The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced a significant milestone for the state: Greenhouse-gas (GHG) pollution in California has fallen below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004 — an achievement roughly equal to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.
“The next step is for California to cut emissions below 1990 levels by 2030 — a heroic and very ambitious goal,” said California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Under Assembly Bill 32 passed in 2006, California must reduce its emissions to 1990 levels (431 million metric tons) by 2020. The 2016 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory published today shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016 — a drop of 12 million metric tons, or 3 percent, from 2015.
To read the official announcement, click here.
