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Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry
The California Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing Thursday to consider amendments to the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction program.    On Wednesday, the environmental justice organization Communities for a Better Environment hosted an online event warning that changes introduced by CARB 15 days ago could weaken the state’s primary climate policy. California’s Cap-and-Invest […] The post Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry, The California Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing Thursday to consider amendments to the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction program. On Wednesday, the environmental justice organization Communities for a Better Environment hosted an online event warning that changes introduced by CARB 15 days ago could weaken the state’s primary climate policy. California’s Cap-and-Invest […] The post Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry appeared first on Local News Matters .
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