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Governor Tells Goleta Chamber He Supports Carbon Limits

2010-08-24T16:20:13Z

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.

Vote No On Proposition 23

2010-08-24T17:53:28Z

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.

Cleantech industry coming out against Prop. 23

2010-08-19T00:52:04Z

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.

California's choice: Build the future, or burn the planet

2010-08-19T01:01:11Z

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.

Going Green Could Bring In The Green

2010-08-19T01:18:21Z

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.

Missouri conservative group fights for Prop. 23

2010-08-09T12:44:23Z

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.

Proposition 23 is a job killer

2010-08-09T13:09:08Z

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.

Economy Sags, Green Tech Investment Surges

2010-08-04T10:42:35Z

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.

Top Economists Agree: Don't Block AB 32

2010-07-30T10:34:18Z

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."

Vets vs. Big Oil: Prop 23 in California

2010-07-30T10:33:51Z

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.

Great Expectations

2010-07-21T12:09:21Z

Unrealistic investment return assumptions allow generations to steal money from future generations. The boards of CalSTRS and CalPERS should remember who takes the risk of their great, and unrealistic, expectations.

Top Economists Agree: Don't Block AB 32

2010-07-21T12:21:07Z

A brewing battle in California over fossil fuel dependence has far-reaching implications. What's at risk? A lot: America's efforts to control air pollution, to promote energy efficiency, to end our dependence on imported fossil fuels and our vulnerability to volatile oil prices, to raise America's global competitiveness, and to promote job growth in the green business sector.

Don't fall for the myths about AB32

2010-07-21T13:05:30Z

Don't let outside energy interests derail California's landmark clean energy law - please support AB32 and vote No on Prop. 23.

Delay Water Bond, But Don't Rewrite It

2010-07-20T13:50:34Z

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg have asked the Legislature to move California's water bond, Proposition 18, from the November 2010 ballot to the November 2012 ballot.

Climate Experts Oppose Prop. 23

2010-07-20T14:23:58Z

Postponing California’s climate change law ultimately will make it more expensive for the state to clean up its air pollution, according to an open letter released Monday signed by more than 100 economists and energy and climate experts.

Municipalities Take Aim At Public Pensions

2010-07-19T12:18:55Z

After losing billions of dollars in recession-wracked investments, public pension funds in California are seeking to pare back the historically generous retirement benefits they provide to government workers, but not without push-back from unions.

Prop. 23 is wrongheaded about climate change

2010-07-19T12:55:16Z

Initiative preys on people’s fears and spreads confusion

Don't Let Lobbyists Love AB 32 To Death

2010-07-13T15:09:44Z

Some fossil fuel producers push Proposition 23 to overturn Assembly Bill 32, the landmark law to combat climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Hitachi And Schwarzenegger: Solutions For A Thirsty Planet

2010-07-13T15:13:50Z

California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is showing a better way to get the electricity from which to power it. A report from the state’s Public Utilities Commission reports that his “Million Solar Roof Initiative” has dramatically increased clean energy, sustainable jobs, and harnessed market forces to lower costs to a par with fossil fueled energy. Rooftop systems are being installed in California at the rate of about one large power plant every six months and the cost of typical systems has dropped nearly 20 percent since the program began in 2007.

Don't Let Texas Oil Companies Kill California Clean Tech

2010-07-13T17:11:07Z

I guess it's too much to ask the business-as-usual dirty energy companies to play fair. They see the writing on the wall as states like California take meaningful steps towards clean alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Now it's clear their response will be to wage a cynical and deceptive battle that maintains the profits they earn from their dirty ways.

Lobbyists Heat Up Over Climate Law

2010-07-13T15:15:47Z

During the past year, oil companies, manufacturers and trade groups have made a big push to shape the rules and regulations behind California's landmark greenhouse gas reduction law, The Bee has found in a review of lobbying disclosure statements filed with the California secretary of state's office.

California Clean Tech Companies Get Most VC Funding

2010-07-13T15:07:07Z

Congratulations, yet again, to California. The state's clean tech companies received the most VC funding in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest numbers released by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte.

Breathing the filth

2010-07-08T12:43:00Z

Hydrocarbons in the air are more toxic than oil in the gulf.

Stop Big Oil from killing clean tech

2010-07-08T12:53:54Z

AS the Gulf oil spill continues to spread onto our shores causing untold damage, two Texas oil companies are spending millions on a ballot measure for November that will overturn California's clean energy and clean air standards.

Battle Over California Climate Law Will Have National Ripple Effect

2010-07-08T12:58:14Z

A Nov. 2 ballot initiative aimed at derailing California’s landmark global warming legislation pits a coalition of about 400 local business, civic, labor and environmental organizations against a smattering of out-of-state oil refiners and connected groups.

Voters To Decide Fate Of Environmental Legislation

2010-07-13T15:54:32Z

Voters in November will decide the fate of a law originally designed to help transform California into a greener state

Workers Advocate for California’s Green Economy

2010-07-08T12:46:19Z

Workers and green jobs campaigners traveled to the state Capitol to tell lawmakers to support clean energy laws like AB 32 that they say will create jobs and kick-start the economy.

Valero helps bankroll bid to suspend emission targets

2010-07-08T12:50:41Z

The efforts of two Texas oil companies, one being Valero, to thwart the state's greenhouse gas reduction law has sparked concern among city officials wishing to make Benicia stand out as a green city. Since January, Valero has contributed more than $1 million to the campaign committee supporting the measure, which would suspend implementation of the state's controversial global warming law, AB 32.

PG&E Opposes Prop. To Suspend Global Warming Law

2010-07-08T13:42:30Z

California's largest utility says it will oppose Proposition 23, the initiative that seeks to suspend the state's landmark global warming law.

Measure to delay greenhouse gas cuts qualifies for November ballot

2010-06-23T16:45:09Z

An oil industry measure to postpone enforcement of California's 2006 global warming law qualified for the November ballot Tuesday, setting up what promises to be a nationally watched struggle over the future of renewable energy. The initiative, launched six months ago by Texas oil giants Valero Energy Inc. and Tesoro Corp., comes as the oil industry has fallen under intense scrutiny in the wake of the gulf oil spill disaster.

Challenge To Climate Law Will Be On Nov. Ballot

2010-06-23T16:50:42Z

The proposal to indefinitely suspend California's pioneering climate law, AB32, officially qualified for the November ballot yesterday.

Gloves Off In California Over Greenhouse Gas Law

2010-06-23T17:32:27Z

California environmentalists opened fire on Wednesday on a measure approved for the state's November ballot that would roll back a landmark law regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Linking the measure to the historic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups lambasted the measure, noting in a statement that Texas-based oil companies Valero (VLO.N) and Tesoro (TSO.N) have put money behind it.

Voters To Decide On California Global Warming Law

2010-06-23T17:23:57Z

An initiative that seeks to suspend California's landmark global warming law until unemployment drops will appear on the November election ballot.

Gov Promotes Calif Open Primary Initiative

2010-06-08T12:08:43Z

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging voters to back an initiative on Tuesday's ballot that would scrap the primary system for state and congressional elections.

Voters Strongly Support 'Open Primary' Ballot Measure

2010-06-08T12:18:44Z

Proposition 14, the "open primary" ballot measure that Californians will vote on today, has strong support from the public, who may be reacting to the fact that both the Democratic and Republican state parties oppose the initiative.

Only real hope of change: Proposition 14

2010-06-07T14:59:27Z

Having just traversed the state on a quick four-day family trip to Yosemite – passing dozens of polarizing election signs, scanning various newspapers and listening to too much talk radio along the way – I’ve come to one conclusion: Despite all the talk, the only hope for any real change emerging from this election rests with Proposition 14.

Open primaries did work in Washington state

2010-06-07T15:06:06Z

With our "Top Two" primary in place and the validity of it affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, independent voters are no longer treated as second-class citizens in Washington state and suspicious guests in the democratic process. We are able to vote in each round of voting. The 3.4 million independents in California stand to gain the same by supporting Prop. 14.

Calif. idea is worth a look for all of us

2010-06-06T22:22:59Z

Yes, there are exciting primaries for the office of governor and senator, but what is really worth monitoring is the ballot initiative Proposition 14, which would drastically change the way the Golden State (and hopefully, the country) elects public officials. Proposition 14 would make primary election candidates accountable to more than the fringe elements of their political parties. Californians ought to pass it Tuesday.

California's possible solution to partisan politics

2010-06-06T22:42:09Z

Whether changing the rules will change the culture of politics in California, or elsewhere, is unanswerable. Some skeptics think only a change in behavior by politicians will truly mend the dysfunctional politics of Sacramento -- or Washington. But if Californians say yes to Proposition 14 on Tuesday, the rest of the country will be watching the results closely.

Proposition 14 may improve California government

2010-06-06T22:32:32Z

Narrow anti-tax and public employee union agendas control the Legislature and are strangling the state. Our education and social welfare systems are being gutted, and California's once dynamic economy is sputtering. Adopting the open primary will create the opportunity for electing people capable of getting the state back on track.