10 Years in, Has California’s Climate Law Really Lowered Emissions?

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"Clean car" rules curbing tailpipe emissions — rules that predate AB32 — could be the biggest single factor in reducing climate emissions in California. Creative Commons image by

By Craig Miller, KQED Science/News Fix

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California’s landmark climate strategy into law in 2006, he laid out the mission succinctly.

“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 Sept. 27 signing ceremony. 

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 AB32, has actually cut California’s greenhouse gas emissions is tougher to get at.

Read the complete story at KQED Science/News Fix.

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