California landscape of climate finance
To support California in meeting its climate goals and using its budget most effectively, CPI created this first-of-its-kind landscape of climate finance in California, building on the flagship Global
California
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Brown Signs $7.5 Billion Plan to Ease California Drought
California Governor Jerry Brown agreed to boost water spending plans to $7.5 billion, a compromise 25 percent higher than he had said the state could afford, as drought tightened its grip on cities and
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California expands lead soil testing area near Exide plant in Vernon
California regulators expanded the lead soil testing area near the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon At least 144 more homes will be tested for lead contamination near Exide battery recycling
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In California, record heat adding to extreme drought
The first half of 2014 was by far the hottest in California in 120 years of record-keeping, and that heat is exacerbating one of the most devastating droughts in state history. Month after month, the
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Ten Oregon wildfires force hundreds to flee as western US fights blazes
When the smoke cleared from a new wildfire threatening the small Columbia River Gorge community of Rowena, area residents glimpsed an even less-welcome sight – a line of flames visible from the city of
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Get used to toilet-to-tap water, Californians told
Drought-hit state plans $140m expansion at world’s biggest treatment facility to recycle more waste water. Senior Plant Operator waits as water is used to push a membrane out from a pressure vessel in
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Deep Water Fracking Next Frontier for Offshore Drilling
Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea -- to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts. Cracking rocks underground to allow oil
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Governor Proposes $6 Billion Water Bond for California
California Governor Jerry Brown called on lawmakers to put a $6 billion “no-frills” bond measure on the November ballot, about half the size of a pending proposal, to secure the water supply amid a record
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Hurricane, tropical storm seen moving toward Hawaii
A hurricane and a tropical storm are heading west across the Pacific Ocean toward the tourist haven of Hawaii and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said parts of the islands may need to post watches later
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California’s Exceptional Drought Just Keeps Getting Worse
California’s three-year drought just went from bad to dreadful. In the course of the last week, the crimson expanse of “exceptional drought” grew to engulf the northern part of the state. The chart
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California Joins Mexico in Clean-Energy Pact
California and Mexico have signed a bilateral pact aimed at advancing cross-border investments in clean energy. Signed July 29 by California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Mexico's Secretary of Energy Pedro