California passes bill requiring companies to track carbon footprint

FILE — The skyline of downtown Los Angeles in the early evening during the pandemic on May 14, 2020. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)

Sacramento: California’s state Senate approved a bill last week requiring large companies to report their carbon footprints, sending the bill to governor Gavin Newsom whose office said he must decide by Oct 14 whether to sign it and get ahead of the federal government in setting corporate climate rules.

“A major step for climate action, requiring large corporations to disclose their entire carbon footprint – is on its way to the Governor!” Democratic Senator Scott Wiener wrote on social media site X after the chamber voted 27-8 to pass the bill.