During a stop in Goleta on Aug. 24, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced full-throated opposition to Prop. 23, the November ballot initiative that would suspend
a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions set to take effect
next year.read more »
The most important vote Californians cast in November
may not be in the governor's race but on Proposition
23, the measure to suspend the state's landmark global
warming law. The initiative would devastate efforts
to create a vibrant clean-energy sector and have a disastrous impact on the state's
economy. Vote no on Proposition 23.read more »
If voters roll back California's landmark climate change
bill in November, the state's burgeoning cleantech
economy and the jobs it has created will face serious
jeopardy. That was the consensus of cleantech leaders
who gathered Tuesday morning at Google's Mountain View
campus to talk about the state's leadership in clean
energy and to rally opposition to Proposition 23.read more »
Voters in November will have an opportunity to ratify
the decision to bet on a clean energy future, or shoot
themselves in the foot and slip back into carbon-dioxide-stained past. It may well end up being one of the most
important votes Californians get to make in their entire
lives.read more »
The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which received strong support from both business
groups and environmentalists, is designed to significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.
With its passage, Californians recognized that sustaining
our environment and our economy, ideals that were traditionally
pitted against each other, are mutually beneficial.read more »
One of the largest single contributions to the campaign
for a November ballot measure to suspend California's
greenhouse gas reduction law has come from an obscure,
Missouri-based conservative organization that ended 2009 with just $109. Opponents working for the campaign against the ballot
measure say the large donation amounts to money laundering.
"We have no idea who in the state of Missouri or anywhere
on the planet has given half a million dollars to our
opponents," said Steven Maviglio, a spokesman for the
campaign against Prop. 23.read more »
The Golden State is the runaway leader in the transition
to the new clean tech economy. When we passed a law
four years ago — AB 32 — with bipartisan support from business, labor, environmental
and health care leaders, we made California a leader
in the emerging clean tech economy. The charge to repeal
AB 32, through a Texas oil company funded ballot measure
know as Proposition 23, is a serious mistake, which threatens California's
lead in emerging industries, potentially destroying
our economy for a generation to come. read more »
The anemic economic recovery may have hit the dog days
of summer with consumer spending and factory orders
slowing, but the new energy economy continues to surge,
according to a report released Tuesday by Ernst & Young.read more »
More than 100 Ph.D. economists with expertise in California energy
and climate issues joined a growing chorus of supporter
for the state's energy and climate security law. We
released an open letter warning against any delay in the implementation of
California clean energy policies. The letter, organized
by the Union of Concerned Scientists, features a broad
array of leading economists who disagree with those
who want to stop implementation of pollution reduction
policies. "Delaying action now," the letter states,
"will be more costly than initiating action now." read more »
It's no shock, then, that big oil has pushed a ballot
proposition this year - Prop 23 - that would delay (with the purpose of killing) The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. That state law would unilaterally bring California
into near compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, mandating
that emissions of greenhouse gasses in the state return
to 1990 levels by the year 2020.read more »
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S CALIFORNIA DREAM TEAM, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE
