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California Signs Clean Energy Pact With Two States, Canadian Province (L.A. Times)

Nonbinding pact formally aligns California's clean energy policies with those of Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.

California Gov. Jerry Brown
(Courtesy Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new pact Monday to formally align California's clean energy policies with those of Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.

The agreement commits all four governments to work toward ways to put a price on carbon pollution, require the use of lower-carbon gasoline and set goals for reducing greenhouse gases across the region.

Although the agreement signed Monday is not legally binding, environmentalists in California are hopeful that it could serve as a road map for the next wave of state policy.

"It sends a signal to the Legislature," said Dan Jacobson, legislative director for Environment California, an advocacy organization, "to start introducing the bills to put these goals into law."

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