California is in pursuit of some of the most ambitious climate policies across the nation. The state is looking to cut its entire economy’s greenhouse-gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, create a carbon-free electricity system by 2045, and have an 80% cut in total emissions by 2050. In this article James Temple, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, explores the analysis completed by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), a think tank that explored the feasibility of this plan. While the transition was deemed possible, it will not occur without new technological breakthroughs.
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