California Could Be 100 Years Late In Meeting 2050 Emissions Target

At its current pace of emissions reductions, California could be 100 years too late in meeting its 2050 emissions target, as rising wildfires, transportation, and landfills emissions undermine progress in the state’s climate goals, a new report from nonpartisan nonprofit Next 10 repared by Beacon Economics showed on Tuesday. According to the eleventh annual California Green Innovation Index, California will only meet its climate target to reduce emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 in the year 2061, if the average rate of emissions…