On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation adding jurisdictions to the drought state of emergency and requiring local water suppliers to implement water shortage contingency plans. The Governor’s proclamation adds eight counties not previously included in drought state of emergency issued earlier this summer: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week, as part of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s Executive Order 14008 related to climate change, released its Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan to bolster resilience of its operations and assets from the accelerating impacts of climate change. With the release of its plan, HHS…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced the formation of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) in response to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s executive order earlier this year directing specified federal agencies to undertake activities related to climate change. The HHS office is the first of…
Read More »This week, the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) launched a new series of case studies examining efforts by states and localities in conceptualizing and implementing climate change adaptation programs that are focused on equity. The case series follows a December 2020 TFAH and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Report, “Climate Change & Health:…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom, speaking from San Luis Obispo County on Thursday, announced his Administration has added nine counties to the regional drought state of emergency and called on state residents to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15 percent compared to 2020 levels. Recall, Governor Newsom earlier this spring issued a regional drought emergency for…
Read More »On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom expanded his recent regional drought emergency proclamation to encompass the Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and Tulare Lake Watershed counties to accelerate action to protect public health, safety, and the environment. In light of this week’s announcement, 41 counties are now under a drought state of emergency, representing 30 percent…
Read More »On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited the Russian River watershed in Sonoma and Mendocino counties where water reservoirs are at record lows to announce a series of immediate actions to bolster the state’s drought resilience and prepare for widespread drought-related impacts. Among other actions, Governor Newsom directed state agencies to work with regional and local…
Read More »Today, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the California Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) Division to initiate regulatory action to end the issuance of new permits for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the state by January 2024. The Governor additionally requested the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to analyze strategies to phase out oil extraction…
Read More »This week, the Newsom Administration marked Climate Week 2020 by announcing a series of new climate change-related initiatives. Below, we summarize some of the most notable actions: Zero Emissions Vehicles by 2035 Among the actions, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-79-20 requiring the sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emissions by 2035…
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