The wildfires that raged last year from Paradise to Malibu made for California’s deadliest, most destructive fire season on record. “The wildfires had many catastrophic effects and the release of carbon is definitely one of those bad outcomes,” Kleeman said. The wildfires definitely do not diminish the positive aspects of California’s other greenhouse gas mitigation efforts.”(Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementWildfires are not the state’s only obstacle. Success in reducing carbon emissions from power generation has masked a lack of progress in cleaning up pollution from transportation, buildings and industry, according to the report. The electricity sector was the only sector of California’s economy that has seen “continuous and significant improvement in reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” since 2000, the report stated.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 08, 2019 12:01 UTC