The fate of a key California climate program Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed as a crucial tool to respond to the Trump administration's environmental rollbacks is in the hands of state lawmakers.
The Democrat-dominated Legislature is slated to vote Saturday on whether to extend the state's cap-and-trade program, which is set to expire after 2030. The program, which launched in 2013, allows major greenhouse gas emitters to buy emission allowances from the state, with fewer available over time. Revenues fund climate change mitigation, affordable housing and transportation projects, as well as utility bill credits for Californians.
