Green Yardstick Proposed for State Infrastructure Purchasing – February 3, 2017

Calculating the costs of greenhouse gases could become part of the budgeting for big new public works projects in California.

California’s major public institutions would be required to weigh Greenhouse gas Emissions into their budget analyses when purchasing materials for large infrastructure projects, under a proposed new bill unveiled this week.

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