Protecting The Environment, Growing The Economy 

Under the Governor's leadership, California has balanced the need to clean up our air, water and land with promoting economic growth. Since Governor Schwarzenegger took office, California has put forward the first low carbon fuel standard in the world, strongly supported lowering vehicle emissions, preserved thousands of acres of the state's beautiful parks and coastline, invested record resources into clean technology and alternative energy innovation and implementation, and worked with lawmakers to take on climate change through the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to name a few.

A proposition that is currently being circulated to qualify for California’s November ballot would repeal California’s clean energy and clean air law. Four years ago, with support from businesses, environmental and health organizations, California passed AB 32, a law that sets new clean energy and pollution control standards in California, also known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. This clean air and clean energy law has launched our state to the forefront of the clean technology industry – sparking innovation and clean energy businesses that are creating hundreds of thousands of new California jobs. If passed, this initiative would kill competition and jobs from clean energy and technology businesses and stifle billions of dollars in economic investments.

Governor Schwarzenegger will work tirelessly to protect the Global Warming Solutions Act and prevent any dismantling of California as a leader on balancing environmental protection with economic and job growth as the top priority.