California Air Resources Board Adopts Updated Scoping Plan
After conducting a series of workshops over the last year and a half, the California Air Resources Board approved an updated version of their scoping […]
cap-and-trade
Cap-and-Trade Continues to Achieve Early Carbon Emissions Reductions While Generating Revenues for Climate and Air Quality Programs
As expected, auction results from California’s market-based cap-and-trade program have stabilized, allowing the state to propose an expenditure plan consistent with past years’ levels. Governor […]
Legislative Analyst to California: Rely More on the Most Cost-Effective GHG Reduction Strategies
The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the California Legislature’s non-partisan fiscal and policy advisor, released its annual report on California’s climate policies, recommending that “[i]n the […]
So. Many. Questions.
Last week, CalChamber’s tax and privacy guru Sarah Boot wrote about her surprise that a California legislator would introduce a “carbon tax” bill that proposes […]
A Different Kind of Carbon Tax
My primary policy areas at CalChamber are Privacy and Tax. Yet, when I heard there was going to be a proposal for a “carbon tax” […]