The bumpy road to carbon neutrality
THE BUZZ: California has proven it can set climate change goals. Now comes the hard part.
State officials at the Air Resources Board passed a major milestone yesterday by giving its stamp of approval to California’s latest scoping plan, the years-long roadmap that lays out how the state plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2045. Doing so will require a serious shift away from fossil fuel, and recent moves by state officials, like the 2035 ban on new gas vehicles and a $54 billion climate package, will help the state get there....