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Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, September 9, 2025…
- California’s landmark climate program — known as cap-and-trade — could soon be getting new life. Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders reached a deal Wednesday to extend the market-based limits on greenhouse gas emissions until 2045.
- Newsom’s attempt to fast-track his administration’s proposal for a 45-mile-long tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta failed to pass the Legislature. The legislature had until midnight Tuesday to approve bills to streamline the permitting process for Newsom’s tunnel.
- Across Latino communities, the fear of arrest has become a part of daily life under stepped up immigration enforcement. Advocates say that constant stress is wearing on people’s mental health.. And many are carrying the burden quietly.
State Leaders Reach Deal to Extend Cap-and-Trade Program
Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders announced a deal Wednesday that would extend the cap-and-trade program, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California.
The program sets an annually decreasing limit on the pollution that polluters like oil refineries can release. Companies hoping to avoid fines either reduce their emissions or bid on allowances that allow them to pollute above the cap, which in turn raises billions of dollars for California.
The program has been renamed cap-and-invest, emphasizing the intent to reinvest funds raised through auctions for those allowances…