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April 30, 2015

California Governor Issues Landmark Plan to Curb Greenhouse Gases 
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California Governor Jerry Brown has issued an executive order to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by the year
2030. His target marks the most ambitious benchmark set by any
government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions over
the next 15 years. This comes as one of the worst droughts in decades
continues to ravage California, with 98 percent of the state now
suffering from a water crisis. We'll talk more about Brown's plan with
Tom Hayden, an environmental adviser to Governor Brown, later in the
broadcast.

 

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