New York Times: California’s ambitious climate change agenda could evaporate in a November vote that pits renewable energy advocates and allies against oil companies and manufacturers. The U.S. Senate has scuttled President Barack Obama’s goal of putting a price on carbon, leaving state and regional efforts the key drivers in the effort to move the country past coal and oil. California is the clear U.S. leader on addressing climate change, unless California voters kill a landmark 2006 state …