California is taking an ambitious new approach to climate change, with a plan to eliminate the state’s greenhouse gas footprint by 2045 and cut emissions beyond its borders. This goal will require a significant overhaul of energy, transportation, and industry, as well as behavioral and institutional changes. However, local opposition to new transmission lines, large-scale solar and wind facilities, substations for truck charging, and oil refinery conversions to produce renewable diesel may impede the transition. The California Scoping Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 48% below 1990 levels by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. It calls … Continue reading California’s Climate Plan: Innovations, Opposition, and Implications