the party chooses a progressive like Sanders, who advocates an end to fracking, will he be able to win over enough moderate voters to defeat Trump—especially in swing states like Pennsylvania, which have come to rely heavily on natural gas production?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As important as those questions might be, the candidates are sweeping them aside for now. With polls showing that Iowa’s \u003ca href=\"http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=btYXC68syxmDVppbhVzFoYHdeMNV9070xvOlf%2FNdDQ0wXj6aidRhm2BDE5PnWsZF1T5ip8ynJpUVAxDr4kwep7fGLE%2FDPebYigVEQInFz48rO4fb4JUsfajOHUsTafKmG3QEqiDOJ69xYHAYQh%2BRyw%3D%3D&G=0&R=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Felections%2Fpresidential%2Fcaucus%2F2020%2F01%2F13%2Fiowa-caucus-2020-what-do-iowans-care-about-health-care-climate-change-education%2F4423488002%2F&I=20200115041604.00000c05afae%40mail6-114-ussnn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVlMWU5MWNjZWZkOWI2MzhhN2ZjYWNlNDs%3D&S=9a3RU2rYNCVShgvcUtXCyN_G-pGXPhebupGXSiZd2ZU\">likely Democratic caucus participants \u003c/a>consider climate change on par with health care as a top voting issue, the candidates see little to lose by staking out the strongest possible action plans on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the candidates are positioning themselves as climate hawks,” said Edward Maibach, a professor at George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication. “They want to be seen as real leaders eager to do what’s necessary to address the climate crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voters’ Climate Change Views Rapidly Evolving\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maibach, a principal investigator of an opinion survey on climate conducted in partnership with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, said the candidates appear to be taking their cue from the potential voters they are hearing from. The Yale-GMU project, which will be unveiling its latest political survey next week, has been tracking a pronounced shift in sentiment favoring strong climate action that goes beyond the liberal wing of the party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the exception of conservative Republicans, Americans’ views of climate change have evolved rapidly over the past five years,” Maibach said. “They are increasingly coming to understand that climate change is a present-day problem, not just a future problem, and they are becoming more worried about it as a result. Moderate and conservative Democrats are the group whose views have changed the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeremy Symons, a public affairs consultant specializing in climate change and environmental issues, agrees with Maibach’s assessment. “One thing’s clear—the Democratic nominee will benefit enormously by leaning in full-throttle on climate change, because it is one of the rare issues that can mobilize turnout of the base and resonate with undecided voters,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tuesday’s debate, the moderates sought to make clear that they were in synch with the most progressive candidates on climate. Buttigieg, for example, didn’t take the bait when he was prodded by businessman Tom Steyer over why, as the youngest candidate, he didn’t have a more progressive plan on climate. His plan, he maintained, was as strong as any other candidate’s. “This issue is personal for me,” Buttigieg said. “It’s why we’re going to tackle climate from day one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062019/amy-klobuchar-climate-change-global-warming-election-2020-candidate-profile\">Amy Klobuchar\u003c/a> (D-Minn.), asked why she did not support a ban on fracking, skipped over providing an explanation of why she sees natural gas as a transition fuel. Instead she stressed her 100 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters and the fact that, like the other candidates, she has a goal of net zero carbon emissions by midcentury. “Nearly every one of us has a plan that is very similar,” she said. Warren and Sanders are also rated 100 percent by the League of Conservation Voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klobuchar will have a chance to raise her climate profile by participating in\u003ca href=\"https://www.thewrap.com/weather-channel-announces-second-climate-forum-with-presidential-candidates/\"> a climate forum\u003c/a> sponsored by The Weather Channel two days before the Iowa Caucuses. The only other candidates participating are Steyer and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, both of whom have made climate leadership central to their campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg, a billionaire who is funding his own campaign and therefore cannot participate in the debates under Democratic National Committee rules, this week \u003ca href=\"https://www.mikebloomberg.com/2020/policies/clean-buildings\">unveiled a plan\u003c/a> to require all new buildings to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2025. The plan, which emphasizes a transition to renewable energy instead of natural gas, marks \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23112019/michael-bloomberg-president-climate-change-activists-concerns-green-new-deal-wealth-tax\">an evolution\u003c/a> in Bloomberg’s own thinking on climate. Although he previously supported natural gas as a transition fuel, it “isn’t as clean as we thought,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunrise Movement Goes All in for Sanders Early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many environmental activists who expect to go all-out in an effort to defeat Trump have put off choosing a candidate among the Democrats this early in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunrise Movement, on the other hand, decided to turn its get-out-the-vote effort in Iowa and New Hampshire into a field program directly supporting Sanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe a Bernie Sanders presidency would provide the best political terrain in which to engage in and ultimately win that struggle for the world we deserve,” said Sunrise Executive Director Varshini Prakash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanders, who is advocating a $16.3 trillion, 10-year mobilization to enact the \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012020/green-new-deal-future-2020-election-climate-change-sanders-ocasio-cortez\">Green New Deal\u003c/a>, a massive shift in federal government spending to create jobs and hasten a transition to clean energy, has pledged nearly 10 times the federal investment in climate action that Biden has promised. The Green New Deal has been attacked relentlessly by fossil fuel allies, and even supporters of climate action acknowledge the steep hurdles it would face on Capitol Hill, where a proposal for a much smaller, $33 billion investment in clean energy \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20122019/congress-2020-budget-clean-energy-coal-miner-pension-black-lung-blm\">died at the end of the year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But these numbers, in themselves, signal how far the political ground on climate has shifted—Biden’s call for a $1.7 trillion federal investment in tackling climate change marks nearly 30 times \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/campaigns/article234890482.html\">what Hillary Clinton promised \u003c/a>when she sought the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago. Although he didn’t mention the Green New Deal by name during the debate, Biden has sought to frame his climate platform with the epic sweep its advocates are seeking. “We’re the only country in the world that’s ever taken great crisis and turned it into great opportunity,” Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Symons argues that who emerges as the Democratic nominee is not as important as the continued engagement of climate activists in the general election and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The differences between the candidates’ plans are real,” he said, “but they pale in comparison to the two big issues that will really decide what happens on climate change—first of all, whether we defeat Trump, and secondly, whether the winner will make climate change the No. 1 priority for spending political capital early in their new presidency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunrise Movement leaders sought to show they had their eyes on that bigger picture, even while they focus on electing Sanders in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Senator Sanders does not win the nomination, the stakes of the climate crisis also demand that we can’t sit this election out,” said Sunrise’s political director, Evan Weber. “No matter what, we will be steadfast in advocating for the defeat of President Trump and his fossil fuel cronies at the ballot box.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1955826/democratic-candidates-go-all-in-on-climate-issue-at-debate","authors":["byline_science_1955826"],"categories":["science_31","science_35","science_16","science_40"],"tags":["science_194","science_523","science_3838"],"featImg":"science_1955831","label":"source_science_1955826"},"science_1928526":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1928526","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1928526","score":null,"sort":[1533585241000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"putting-5-million-electric-cars-on-california-roads-wouldnt-overwhelm-power-grid-report","title":"Putting 5 Million Electric Cars on California Roads Wouldn't Overwhelm Power Grid: Report","publishDate":1533585241,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Putting 5 Million Electric Cars on California Roads Wouldn’t Overwhelm Power Grid: Report | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/electric-cars-impact-electric-grid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concern \u003c/a>raised about the proliferation of plug-in electric vehicles in California is that they threaten to overwhelm an already stressed power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet with transportation being the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, the move toward electric vehicles will play a critical role in meeting California’s ambitious climate goals.[contextly_sidebar id=”ABv4pDlWl1S1P2glmujUyNdIAqB3sSwv”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, there are about \u003ca href=\"http://next10.org/sites/default/files/evs-ca-grid-op.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">369,000 electric cars\u003c/a> on California roads, and Gov. Jerry Brown hopes to bring that number up to 5 million by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might appear to put electric cars on a collision course with a fragile power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a report released Thursday by San Francisco-based think tank \u003ca href=\"https://next10.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next 10\u003c/a> suggests that there’s less cause for worry than some have suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California grid is well placed to handle rapid growth in PEVs but advance planning and smart policy can ease the transition for the state’s power system,” said the\u003ca href=\"http://next10.org/sites/default/files/ccas-evs-ders-press-release2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> statement\u003c/a> accompanying the report. Next 10 has been an advocate for putting more zero-emission vehicles on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report concludes that 3.9 million PEVs would suck up about 5 percent of the state’s current power needs, adding 15,500 gigawatt-hours to charging demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illustrating this modest increase in energy demand, researchers say a\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Chevrolet Bolt electric car that drives 50 miles per day uses about the same amount of power as an air conditioner cooling a three-bedroom home for three hours.[contextly_sidebar id=”SLV08DIIcYDT04N0einJ4VNySVyLVsQ2″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s shift toward cleaner transportation will require upgrades to the energy system, according to the report, but the benefits will outweigh the costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If California wants to meet its zero-emission vehicle goals while keeping electricity affordable and reliable, it’s worth considering some policy levers that can help,” co-author Anand Gopal said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key measures the report recommends for a smoother transition include offering drivers off-peak charging incentives and “smart charging” programs, but the report notes potential barriers to these initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smart charging is a method of regulating time and rate at which the vehicle is charged based on signals from the grid operator, allowing the car to stop charging at peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the barriers to a smooth transition to getting so many PEVs on the road, the report cites drivers’ privacy concerns and energy storage programs that use electric vehicle batteries to feed energy back to the grid. Often touted as a solution to grid stress, the report debunks the notion as costly and complex.[contextly_sidebar id=”GwbepcA8Q7D5Usw5DyrX2rre5BNddFQZ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stationary storage devices are a better solution, according to the report, because they’re more convenient to use than a “moving battery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, advances in technology such as smart devices for thermostats and refrigerators, which promise to make energy distribution more efficient and cost effective, make EV batteries a less attractive option for supplying energy to the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As more electric cars hit the road, meeting the increased energy demand might require moving away from investor-owned public utilities and toward smaller, community-based programs, according to Next 10 analysts.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A comprehensive new report looks at the impact of electric cars on California's power grid and outlines measures for making the transition to cleaner transportation smoother.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704927604,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":548},"headData":{"title":"Putting 5 Million Electric Cars on California Roads Wouldn't Overwhelm Power Grid: Report | KQED","description":"A comprehensive new report looks at the impact of electric cars on California's power grid and outlines measures for making the transition to cleaner transportation smoother.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"Environment","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1928526/putting-5-million-electric-cars-on-california-roads-wouldnt-overwhelm-power-grid-report","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/electric-cars-impact-electric-grid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concern \u003c/a>raised about the proliferation of plug-in electric vehicles in California is that they threaten to overwhelm an already stressed power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet with transportation being the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, the move toward electric vehicles will play a critical role in meeting California’s ambitious climate goals.\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, there are about \u003ca href=\"http://next10.org/sites/default/files/evs-ca-grid-op.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">369,000 electric cars\u003c/a> on California roads, and Gov. Jerry Brown hopes to bring that number up to 5 million by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might appear to put electric cars on a collision course with a fragile power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a report released Thursday by San Francisco-based think tank \u003ca href=\"https://next10.