A coalition of West Coast states and British Columbia have pledged to work together as a region to combat climate change and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
The governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the premier of British Columbia gathered in San Francisco Thursday to sign an agreement to decarbonize the electric grid, speed the transition to electric vehicles and make their communities more resilient to climate disasters including drought, wildfire, sea-level rise and extreme heat. “We’re demonstrating that regional collaboration does make a difference,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday.
Western states – including California – are now negotiating a deal to cut a huge amount of their Colorado River water usage to save the river basin from spiraling into crisis. “Is that the exception or is that the new normal?” Newsom said of California’s drought. “Lake Mead, Powell – all of us fighting over each other with what we’re going to do with just the Colorado River.
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