Climate Change & Environment
Governor Brown, Senate President pro Tempore and Assembly Speaker Announce Landmark Legislation to Reduce Air and Carbon Pollution
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced a legislative package that will launch a landmark program to measure and combat air pollution at the neighborhood level - in...
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California Governor Brown Announces Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September 2018
SACRAMENTO - On the eve of the G20 Summit, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced via video message at the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany that the State of California will convene the world's climate leaders in San Francisco, California...
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Fiji’s Prime Minister and Incoming COP 23 President Joins Under2 Coalition, Appoints California Governor Brown Special Advisor for States and Regions Ahead of COP 23
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. was named Special Advisor for States and Regions ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23) by the Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama - incoming president of COP 23 - today at a ceremony where...
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Photo Release: Governor Brown Discusses Climate Action with German Federal Minister for the Environment
SAN FRANCISCO - Within hours of expanding California's climate partnership with China and other world leaders in Beijing, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. met with German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Barbara...
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Governor Brown to Discuss Under2 Coalition Climate Action with German Federal Minister for the Environment Tomorrow
SAN FRANCISCO - Following a private meeting in San Francisco tomorrow, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will host a media availability with German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Barbara Hendricks regarding Germany’s...
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Photo Release: China Day 5: Governor Brown Closes California-China Climate Mission with Call to Action: “It’s Not a Time for Inertia, It’s a Time for Radical Change”
Governor to Meet with Germany's Top Environmental Official Tomorrow in California BEIJING - After five days of bilateral climate meetings, agreements and events in Chengdu, Nanjing and Beijing, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today closed out his trip to China with...
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Photo Release: China Day 4: Governor Brown Opens Under2 Clean Energy Forum, Welcomes New Under2 Coalition Global Ambassador Christiana Figueres
BEIJING - Calling for further subnational and non-state climate collaboration and action, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today convened dozens of regional and business leaders from around the world in Beijing for the Under2 Clean Energy Forum and welcomed former United...
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Photo Release: China Day 3: Governor Brown Meets with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China, Signs Agreement with National Government to Boost Green Technology
BEIJING - Taking California's climate push to the global stage, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today met with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China and signed an agreement with China's Minister of Science and Technology to deepen cooperation on the...
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Photo Release: China Day 2: Governor Brown Strengthens Climate Alliance with California’s Sister State, Jiangsu Province
NANJING, China - After signing a clean energy pact with Sichuan Province yesterday, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. traveled to Nanjing, where he delivered remarks at an international environmental summit and signed a new agreement with California's sister state, Jiangsu...
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U.S. Climate Alliance Adds 10 New Members to Coalition Committed to Upholding the Paris Accord
U.S. Climate Alliance, co-chaired by Governors Brown, Cuomo and Inslee, Now Includes 13 Members SACRAMENTO - The U.S. Climate Alliance announced that Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia have...
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