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The opposition exposes a fault line in the environmental, labor and business coalition that helped give California Gov. Gavin Newsom a major win on cap and ...

California lawmakers are rushing to extend the state’s landmark cap-and-trade climate program through 2045 amid opposition from unions and industry. Why now: There's a Wednesday deadline to introduce ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are scrambling to finalize a last-minute deal that would extend the state’s landmark greenhouse ...

Washington farmers hit with cap-and-trade taxes are losing the chance to get partial refunds, as a rebate program created but then abandoned by the Legislature comes to an end. To date, the Department ...

California lawmakers are negotiating a deal to renew cap-and-trade — the state’s signature carbon-trading program — nearly a year after legislative leaders originally said they plan to extend the ...

California is nothing if not innovative. The state government found a way to pull $28 billion out of greenhouse gases and deposit all of it into a slush fund. More specifically, the money was pulled ...

As California legislators look to extend a program that requires emitters of greenhouse gases to pay the state, the details will matter. As California legislators look to extend a program that ...

California legislative leaders in the wee hours of Wednesday morning reached an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to extend the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction program, known as cap and ...

Farm workers tend a field in Turlock. California agriculture supports reauthorizing cap-and-trade to reduce emissions, fund programs like FARMER and protect San Joaquin Valley air quality. Andy Alfaro ...