Climate Change & Environment

Photo Release: Governor Brown Meets with World Leaders in New York
NEW YORK - After speaking at the United Nations and convening global leaders to sign the Under 2 MOU climate agreement yesterday in New York, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today continued discussions on climate change with heads of state from South America and Europe,...
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Governor Brown Announces 14 New Signatories to the Under 2 MOU Climate Agreement at Ceremony in New York
NEW YORK - As momentum builds around the world ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today welcomed 14 new signatories, including New York City and Italy - one of three founding endorsing nations - to the...
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Governor Brown to Speak at United Nations Climate Event, Host Under 2 MOU Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony this Week in New York
NEW YORK - With Climate Week in full swing and the United Nations convening its Sustainable Development Summit later this week, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he will deliver keynote remarks at an event hosted by the United Nations Environment...
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Photo Release: Governor Brown Meets with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China, Announces First Chinese Province to Sign Under 2 MOU Climate Agreement
SEATTLE - Bolstering California and China's economic and environmental partnership, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today co-chaired the Third U.S.-China Governors Forum, met with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China and announced the first Chinese...
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Governor Brown to Co-Chair U.S.-China Governors Forum, Meet with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday in Seattle
SEATTLE - Moving to further strengthen economic, trade and environmental collaboration with China, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will co-chair the Third U.S.-China Governors Forum and later join participants at a meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's...
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Governor Brown Announces New California-China Environmental Collaboration
Blasts GOP Presidential Candidates for "Dereliction of Duty" Following Remarks on Climate Change LOS ANGELES - In remarks at the U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the first cities - Los Angeles and Zhenjiang - to endorse...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Passage of SB 350
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement tonight after passage of SB 350, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles): “Taking carbon out of the modern economy...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on President Obama’s Action to Boost Household Energy Efficiency
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced executive action to accelerate the nation's transition to cleaner energy sources and more energy-efficient households: "Today, President Obama is...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on New Scientific Research Linking Climate Change and California’s Drought
SACRAMENTO - As wildfires burn across the Southwest and the drought stretches on, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after new research from Columbia University, University of Idaho and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientists...
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Governor Brown to GOP Presidential Candidates on Climate Change: What is Your Plan?
SACRAMENTO - As wildfires rage across California and the state's drought stretches into a fourth year, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today penned an open letter to the Republican presidential candidates participating in Thursday's debate and posed a simple question:...
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