CA: Jerry Brown signs major climate change bill with Arnold Schwarzenegger by his side

The Mercury News: SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a landmark bill Tuesday extending California’s signature climate change policy and capping a major legislative victory that drew support from both parties.

Standing on Treasure Island with a backdrop of downtown San Francisco, Brown painted the bill in generational terms, saying California was filling a leadership void on climate policy left open by President Donald Trump.

“The gravity of this topic is so great that it’s hard to talk about it,” he said. “If we don’t do something about it, it is the end of the world as we know it.”

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