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next 10\u003c/a> suggests that there’s less cause for worry than some have suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California grid is well placed to handle rapid growth in PEVs but advance planning and smart policy can ease the transition for the state’s power system,” said the\u003ca href=\"http://next10.org/sites/default/files/ccas-evs-ders-press-release2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> statement\u003c/a> accompanying the report. Next 10 has been an advocate for putting more zero-emission vehicles on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report concludes that 3.9 million PEVs would suck up about 5 percent of the state’s current power needs, adding 15,500 gigawatt-hours to charging demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illustrating this modest increase in energy demand, researchers say a\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Chevrolet Bolt electric car that drives 50 miles per day uses about the same amount of power as an air conditioner cooling a three-bedroom home for three hours.\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s shift toward cleaner transportation will require upgrades to the energy system, according to the report, but the benefits will outweigh the costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If California wants to meet its zero-emission vehicle goals while keeping electricity affordable and reliable, it’s worth considering some policy levers that can help,” co-author Anand Gopal said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key measures the report recommends for a smoother transition include offering drivers off-peak charging incentives and “smart charging” programs, but the report notes potential barriers to these initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smart charging is a method of regulating time and rate at which the vehicle is charged based on signals from the grid operator, allowing the car to stop charging at peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the barriers to a smooth transition to getting so many PEVs on the road, the report cites drivers’ privacy concerns and energy storage programs that use electric vehicle batteries to feed energy back to the grid. Often touted as a solution to grid stress, the report debunks the notion as costly and complex.[contextly_sidebar id=”GwbepcA8Q7D5Usw5DyrX2rre5BNddFQZ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stationary storage devices are a better solution, according to the report, because they’re more convenient to use than a “moving battery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, advances in technology such as smart devices for thermostats and refrigerators, which promise to make energy distribution more efficient and cost effective, make EV batteries a less attractive option for supplying energy to the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As more electric cars hit the road, meeting the increased energy demand might require moving away from investor-owned public utilities and toward smaller, community-based programs, according to Next 10 analysts.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1928526/putting-5-million-electric-cars-on-california-roads-wouldnt-overwhelm-power-grid-report","authors":["11428"],"categories":["science_31","science_33","science_89","science_35","science_40"],"tags":["science_2889","science_523","science_3028","science_192","science_3645"],"featImg":"science_1928574","label":"source_science_1928526"},"science_1918228":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1918228","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1918228","score":null,"sort":[1513002935000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-francisco-federal-court-takes-up-young-peoples-climate-change-suit","title":"San Francisco Federal Court Takes Up Young People's Climate Change Suit","publishDate":1513002935,"format":"audio","headTitle":"San Francisco Federal Court Takes Up Young People’s Climate Change Suit | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Spot quiz: who said this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through…a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Time’s up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those were the words of President Lyndon Johnson — in 1965. And you might call him “Exhibit A” in a lawsuit moving through the courts this week, and brought by plaintiffs far too young to remember LBJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit goes back two years to when plaintiffs who now range in age from 12 to 21, sued the Obama Administration over what they consider the U.S. government’s decades-long complicity in the acceleration of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a social rights violation, contributing and promoting climate change,” says Kelsey Juliana of Eugene, Oregon, “because it affects our economy, it affects housing opportunities, it affects — in very serious ways — health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juliana is the lead plaintiff in the case,\u003ca href=\"https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cem>Juliana v. United States\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which is still battling to get to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I feel like, as a whole, society right now should be ashamed.’\u003ccite>Avery McRae, age 12\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that our government is just not keeping up with the times,” says the 21-year-old, “and is not keeping up with the urgency and the direness of this climate crisis, which is really why this case is so important and so pressing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juliana and her fellow “youth plaintiffs” contend that the federal government has shirked its duty to protect them from the ravages of a changing climate, and thus “infringed on [their] fundamental constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property,” according to the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2015/20150910_docket-615-cv-1517_complaint-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original 2015 complaint\u003c/a>, filed in Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After numerous hearings and reams of court filings, the young plaintiffs are now headed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday, where a panel of three judges will hear oral arguments on whether the case can move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>UPDATE: On Dec. 11, Judges heard oral arguments on the government’s motion. For details, Scott Waldman offers this excellent \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/12/12/stories/1060068695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summary for Climatewire\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration is very scared of our case,” says Phil Gregory, a Burlingame-based lawyer who is representing the youth plaintiffs pro bono.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really? The federal government? Scared of a bunch of kids?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What it will do is place the science in the courtroom,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1918244\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/12/DSC-CUincourt_3907.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1918244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/12/DSC-CUincourt_3907.jpeg\" alt=\"Youth plaintiff Kelsey Juliana speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, flanked by co-plaintiffs in their climate suit against the federal government.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth plaintiff Kelsey Juliana speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, flanked by co-plaintiffs in their climate suit against the federal government. \u003ccite>(Robin Loznak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That is, the Trump administration might have to convince the court that the science linking global warming to things like rising seas and catastrophic wildfires is still too uncertain to constitute a danger (the science endorsed in numerous reports from U.S. government agencies, which the plaintiffs say sort of makes their case).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the Justice Department declined to comment for this story, its \u003ca href=\"http://climatecasechart.com/case/juliana-v-united-states/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court filings\u003c/a> have sought to have the case thrown out. In a motion filed last summer, the government argued that trying the case would place “a staggering burden” on the Trump administration, as it would have to dig up federal documents about climate change and energy policy going back decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he admires the plaintiffs’ pluck, legal expert David Levine says he’d be surprised if the case actually gets to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean it really is swinging for the fences,” says the UC Hastings law professor, “to have this small group of plaintiffs trying to bring this case against the federal government to effect massive change in policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But plaintiff Jacob Lebel, now 20, says without that massive change in policy, his generation will bear the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Years from now, Trump and his cabinet—they won’t be the ones dealing with starvation and refugees and resource wars and all that stuff,” says Lebel. “We’re the ones who are gonna be dealing with that. As young people, we think about that every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lebel and his fellow plaintiffs want the courts to force the federal government to set a course that would drastically cut the burning of fossil fuels and dial back atmospheric carbon dioxide — the principal greenhouse gas — from more than 400 parts per million to about 350, a level that scientists have said could stabilize the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But is a courtroom the right place to settle the science of climate change?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little bit like you’re going into a casino,” says Some, like Stanford \u003ca href=\"https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/labs/caldeiralab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate scientist Ken Caldeira\u003c/a>, “because you don’t know what judge you’re gonna get and what ruling you’re gonna get. So if it ends up embodying bad science into bad law, then that could be bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad” because it could give the feds a free pass on climate policy — or as the plaintiffs see it, permission to continue ignoring it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like, as a whole, society right now should be ashamed,” says Avery McRae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the youngest plaintiff in the case, she might have the most at stake. But at the ripe old age of 12, she’s not naive about what’s blocking progress on climate at the policy level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that a lot of the choices being made are being made for money,” she laments, “and what a sad thought that we’re putting that before all the beings on this earth. We’re really needing to take action now, and that’s one of the most important things about our lawsuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if to underscore the urgency, \u003ca href=\"https://patricktbrown.org/2017/11/29/greater-future-global-warming-inferred-from-earths-recent-energy-budget/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new study\u003c/a> published just last week by Caldeira’s team at Stanford suggests that most forecast models have likely been understating the pace of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"This plucky group wants to force climate action at the federal level -- and the White House just wants them to go away.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928272,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1018},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco Federal Court Takes Up Young People's Climate Change Suit | KQED","description":"This plucky group wants to force climate action at the federal level -- and the White House just wants them to go away.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"Climate","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/12/WEBYouthClimateSuitMiller171211.mp3","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1918228/san-francisco-federal-court-takes-up-young-peoples-climate-change-suit","audioDuration":294000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Spot quiz: who said this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through…a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Time’s up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those were the words of President Lyndon Johnson — in 1965. And you might call him “Exhibit A” in a lawsuit moving through the courts this week, and brought by plaintiffs far too young to remember LBJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit goes back two years to when plaintiffs who now range in age from 12 to 21, sued the Obama Administration over what they consider the U.S. government’s decades-long complicity in the acceleration of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a social rights violation, contributing and promoting climate change,” says Kelsey Juliana of Eugene, Oregon, “because it affects our economy, it affects housing opportunities, it affects — in very serious ways — health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juliana is the lead plaintiff in the case,\u003ca href=\"https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cem>Juliana v. United States\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which is still battling to get to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I feel like, as a whole, society right now should be ashamed.’\u003ccite>Avery McRae, age 12\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that our government is just not keeping up with the times,” says the 21-year-old, “and is not keeping up with the urgency and the direness of this climate crisis, which is really why this case is so important and so pressing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juliana and her fellow “youth plaintiffs” contend that the federal government has shirked its duty to protect them from the ravages of a changing climate, and thus “infringed on [their] fundamental constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property,” according to the \u003ca href=\"http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/climate-change-litigation/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/case-documents/2015/20150910_docket-615-cv-1517_complaint-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original 2015 complaint\u003c/a>, filed in Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After numerous hearings and reams of court filings, the young plaintiffs are now headed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday, where a panel of three judges will hear oral arguments on whether the case can move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>UPDATE: On Dec. 11, Judges heard oral arguments on the government’s motion. For details, Scott Waldman offers this excellent \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/12/12/stories/1060068695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summary for Climatewire\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration is very scared of our case,” says Phil Gregory, a Burlingame-based lawyer who is representing the youth plaintiffs pro bono.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really? The federal government? Scared of a bunch of kids?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What it will do is place the science in the courtroom,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1918244\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/12/DSC-CUincourt_3907.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1918244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/12/DSC-CUincourt_3907.jpeg\" alt=\"Youth plaintiff Kelsey Juliana speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, flanked by co-plaintiffs in their climate suit against the federal government.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth plaintiff Kelsey Juliana speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, flanked by co-plaintiffs in their climate suit against the federal government. \u003ccite>(Robin Loznak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That is, the Trump administration might have to convince the court that the science linking global warming to things like rising seas and catastrophic wildfires is still too uncertain to constitute a danger (the science endorsed in numerous reports from U.S. government agencies, which the plaintiffs say sort of makes their case).