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Newsom confronts environmental barriers to his climate goals

06/14/23 7:10 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS building solar and wind power generation CEQA roadblocks for housing and development charging infrastructure for ZEVs federal infrastructure investment in water storage and conveyance projects grid reliability
California’s rigid environmental laws—and the powerful interest groups backing them—have erected a steep political barrier to accessing federal infrastructure funding.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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