Online Resources
- 2008 Reported GHG emissions
Visit the CARB website to view data on California's largest GHG emitters. (arb.ca.gov)
- AB 32: CA's Global Warming Solutions Act
Read about CA's emissions reduction goal for 2020. (arb.ca.gov)
- Carbon Watch
Learn more about carbon with this joint project from PBS's Frontline/World and the Center for Investigative Reporting (pbs.org)
- Google Public Data: CO2 Emissions per Capita
View and compare per capita emissions data by country (google.com/public data)
- CA Climate Change Portal
Learn about CA's policies on climate change (ca.gov)
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California's Carbon
KQED: California's Biggest Industrial CO2 Emitters of 2008
In 2009, California's mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program required the state's largest industrial GHG emitters to report their emissions for the first time, and in November the California Air Resources Board released this data to the public.
See the map below to see view the largest emitters. (Click here to view a larger map and a list of emitters.)
View KQED: California's Biggest Industrial CO2 Emitters of 2008 in a larger map
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The California Report | Friday, Feb 03, 2012, 8:50 AM
The Complex Process of Reducing Carbon Intensity
The next big piece of California's groundbreaking climate strategy is to clean up the fuels we use, reducing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard calls for a 10 percent reduction in the average "carbon intensity" of fuels by the end of the decade. But Midwestern ethanol producers are challenging the regulation in court.
The California Report | Thursday, Oct 20, 2011, 8:50 AM
State Puts Final Stamp on Cap-and-Trade
After a journey of nearly five years, California regulators today will formally adopt the nation's most comprehensive "cap-and-trade" system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The California Report | Friday, Sep 30, 2011, 8:50 AM
Miles to Go: The Carrot and the Stick
If you're driving to work alone today, you have lots of company.
Most Californians do, and that's a problem for local planners trying to meet new state targets for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
So what would make us change our behavior?
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