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The funding could come from polluters under the state’s cap-and-trade program, which pays costs ultimately passed onto energy consumers.

Proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard would require larger reductions in carbon emissions from transportation fuels by 2030. Opponents are concerned about gas prices and impacts to low-income communities

The Air Resources Board will vote Friday on whether to tighten carbon-reduction rules of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which are likely to show would raise gas prices.

The bond marks one of the largest commitments in state history to tackle the fight against climate change and its effects.

A conservative Supreme Court could wipe out half a century of stronger-than-federal emissions regulations.

The air board has faced public backlash for its lack of transparency over the potential for its vote on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to raise gas prices.

Historically, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard has had a complicated relationship to gas prices. That’s still true today

A Bee investigation last year found that the company inappropriately spent millions in ratepayer dollars for political lobbying.

California’s utilities promote undergrounding power lines as wildfire mitigation, but critics argue it’s driving rates up and padding profits.

It marks the first rollout of federal rebates in California from the Biden administration’s landmark climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.