BUDGET PLAN SHIFTING CLIMATE REGISTRY DUTIES TO ARB DRAWS BACKLASH

Legislation floated this week to shift the functions of the autonomous California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) to the state's air regulatory board has triggered a backlash among current registry members and other stakeholders. Utilities, power companies and other critics charge the legislation is a back-door attempt to resolve long standing questions about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting in the state. The proposal, supported by environmentalists, is being offered as an amendment to budget legislation in the Assembly, with proponents arguing...