California Democrats walk back climate policies

California Democrats walk back climate policies

The Democratic Party’s monopoly on power in California is, apparently, not as invincible as it seems. That is the only conclusion one can reach from the events in Sacramento over the past month, as Democrats have been forced to balance their ideological commitment to destructive climate policies and their desire to avoid the looming political landslide that those policies would bring.

Activists claim California Dems, Newsom ‘have backed down’ on climate change

Climate change activists slammed California Democrats and Governor Gavin Newsom for rolling back several environmental laws.

How a billionaire fossil fuel investor became a climate crusader

Tom Steyer is on a mission. It began in 2006, when the San Francisco hedge-fund manager flew his family to Alaska to show them a glaciated valley he’d fallen in love with 25 years earlier. But summers had changed in Alaska. There was no ice on the mountains, no snow in the valley. On that day, Steyer changed, too. The company he’d founded, Farallon Capital, had long invested in fossil fuels. But Steyer realized climate change was “happening much…

Politico Deeply Disappointed That Democrats Are ‘Retreating’ on Climate Change – Especially in California

The liberal outlet Politico is deeply disappointed that Democrats seem to be ‘retreating’ on the issue of climate change, especially

Environmental activists complain California Democrats have 'backed down' on climate change

Climate change activists claimed California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, are retreating from environmental commitments by rolling back regulations.

California Democrats scale back climate goals amid cost-of-living backlash

Faced with political fallout from the 2024 election and rising affordability concerns, California Democrats are retreating from some of the state’s most ambitious climate policies.