Brown and legislative leaders have another daunting battle ahead over the fate of the cap-and-trade program, the centerpiece of California’s efforts to combat climate change. The program requires companies to buy permits to release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and just like the road plan, it’s expected to require a two-thirds vote. But the lingering hangover of a hard-fought battle to pass the road repair bill may make consensus on a controversial climate program harder to reach. She acknowledged that climate change is an “existential threat,” but said she’s uncommitted on cap and trade right now. A Public Policy Institute of California survey last year found that a majority supported the cap-and-trade program.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 16, 2017 06:56 UTC