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the Justice Department declined to comment for this story, its \u003ca href=\"http://climatecasechart.com/case/juliana-v-united-states/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court filings\u003c/a> have sought to have the case thrown out. In a motion filed last summer, the government argued that trying the case would place “a staggering burden” on the Trump administration, as it would have to dig up federal documents about climate change and energy policy going back decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he admires the plaintiffs’ pluck, legal expert David Levine says he’d be surprised if the case actually gets to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean it really is swinging for the fences,” says the UC Hastings law professor, “to have this small group of plaintiffs trying to bring this case against the federal government to effect massive change in policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But plaintiff Jacob Lebel, now 20, says without that massive change in policy, his generation will bear the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Years from now, Trump and his cabinet—they won’t be the ones dealing with starvation and refugees and resource wars and all that stuff,” says Lebel. “We’re the ones who are gonna be dealing with that. As young people, we think about that every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lebel and his fellow plaintiffs want the courts to force the federal government to set a course that would drastically cut the burning of fossil fuels and dial back atmospheric carbon dioxide — the principal greenhouse gas — from more than 400 parts per million to about 350, a level that scientists have said could stabilize the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But is a courtroom the right place to settle the science of climate change?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little bit like you’re going into a casino,” says Some, like Stanford \u003ca href=\"https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/labs/caldeiralab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate scientist Ken Caldeira\u003c/a>, “because you don’t know what judge you’re gonna get and what ruling you’re gonna get. So if it ends up embodying bad science into bad law, then that could be bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad” because it could give the feds a free pass on climate policy — or as the plaintiffs see it, permission to continue ignoring it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like, as a whole, society right now should be ashamed,” says Avery McRae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the youngest plaintiff in the case, she might have the most at stake. But at the ripe old age of 12, she’s not naive about what’s blocking progress on climate at the policy level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that a lot of the choices being made are being made for money,” she laments, “and what a sad thought that we’re putting that before all the beings on this earth. We’re really needing to take action now, and that’s one of the most important things about our lawsuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if to underscore the urgency, \u003ca href=\"https://patricktbrown.org/2017/11/29/greater-future-global-warming-inferred-from-earths-recent-energy-budget/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new study\u003c/a> published just last week by Caldeira’s team at Stanford suggests that most forecast models have likely been understating the pace of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1918228/san-francisco-federal-court-takes-up-young-peoples-climate-change-suit","authors":["221"],"categories":["science_46","science_31","science_40","science_43"],"tags":["science_523","science_3370","science_556"],"featImg":"science_1918233","label":"source_science_1918228"},"science_1259427":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1259427","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1259427","score":null,"sort":[1482357749000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"talking-about-the-future-of-californias-water-in-the-face-of-climate-change","title":"Talking About the Future of California's Water in the Face of Climate Change","publishDate":1482357749,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Talking About the Future of California’s Water in the Face of Climate Change | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"start\">IN LESS THAN \u003c/span>a month, the United States will be led by a president who denies climate change exists. President-elect Donald Trump has also said he wants to see the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">U.S.\u003c/span> withdraw from the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Agreement\u003c/a> and wants to roll back environmental regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, a state that has already seen the impacts of climate change and has been a leader when it comes to efforts to slow its pace and mitigate its results, many are wondering what the new direction on the federal level will mean for the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Water Deeply’s managing editor, Tara Lohan, spoke with Juliet Christian-Smith, senior climate scientist with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucsusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union of Concerned Scientists\u003c/a>, and Max Gomberg, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a>’s climate and conservation manager, about the impact of climate change on California’s water future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara Lohan: Juliet, given the current anti-science political climate right now, as a climate scientist, how are you feeling and what are some of the folks in your community thinking?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1259646\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 187px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259646\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1.jpg\" alt=\"Juliet Christian-Smith is a senior climate scientist with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \" width=\"187\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1.jpg 187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1-160x210.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliet Christian-Smith is a senior climate scientist with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u003ccite>((Union of Concerned Scientists))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juliet Christian-Smith: It’s been a difficult month or so, but I’m happy to be in California. A meeting of the American Geophysical Union took place this past week – it’s the largest scientific conference in the United States – and it was a great moment for scientists to come together, share research and stand up for the value of science. Gov. [Jerry] Brown came and said during his talk that climate science will persevere and that California is doubling down on its efforts to show the rest of the country and the world how to fight emissions, address global warming and have a thriving economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’ll be facing some real challenges at a federal level, we hope that a call to science and integrity and the will to preserve in our commitment to the country will win in the end. We put together a letter signed by over 2,000 scientists, including more than 20 Nobel Laureates, asking the Trump administration to implement rules around scientific integrity so that even if the appointees don’t understand the science, they’re listening to the scientists who actually do the science and understand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Max, from your perspective, what can the state do to help support climate science and scientists?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Max Gomberg: California has been a leader on climate change issues since 2006, when it passed \u003cspan class=\"caps\">AB32\u003c/span>, or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Global Warming Solutions Act\u003c/a>, and it is maintaining its leadership role. Last year, we passed \u003cspan class=\"caps\">SB32\u003c/span>, which tries to reduce emissions even further to a sustainable level to avoid catastrophic effects like massive sea-level rise, temperature change and dramatic changes in ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has played a really critical role in our national negotiations leading to the Paris agreement last year. There’s a lot of work going on to continue both mitigation of climate change and to adapting to the changes that we’re already seeing. There’s a lot going on in California in the climate realm. That’s going to continue no matter what happens in Washington \u003cspan class=\"caps\">D.C.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: California currently has the most ambitious greenhouse gas targets in the country. Can anti-science action at the federal level put that in jeopardy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1259648\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259648\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db.jpg\" alt=\"Max Gomber is climate and conservation manager at State Water Resources Control Board.\" width=\"449\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db.jpg 449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Gomber is climate and conservation manager at State Water Resources Control Board. \u003ccite>((Max Gomberg))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: Certainly. In the past, the state has been granted waivers to go above and beyond federal legislation. For example, California took the lead in setting higher fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, and a number of states later followed. If there’s federal action to try to roll back those allowances for the states, that could hamper some of our work. On the other hand, ideological conservatives in Congress are fond of promulgating the idea that the federal government should leave decisions up to the states, so they might find themselves in a quandary there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Taking a step back, what do we actually know about California’s climate in the past, and what should we expect in the future?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We know that we’re already experiencing climate change. It’s not something that is going to happen later; it’s happening now, and it will get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statewide average temperature in winter is already more than 5 degrees [fahrenheit] (\u003cspan class=\"caps\">2.8C\u003c/span>) warmer than it was historically. In 2015, for the first time ever in recorded history, temperatures in the Sierra Nevada were above freezing during the winter time. That’s a big problem for a state with a water system that is heavily counting on snowmelt. A third of our water comes from snowpack that melts into some of the major reservoirs that were created by the state and federal government in the 1950s. Those projects are seeing huge reductions in the amount of snow and they’re also seeing big changes in the timing of snowmelt. The peak snowmelt events occur now 30 days earlier than average. The timing of water supply is out of phase with the timing of water demand and that’s a problem for management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the system of traditional surface waters – lakes, rivers, reservoirs – is failing, we have seen a huge shift toward relying on groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Max, the state is already working toward sustainability on groundwater. In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Its implementation has begun and will continue for quite some time. What else can water managers be doing except for relying on groundwater to plan for changes in the amount and timing of water they receive?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It partly depends on who they’re supplying, urban areas or agricultural operations. However, generally speaking, we still have a long way to go on efficiency. Part of the reason that the governor issued the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/09/how-california-plans-to-make-conservation-a-way-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> last May was to ensure that we’re moving toward a very highly efficient water-use future across the state. We can really gain a lot of water simply from more efficient practices. That will enable us to become more resilient for the droughts ahead, which we know under climate change are going to be more severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Is there anything we need from an infrastructural point of view, whether that’s reservoirs or smaller or green infrastructure like stormwater capture?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: Absolutely. There was a lot not to like in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/20/what-the-new-federal-water-bill-means-for-the-delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">federal water law\u003c/a>that the president just signed, but some of the money in there is for additional flood control projects. That’s important because we know from the drought that when it’s wet, it’s going to be very wet. Because we may see really extreme precipitation events, with very powerful atmospheric rivers, that dump a ton of rain and put us in danger of devastating floods, we need to continue investing in our flood management infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We’re in uncharted territory and we really need to use the scientific tools that the state has invested in and apply those to our real-world management decisions.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In terms of water supply, we need to store as much water in the ground as possible when we have it. We built a lot of reservoirs in this state in the past century and a half, all the good spots are taken. Even if we do build another reservoir, it’s not going to make a major influence in terms of increasing our ability to respond to climate change. So new research is looking at whether we can use agricultural fields to let water percolate into the ground and replenish groundwater basins when that water is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also need to do more with respect to stormwater and recycled water. We need to fund more. We need to make the regulatory pathways for doing more of and make it easier than it is now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We have more than three times the amount of storage underground than we have aboveground. Therefore, groundwater is a huge new area for us to think much more strategically about using. But we haven’t had any formal regulatory framework for groundwater until very recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Union of Concerned Scientists and other groups were instrumental in helping to pass the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Right now, local entities are putting together groundwater sustainability agencies. Importantly, the state will be allowed to step in when those plans don’t look like they’re actually going to achieve sustainability or if the agencies get off track. We’re very hopeful that this state enforcement mechanism will be taken seriously. Groundwater is really our buffer to climate change impacts in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: The state imposed mandatory conservation measures for water agencies and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/07/14/concern-raised-over-water-agencies-stress-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switched to the stress test\u003c/a>. How does the state, as a regulator, bridge the gap in terms of making sure that water agencies have a reliable supply for the near future, but are also thinking long term?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It means we’re working twice as hard. We’ve provided emergency drinking water supplies to communities that ran out of water, imposed emergency conservation regulation for the rest of the state, provided funding from Proposition 1, the water bond that was passed in 2014, for a number of critical infrastructure and conservation measures as well as habitat restoration. And we’re going to continue to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, we’re going to focus on building resilience, both on the demand side – water efficiency and conservation – as well as when it comes to the supplies that we need to build more security in our water systems – better groundwater management, additional stormwater capture and reuse, and more recycled water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Is there any additional work that the state should be doing in terms of investments in climate change adaptation?