California Has Gone Beyond National Policies Setting Higher Environmental Standards

D. And that’s the very real cost to you and me fewer Dads, uncles, sons, nephews (90% of

There are a couple factors that cause the “sky-high” gas prices in California, but a main contributor is an anti-carbon regulation.

The future of California is pretty good, for the state is projected to see growth in almost every sector of the economy as well as the population, but there are many concerns that must be addressed first in order to see California’s growth come to fruition. International trade and business is one of California’s largest industries and it’s expected to continue increasing, for many emerging economies are also located off of the Pacific Ocean. Growth in the economy is good, but requires resources that California has a limited supply of. The main resource California always needs is water, since most of the state’s population resides in the southern regions, which are arid and receive minimal precipitation annually. The state is planning on improving efficiency and the aqueduct system to increase the water supply while decrease the environmental effects California’s aqueduct’s have on regions like the San Joaquin River Delta. For many years California has been considered a very liberal and left state, which is due to the fact that the state has the toughest environmental legislation in the country. With such strong legislation ensuring the protection of the environment California has become a model state in the fight against climate change, and must remain vigilant for there are numerous species endemic to the state that are found nowhere else on the planet. Though there are numerous other factors’ affecting California’s future these are some of the most interesting areas to

The branch that I think best represents this scenario is the legislative branch. This is because this branch has the power to spend taxes, which is what the legislative branch did in this scenario.

The low price elasticity of demand for household energy given the lack of easy alternatives means that consumers will continue to purchase it even when prices rise drastically as we can see from extract A they did over the three year period. Furthermore the complex pricing structures in the energy market make it difficult for consumers to exercise any consumer sovereignty because they lack the information or indeed don’t know how to interpret it, to make a decision which is in their best interest.

One of the major reasons this happened was due to proposition 13 which passed in 1978 under Jerry Brown. This law did two things, first changing the laws so that the state would have control over what the property taxes should be. In doing this they changed the taxing system so that whatever you bought your house for that would be the value your taxes will be based off regardless of inflation. This caused a huge problem as you could pay a lot less taxes on your property than someone who moved in more recently. Second it created the ballot initiative where people can vote on issues. While this was intended to stop special interests this creates a different problem as most average people do not understand or have the time for complex tax policies. This creates a problem of people voting for things that benefit them individually but is unrealistic for society as a whole or just voting for things that are against their best interest. Another cause of California’s problems was due to the gerrymandering laws and term limit laws that created polarized and career politicians. Gerrymandering cut up districts in a way that helped

Because most greenhouse gases would remain in the atmosphere for a long period of time, the temperature of the earth will be continuously rising. If global heat-trapping emissions proceed at a medium to high rate, temperatures in California are expected to rise 4.7 to 10.5°F by the end of the century1. With the rise of temperature, the climate of California would also be changed. California has large area of forest and farmland, hundreds of miles of coastline, large amount of snowpack, and other natural wonders. And these special treasures of nature are especially at risk2. So it is very necessary to understand the strategies of California to combat climate change.

California has been in a terrible drought, if we keep doing this it’s just going to get worse. The State of California should have groundwater regulations. Hydrologists are showing charts of how the water keeps lowering over time. Having regulations on groundwater not only will save money, it will save time, and it will help the

California is the third largest in fuel consumption on earth, behind the U.S. and all of China, and with this demand needing to be met and a diminishing supply of fossil fuels, comes the rise of a new revolution, natural gas. With the start of the industrial revolution came the beginning of the use of fossil fuels. Thus, making the United States overly dependent on a limited resource that was also harming our environment. Over the past few decade, nations around the world have realized that the finite amount of fossil fuels is coming to an end, and our need for alternative fuel and energy sources is growing. We have experimented with different types of resources, one of them being natural gas. Natural gas has been a

We are a global leader on environmental issues. But as the other states continue to debate as to whether or not climate change itself is real, our efforts to reduce carbon emissions are rendered useless. This country accounts for less than 5% of the world’s population but consumes 1/3 of the world’s paper, a 1/4 of the world’s oil, 27% of the aluminum, 23% of the coal, and 19% of the copper (“Yes California”). If we declared independence, California will be able to negotiate treaties to reduce the human impact on our climate and build global resource

In 2007, Canada’s industries saved 2.1 billion U.S. dollars of energy costs (2007). All these numbers show Canada’s efforts in general public utilities.

Due to the lack of rain in the past few years, and particularly in the last few months, California faces severe drought. This is the worst drought in more than one hundred years. The impact of California drought affects community, agriculture, organic ranchers, and dairy farmers. Because of these facts, the United States must rethink the way it uses water. Californians alone are asked to reduce their water usage by twenty percent to prevent water waste.

I know that in the pas California has not been monitoring or regulating pumped groundwater. But, in September 2014 in an article written by Melanie Mason of the Los Angeles Times, "Gov. Jerry Brown signs historic groundwater managmenet legislation" she wrote, "Governor Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills Tuesday establishing a framework for statewide regulation of California's underground water sources, marking the first time in the state's history that groundwater will be managed on a large scale.

Numerous energy and water efficiency measures have been completed or committed saving approximately $870,000/year at 2011/12

The state of California has set an aggressive schedule for the required amounts of renewable energy use, stepping from 20% in 2013, to 25% in 2016, and finally 33% by 2020 (DSIRE, 2011). By setting required levels of renewable energy to be used by energy companies the government leaves it up to the generator to develop the most cost effective source of renewable energy and the government faces small cost impacts because the brunt of the costs are forced on the users.