STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LIMIT
Known as the California Global Warming Solutions Act
The act spans §§ 38500–38599 (56 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (2016)
Most recently applied in Cleveland Nat'l Forest Found. v. San Diego Ass'n of Governments (November 2017)
Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 488, Sec. 1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit shall remain in effect unless otherwise amended or repealed.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit continue in existence and be used to maintain and continue reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases beyond 2020.
(c) The state board shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue reductions of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.