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Illustration of how heat pumps power our everyday lives.
August 28, 2025

How an Air Agency Is Going to Zero for Homes

By Adrian Martinez

A new program to help Southern Californians adopt heat pumps has arrived.

Gavin Newsom, wearing jeans and a blue collard shirt is pointing a finger at Donald Trump's chest while speaking to him with a serious expression. Trump, wearing a blue suit jacket and no tie and a black baseball hat, is looking at him.
August 19, 2025

California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions.

Los Angeles Smog
August 7, 2025

Trump Wants to Make America Smoggy Again. California Legislators Are About to Make It Worse

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

We know where the Trump administration stands on clean air protections, but why are state legislators in California pushing a pro-pollution bill like SB 34 forward?

Smog clogs the air around the 405 freeway in Los Angeles.
May 22, 2025

Where We Go from Here on States’ Zero-Emissions Cars and Trucks Progress

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Republican Senators won a temporary delay in our shift to zero-emissions using an unlawful maneuver, but states should be emboldened to quickly shape new tools to clean their air

A man stands next to a large vat being filled with coffee beans from a large metal cylinder. Steam is coming out of the cylinder and off the beans.
May 16, 2025

Time for the Golden State to Get Serious About Modernizing Manufacturing

By Adrian Martinez & Teresa Cheng  /  California Office

As the nation’s largest manufacturing hub, California should lead in establishing a zero-emissions manufacturing sector before the Trump administration drags us into the pits of fossil fuel dependency.

Warehouses bump up against homes in the Inland Empire.
June 24, 2024

California Reins in Its Smoggy Warehouse Problem

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

A new approach to mega warehouse pollution is showing early success in the fight against diesel pollution. Everyone should be talking about Indirect Source Rules.

Wide shot of the downtown Los Angeles skyline bathed in smog. View from Griffith Park.
May 7, 2024

Southern California Can Boil Water Without Boiling the Planet

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Efficient, modern, and clean. Heat pumps are heading for the industrial and commercial sectors in the nation’s manufacturing hub.

A person uses a rod in a machine filled with yellow melted steel with sparks flying around.
April 11, 2024

From Ice Cream to Glass to Steel, California Needs to Think Big on Industrial Electrification

By Adrian Martinez & Evan Gillespie  /  California Office

It’s time for the largest manufacturing hub in the country to develop a blueprint for zero emissions. Legislation like AB 2083 can get us there.

Gavin Newsom speaks in a burned and smokey area.
March 12, 2024

California Plans to Waste $27 Billion Bankrolling a Polluters’ Paradise

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

With the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, California would be locked in to waste $27 billion in climate dollars on dirty fuels over the next decade. It’s up to Governor Newsom to fix it.

Michael S. Regan
December 7, 2023

EPA: Sign the Paperwork That Will Save Nearly 9,000 Lives

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

With the Stroke of a Pen, EPA Can Grant the Waivers for Critical California Regulations Shifting Us to Zero Emissions Everything