--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | California Regulations description: California Regulations | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [California Extends and Amends its Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Program](https://blog.stpub.com/california-extends-and-amends-its-greenhouse-gas-cap-and-trade-program-1) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Oct 17, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Climate%20change%202.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-extends-and-amends-its-greenhouse-gas-cap-and-trade-program-1) In September 2025, California extended and amended authority for its statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) “cap and trade” program through 2045 – and rebranded it as “cap and invest.” The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has administered this program since 2012, as part of broader GHG reduction provisions created by 2006’s Assembly Bill (AB) 32. AB 32 initially committed the state to reduce total GHG emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020 (achieved in 2018); ARB’s latest GHG reduction scoping plan (issued in 2022), seeks to reduce statewide emissions to 85% below 1990 levels by 2045, achieving carbon neutrality. Subsequent legislation extended implementing authority for cap-and-trade and other related programs available to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and other agencies through 2030. (I wrote about that extension (AB 398) [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-extends-and-amends-its-greenhouse-gas-cap-and-trade-program) ).  The newest legislation (AB 2017 and Senate Bill (SB) 840) continues the state’s GHG reduction efforts by making further changes to ARB’s cap and trade authority. The rest of this note summarizes these changes. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-extends-and-amends-its-greenhouse-gas-cap-and-trade-program-1) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-extends-and-amends-its-greenhouse-gas-cap-and-trade-program-1#comments-listing) Tags: [climate change](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate-change), [sustainability](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability), [cap-and-trade](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cap-and-trade), [California](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california), [Climate](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate), [Carbon markets](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/carbon-markets), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance), [Climate Risk](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate-risk), [California Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-regulations), [Greenhouse Gas Emissions](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/greenhouse-gas-emissions), [GHG Reduction](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ghg-reduction), [cap-and-invest](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cap-and-invest), [California Air Resources Board](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-air-resources-board) ## [California proposes regulations for phase-out of non-recyclable single-use plastics](https://blog.stpub.com/california-proposes-regulations-for-phase-out-of-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Jul 25, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Plastics-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-proposes-regulations-for-phase-out-of-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics) The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has published a revised set of proposed regulations to implement 2022’s Senate Bill (SB) 54, the “Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.” (I wrote about the legislation [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-phasing-out-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics)). The Act phases in a ban on non-recyclable single-use plastics by 2032, and requires that threshold proportions of single-use items sold as “recyclable” will actually be recycled. Its implementation will make use of “extended producer responsibility” (EPR) mechanism similar to those used in California and elsewhere for other enhanced recycling programs (I’ve written about these before, most recently [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-phasing-out-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics)). The remainder of this note discusses the proposed regulations and SB 54’s provisions.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-proposes-regulations-for-phase-out-of-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-proposes-regulations-for-phase-out-of-non-recyclable-single-use-plastics#comments-listing) Tags: [sustainability](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability), [California](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california), [California Environmental Law](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-environmental-law), [Plastic Waste](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/plastic-waste), [Sustainability Reporting](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability-reporting), [Sustainability Strategy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability-strategy), [SB54](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sb54), [California Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-regulations), [CalRecycle](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/calrecycle), [Plastic Pollution](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/plastic-pollution) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved