Antinuclear

As Democrats in Congress confront the specter of watching as the country’s climate policies are dismantled by President-elect Donald Trump, key gains by the party in California could help Sacramento take over as the nation’s leader in the fight against global warming.
With a Democrat last week securing the final seat in the state senate, the party held onto its supermajority there. It also expanded its majority in the Assembly beyond the two-thirds supermajority threshold.
Those supermajorities may prove pivotal for climate policy in a high-profile state — one with the nation’s largest population, which releases more greenhouse gas pollution overall every year than any other. California is home to one of the world’s biggest economies, it’s an influential leader globally on climate policy and it recently adopted some of the most ambitious goals for slowing warming.
Trump’s cabinet nominees, his anti-climate campaign rhetoric and Republican opposition to environmental rules…