California continues its fight against climate change with ever-increasing actions. Just this week, it brought offshore wind power to the West Coast, provided funding for 90,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the state, approved a new solar policy that seeks to accelerate energy independence, and finalized a plan to reduce air pollution by more than 70 percent.
"We're making history here in California, and today caps off an incredible ten days of world-leading climate action," the governor said. Gavin Newsom"California is leading the world's most significant economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution: we're cutting pollution, turning the page on fossil fuels, and creating millions of new jobs."
On Thursday, December 15, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a plan to reduce air pollution, move away from fossil fuels, and increase clean energy production, seeking a comprehensive roadmap to achieve net-zero pollution.
The scope of this plan seeks to reduce air pollution by 71 percent; reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent by 2045; that includes a 48 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030, exceeding the legal mandate to reduce emissions by at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
The plan also seeks to reduce fossil fuel consumption to less than one-tenth of what is used, a 94 percent drop in demand for oil and an 86 percent drop in demand for all fossil fuels; as well as create 4 million new jobs; and save Californians $200 billion in health costs due to pollution.
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