{"id":809019,"date":"2021-09-24T07:58:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809019"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:02:29","slug":"california-gov-newsom-signs-states-biggest-ever-15-billion-package-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-newsom-signs-states-biggest-ever-15-billion-package-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gov. Newsom Signs State\u2019s Biggest Ever $15 Billion Package on Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-gov-newsom-signs-states-biggest-ever-15-billion-package-on-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809019&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a giant $15 billion climate package on Thursday that will direct money to\u00a0an array of climate impacts facing the state.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2021\/09\/23\/governor-newsom-signs-climate-action-bills-outlines-historic-15-billion-package-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis-and-protect-vulnerable-communities\/\">billion-dollar package<\/a> is the\u00a0largest such investment in state history and includes\u00a024 bills covering everything from\u00a0tackling wildfire and drought challenges, building climate resilience in communities, promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-sustainable-agriculture\">sustainable agriculture<\/a>, and advancing the climate agenda.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes a\u00a0$1.5 billion Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package which builds on a $536 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2021\/04\/13\/governor-newsom-signs-landmark-536-million-wildfire-package-accelerating-projects-to-protect-high-risk-communities\/\">early action package<\/a> back in April of this year ahead of peak fire season. The package also adds an additional $988 million in 2021-2022 which will be used to fund projects to reduce wildfire risk and improve the health of forests and wildlands, such as\u00a0fuel reduction projects and fuel breaks.<\/p>\n<p>The largest amount of funding\u2014$5.2 billion\u2014is being directed towards the Water and Drought Resilience package, which will be used to support\u00a0immediate drought response and long-term water resilience over three years. This will be done via drought relief projects to secure and expand water supplies, among other things, and the focus will be on small and disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<p>A further 3.7 billion is being directed to a Climate Resilience Package, which aims for the state to build resilience against the many climate risks facing it,\u00a0including extreme heat and sea-level rise, over the next three years. The funding will focus on\u00a0vulnerable front-line communities and will include projects that reduce the\u00a0urban heat island effect, as well as\u00a0greening projects.<\/p>\n<p>Another $1.1 billion is going towards supporting \u201cclimate smart\u201d and sustainable agriculture and to create\u00a0a \u201cresilient and equitable food system\u201d as well as expand access to healthy food across schools and other public\u00a0institutions.<\/p>\n<p>A further\u00a0$3.9 billion will be directed towards a Zero-Emission Vehicle package as California looks to lead the way in electric cars, with some of that funding being used to put\u00a01,000 zero-emission drayage trucks, 1,000 zero-emission school buses, and 1,000 transit buses, and the necessary infrastructure, on California roads, focusing on\u00a0disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0$270 million\u00a0will go to supporting a \u201ccircular economy that advances sustainability and helps reduce short-lived climate pollutants from the waste sector, and $150 million that will support urban waterfront parks, with a focus on underserved communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia is doubling down on our nation-leading policies to confront the climate crisis head-on while protecting the hardest-hit communities,\u201d Newsom said in a statement announcing the new package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re deploying a comprehensive approach to meet the sobering challenges of the extreme weather patterns that imperil our way of life and the Golden State as we know it, including the largest investment in state history to bolster wildfire resilience, funding to tackle the drought emergency while building long-term water resilience, and strategic investments across the spectrum to protect communities from extreme heat, sea level rise and other climate risks that endanger the most vulnerable among us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The billion-dollar package comes following a\u00a0string of blazes that have burned across California this summer, prompted by worsening\u00a0drought conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/09\/13\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-briefing-on-the-impacts-of-the-recent-wildfire\/\">said <\/a>more than 7,400 wildfires have burned in the state this year, scorching more than 2.2 million acres, driven by higher temperatures and extreme drought condition<\/p>\n<p>The wildfires threaten to burn some of the state\u2019s famous and\u00a0gigantic groves of old-growth<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/california-wildfires-threaten-old-growth-sequoias-in-sierra-nevada_4002126.html\"> sequoias<\/a> in the Sierra Nevada, leaving locals to wrap them in protective\u00a0aluminum\u00a0foil insulation in a bid to save the trees, one of which is\u00a0 2,300 to 2,700 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Katabella Roberts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a reporter currently based in Turkey. She covers news and business for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a giant $15 billion climate package on Thursday that will direct money to\u00a0an array of climate impacts facing the state. 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