NEW: California’s air board today unanimously approved a plan to battle climate change, creating a new blueprint to cut carbon emissions, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy.
as much as 68% by 2045. That means the state needs to make major investments in clean energy to ensure the power grid can handle the uptick in demand.off the coasts of Humboldt and Morro Bay. The scoping plan calls for at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2045, making it a critical clean-energy source. In addition, Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to add between 2 to 5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.
California also will need to rapidly build special port facilities and vessels to construct and transport the gigantic turbines. Most speakers today opposed the plan’s reliance on technology to capture carbon at fossil fuel plants, which allows them to keep polluting low-income communities rather than shutting them down.
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