California passes one weakened climate bill, wholly fails to pass a second

Grist
By Clayton AldernSep 14, 2015, 7:00 pm118 pts
Late Friday night, the California state legislature passed a new climate bill, and while it will lead to some progress, overall its passage should ring as a disappointment to environmentalists. The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act, or Senate Bill 350 — an ostensibly “landmark” piece of…

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