California’s Brown Seeks Nation-Leading Greenhouse Gas Cuts
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California Governor Jerry Brown ordered emissions of greenhouse gases reduced to almost half of what they were a quarter century ago, the most ambitious statewide effort to combat climate change in the U.S.
Brown, a 77-year-old Democrat, issued an executive order establishing a target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. To do so, the state must require utilities to get more electricity from low-pollution sources, compel industries to cut smokestack emissions further and encourage greater numbers of cleaner cars on roads.