{"id":147569,"date":"2022-09-17T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=147569"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T21:54:39","slug":"governor-newsom-signs-sweeping-climate-legislation-with-heavy-restrictions-on-oil-industry-bans-carbon-capture-if-used-to-increase-yield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=147569","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Signs Sweeping Climate Legislation, with Punitive Restrictions on Oil Industry &#038; Bans Carbon Capture if Used to Increase Yield!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mare Island, CA&#8230;California enacted some of the nation\u2019s most aggressive climate measures in history yesterday as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of legislation to cut pollution, protect Californians from big polluters, and accelerate the state\u2019s transition to clean energy. The Governor partnered with legislative leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/07\/22\/governor-newsom-calls-for-bold-actions-to-move-faster-toward-climate-goals\/\">this session<\/a>\u00a0to advance groundbreaking measures to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2045 and 90% clean energy by 2035, establish new setback measures protecting communities from oil drilling, capture carbon pollution from the air, advance nature-based solutions, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/307035366_671591717658030_800027669600842733_n-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aG_WDEWnnd0\" title=\"Governor Newsom Signs World-Leading Climate Action Legislation\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is an essential piece of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Fact-Sheet-California-Climate-Commitment.pdf\">California Climate Commitment<\/a>, a record $54 billion investment in climate action that exceeds what most countries are spending and advances economic opportunity and environmental justice in communities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next two decades, the California Climate Commitment will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Create 4 million new jobs<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Cut air pollution by 60%<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Reduce state oil consumption by 91%<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Save California $23 billion by avoiding the damages of pollution<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Reduce fossil fuel use in buildings and transportation by 92%<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Cut refinery pollution by 94%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taken together, these measures represent the most significant action on the climate crisis in California\u2019s history and raises the bar for governments around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis month has been a wake-up call for all of us that later is too late to act on climate change. California isn\u2019t waiting any more,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cTogether with the Legislature, California is taking the most aggressive action on climate our nation has ever seen. We\u2019re cleaning the air we breathe, holding the big polluters accountable, and ushering in a new era for clean energy. That\u2019s climate action done the California Way \u2013 and we\u2019re not only doubling down, we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Vallejo, Governor Newsom signs sweeping climate measures into law<br \/>\nWith multiple oil refineries in the distance, the Governor signed the legislation alongside legislative leaders at the USDA Forest Service Regional Office on Mare Island, a facility powered by clean energy that also feeds the grid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state has been facing extreme temperatures, putting our communities, especially our most vulnerable neighbors, at risk. We\u2019re also continuing to deal with an historic drought and the ongoing threat of wildfires. The challenges of climate change are here, and this Legislative session, we took bold action to address these severe conditions and mitigate future risk both through our state budget and key legislation,\u201d said Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego). \u201cWe established ambitious and necessary goals to reduce carbon emission and increase renewable energy. We provided the tools industry needs to capture and store carbon before it hits the atmosphere. And we invested in critical infrastructure programs that will keep us firmly planted on the path to a greener future, while simultaneously creating\u00a0 jobs that will support families across the state. California has, and will continue to, lead the nation on not only addressing the worsening climate crisis, but finding proactive solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to see California and the Governor celebrating our collective dedication to climate response. The Assembly has initiated this kind of legislation for years, and put forward some of these bills more than a year ago,\u201d said Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood). \u201cThat makes it especially heartening to be able to enact a package like this as a team. I look forward to working on additional climate change legislation with the Governor and the Senate. We are just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The climate package signed today includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">CARBON NEUTRALITY:\u00a0AB 1279 by Assemlymembers Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) and Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) codifies the statewide carbon neutrality goal to dramatically reduce climate pollution.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Establishes a clear, legally binding, and achievable goal for California to achieve statewide carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045, and establishes an 85% emissions reduction target as part of that goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">PROTECT COMMUNITIES AGAINST OIL DRILLING:\u00a0SB 1137 by Senators Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Monique Lim\u00f3n (D-Santa Barbara) protects communities from the harmful impacts of the oil industry.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Establishes a setback distance of 3,200 feet between any new oil well and homes, schools, parks or businesses open to the public.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Ensures comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within 3,200 feet of these facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">100% CLEAN ELECTRIC GRID:\u00a0SB 1020 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) establishes a pathway toward the state\u2019s clean energy future.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Creates clean electricity targets of 90% by 2035 and 95% by 2040 with the intent of advancing the state\u2019s trajectory to the existing 100% clean electricity retail sales by 2045 goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">CAPTURING AND REMOVING CARBON POLLUTION:\u00a0SB 905 by Senators Anna Caballero (D-Merced) and Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and SB 1314 by Senator Monique Lim\u00f3n (D-Santa Barbara) advance engineered technologies to remove carbon pollution, while banning the use of those technologies for enhanced oil recovery.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Establishes a clear regulatory framework for carbon removal and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Bans the practice of injecting carbon dioxide for the purpose of enhanced oil recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS:\u00a0AB 1757 by Assemblymembers Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) enlists nature in the state\u2019s climate agenda.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Requires the state to develop an achievable carbon removal target for natural and working lands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last week, Governor Newsom\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/09\/09\/as-record-heat-wave-continues-governor-newsom-signs-legislation-to-protect-californians-from-extreme-heat\/\">signed legislation<\/a>\u00a0to help protect Californians from more frequent and severe heat waves driven by climate change. This month\u2019s legislative action comes on the heels of California enacting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/08\/25\/california-enacts-world-leading-plan-to-achieve-100-percent-zero-emission-vehicles-by-2035-cut-pollution\/\">world-leading regulation<\/a>\u00a0to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/07\/22\/governor-newsom-calls-for-bold-actions-to-move-faster-toward-climate-goals\/\">In a July letter<\/a>\u00a0to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Governor Newsom called for the state to ensure that the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan provides a path to achieve both the 2030 climate goal and state carbon neutrality no later than 2045, requesting that the final plan incorporate new efforts to advance offshore wind, clean fuels, climate-friendly homes, carbon removal and address methane leaks.<\/p>\n<p>The full set of bills the Governor signed that work toward achieving the state\u2019s climate goals include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AB 1279 by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) \u2013 The California Climate Crisis Act.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1384 by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) \u2013 Resiliency Through Adaptation, Economic Vitality, and Equity Act of 2022.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1389 by Assemblymember Eloise G\u00f3mez Reyes (D-Colton) \u2013 Clean Transportation Program: project funding preferences.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1749 by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) \u2013 Community emissions reduction programs: toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1757 by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) \u2013 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1857 by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) \u2013 Solid waste.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1909 by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) \u2013 Vehicles: bicycle omnibus bill.<\/li>\n<li>AB 1985 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) \u2013 Organic waste: recovered organic waste product procurement targets.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2061 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) \u2013 Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2075 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) \u2013 Energy: electric vehicle charging standards.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2108 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) \u2013 Water policy: environmental justice: disadvantaged and tribal communities.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2204 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath (D-Encinitas) \u2013 Clean energy: Labor and Workforce Development Agency: Deputy Secretary for Climate.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2278 by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) \u2013 Natural resources: biodiversity and conservation report.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2316 by Assemblymember Christopher Ward (D-San Diego) \u2013 Public Utilities Commission: customer renewable energy subscription programs and the community renewable energy program.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2440 by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) \u2013 Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2446 by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) \u2013 Embodied carbon emissions: construction materials.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2622 by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco) \u2013\u00a0 Sales and use taxes: exemptions: California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project: transit buses.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2700 by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) \u2013 Transportation electrification: electrical distribution grid upgrades.<\/li>\n<li>AB 2836 by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) \u2013 Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: vehicle registration fees: California tire fee.<\/li>\n<li>SB 379 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) \u2013 Residential solar energy systems: permitting.<\/li>\n<li>SB 529 by Senator Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) \u2013 Electricity: electrical transmission facilities.<\/li>\n<li>SB 887 by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) \u2013 Electricity: transmission facility planning.<\/li>\n<li>SB 905 by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) \u2013 Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1010 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) \u2013 Air pollution: state vehicle fleet.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1020 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) \u2013 Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1063 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) \u2013 Energy: appliance standards and cost-effective measures.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1075 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) \u2013 Hydrogen: green hydrogen: emissions of greenhouse gases.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1109 by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) \u2013 California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: bioenergy projects.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1137 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) \u2013 Oil and gas: operations: location restrictions: notice of intention: health protection zone: sensitive receptors.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1145 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) \u2013 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: greenhouse gas emissions: dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1158 by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) \u2013 Retail electricity suppliers: emissions of greenhouse gases.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1203 by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) \u2013 Net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases: state agency operations.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1205 by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) \u2013 Water rights: appropriation.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1215 by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) \u2013 Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003: covered battery-embedded products.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1230 by Senator Monique Lim\u03ccn (D-Santa Barbara) \u2013 Zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicle incentive programs: requirements.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1251 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) \u2013 Governor\u2019s Office of Business and Economic Development: Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office: Zero-Emission Vehicle Equity Advocate.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1291 by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) \u2013 Hydrogen-fueling stations: administrative approval.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1314 by Senator Monique Lim\u03ccn (D-Santa Barbara) \u2013 Oil and gas: Class II injection wells: enhanced oil recovery.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1322 by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) \u2013 Energy: petroleum pricing.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1382\u00a0 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) \u2013 Air pollution: Clean Cars 4 All Program: Sales and Use Tax Law: zero emissions vehicle exemption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Governor Newsom previously signed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AB 2251 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) \u2013 Urban forestry: statewide strategic plan.<\/li>\n<li>SB 1174 by Senator Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) \u2013 Electricity: eligible renewable energy or energy storage resources: transmission and interconnection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For full text of the bills, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/\">http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mare Island, CA&#8230;California enacted some of the nation\u2019s most aggressive climate measures in history yesterday as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of legislation to cut pollution, protect Californians from big polluters, and accelerate the state\u2019s transition to clean energy. 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