California Climate Law

California Delay's Cap And Trade Another Year

AP | By JASON DEAREN | Posted 08.30.2011 | Green

SAN FRANCISCO -- California regulators on Wednesday said they would give power plants, refineries and other major polluters another year to comply wit...

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10 Most Hopeful Stories of 2010

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

It was a tough year, but events from 2010 contain the seeds of transformation. None of the following stories is enough on its own to change the momentum, but each story points to a piece of the solution.

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Schwarzenegger Urges Voters ToReject Prop 23

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he doesn't just want to defeat the November ballot measure that would suspend the s...

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Caliornia Greenhouse Gas Rules Approved By Regulators.

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hoping other states will follow suit, California regulators overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system giving o...

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Thomas Friedman On Prop 23: This Is A Fight Worth Having

nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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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 ...

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James Cameron, Gov. Schwarzenegger Speak Out Against Prop 23 In New Ad

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Appearing at a joint webcast this afternoon, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and filmmaker James Cameron unveiled a new ad urging voters to ...

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

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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

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Oil Industry Spills Money Into Effort To Suspend California Climate Law

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With major contributions from the oil industry, supporters of a ballot initiative to suspend California's landmark greenhou...

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Koch Industries Donates $1 Million to Prop 23 Effort To Kill California Climate Law

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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As the world looks more closely, it seems the Kochs have their hands in all sorts of anti-democratic pies, and now we know that undermining California voters' choice to confront climate change is among them.

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Business Groups Seek To Suspend California's Greenhouse Gas Law

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of business groups turned in signature petitions Monday for a ballot initiative that would unravel Gov. Arnold ...

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Climate Shouldn't Kill Clean Air

Kathleen A. McGinty | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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New federal requirements for the use of renewable energy are called for in the climate legislation -- as a complement to state action, not a replacement. The states are not preempted on renewables and should not be on climate either.

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Big Oil's Bid To Suspend CA Climate Change Law Makes It To November Ballot

latimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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California headed for a high-stakes battle over global warming Tuesday, as an oil industry-backed measure to suspend the state's aggressive climate-ch...

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Who Loses if California's Climate Law is Halted?

Rachel Morello-Frosch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, California, California Climate Law, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Green News

California's climate law was put into place years ago and now it's time to implement it. Allowing out-of-state oil companies to stop its implementation will not save jobs and will only yield worse public health.

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