Schwarzenegger Urges Voters ToReject Prop 23
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he doesn't just want to defeat the November ballot measure that would suspend the s...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he doesn't just want to defeat the November ballot measure that would suspend the s...
nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
The Terminator, a k a the Governator, is not happy. And you shouldn't be either. What has Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California incensed is the ...
AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday blasted the out-of-state oil companies that are trying to undermine California's glob...
AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown challenged Republican Meg Whitman on Monday to take a stand on a November ballot initia...
Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011
A certain Harvard professor years ago predicted that solar energy would be made readily available the day that Exxon owned the sun. In this election ...
Stephen Kretzmann | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the few bright spots for environmentalists and progressives over the last year was this week's successful defeat of Proposition 23 in California.
Grist | Posted 05.25.2011
The scoop on energy and environment ballot measures....
Becky Bond | Posted 05.25.2011
The story of this election is not that Silicon Valley businessmen outspent the Texas oil men. It's that voters, educated and mobilized by the grassroots, fought back against an outrageous corporate power grab.
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- After months of message wars between progressive grassroots organizations and big oil companies over Proposition 23, the ballot measure ...
Peter Glatzer | Posted 05.25.2011
The passing of Prop 23 would turn the clock backwards on the support of clean technology companies in the state, on green jobs, on emissions standards, and it would send a message to the rest of the country that if California can't do it, nobody can.
Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011
Prop 21 creates a stable source of funding to maintain California's state parks by adding a new $18 fee to California vehicle registrations.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Since national energy reform is on the rocks, ethanol subsidies for the Midwest and ballot propositions to...
Ryan Van Lenning | Posted 05.25.2011
At least 92% of contributions being pumped into Prop 23 are from energy companies that would be regulated by the energy and climate legislation they are trying to overturn.
Posted 05.25.2011
Appearing at a joint webcast this afternoon, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and filmmaker James Cameron unveiled a new ad urging voters to ...
Matthew Dakotah | Posted 05.25.2011
Steyer is an unassuming, fist-pounding man of conviction who deftly defies the stereotype of ruthless financier. I sat down with him to debate the issues and hear his closing argument.
Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011
The Yes on 23 campaign claims that the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is harmful to the economy, but they've got it completely backward.
Rebecca Solnit | Posted 05.25.2011
The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because the nation often follows where California goes. Winning, however, depends on what happens when voters look at that deceptive label, "California Jobs Initiative," on their ballot.
AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP); Actor David Arquette is lending his quirky star power to the campaign against a November ballot measure that would suspend Ca...
Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011
A column in the National Journal points out the GOP is the only conservative party in the developed world in which denial of basic climate science is endemic.
Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011
Attendees of Opportunity Green on September 24 listening to presentations on the soundstage where "Madmen" tapes at Los Angeles Center Studios In ...
Al Gore | Posted 05.25.2011
Attacks from the oil lobby aren't over, and its reach is spreading. Critical federal laws like the Clean Air Act and state climate change laws must be defended, in California and beyond.
James Hoggan | Posted 05.25.2011
It seems the Koch brothers will stop at nothing in order to protect the status quo fossil-fuel addiction that is saddling the global economy and wrecking the climate.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Why would anyone want to sacrifice both the environment and the economy? Because one group would profit: dirty energy companies who want to keep polluting.
Elissa D. Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011
Without AB 32, our emission of greenhouse gases will continue to disrupt ecosystems around the world, including our own.
John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011
Enron is gone, collapsed under the weight of their own greed and corruption. But it is clear that the fossil fuel pushers from Texas don't want to see California go into rehab.
AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011