California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental groups are clashing over some climate policies.
SACRAMENTO -- In the rush to cut California's pollution and rid the state of fossil fuels, the most intriguing confrontation hasn't involved business leaders or the oil industry. Instead, it's simmering tensions between the state's robust environmental advocacy wing and California's progressive governor who considers himself one of their own.
Those tensions erupted last month during negotiations over California's more than $300 billion budget. Newsom wanted major changes to the state's permitting and building process, saying it was taking far too long to build the kind of projects needed to update the state's aging water delivery system and boost clean energy to meet the state's insatiable demand for electricity.
Anthony York, Newsom's senior adviser for communications, said the environmental movement has mostly been about saying"no" to things to stop dirty projects that cause harmful pollution. Newsom, York said, wants to change that mindset. "Gov. Newsom and his team are using talking points accusing us that we just say 'no' to projects for climate change, when actually his plans for the Delta and rivers are strictly for the benefit of big industrial agriculture contributors," said Barbara Barrigan-Parilla, executive director of the environmental advocacy group Restore the Delta. She said Newsom's policies are aimed at appealing to"small-town America for his presidential ambitions.
Newsom says there's no time to wait. California has a target to cut its emissions 40% by 2030. To do that, it needs to cut emissions by 4% each year. Instead, the state has been cutting emissions by 1% each year in the past decade, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. Likewise, with California accelerating its embrace of electric cars, state officials say the state needs to add an additional 40 gigawatts of new power over the next 10 years.
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