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: There’s so much work we could be doing on climate change adaptation. On the mitigation side, the state’s cap and trade program creates emission allowances and a pot of money that can be used to to fund additional actions, whether it’s public transit or other things to reduce emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have the same kind of funding source on the adaptation side, but we certainly need to use the funds we have, and potentially explore new funds, for actions ranging from upper watershed ecosystem restoration, to more green infrastructure to minimize flooding in urban areas, to managed retreat for crucial infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a great article in the New York Times a couple of months back on sea-level rise in Florida. One of the mayors interviewed basically said that in the end, the ocean is going to win. That’s the truth. We can try to minimize the amount of sea-level rise by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but no amount of infrastructure is going to prevent sea-level rise from really changing the character of our coastal zone. We need to be proactive, and it’s going to cost a lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: Another key piece of adaptation is taking the information that was already put together and applying it to our planning processes and our investment decisions. This legislative session, we sponsored a successful bill called \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/CA-Gov-Signs-Climate-Infrastructure-Bill#.WFnWF2QrJhA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Climate-Safe Infrastructure bill\u003c/a>, which was all about getting state engineers to talk to climate scientists who have been doing groundbreaking work in California so that we can understand impacts better and apply that information to real-world decisions around dams, bridges, highways, buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another example is the Water Bond. The very first drafts did not include the words climate change or any kind of climate science. Together with the California Water Commission, we were successful in getting climate change projections brought into the criteria that project applications need to put together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know that we can’t use the past as a predictor of the future, that’s the biggest problem with climate change and adaption planning. We’re in uncharted territory and we really need to use the scientific tools that the state has invested in and apply those to our real-world management decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: We talked a little about the environmental impacts of climate change, but what are you seeing in terms of the social impact of climate change and the drought in California? Who are the people that are being affected and are most at risk?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We’ve been doing work with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.communitywatercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Water Center\u003c/a> in Visalia, in the southern San Joaquin Valley. They represent largely disadvantaged communities who are primarily groundwater dependent. These communities are some of the hardest hit by the drought because domestic wells are typically shallower than irrigation wells. When there [aren’t] water supplies from surface water systems, agriculture typically shifts to groundwater. That draws down the groundwater and leaves these folks with no potable water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These areas – who have some of the lowest household incomes – are now paying very high prices for water that doesn’t even come out of their taps. It’s really a human rights travesty. The \u003cspan class=\"caps\">U.N.\u003c/span> special rapporteur declared the situation in the Central Valley a human rights crisis because a million residents don’t have access to clean drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: This really is a human rights travesty. In 2012, California was the first state to pass a bill titled the “Human Right to Water,” making it a policy of the state to provide safe, affordable and clean drinking water to all of our residents. We’ve made a lot of progress toward that goal, but we still have some critical funding gaps. Without divulging too much, I can tell you that it will be a very big priority for the administration in 2017 to try to close those gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: What do you think is the No. 1 priority that California should be focusing on next year when it comes to climate change and water?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It’s the issue we’ve just been talking about. The most vulnerable communities are the most vulnerable to drought, water supply restrictions and reductions. At the state level, we’re looking at all the levers we can pull, at all the policy options available to close the gap. It’s an environmental justice issue, it’s a climate change resilience issue and it’s a human rights issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: I agree and I’ll bring in one more thread from our conversation. Many of these communities are primarily dependent on groundwater for their drinking water supplies. The new \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/12/16/status-update-how-california-is-doing-at-managing-its-groundwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groundwater sustainability agencies\u003c/a> will play a key role in putting basins on a path to more sustainable groundwater management and therefore guaranteeing more drinking water for these communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">Therefore, it’s crucial that these communities have a seat at the table in these new governance structures and can talk about the real-world impacts of climate change and the drought. The water world can be very insular, and in order for things to change, the people in the room have to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This transcript was condensed and edited for clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article originally appeared on \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsdeeply.com%2fwater\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water Deeply\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and you can find it \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/21/how-climate-change-will-affect-the-future-of-california-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">here\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sign up\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Climate change is already impacting California’s water. We talk with climate scientist Juliet Christian-Smith and state regulator Max Gomberg about what California needs to do to be climate resilient.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704929274,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":2670},"headData":{"title":"Talking About the Future of California's Water in the Face of Climate Change | KQED","description":"Climate change is already impacting California’s water. We talk with climate scientist Juliet Christian-Smith and state regulator Max Gomberg about what California needs to do to be climate resilient.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"Water Deeply","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Tara Lohan\u003c/br>Water Deeply","path":"/science/1259427/talking-about-the-future-of-californias-water-in-the-face-of-climate-change","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"start\">IN LESS THAN \u003c/span>a month, the United States will be led by a president who denies climate change exists. President-elect Donald Trump has also said he wants to see the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">U.S.\u003c/span> withdraw from the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Agreement\u003c/a> and wants to roll back environmental regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, a state that has already seen the impacts of climate change and has been a leader when it comes to efforts to slow its pace and mitigate its results, many are wondering what the new direction on the federal level will mean for the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Water Deeply’s managing editor, Tara Lohan, spoke with Juliet Christian-Smith, senior climate scientist with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucsusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union of Concerned Scientists\u003c/a>, and Max Gomberg, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a>’s climate and conservation manager, about the impact of climate change on California’s water future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara Lohan: Juliet, given the current anti-science political climate right now, as a climate scientist, how are you feeling and what are some of the folks in your community thinking?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1259646\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 187px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259646\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1.jpg\" alt=\"Juliet Christian-Smith is a senior climate scientist with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \" width=\"187\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1.jpg 187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/juliet-christian-smith-200px1-160x210.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliet Christian-Smith is a senior climate scientist with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u003ccite>((Union of Concerned Scientists))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juliet Christian-Smith: It’s been a difficult month or so, but I’m happy to be in California. A meeting of the American Geophysical Union took place this past week – it’s the largest scientific conference in the United States – and it was a great moment for scientists to come together, share research and stand up for the value of science. Gov. [Jerry] Brown came and said during his talk that climate science will persevere and that California is doubling down on its efforts to show the rest of the country and the world how to fight emissions, address global warming and have a thriving economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’ll be facing some real challenges at a federal level, we hope that a call to science and integrity and the will to preserve in our commitment to the country will win in the end. We put together a letter signed by over 2,000 scientists, including more than 20 Nobel Laureates, asking the Trump administration to implement rules around scientific integrity so that even if the appointees don’t understand the science, they’re listening to the scientists who actually do the science and understand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Max, from your perspective, what can the state do to help support climate science and scientists?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Max Gomberg: California has been a leader on climate change issues since 2006, when it passed \u003cspan class=\"caps\">AB32\u003c/span>, or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Global Warming Solutions Act\u003c/a>, and it is maintaining its leadership role. Last year, we passed \u003cspan class=\"caps\">SB32\u003c/span>, which tries to reduce emissions even further to a sustainable level to avoid catastrophic effects like massive sea-level rise, temperature change and dramatic changes in ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has played a really critical role in our national negotiations leading to the Paris agreement last year. There’s a lot of work going on to continue both mitigation of climate change and to adapting to the changes that we’re already seeing. There’s a lot going on in California in the climate realm. That’s going to continue no matter what happens in Washington \u003cspan class=\"caps\">D.C.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: California currently has the most ambitious greenhouse gas targets in the country. Can anti-science action at the federal level put that in jeopardy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1259648\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259648\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db.jpg\" alt=\"Max Gomber is climate and conservation manager at State Water Resources Control Board.\" width=\"449\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db.jpg 449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/27f39db-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Gomber is climate and conservation manager at State Water Resources Control Board. \u003ccite>((Max Gomberg))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: Certainly. In the past, the state has been granted waivers to go above and beyond federal legislation. For example, California took the lead in setting higher fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, and a number of states later followed. If there’s federal action to try to roll back those allowances for the states, that could hamper some of our work. On the other hand, ideological conservatives in Congress are fond of promulgating the idea that the federal government should leave decisions up to the states, so they might find themselves in a quandary there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Taking a step back, what do we actually know about California’s climate in the past, and what should we expect in the future?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We know that we’re already experiencing climate change. It’s not something that is going to happen later; it’s happening now, and it will get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statewide average temperature in winter is already more than 5 degrees [fahrenheit] (\u003cspan class=\"caps\">2.8C\u003c/span>) warmer than it was historically. In 2015, for the first time ever in recorded history, temperatures in the Sierra Nevada were above freezing during the winter time. That’s a big problem for a state with a water system that is heavily counting on snowmelt. A third of our water comes from snowpack that melts into some of the major reservoirs that were created by the state and federal government in the 1950s. Those projects are seeing huge reductions in the amount of snow and they’re also seeing big changes in the timing of snowmelt. The peak snowmelt events occur now 30 days earlier than average. The timing of water supply is out of phase with the timing of water demand and that’s a problem for management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the system of traditional surface waters – lakes, rivers, reservoirs – is failing, we have seen a huge shift toward relying on groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Max, the state is already working toward sustainability on groundwater. In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Its implementation has begun and will continue for quite some time. What else can water managers be doing except for relying on groundwater to plan for changes in the amount and timing of water they receive?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It partly depends on who they’re supplying, urban areas or agricultural operations. However, generally speaking, we still have a long way to go on efficiency. Part of the reason that the governor issued the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/09/how-california-plans-to-make-conservation-a-way-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> last May was to ensure that we’re moving toward a very highly efficient water-use future across the state. We can really gain a lot of water simply from more efficient practices. That will enable us to become more resilient for the droughts ahead, which we know under climate change are going to be more severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Is there anything we need from an infrastructural point of view, whether that’s reservoirs or smaller or green infrastructure like stormwater capture?