SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- California's nationally recognized Cap and Trade policy has a new lease on life. It's the system that tries to tackle the challenge of climate change, and state lawmakers ...

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California agriculture has never shied away from change. We've weathered droughts, regulatory whiplash, market upheavals and changing consumer demands. We've adapted - often faster than we get credit ...

At the center of this year’s reauthorization fight are a number of controversial concessions that former Gov. Jerry Brown gave to various industries — including oil and gas — when the Legislature last ...

Nearly 20 years ago, I co-authored and cast my vote in favor of Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, which authorized California’s cap-and-trade program. At that time, many of my ...

A group of climate-minded Democrats wrote Monday to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, accusing the agency of improperly moving to terminate a federal greenhouse gas-tracking program that blue states have ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are scrambling to finalize a last-minute deal that would extend the state’s landmark greenhouse ...

Farm workers tend a field in Turlock. California agriculture supports reauthorizing cap-and-trade to reduce emissions, fund programs like FARMER and protect San Joaquin Valley air quality. Andy Alfaro ...