Today in California, State Senator Fran Pavley chaired a hearing for the state’s Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation, to assess California’s vulnerabilities to climate change as well as the state’s progress on its 2006 climate change legislation. Public Health Institute’s Linda Rudolph, M.D., MPH, testified on the public health risks of climate change in California. Other presenters included Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird, California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols, and Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch from the University of California-Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The hearing looked at rising concerns about extreme weather and short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon.