Global Warming Solutions Act

Let California Show the World How

Jennifer Gennari | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Durban Climate Talks, California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, Global Warming Solutions Act, Walkable Cities, Urban Centers, Durban Conference, UN Climate Change, Mountain View CA, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco News

Climate talks are moving more slowly than glaciers now. Rather than wait, elected officials and local advocates have taken matters into their own hands. And the newest innovator on the block is the City of Mountain View.

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Terry Tamminen | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: California?S Tailpipe Emissions Standards, Congress, Cap-and-Trade, House of Representatives, Clean Air Standards, Clean Water Act, Carbon Pollution, Obama Administration, Climate Change, Global Warming Solutions Act, Fuel Economy, Emissions, Usepa, Global Warming, Clean Air Act, Green News

When the federal government abrogates its duties under the Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act, does that mean that impacted communities just go along with it?

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He'll Be Back

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Policy, Sierra Nevada, Renewable Energy, Ocean Policy Act, Climate Change, Global Warming Solutions Act, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leon Panetta, California EPA, Green News

Arnold Schwarzenegger's legacy as arguably the greenest chief executive in our country's history will rival Mr. Universe titles and box office championships.

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Bill Gates Donates $700,000 To Protect CA Climate Law

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 32, Bill Gates Prop 23, CA Climate Law, Prop 23 Bill Gates, Bill Gates Donation, Gates Prop 23, Bill Gates Proposition 23, Global Warming Solutions Act, Climate Change, California Climate Law, No on Prop. 23, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The campaign against Proposition 23 – the ballot initiative that would push back California's landmark global warming...

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An Enemy of the People: Texas Money vs. Clean Air

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Global Warming Solutions Act, Proposition 23, Tesoro, Koch Brothers, ab32, Valero, Global Climate Change, Green News

Polls now show that opponents of California's anti-environment ballot initiative outnumber supporters by eleven points. But there are still many undecided voters and the barrage of polluter-funded deceptive ads is just starting.

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I Can See Clearly Now... Not!?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles-California, Carbon Emissions, Environmental-Legislation, Smog, A.B. 32, California Prop 23, Automakers, Proposition 23, Green Technology, Climate Legislation, Global Warming Solutions Act, George Schultz, Global Warming, Cadillac, Green News

As the old cars are scrapped and the age of our national fleet is modernized, the improvement in the air we breathe continues. Sometimes "legislating technology" can actually work.

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Vets vs. Big Oil: Prop 23 in California

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 23, California, National Security, Green Technology, Valero, Occidental Petroleum, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming Solutions Act, Tesoro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Energy, George Schultz, Global Warming, Politics News

The overwhelming majority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans not only see our dependence on oil as a security threat, but believe that we need to pass clean energy legislation.

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Texas Oil Companies Invade California

Kamala D. Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, AB 32, Texas, California, Kamala Harris, Climate Change, Oil Companies, Green Jobs, Global Warming Solutions Act, Ca-Ag, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Global Warming, Green News

Texas oil companies want to stop California before we can really implement AB 32, our landmark climate change legislation.

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Co-Author of Report Cited by AB 32 Opponents Backs Away From Findings

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner, AB 32 Implementation Group, California Small Business Roundtable, Global Warming Solutions Act, Stanford, Wall Street Journal, AB 32, Dennis Tootelian, Jim Sweeney, Union of Concerned Scientists, Christopher Thornberg, Climate Change, Tootelian & Associates, Jon Haveman, Global Warming, Sanjay Varshney, Beacon Economics, Los Angeles News

The move by Republicans and polluters to suspend or kill AB 32, California's Global Warming Solutions Act, was dealt a devastating blow on Friday.

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NOVA's "The Big Energy Gamble": The Challenge of Climate Narratives

Ben Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Boykoff, Van Jones, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Warming Solutions Act, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, AB 32, Obama Environment, Stephen Chu, Andy Revkin, Joe Romm, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Environment, Climate Change, Chuck DeVore, Nova, Global Warming, Wgbh, Green News

This is the problem of narrating climate change: it lacks the natural elements that make for a gripping story. Our earth's climate is a reality unfit for reality TV.

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California Carbon Credit Market Just Part Of Sweeping Plan

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Credit Market, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Credits, California Global Warming Plan, Global Warming Solutions Act, California, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Thursday adopted the nation's most sweeping plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, issuing rules that could tr...

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A Moment of Truth for the Golden State

Eric Schmidt and Alan Horn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 32, Energy Efficiency, Corporate America, Reducing Emissions, Eric Schmidt, Green Business, Global Warming Solutions Act, Alarn Horn, Global Warming, Green News

Our companies are not in the energy business, but both of them are making substantial investments in energy efficiency and clean power, not just to be good corporate citizens but because it's good for the bottom line.

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