Climate Change & Environment
Governor Brown Opens Climate Week NYC, Meets with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres and Other Climate Leaders in New York
NEW YORK - On his second day in New York City, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations Headquarters, delivered remarks at the opening ceremony for Climate Week NYC 2017 and discussed the...
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Governor Brown Welcomes New Members to Under2 Coalition
NEW YORK - On the eve of Climate Week NYC 2017, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today welcomed 10 new members - including the Republic of the Marshall Islands - to the global pact of cities, states and countries committed to limiting the increase in global average...
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Governor Brown to Participate in United Nations, Climate Week NYC and Yale Climate Conference Events, Meet with Premiers of Quebec and Ontario in Canada Next Week
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced he will participate next week in events connected to Climate Week NYC 2017, the 72nd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, and the Yale Climate Conference in New Haven,...
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Governor Brown Calls for Deeper Trans-Pacific Collaboration on Climate Change at Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined leaders from Japan, South Korea, Russia, China and more than a dozen other countries at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia where he pushed businesses and governments to join forces not just...
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Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Bolster State’s Response to Unprecedented Tree Die-Off
EXECUTIVE ORDER B-42-17 WHEREAS on October 30, 2015, I proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist within the State of California due to the unprecedented tree mortality resulting from severe drought and bark beetle infestations across several regions of the State; and...
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Governor Brown Welcomes Norway to Under2 Climate Coalition
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today welcomed Norway to the Under2 Coalition - the global pact of cities, states and countries committed to limiting the increase in global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius, the level of potentially catastrophic...
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Governor Brown Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Reduce Air Pollution
BELL GARDENS - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed AB 617 by Assemblymembers Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens), Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) and Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) to establish a groundbreaking program to measure and combat air pollution at the...
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Governor Brown Signs Landmark Climate Bill to Extend California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
SAN FRANCISCO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed AB 398 by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), which extends and improves the state's world-leading cap-and-trade program to ensure California continues to meet its ambitious climate change goals....
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What They’re Saying About Legislation to Combat Air Pollution in Neighborhoods and Extend California’s Cap-and-Trade Program
SACRAMENTO - More than 150 environmental; climate; public health; clean energy and technology; agriculture; food processing; business; labor; local government; community; and utility leaders; researchers and economists; and newspaper editorial boards from across...
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California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch “America’s Pledge”
Initiative will compile and quantify efforts from U.S. states, cities, businesses and other actors to address climate change in alignment with the Paris Agreement SACRAMENTO - Today, California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg launched America's Pledge on...
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