#CAClimateInvestments
Annual Report details 10 years & $28 billion in
#CapAndTrade
proceeds reducing
#GHGs
, improving public health & the environment & providing meaningful benefits to communities throughout California.
Companies like PepsiCo are putting
#ZeroEmissions
trucks to work, and today I joined other state leaders in visiting the company’s
#TeslaSemi
fast-charging site in Sacramento to see the future of the freight industry in action.
💨 Non-fossil-fuel sources now make up 61 percent of retail electricity sales in California thanks to historic infrastructure investments 💰 in new clean energy generation. This is how we build the clean energy future! 🔌🔋 Read more:
Passionate about protecting the
#Environment
& improving
#PublicHealth
? Explore various career opportunities & hear firsthand from recruiters about what it takes to land a job at
@CaliforniaEPA
and its departments.
🗞️ BIG NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE ☀️
Today we celebrate 10 years + $28 BILLION of cap & trade revenue - funding half a million climate projects in CA!
Over 76% of projects delivered have benefitted underserved communities - advancing EJ across the state
Renewable energy supplied 100% of California's energy demand during each of the last 24 straight days.
California is increasing clean energy across the board while bringing more battery storage online to store clean energy and support our grid.
We're building more infrastructure, faster, for all!
California is cutting red tape and speeding up construction so we can take advantage of an estimated $180 billion of state & federal funding over the next 10 years.
Find projects in your community at !
The Zero-Emission School Bus and Infrastructure incentive project will open for applications on 5/14. ZESBI pairs zero-emission bus vehicle funding through
@AirResources
, with charging infrastructure funding through
@CalEnergy
. (Not a program of MDAQMD.)
🔌🔋Ahead of National
#InfrastructureWeek
, ⚡
#CalEnergy
is spotlighting work happening across the state to build a bigger, better network of charging and refueling infrastructure for zero-emission cars, trucks & buses.
Read more about the CEC’s efforts: 🚗
California’s climate action continues powering our economy & creating jobs.
No other state has created the kind of environment where
@Amazon
,
@wattevinc
& others can lead on sustainability & deploy electric trucks & charging infrastructure at this scale.
In the last decade, California's cap-and-trade program has funded more than half a million projects across the state, including:
🚙 420,000 zero-emission vehicle rebates
🌳 22 million new trees
🏠 12,606 affordable homes
🚊 1,248 transit projects
👷♂️ 29,800 jobs
At
@PortofOakland
, zero-emissions trucks can fuel up at the NorCAL ZERO hydrogen truck stop funded in part by
@AirResources
!
More zero-emission trucks = cleaner air in communities polluted by heavy truck traffic.
#AirQualityAwarenessWeek
Con fondos de
#CAClimateInvestments
, el Programa de Subvenciones Orgánicas de
@CalRecycle
impulsa avance climático.
Destacados:
• 7.7+ millones de toneladas de residuos orgánicos evitados en vertederos
• 114 nuevos empleos ambientales de California