/ Policy Institute Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /climate/news/decarbonizing-california-transportation-by-2045 <p><span><span>Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. In order to achieve the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is essential. But such a transition is unlikely to occur rapidly without key policy intervention.&nbsp;</span></span></p> April 21, 2021 - 2:40pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/decarbonizing-california-transportation-by-2045 /climate/news/biden-harris-administration-taps-austin-brown-serve-white-house-council-environmental-quality <p>The Biden-Harris administration today (Feb. 9) named Austin Brown as senior director for transportation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Brown has been the executive director of the University of California, Davis, <a href="https://policyinstitute.ucdavis.edu/">Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy</a> since 2017.</p> February 09, 2021 - 10:57am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/biden-harris-administration-taps-austin-brown-serve-white-house-council-environmental-quality