California is poised to fail to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by the end of the decade unless it can triple its efforts to reduce carbon emissions statewide, according to a critical new report.
Although the state has pledged to slash planet-warming emissions by 40% of 1990 levels by 2030, the state is not on track to meet that commitment, according to an analysis by the nonprofit group Next 10 and Beacon Economics, an L.A.-based consulting firm.
California has long been a leader in emissions control, and the new report has faced pushback from state officials who say they are much further along in hitting the goals than the report authors believe.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.