California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new set of plans to achieve his state’s goal of reducing climate change by achieving carbon neutrality by 2045.
homes that have low carbon footprints, thanks to energy-efficient construction and related attributes such as rooftop solar panels. Newsom also wants 6 million heat pumps in California homes by 2030. Electric heat pumps cool and heat homes more efficiently than burning natural gas or using conventional air conditioning.Luminalt solar installers Pam Quan, left, and Walter Morales, right, install solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, Calif.
Newsom wants CARB to set the state on a pathway to remove 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year from the atmosphere by 2030 — roughly equivalent to the currentsuch as Estonia or Croatia — and 100 million metric tons by 2045. The means can include natural methods such as tree planting, but other methods are also expected to require engineering solutions such as carbon removal.
However, a major investment in carbon removal by California could help to transform the carbon removal industry and allow economies of scale. If California, which last year had a $3.4 trillion gross state product, were a country, it would be the world'sAn aerial view of vehicles driving near downtown during the afternoon commute on April 4, 2022, in Los Angeles, Calif.
The governor’s move comes at a crucial moment in the global fight against climate change. President Biden’s proposal to spend upward of $500 billion over 10 years adapting to and mitigating climate change — which was passed by the House of Representatives — has died in the Senate, at least for the time being. That virtually guarantees the United StatesEnvironmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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