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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Jerry Brown Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts

    Today, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years. By 2030, the governor says, emissions must be 40% below where they were all the way back in 1990.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 29, 2015 • 1 min read

    Today, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years. By 2030, the governor says, emissions must be 40% below where they were all the way back in 1990. Ironically, this comes the same day the American Lung Association ranked Southern California as having the country’s worst air pollution. So how significant is Brown’s order, and what will it mean for California’s businesses and residents?

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    California Emissions Cuts, L.A.'s Green Czar, and 'Misery Loves Comedy'
    1. 0:00Jerry Brown Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions CutsYou’re reading this
    2. 11:00L.A.'s Green Czar
    3. 21:12Today in Cars: Americans Snapping Up Gas Guzzlers
    4. 34:20'Misery Loves Comedy'
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Cara Horowitz

      executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    California Emissions Cuts, L.A.'s Green Czar, and 'Misery Loves Comedy'
    1. 0:00Jerry Brown Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions CutsYou’re reading this
    2. 11:00L.A.'s Green Czar
    3. 21:12Today in Cars: Americans Snapping Up Gas Guzzlers
    4. 34:20'Misery Loves Comedy'
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