ALSOBusiness-aligned Democrats and GOP Assembly members want audit of state's climate change moneyIt's time for the California Air Resources Board to focus on low-income areas, lawmakers sayState lawmakers challenge Air Resources Board's power over climate change rulesUpdates from Sacramento “I don’t think there’s a more glaring example of [an agency] out of control,” Gray said of the Air Resources Board. The target is the California Air Resources Board, which regulates pollution under the climate change program and determines how billions of dollars generated by that effort gets spent. Still, some environmental advocates believe that the Air Resources Board now has become a convenient target for some lawmakers looking for excuses not to vote to extend the climate programs. With negotiations over extending California’s landmark climate change programs struggling during the last month of the state’s legislative session, lawmakers are once again pushing for changes at the agency responsible for making the greenhouse gas reductions work.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 11, 2016 07:06 UTC