Skip to Nav
Skip to Main
Skip to Footer

upper waypoint

State Senate Leader Calls for 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2045

KQED News Staff

May 3, 2017 at

Save Article

Failed to save article

Please try again

Email

State Senate President Kevin de Leon announced new legislation on Tuesday at a solar power plant at UC Davis. Current law calls for half of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2030. The new bill would raise that goal to 60 percent on the way to requiring all energy to come from renewables by 2045.

Sponsored

lower waypoint

next waypoint

At Least 16 People Died in California After Medics Injected Sedatives During Police Encounters Pro-Palestinian Protests Sweep Bay Area College Campuses Amid Surging National Movement 9 California Counties Far From Universities Struggle to Recruit Teachers, Says Report California Regulators Just Approved New Rule to Cap Health Care Costs. Here's How It Works Women at Troubled East Bay Prison Forced to Relocate Across the Country US Department of Labor Hails Expanded Protections for H-2A Farmworkers in Santa Rosa Less Than 1% of Santa Clara County Contracts Go to Black and Latino Businesses, Study Shows As Border Debate Shifts Right, Sen. Alex Padilla Emerges as Persistent Counterforce for Immigrants California Law Letting Property Owners Split Lots to Build New Homes Is 'Unconstitutional,' Judge Rules Millions of Californians Face Internet Dilemma as Affordable Subsidy Ends