California legislators passed the most ambitious climate package ever. Here’s what it does
California legislators passed the state’s most sweeping and aggressive climate change package ever Wednesday night, narrowly agreeing to the final pieces hours before they adjourned for the year. They approved measures that will require the state to become carbon-neutral by 2045, produce 90% of its electricity from clean sources by 2035, create safety zones around oil wells near homes and draft rules for carbon capture technology, which aims to pull emissions from the air and inject it underground.
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