A report claiming California is not on track to fulfill the 2030 emissions mandate was rejected by Newsom’s office.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s office is rejecting a recent analysis that says California can not meet its climate change commitments unless it nearly triples its rate of greenhouse gas reduction by 2030.

California’s emissions of methane, carbon dioxide, and other gases increased by 3.4% in 2021 after declining during the epidemic, according to a report by the Los Angeles-based economic research firm Beacon Economics. The increase makes California even less likely to meet the state law’s mandate, which calls for 40% less emissions in 2030 than in 1990.

“The strategy we choose will determine how much it costs to get the state moving again,” principal researcher Stafford Nichols told the News.. “Some tactics are more affordable than others. We could alter things.