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: Absolutely. There was a lot not to like in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/20/what-the-new-federal-water-bill-means-for-the-delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">federal water law\u003c/a>that the president just signed, but some of the money in there is for additional flood control projects. That’s important because we know from the drought that when it’s wet, it’s going to be very wet. Because we may see really extreme precipitation events, with very powerful atmospheric rivers, that dump a ton of rain and put us in danger of devastating floods, we need to continue investing in our flood management infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We’re in uncharted territory and we really need to use the scientific tools that the state has invested in and apply those to our real-world management decisions.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In terms of water supply, we need to store as much water in the ground as possible when we have it. We built a lot of reservoirs in this state in the past century and a half, all the good spots are taken. Even if we do build another reservoir, it’s not going to make a major influence in terms of increasing our ability to respond to climate change. So new research is looking at whether we can use agricultural fields to let water percolate into the ground and replenish groundwater basins when that water is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also need to do more with respect to stormwater and recycled water. We need to fund more. We need to make the regulatory pathways for doing more of and make it easier than it is now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We have more than three times the amount of storage underground than we have aboveground. Therefore, groundwater is a huge new area for us to think much more strategically about using. But we haven’t had any formal regulatory framework for groundwater until very recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Union of Concerned Scientists and other groups were instrumental in helping to pass the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Right now, local entities are putting together groundwater sustainability agencies. Importantly, the state will be allowed to step in when those plans don’t look like they’re actually going to achieve sustainability or if the agencies get off track. We’re very hopeful that this state enforcement mechanism will be taken seriously. Groundwater is really our buffer to climate change impacts in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: The state imposed mandatory conservation measures for water agencies and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/07/14/concern-raised-over-water-agencies-stress-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switched to the stress test\u003c/a>. How does the state, as a regulator, bridge the gap in terms of making sure that water agencies have a reliable supply for the near future, but are also thinking long term?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It means we’re working twice as hard. We’ve provided emergency drinking water supplies to communities that ran out of water, imposed emergency conservation regulation for the rest of the state, provided funding from Proposition 1, the water bond that was passed in 2014, for a number of critical infrastructure and conservation measures as well as habitat restoration. And we’re going to continue to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, we’re going to focus on building resilience, both on the demand side – water efficiency and conservation – as well as when it comes to the supplies that we need to build more security in our water systems – better groundwater management, additional stormwater capture and reuse, and more recycled water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: Is there any additional work that the state should be doing in terms of investments in climate change adaptation?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: There’s so much work we could be doing on climate change adaptation. On the mitigation side, the state’s cap and trade program creates emission allowances and a pot of money that can be used to to fund additional actions, whether it’s public transit or other things to reduce emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have the same kind of funding source on the adaptation side, but we certainly need to use the funds we have, and potentially explore new funds, for actions ranging from upper watershed ecosystem restoration, to more green infrastructure to minimize flooding in urban areas, to managed retreat for crucial infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a great article in the New York Times a couple of months back on sea-level rise in Florida. One of the mayors interviewed basically said that in the end, the ocean is going to win. That’s the truth. We can try to minimize the amount of sea-level rise by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but no amount of infrastructure is going to prevent sea-level rise from really changing the character of our coastal zone. We need to be proactive, and it’s going to cost a lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: Another key piece of adaptation is taking the information that was already put together and applying it to our planning processes and our investment decisions. This legislative session, we sponsored a successful bill called \u003ca href=\"http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/CA-Gov-Signs-Climate-Infrastructure-Bill#.WFnWF2QrJhA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Climate-Safe Infrastructure bill\u003c/a>, which was all about getting state engineers to talk to climate scientists who have been doing groundbreaking work in California so that we can understand impacts better and apply that information to real-world decisions around dams, bridges, highways, buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another example is the Water Bond. The very first drafts did not include the words climate change or any kind of climate science. Together with the California Water Commission, we were successful in getting climate change projections brought into the criteria that project applications need to put together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know that we can’t use the past as a predictor of the future, that’s the biggest problem with climate change and adaption planning. We’re in uncharted territory and we really need to use the scientific tools that the state has invested in and apply those to our real-world management decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: We talked a little about the environmental impacts of climate change, but what are you seeing in terms of the social impact of climate change and the drought in California? Who are the people that are being affected and are most at risk?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: We’ve been doing work with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.communitywatercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Water Center\u003c/a> in Visalia, in the southern San Joaquin Valley. They represent largely disadvantaged communities who are primarily groundwater dependent. These communities are some of the hardest hit by the drought because domestic wells are typically shallower than irrigation wells. When there [aren’t] water supplies from surface water systems, agriculture typically shifts to groundwater. That draws down the groundwater and leaves these folks with no potable water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These areas – who have some of the lowest household incomes – are now paying very high prices for water that doesn’t even come out of their taps. It’s really a human rights travesty. The \u003cspan class=\"caps\">U.N.\u003c/span> special rapporteur declared the situation in the Central Valley a human rights crisis because a million residents don’t have access to clean drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: This really is a human rights travesty. In 2012, California was the first state to pass a bill titled the “Human Right to Water,” making it a policy of the state to provide safe, affordable and clean drinking water to all of our residents. We’ve made a lot of progress toward that goal, but we still have some critical funding gaps. Without divulging too much, I can tell you that it will be a very big priority for the administration in 2017 to try to close those gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lohan: What do you think is the No. 1 priority that California should be focusing on next year when it comes to climate change and water?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomberg: It’s the issue we’ve just been talking about. The most vulnerable communities are the most vulnerable to drought, water supply restrictions and reductions. At the state level, we’re looking at all the levers we can pull, at all the policy options available to close the gap. It’s an environmental justice issue, it’s a climate change resilience issue and it’s a human rights issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian-Smith: I agree and I’ll bring in one more thread from our conversation. Many of these communities are primarily dependent on groundwater for their drinking water supplies. The new \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/12/16/status-update-how-california-is-doing-at-managing-its-groundwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groundwater sustainability agencies\u003c/a> will play a key role in putting basins on a path to more sustainable groundwater management and therefore guaranteeing more drinking water for these communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">Therefore, it’s crucial that these communities have a seat at the table in these new governance structures and can talk about the real-world impacts of climate change and the drought. The water world can be very insular, and in order for things to change, the people in the room have to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This transcript was condensed and edited for clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article originally appeared on \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsdeeply.com%2fwater\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water Deeply\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and you can find it \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/21/how-climate-change-will-affect-the-future-of-california-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">here\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sign up\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1259427/talking-about-the-future-of-californias-water-in-the-face-of-climate-change","authors":["byline_science_1259427"],"categories":["science_98"],"tags":["science_1622","science_523"],"featImg":"science_1259645","label":"source_science_1259427"},"science_1010716":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1010716","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1010716","score":null,"sort":[1474900208000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"10-years-in-has-californias-climate-law-really-lowered-emissions","title":"10 Years In, Has California's Climate Law Really Lowered Emissions?","publishDate":1474900208,"format":"audio","headTitle":"10 Years In, Has California’s Climate Law Really Lowered Emissions? | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California’s landmark climate strategy into law in 2006, he laid out the mission succinctly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We simply must do everything we can that is in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late,” he declared at the September 27 signing ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Without its landmark climate policies, California would have pumped some 100 million metric tons more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, few would argue that California hasn’t done its fair share in the fight against climate change. But the question of how much the Global Warming Solutions Act, still known by its legislative shorthand as AB 32, has actually cut California’s greenhouse gas emissions, is tougher to get at.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that it worked,” says Jeffrey Greenblatt, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to paraphrase a former president, it depends on what your definition of “it” is. So, he amplified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that AB 32 plus the suite of complementary policies that have come in its wake have been an overwhelming success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015496\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/09/AB32_Desktop_160921.jpg\" alt=\"AB32_Desktop_160921\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1213\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015497\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/09/AB32_Mobile_160921.jpg\" alt=\"AB32_Mobile_160921\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If anyone knows, it would be Greenblatt. He’s one of the few people who have actually run the numbers. It’s tricky because AB 32 only embodies a portion of California’s sweeping assault on climate change. It authorized the state’s carbon emissions market, known as \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/09/cap-and-trade-101-how-californias-carbon-market-works/\">cap and trade\u003c/a>, and set in stone the goal of cutting climate emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the actual plan to get there has been a patchwork of policies aimed at everything from reducing auto tailpipe emissions (the state’s largest single source of greenhouse gases) to ratcheting up the proportion of electricity generated from “clean” sources like solar, wind, and geothermal energy. Even a law (with no actual teeth) to contain urban sprawl and reduce the miles that people drive in cars has possibly made a dent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these things are starting to come in,” notes Greenblatt. “And while I would argue that they’re not strictly a direct result of AB 32, they are heavily influenced by its existence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_scopingplan_2000-14.pdf\">total emissions were down\u003c/a> nearly 10 percent from their peak in 2004, but for a complex web of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We kind of got some headway for free, as it were’\u003ccite>Jeffrey Greenblatt,\u003cbr>\nLawrence Berkeley National Lab\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Undoubtedly, the steep drop in emissions during the three years or so starting in 2008 was largely driven by a jarring economic recession, which stifled economic activity in general, pulling emissions down with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of got some headway for free, as it were,” says Greenblatt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he calculates that if California “turned off” that constellation of measures back in 2010, more than 100 million metric tons of additional greenhouse gases would have been pumped into the atmosphere. That’s equivalent to almost three months of California’s total emissions in 2014, the last year for which regulators have data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenblatt says that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/09/cap-and-trade-the-glossary/\">cap and trade\u003c/a>, often described as the centerpiece of California’s climate strategy, “doesn’t really account for a whole lot of emissions reductions.” The carbon trading program, which has been in full swing for only about two years, sets a declining cap on industrial warming gases while allowing businesses to buy and sell pollution permits with one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”325QMIku13kvpMHM2ghORiK9GIueVpzm”]In fact, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060043254\">some experts have concluded\u003c/a> that California would likely reach its 2020 goal even if cap and trade weren’t in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what’s really started to happen,” Greenblatt adds, “is a lot of complementary policies have passed or gone into effect that have sort of naturally reinforced AB 32.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authority of AB 32 to reach beyond 2020 is also \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/08/18/california-climate-program-faces-uncertain-future-beyond-2020/\">a matter of debate\u003c/a>, though that debate was at least partially squelched by a new law (SB 32) that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/08/26/californias-new-climate-rules-explained/\">sets the bar substantially higher\u003c/a>: to slash emissions 40 percent \u003cem>below\u003c/em> 1990 levels by 2030. That will be a much bigger lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board has \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/2030_sp_concept_paper2016.pdf\">drafted a “concept paper”\u003c/a> with different scenarios that could get the state to its 2030 goal, and has determined that existing measures won’t be enough to do the job, if that weren’t already obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking another 40 percent of emissions out of a growing economy in ten year’s time is going to be very ambitious,” says Greenblatt, with his gift for understatement. But he says the mere presence of AB 32 has helped maintain momentum in California’s quest to quash climate emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is making policy planners, lawmakers and others at the state level think long-term about, ‘What else do we need to do to keep CA on track to hit this very ambitious long-term target?'”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Emissions are dropping, but it's hard to pin down who—or what—gets the credit.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704929587,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":847},"headData":{"title":"10 Years In, Has California's Climate Law Really Lowered Emissions? | KQED","description":"Emissions are dropping, but it's hard to pin down who—or what—gets the credit.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2016/09/WEBAB32TwoWay.mp3","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1010716/10-years-in-has-californias-climate-law-really-lowered-emissions","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California’s landmark climate strategy into law in 2006, he laid out the mission succinctly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We simply must do everything we can that is in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late,” he declared at the September 27 signing ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Without its landmark climate policies, California would have pumped some 100 million metric tons more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, few would argue that California hasn’t done its fair share in the fight against climate change. But the question of how much the Global Warming Solutions Act, still known by its legislative shorthand as AB 32, has actually cut California’s greenhouse gas emissions, is tougher to get at.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that it worked,” says Jeffrey Greenblatt, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to paraphrase a former president, it depends on what your definition of “it” is. So, he amplified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that AB 32 plus the suite of complementary policies that have come in its wake have been an overwhelming success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015496\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/09/AB32_Desktop_160921.jpg\" alt=\"AB32_Desktop_160921\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1213\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015497\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/09/AB32_Mobile_160921.jpg\" alt=\"AB32_Mobile_160921\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If anyone knows, it would be Greenblatt. He’s one of the few people who have actually run the numbers. It’s tricky because AB 32 only embodies a portion of California’s sweeping assault on climate change. It authorized the state’s carbon emissions market, known as \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/09/cap-and-trade-101-how-californias-carbon-market-works/\">cap and trade\u003c/a>, and set in stone the goal of cutting climate emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the actual plan to get there has been a patchwork of policies aimed at everything from reducing auto tailpipe emissions (the state’s largest single source of greenhouse gases) to ratcheting up the proportion of electricity generated from “clean” sources like solar, wind, and geothermal energy. Even a law (with no actual teeth) to contain urban sprawl and reduce the miles that people drive in cars has possibly made a dent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these things are starting to come in,” notes Greenblatt. “And while I would argue that they’re not strictly a direct result of AB 32, they are heavily influenced by its existence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_scopingplan_2000-14.pdf\">total emissions were down\u003c/a> nearly 10 percent from their peak in 2004, but for a complex web of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We kind of got some headway for free, as it were’\u003ccite>Jeffrey Greenblatt,\u003cbr>\nLawrence Berkeley National Lab\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Undoubtedly, the steep drop in emissions during the three years or so starting in 2008 was largely driven by a jarring economic recession, which stifled economic activity in general, pulling emissions down with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of got some headway for free, as it were,” says Greenblatt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he calculates that if California “turned off” that constellation of measures back in 2010, more than 100 million metric tons of additional greenhouse gases would have been pumped into the atmosphere. That’s equivalent to almost three months of California’s total emissions in 2014, the last year for which regulators have data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenblatt says that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/11/09/cap-and-trade-the-glossary/\">cap and trade\u003c/a>, often described as the centerpiece of California’s climate strategy, “doesn’t really account for a whole lot of emissions reductions.” The carbon trading program, which has been in full swing for only about two years, sets a declining cap on industrial warming gases while allowing businesses to buy and sell pollution permits with one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>In fact, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060043254\">some experts have concluded\u003c/a> that California would likely reach its 2020 goal even if cap and trade weren’t in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what’s really started to happen,” Greenblatt adds, “is a lot of complementary policies have passed or gone into effect that have sort of naturally reinforced AB 32.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authority of AB 32 to reach beyond 2020 is also \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/08/18/california-climate-program-faces-uncertain-future-beyond-2020/\">a matter of debate\u003c/a>, though that debate was at least partially squelched by a new law (SB 32) that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/08/26/californias-new-climate-rules-explained/\">sets the bar substantially higher\u003c/a>: to slash emissions 40 percent \u003cem>below\u003c/em> 1990 levels by 2030. That will be a much bigger lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board has \u003ca href=\"https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/2030_sp_concept_paper2016.pdf\">drafted a “concept paper”\u003c/a> with different scenarios that could get the state to its 2030 goal, and has determined that existing measures won’t be enough to do the job, if that weren’t already obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking another 40 percent of emissions out of a growing economy in ten year’s time is going to be very ambitious,” says Greenblatt, with his gift for understatement. But he says the mere presence of AB 32 has helped maintain momentum in California’s quest to quash climate emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is making policy planners, lawmakers and others at the state level think long-term about, ‘What else do we need to do to keep CA on track to hit this very ambitious long-term target?'”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1010716/10-years-in-has-californias-climate-law-really-lowered-emissions","authors":["221"],"categories":["science_31","science_33","science_40","science_43"],"tags":["science_122","science_121","science_523"],"featImg":"science_1016483","label":"science"},"science_390915":{"type":"posts","id":"science_390915","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"390915","score":null,"sort":[1449267560000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"brown-on-climate-the-california-governors-big-footprint-in-paris","title":"Brown's Climate Quest: The California Governor's Big Footprint in Paris","publishDate":1449267560,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Brown’s Climate Quest: The California Governor’s Big Footprint in Paris | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>Carbon accounting aside, Governor Jerry Brown is leaving an outsize personal footprint in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite cutting a day off the front of his trip, in order to travel to the site of this week’s San Bernardino shootings, the California governor is devoting nearly a week to the U.N. \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2015/11/25/paris-climate-conference-cop21/#dJnJw3xGskqp\">climate talks, known as COP21.\u003c/a> Brown plans to participate in an array of events through Wednesday, ranging from keynote remarks to a signing ceremony for his pet project, the subnational climate agreement known as the \u003ca href=\"http://under2mou.org/\">Under 2 MOU\u003c/a>. While California is not a nation-state and hence not an official party to the negotiations, it’s widely accepted that the Golden State maintains a high profile on the transnational climate scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We are filling quite a void because the Republican Congress and all of the Republican candidates are in a very deep state of denial.’\u003ccite>Gov. Jerry Brown\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Brown expanded a prior commitment to hasten \u003ca href=\"http://zevalliance.org\">conversion of cars to “zero-emission vehicles,”\u003c/a> or ZEVs. A dozen North American and European governments now join California in pledging that they will “strive to make all passenger vehicle sales in our jurisdictions ZEVs as fast as possible and no later than 2050.” California currently has 24 million registered autos — about two for every household in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to his departure for Paris, the governor talked with KQED’s Lauren Sommer about his hopes for the conference and what California can bring to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sommer: What do you hope to accomplish in Paris?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brown:\u003c/strong> My intention is to join with other states and provinces and even countries that are pushing for a real solid response to the threat of climate change. I’ve worked with others to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/16/governor-brown-takes-climate-message-to-world-stage/\">develop our Under 2 MOU\u003c/a>. And that says, for all the signatories [now nearly 60 different states and provinces and a few countries] that the signatory will do whatever it takes to keep temperature within the two-degree centigrade target of the U.N. Panel on Climate Change. And in the alternative, the goal will be by 2050 to emit no more than two tons [of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gases] per person, which requires radical change and heroic effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Why not just leave this work to the United Nations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well, the national governments have been a bit timid to say the least. Whereas the states and provinces like Quebec and Ontario or British Columbia, Washington, Oregon — a lot of places are ready to commit themselves to keeping the temperature below two degrees centigrade, and take whatever steps are necessary to achieve that goal. That’s more than the nation-states. They’re far more modest in their commitments, so we have to light the fire, if I could use that metaphor for climate change. We are filling quite a void because the Republican congress and all of the Republican candidates are in a very deep state of denial, despite the vast, overwhelming scientific consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_394516\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394516\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-800x1200.jpg\" alt='In the run-up to the Paris climate talks, the Alternatiba association organized a \"Village of Alternatives\" for the environment and the climate, over the weekend of Sept. 26-27. This t-shirt advocates legal rights for Earth.' width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the run-up to the Paris climate talks, the Alternatiba association organized a “Village of Alternatives” for the environment and the climate, over the weekend of Sept. 26-27. This t-shirt advocates legal rights for Earth. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeleroyer/21562946249/in/album-72157659162608545/\" target=\"_blank\">philippe leroyer/flickr Creative Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: What cues can other places take from California? Why should they listen to us?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> We have \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/28/california-leads-on-climate-policy-but-also-greenhouse-gases/\">an aggressive, integrated program\u003c/a> to curb greenhouse gases and our economy is growing faster than the national average, so we’re demonstrating both that innovation comes from these environmental efforts: the achievement of reducing greenhouse gases and the generation of new industries, new jobs and aggregate growth in our gross domestic product exceeding that of the nation as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: So, do you see yourself and this state as a force pushing the nation toward climate action?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> It doesn’t quite work that way. But as we know, in Silicon Valley or even in Hollywood, California does set trends. And we are deeply and measurably \u003ca href=\"http://under2mou.org/?page_id=146\">committed to a sequence of actions\u003c/a>, which we’re taking. And as we prove that those are not only consistent with economic prosperity but foster it, I believe we’ll get takers, we’ll get people who say, ‘Well yeah, maybe that makes sense.’ And we can give the lie to the [climate science] denialists — which by the way are not only absolutely dominant in the Republican party but are evident in the Wall Street Journal and and other publications that spew the same kind of … false scientific statements that we saw in the tobacco industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Your critics say that Californians are bearing the brunt of our climate policies when the state clearly can’t solve climate change alone.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well you say ‘bearing the brunt.’ If the world and therefore United States goes beyond the 2-degree centigrade, sea level rise, extreme weather events, drought, extreme heat — there is real catastrophe on the way. There’s a big risk here. And people say, ‘go it alone’ — somebody has to wake up the country and those parts of the world that are blind to the real danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Eighty percent of Californians consider the changing climate to be a ‘very serious problem,’ though fully a third of Republican respondents said it’s not a problem at all.\u003ccite>Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The migration that is undermining Europe and is destabilizing governments from Germany to Spain is, in part — well, it’s certainly due to all the turmoil. But some of the turmoil is due to famine and drought along with the military threat. So we’re getting an early preview of a warmed planet. And we know that people in Africa and the Middle East — it will get so hot that won’t even be livable. And we’re talking well within the lifetime of most people listening to this show. So this is an imperative. And the fact that the oil companies and the coal companies can silence and censor the entire Republican Party and a number of other sources of power, that doesn’t make it that they are right. They are wrong and we know that. This is real stuff. Now, it may be 30 or 40 years away, but we know there is a threat. We know we can do something about it. And for the most part, we have not yet risen to the occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Speaking of rising to occasion, where does China fit into this picture? It’s the world’s largest CO2 producer by far. It seems that no progress is possible without major changes there, no matter what we do in California.