California Roundup

California legislators have introduced a package of ambitious new climate legislation.  Taken together, the four bills would increase the California's Renewable Portfolio Standard to 50%  by 2030, require the State's pension funds to divest their holdings from coal companies, and cut the use of petroleum fuels by 50%.  The bills would also codify an Executive Order pledging to cut California's GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

It is too early to handicap the bills' chances of success.  It's worth noting, however, that virtually all of the proposals contained in the legislative package are consistent with goals articulated in Governor  Jerry Brown's inaugural address.