# Eloise Gómez Reyes

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## Timeline

- **2026-06**: Senate Budget Counterproposal ("Deal is a Deal") — Senate Democrats release a spending proposal that blocks the new permit program until the 2025 climate deal is fully funded, threatening to hold up Newsom’s priorities including high-speed rail and EV tax credits.
- **2026-05**: CARB Incentive Program Created — The California Air Resources Board, under pressure from Newsom and oil industry lobbying, creates a program offering free pollution permits worth up to $4 billion, half for fossil fuel companies.
- **2025**: Market Extension and 'Cap and Invest' Deal — Governor Newsom and the Legislature agree to extend the carbon market through 2045, rebranding it 'cap and invest' and earmarking billions for transit, water, housing and discretionary projects.
- **2013**: Cap-and-Trade Launch — California launches its carbon trading program, setting a price on greenhouse gas emissions.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### $4B Carbon Giveaway Threatens CA’s Climate Deal, Senate Blocks Newsom
2026-06-15 05:33:18 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

California Senate Democrats are leveraging the budget to stop a $4 billion free permit program for oil refineries, warning it would break the 2025 cap-and-invest deal and gut funding for clean transit, safe water, and housing. The standoff also imperils Governor Newsom’s high-speed rail, wildfire, and EV tax credit initiatives, raising alarms for the integrity of the state’s carbon market.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/california-senate-blocks-oil-permits-climate-deal-2026

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