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Air Quality

Calif. Lawmakers Consider Toughest-Ever Restrictions On Emissions

KVCR | By Ben Adler

Published June 4, 2015 at 12:20 PM PDT

California lawmakers have advanced several measures intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler has more.

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