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well, in many ways China is showing more concerted effort than many other countries. China has a commitment; they’re building huge amounts of renewable energy. They’ve worked with the state of California to develop their cap-and-trade system, their monitoring of pollution. Now they’ve got to go faster, they’ve got to keep their resolve. But it isn’t clear that the leadership in China isn’t more unified and and more determined in their commitment than our leadership. Just looking at the two countries, China’s got a long way to go but they are putting us to shame in some respects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Authors:\u003c/strong> Recent polling would appear to support Brown’s climate quest. A new survey from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that 80 percent of Californians consider the changing climate to be a “very serious problem” (though fully a third of Republican respondents said it’s not a problem at all). And nearly half of respondents (45 percent) said the state’s climate actions would encourage job growth, whereas 19 percent said they would cost jobs.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"\"Somebody has to wake up the country,\" says California's governor, bound for climate talks in Paris, \"and those parts of the world that are blind to the real danger.\"","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704930966,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":1351},"headData":{"title":"Brown's Climate Quest: The California Governor's Big Footprint in Paris | KQED","description":""Somebody has to wake up the country," says California's governor, bound for climate talks in Paris, "and those parts of the world that are blind to the real danger."","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Lauren Sommer and Craig Miller, KQED","path":"/science/390915/brown-on-climate-the-california-governors-big-footprint-in-paris","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Carbon accounting aside, Governor Jerry Brown is leaving an outsize personal footprint in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite cutting a day off the front of his trip, in order to travel to the site of this week’s San Bernardino shootings, the California governor is devoting nearly a week to the U.N. \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2015/11/25/paris-climate-conference-cop21/#dJnJw3xGskqp\">climate talks, known as COP21.\u003c/a> Brown plans to participate in an array of events through Wednesday, ranging from keynote remarks to a signing ceremony for his pet project, the subnational climate agreement known as the \u003ca href=\"http://under2mou.org/\">Under 2 MOU\u003c/a>. While California is not a nation-state and hence not an official party to the negotiations, it’s widely accepted that the Golden State maintains a high profile on the transnational climate scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We are filling quite a void because the Republican Congress and all of the Republican candidates are in a very deep state of denial.’\u003ccite>Gov. Jerry Brown\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Brown expanded a prior commitment to hasten \u003ca href=\"http://zevalliance.org\">conversion of cars to “zero-emission vehicles,”\u003c/a> or ZEVs. A dozen North American and European governments now join California in pledging that they will “strive to make all passenger vehicle sales in our jurisdictions ZEVs as fast as possible and no later than 2050.” California currently has 24 million registered autos — about two for every household in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to his departure for Paris, the governor talked with KQED’s Lauren Sommer about his hopes for the conference and what California can bring to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sommer: What do you hope to accomplish in Paris?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brown:\u003c/strong> My intention is to join with other states and provinces and even countries that are pushing for a real solid response to the threat of climate change. I’ve worked with others to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/16/governor-brown-takes-climate-message-to-world-stage/\">develop our Under 2 MOU\u003c/a>. And that says, for all the signatories [now nearly 60 different states and provinces and a few countries] that the signatory will do whatever it takes to keep temperature within the two-degree centigrade target of the U.N. Panel on Climate Change. And in the alternative, the goal will be by 2050 to emit no more than two tons [of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gases] per person, which requires radical change and heroic effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Why not just leave this work to the United Nations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well, the national governments have been a bit timid to say the least. Whereas the states and provinces like Quebec and Ontario or British Columbia, Washington, Oregon — a lot of places are ready to commit themselves to keeping the temperature below two degrees centigrade, and take whatever steps are necessary to achieve that goal. That’s more than the nation-states. They’re far more modest in their commitments, so we have to light the fire, if I could use that metaphor for climate change. We are filling quite a void because the Republican congress and all of the Republican candidates are in a very deep state of denial, despite the vast, overwhelming scientific consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_394516\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394516\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-800x1200.jpg\" alt='In the run-up to the Paris climate talks, the Alternatiba association organized a \"Village of Alternatives\" for the environment and the climate, over the weekend of Sept. 26-27. This t-shirt advocates legal rights for Earth.' width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/21562946249_82085d2126_k.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the run-up to the Paris climate talks, the Alternatiba association organized a “Village of Alternatives” for the environment and the climate, over the weekend of Sept. 26-27. This t-shirt advocates legal rights for Earth. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeleroyer/21562946249/in/album-72157659162608545/\" target=\"_blank\">philippe leroyer/flickr Creative Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: What cues can other places take from California? Why should they listen to us?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> We have \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/28/california-leads-on-climate-policy-but-also-greenhouse-gases/\">an aggressive, integrated program\u003c/a> to curb greenhouse gases and our economy is growing faster than the national average, so we’re demonstrating both that innovation comes from these environmental efforts: the achievement of reducing greenhouse gases and the generation of new industries, new jobs and aggregate growth in our gross domestic product exceeding that of the nation as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: So, do you see yourself and this state as a force pushing the nation toward climate action?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> It doesn’t quite work that way. But as we know, in Silicon Valley or even in Hollywood, California does set trends. And we are deeply and measurably \u003ca href=\"http://under2mou.org/?page_id=146\">committed to a sequence of actions\u003c/a>, which we’re taking. And as we prove that those are not only consistent with economic prosperity but foster it, I believe we’ll get takers, we’ll get people who say, ‘Well yeah, maybe that makes sense.’ And we can give the lie to the [climate science] denialists — which by the way are not only absolutely dominant in the Republican party but are evident in the Wall Street Journal and and other publications that spew the same kind of … false scientific statements that we saw in the tobacco industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Your critics say that Californians are bearing the brunt of our climate policies when the state clearly can’t solve climate change alone.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well you say ‘bearing the brunt.’ If the world and therefore United States goes beyond the 2-degree centigrade, sea level rise, extreme weather events, drought, extreme heat — there is real catastrophe on the way. There’s a big risk here. And people say, ‘go it alone’ — somebody has to wake up the country and those parts of the world that are blind to the real danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Eighty percent of Californians consider the changing climate to be a ‘very serious problem,’ though fully a third of Republican respondents said it’s not a problem at all.\u003ccite>Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The migration that is undermining Europe and is destabilizing governments from Germany to Spain is, in part — well, it’s certainly due to all the turmoil. But some of the turmoil is due to famine and drought along with the military threat. So we’re getting an early preview of a warmed planet. And we know that people in Africa and the Middle East — it will get so hot that won’t even be livable. And we’re talking well within the lifetime of most people listening to this show. So this is an imperative. And the fact that the oil companies and the coal companies can silence and censor the entire Republican Party and a number of other sources of power, that doesn’t make it that they are right. They are wrong and we know that. This is real stuff. Now, it may be 30 or 40 years away, but we know there is a threat. We know we can do something about it. And for the most part, we have not yet risen to the occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LS: Speaking of rising to occasion, where does China fit into this picture? It’s the world’s largest CO2 producer by far. It seems that no progress is possible without major changes there, no matter what we do in California.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JB:\u003c/strong> Well, in many ways China is showing more concerted effort than many other countries. China has a commitment; they’re building huge amounts of renewable energy. They’ve worked with the state of California to develop their cap-and-trade system, their monitoring of pollution. Now they’ve got to go faster, they’ve got to keep their resolve. But it isn’t clear that the leadership in China isn’t more unified and and more determined in their commitment than our leadership. Just looking at the two countries, China’s got a long way to go but they are putting us to shame in some respects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Authors:\u003c/strong> Recent polling would appear to support Brown’s climate quest. A new survey from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that 80 percent of Californians consider the changing climate to be a “very serious problem” (though fully a third of Republican respondents said it’s not a problem at all). And nearly half of respondents (45 percent) said the state’s climate actions would encourage job growth, whereas 19 percent said they would cost jobs.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/390915/brown-on-climate-the-california-governors-big-footprint-in-paris","authors":["byline_science_390915"],"categories":["science_31","science_33","science_89","science_40"],"tags":["science_523","science_101"],"featImg":"science_393020","label":"science"},"science_10377":{"type":"posts","id":"science_10377","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"10377","score":null,"sort":[1383005247000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"climate-pact-west-coast-states-bc-vow-to-step-up-attack-on-warming","title":"Climate Pact: West Coast States, BC Vow to Step up Attack on Warming","publishDate":1383005247,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Climate Pact: West Coast States, BC Vow to Step up Attack on Warming | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/10/IMG_3146.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10385\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10385\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/10/IMG_3146.jpg\" alt=\"Late-summer sunset over San Francisco Bay. (Craig Miller)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late-summer sunset over San Francisco Bay. (Craig Miller)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California has joined with Oregon, Washington and British Columbia in a \u003ca title=\"Gov Brown - release\" href=\"http://cert1.mail-west.com/jnX/rmaKy/mc7/1aKgtmyuzjan/avdg1/vnqaKrmp1rm819/teg11aKq/5pm2qq73alijo?_c=d%7Cze7pzanwmhlzgt%7C11trgyn37dd2zc5&_ce=1383006344.02379dfd281eefbdcb79ccc9e24c445a\">new multi-pronged attack\u003c/a> on climate change and its impacts. Describing it as a “small-but-powerful first step,” California Governor Jerry Brown conceded that the newly-minted Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy won’t by itself reverse the current long-term warming trend. But, he promised, “this will spread.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the pact has no binding legal authority on any of the parties, leaders of all four governments have agreed, in part, to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Put a price on carbon.\u003c/strong> California and BC have already done this, using a combination of carbon markets and taxes. California’s year-old \u003ca title=\"Q-Sci - post\" href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/cap-and-trade-101-how-californias-carbon-market-works/\">cap-and-trade program\u003c/a> is part of a comprehensive plan set in motion by the state’s landmark \u003ca title=\"Wiki - AB 32\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming_Solutions_Act_of_2006\">2006 climate law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Synchronize their watches.\u003c/strong> The four will “harmonize 2050 targets for greenhouse gas reductions” and also seek a more definitive “mid-range” target for emissions cuts by 2030 or thereabout. California’s current 2050 target is backed only by an executive order issued during the Schwarzenegger administration, not by legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Attack ocean acidification.\u003c/strong> The states and province say they’ll “urge” their respective federal governments to “take action on ocean acidification,” which scientists say is a threat to the marine food web.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Green up transportation.\u003c/strong> Among the more specific goals is one to “work together toward” \u003ca title=\"Q-Sci - post\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2013/10/24/california-joins-eight-state-roadmap-toward-more-electric-cars/\">juicing the market for electric cars\u003c/a> and other zero-emissions vehicles. In one of the few specific goals outlined by the basic agreement, the region is pledged to “take action” to transform the car market, so that by 2016, 10 percent of new car purchases are ZEVs (California’s current goal is 15% by 2025). All have committed to some form of low-carbon standard for transportation fuels. California has one, though it is being challenged in the courts. The parties also pledge to “continue deployment of high-speed rail across the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement also contains a five-point plan to boost renewable energy and modernize the electrical grid, along with the usual assertions to base policy on sound climate science and to continue the push toward a global climate agreement, something that the UN Framework has yet to achieve after two decades of talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washington Governor Jay Inslee summed up the call to action succinctly, saying that, “While progress in Washington, DC is strangled by climate deniers, there is no denying the fact that the West Coast is rip-roarin’ and ready to go.” But that hasn’t always been the case. Take the case of the ill-fated Western Climate Initiative, in which several states and provinces were to launch a unified carbon market. So far, \u003ca title=\"CARB - release\" href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=508\">only Quebec has committed\u003c/a> (starting next year). British Columbia forged ahead with a carbon tax of its own while Oregon and Washington adopted a wait-and-see stance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California Governor Jerry Brown promises, \"this will spread,\" as three states and one province agree on climate goals -- but no mechanism to enforce them.