Sacramento Bee: California is on fire, and it’s only June. Smoke turned the sky orange last week, foreshadowing the kinds of extreme weather the West will encounter as the Earth’s thermostat continues to rise. Against this backdrop, the California Air Resources Board released a long-awaited plan Thursday to reduce emissions tied to global warming. It’s an ambitious plan, with auspicious timing, and it surely is being watched by policymakers around the world. Known as the “scoping …