In the fight against climate change, California has plans to launch not one but two satellites into orbit to sniff out and track planet-warming “super emitters” — to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels. Tony Barboza has been following the mission and discussed the details with "LA Times Today" host Lisa McRee.
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown came up with the idea of launching a satellite to help combat global warming. “It goes back really far because if you remember, he earned the nickname Gov. Moonbeam for a proposal back in the 1970s where he proposed that California launch its own satellite to space. That was viewed as far-fetched at the time, then fast forward to a few years ago, 2018, he proposed doing a different kind of satellite — a climate tracking satellite. The technology progressed so much that it's not really as big of a lift to talk about the state having its own satellites in orbit,” said Barboza.