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704934798,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":519},"headData":{"title":"Climate Pact: West Coast States, BC Vow to Step up Attack on Warming | KQED","description":"California Governor Jerry Brown promises, "this will spread," as three states and one province agree on climate goals -- but no mechanism to enforce them.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/10377/climate-pact-west-coast-states-bc-vow-to-step-up-attack-on-warming","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/10/IMG_3146.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10385\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10385\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/10/IMG_3146.jpg\" alt=\"Late-summer sunset over San Francisco Bay. (Craig Miller)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late-summer sunset over San Francisco Bay. (Craig Miller)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California has joined with Oregon, Washington and British Columbia in a \u003ca title=\"Gov Brown - release\" href=\"http://cert1.mail-west.com/jnX/rmaKy/mc7/1aKgtmyuzjan/avdg1/vnqaKrmp1rm819/teg11aKq/5pm2qq73alijo?_c=d%7Cze7pzanwmhlzgt%7C11trgyn37dd2zc5&_ce=1383006344.02379dfd281eefbdcb79ccc9e24c445a\">new multi-pronged attack\u003c/a> on climate change and its impacts. Describing it as a “small-but-powerful first step,” California Governor Jerry Brown conceded that the newly-minted Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy won’t by itself reverse the current long-term warming trend. But, he promised, “this will spread.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the pact has no binding legal authority on any of the parties, leaders of all four governments have agreed, in part, to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Put a price on carbon.\u003c/strong> California and BC have already done this, using a combination of carbon markets and taxes. California’s year-old \u003ca title=\"Q-Sci - post\" href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/cap-and-trade-101-how-californias-carbon-market-works/\">cap-and-trade program\u003c/a> is part of a comprehensive plan set in motion by the state’s landmark \u003ca title=\"Wiki - AB 32\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming_Solutions_Act_of_2006\">2006 climate law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Synchronize their watches.\u003c/strong> The four will “harmonize 2050 targets for greenhouse gas reductions” and also seek a more definitive “mid-range” target for emissions cuts by 2030 or thereabout. California’s current 2050 target is backed only by an executive order issued during the Schwarzenegger administration, not by legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Attack ocean acidification.\u003c/strong> The states and province say they’ll “urge” their respective federal governments to “take action on ocean acidification,” which scientists say is a threat to the marine food web.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– \u003cstrong>Green up transportation.\u003c/strong> Among the more specific goals is one to “work together toward” \u003ca title=\"Q-Sci - post\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2013/10/24/california-joins-eight-state-roadmap-toward-more-electric-cars/\">juicing the market for electric cars\u003c/a> and other zero-emissions vehicles. In one of the few specific goals outlined by the basic agreement, the region is pledged to “take action” to transform the car market, so that by 2016, 10 percent of new car purchases are ZEVs (California’s current goal is 15% by 2025). All have committed to some form of low-carbon standard for transportation fuels. California has one, though it is being challenged in the courts. The parties also pledge to “continue deployment of high-speed rail across the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement also contains a five-point plan to boost renewable energy and modernize the electrical grid, along with the usual assertions to base policy on sound climate science and to continue the push toward a global climate agreement, something that the UN Framework has yet to achieve after two decades of talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Washington Governor Jay Inslee summed up the call to action succinctly, saying that, “While progress in Washington, DC is strangled by climate deniers, there is no denying the fact that the West Coast is rip-roarin’ and ready to go.” But that hasn’t always been the case. Take the case of the ill-fated Western Climate Initiative, in which several states and provinces were to launch a unified carbon market. So far, \u003ca title=\"CARB - release\" href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=508\">only Quebec has committed\u003c/a> (starting next year). British Columbia forged ahead with a carbon tax of its own while Oregon and Washington adopted a wait-and-see stance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/10377/climate-pact-west-coast-states-bc-vow-to-step-up-attack-on-warming","authors":["221"],"categories":["science_31","science_33","science_35","science_40"],"tags":["science_523","science_556"],"featImg":"science_10385","label":"science"},"science_6401":{"type":"posts","id":"science_6401","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"6401","score":null,"sort":[1375329658000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"poll-strongest-support-yet-for-climate-action-in-california","title":"Poll: Strongest Support Yet for Climate Action in California","publishDate":1375329658,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Poll: Strongest Support Yet for Climate Action in California | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6425\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/IMG_0985-e1375304079662.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6425\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6425\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/IMG_0985-e1375304079662.jpg\" alt=\"Californians have generally led the nation in support for climate action. (Photo: Craig Miller)\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Californians have generally led the nation in support for climate action. (Photo: Craig Miller)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Californians have long been ahead of the pack in their support of climate policies, but in new polling, a “record-high majority” of California voters support immediate action by state and federal governments to arrest global warming and prepare for climate impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"PPIC - poll\" href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1065\">According to the poll\u003c/a> by the Public Policy Institute of California, most respondents (63 percent) believe those impacts are already being felt, and three-in-four (75 percent) support taking “steps to counter the effects of global warming right away.” PPIC analysts say that represents a spike of nine percentage points since its 2012 survey. About the same proportion consider the threat of global warming to be at least “somewhat serious.” Support for immediate climate action continues to track significantly higher among Democrats than Republicans, though the gap may be narrowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/GW_chart_1_PPIC.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6423\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6423\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/GW_chart_1_PPIC.jpeg\" alt=\"Partisan differences over goverment climate action may be narrowing somewhat. (Graph: PPIC)\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partisan differences over government climate action may be narrowing somewhat but support among independent voters has tapered off. (Graph: PPIC Statewide Survey, July, 2013)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California already has some of the nation’s most aggressive climate policies, with the legislated goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and a mandate that utilities draw one-third of their electrical power from renewable sources by the same year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the rest of the nation has generally lagged behind California in its enthusiasm for climate action, most results from the PPIC poll would appear to reflect a general gathering of momentum toward policies to cope with climate change. President Obama, who had gone silent on climate for most of his first term, has vowed to sidestep Congress if that’s what it takes to tackle the climate problem. And this week, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency \u003ca title=\"WaPo - post\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-new-epa-head-gina-mccarthy-vows-to-act-on-climate-change/2013/07/30/dea868e0-f86b-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html\">kicked off a road show\u003c/a> to stump for climate action, by saying that carbon-cutting policies will gun the nation’s economic engine, rather than stall it. Surprisingly, in the PPIC poll, less than half of Californians appear to agree (see “Economy,” below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the perceived threats from climate change, some loom larger than others in the minds of Californians. According to the PPIC survey, 57 percent are “very concerned” about more voracious wildfires, and 78 percent are at least “somewhat concerned” that droughts will become more severe. There seemed to be more confusion over a changing climate’s effects on flooding and storms, where responses were more evenly distributed from “very concerned” to “not at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the poll shows support for California’s drive toward more renewable energy, that support drops from nearly 8-in-10, to about one-in-three (35 percent) if it would mean higher electric bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some potential eyebrow-raisers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Air pollution\u003c/strong>: Despite the Central Valley’s reputation for wretched air quality, much higher proportions of residents of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire describe air pollution as a big problem, 40 and 44 percent, respectively, versus 31 percent of Valley respondents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transit\u003c/strong>: Most (67 percent) still drive to work solo — but about half of Californians claim that they’re ready to look seriously at a hybrid or all-electric car. Latinos and Asians are most likely to lean this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Economy\u003c/strong>: Despite all of the hype about “clean tech” in California, fewer than half the respondents (45 percent) agreed that state’s actions to slow global warming would create more jobs. An equal number said it would mean fewer jobs or no change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surveys were conducted in mid-July and have a margin of error of plus-or-minus three percentage points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Californians continue to favor strong, immediate action on climate, but not at any cost. And most of us still drive to work solo.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704935376,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":625},"headData":{"title":"Poll: Strongest Support Yet for Climate Action in California | KQED","description":"Californians continue to favor strong, immediate action on climate, but not at any cost. And most of us still drive to work solo.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/6401/poll-strongest-support-yet-for-climate-action-in-california","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6425\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/IMG_0985-e1375304079662.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6425\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6425\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/IMG_0985-e1375304079662.jpg\" alt=\"Californians have generally led the nation in support for climate action. (Photo: Craig Miller)\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Californians have generally led the nation in support for climate action. (Photo: Craig Miller)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Californians have long been ahead of the pack in their support of climate policies, but in new polling, a “record-high majority” of California voters support immediate action by state and federal governments to arrest global warming and prepare for climate impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"PPIC - poll\" href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1065\">According to the poll\u003c/a> by the Public Policy Institute of California, most respondents (63 percent) believe those impacts are already being felt, and three-in-four (75 percent) support taking “steps to counter the effects of global warming right away.” PPIC analysts say that represents a spike of nine percentage points since its 2012 survey. About the same proportion consider the threat of global warming to be at least “somewhat serious.” Support for immediate climate action continues to track significantly higher among Democrats than Republicans, though the gap may be narrowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/GW_chart_1_PPIC.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6423\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6423\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/GW_chart_1_PPIC.jpeg\" alt=\"Partisan differences over goverment climate action may be narrowing somewhat. (Graph: PPIC)\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partisan differences over government climate action may be narrowing somewhat but support among independent voters has tapered off. (Graph: PPIC Statewide Survey, July, 2013)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California already has some of the nation’s most aggressive climate policies, with the legislated goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and a mandate that utilities draw one-third of their electrical power from renewable sources by the same year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the rest of the nation has generally lagged behind California in its enthusiasm for climate action, most results from the PPIC poll would appear to reflect a general gathering of momentum toward policies to cope with climate change. President Obama, who had gone silent on climate for most of his first term, has vowed to sidestep Congress if that’s what it takes to tackle the climate problem. And this week, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency \u003ca title=\"WaPo - post\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-new-epa-head-gina-mccarthy-vows-to-act-on-climate-change/2013/07/30/dea868e0-f86b-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html\">kicked off a road show\u003c/a> to stump for climate action, by saying that carbon-cutting policies will gun the nation’s economic engine, rather than stall it. Surprisingly, in the PPIC poll, less than half of Californians appear to agree (see “Economy,” below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the perceived threats from climate change, some loom larger than others in the minds of Californians. According to the PPIC survey, 57 percent are “very concerned” about more voracious wildfires, and 78 percent are at least “somewhat concerned” that droughts will become more severe. There seemed to be more confusion over a changing climate’s effects on flooding and storms, where responses were more evenly distributed from “very concerned” to “not at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the poll shows support for California’s drive toward more renewable energy, that support drops from nearly 8-in-10, to about one-in-three (35 percent) if it would mean higher electric bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some potential eyebrow-raisers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Air pollution\u003c/strong>: Despite the Central Valley’s reputation for wretched air quality, much higher proportions of residents of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire describe air pollution as a big problem, 40 and 44 percent, respectively, versus 31 percent of Valley respondents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transit\u003c/strong>: Most (67 percent) still drive to work solo — but about half of Californians claim that they’re ready to look seriously at a hybrid or all-electric car. 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