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New York, following the green trail of California, last month adopted several measures to speed up the state’s adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV).  Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) urged the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue regulations that would require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week turned up the heat on climate change initiatives with a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in which he stressed state agencies to prepare for an energy transition that involves no new natural gas plants.  “The state’s draft carbon neutrality road map doesn’t go far enough or…

California has begun the public comment period for a regulatory initiative to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing (fracking) permits by January 2024. Gov. Gavin Newsom last month instructed the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) Division to begin drawing up the measure. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) also was ordered to…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and bankruptcy bound Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and its parent company have informed a federal court in San Francisco of their joint support for a revisedplan of reorganizationfor the combination utility’s exit from Chapter 11. The agreement includes PG&E’s acceptance of a state takeover if it fails to get timely court and state approvals.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and its parent company have received approval from a federal bankruptcy court in San Francisco for a $23 billion financing package to help pay its considerable liabilities from a rash of wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allocated up to $12 billion over the next five years to support climate change mitigation measures, targeting wildfires and various energy transformation efforts.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) late Thursday filed a revised final Chapter 11 reorganization plan after its recent completion of three separate victims and insurance settlements totaling more than $25 billion.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week tasked state regulators with identifying ways to permanently close the 86 Bcf, 3,200-acre Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility north of Los Angeles.

Regulatory agencies across California have been ordered to stop buying gasoline-fueled vehicles from several major automakers that have joined the Trump administration’s opposition to the state’s stricter transportation emissions rules.