California Gov. Jerry Brown signs renewable energy bill
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that aims to eliminate fossil fuel use for electricity by 2045 and serves as a rebuke to U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
In the final months of his four terms as governor, Brown signed the bill days before the start of a global climate summit in San Francisco. It calls for acceleration of a timeline for use of renewable energy, like solar energy and wind power, and requires that all electricity generated in the state be derived from renewable sources by 2045. Hawaii has adopted a similar goal.
"It's not going to be easy. It will not be immediate. But it must be done," Brown said at the signing ceremony. California is committed to doing whatever is necessary to meet the existential threat of climate change."
Opponents of the bill argued that it would not make a substantial difference in the rise of the earth's temperature and could put employees in fossil fuel industries out of work.
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I called to ask him to sign it and was told he just did! 
I attended the Rise For Climate rally on Sat and wrote down to call him after listening to one of the speakers who helped to write this. Now CA and Hawaii will start planning for the future realistically. 
