Posted on 06/03/2015 5:02:38 AM PDT by bestintxas
An unusual schism has opened up on California’s politically dominant left flank, where Gov. Jerry Brown, a longtime favorite of the state’s environmentalists, has refused to give in to the climate change movement’s demand for a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing.
His stance comes despite the growing clamor in the aftermath of fellow Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision in December to allow a similar statewide ban of the revolutionary oil and gas drilling technique in New York. Hollywood stars and environmental activists badly want California to be next.
The irony, of course, is that there may be no greener governor than Mr. Brown, an early and aggressive leader on clean and renewable energy. But touting the benefits of the lower carbon emissions from natural gas is an increasingly unacceptable position in the climate change movement, a key coalition of the Democratic Party.
Mr. Brown’s refusal to budge on a fracking ban is “frustrating,” admits Dan Jacobson, legislative director for Environment California, part of the Californians Against Fracking coalition.
“But he is also one of the godfathers of the environmental movement,” said Mr. Jacobson. “He’s got three more years in office, and if he wants to be a climate leader, he’s going to have to complete the other side of the equation, which is dealing with oil and making sure we leave it in the ground.”
Mr. Jacobson is more polite than some activists, who have heckled the governor at public appearances with chants of “Climate leaders don’t frack
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The radicalism of the wackos is evident with this quote "if he wants to be a climate leader, he’s going to have to complete the other side of the equation, which is dealing with oil and making sure we leave it in the ground".
They want us in the stone age once again.
even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I have a hard time understanding the liberal tree huggers in CA and similar places. For decades, the residents of CA have fought the creation of new power plants. Yet, when unusually hot temps persisted several years ago resulting in “rolling brownouts”, the residents got all PO’ed because their air conditioning wasn’t working.
To see Moonbat make this decision is encouraging. For far too long it seems liberals are more than willing to talk-the-talk but when it comes time to walk-to-walk...nothing but crickets.
You think they would be used to it by now
Once a day with him - This is Jerry Brown we’re talking about so I’ve had to put the idiot on military time.
The people of California have been stripped of any role in government.
The unions, and environmentalist control Sacramento. The media is nothing more than lap dogs for the elite.
On every subject the media defends the left and either ignores, downplay or demonize anyone that offers a different view.
It is hard to win a public debate when the media has take sides and supports one view and distorts the other view.
Even when a conservative issue wins at the polls it is immediately taken to court to be over ruled (and I still not understand how a constitutional amendment could be ruled unconstitutional.)
The socialist control the big cities as well as the university campuses.
We are doomed to ride this train all the way to the ground before there is any hope for change.
I hope California does put an absolute ban in place and New York keeps it. I don't want to see those states prosper further until they get some rational government.
“We are doomed to ride this train all the way to the ground before there is any hope for change.”
Contained within California, let it happen.
My interest is not letting the infection spread across the rest of the US while California drowns in its cesspool it created.
The successful are leaving that state in droves, as I did a few years ago.
I suppose a state constitutional amendment could be ruled to be in conflict with the federal constitution.
But I don’t know if that was the judge’s rationale in that case.
Difficult to see how a state constitutional amendment could be unconstitutional in reference to the state constitution. Declaring it so would require privileging some parts of the constitution over others.
The socialists how ever don’t control big earth quake....... California’s only possible salvation
“I think the reality of how much of a loss in state revenues and high paying jobs has smacked Brown right in the head.”
You nailed it. Currently, California is #3 in cracking, just behind Alaska and Texas.
I don't know whether the train will crash or CA will just devolve into a 3rd world state, but a lot of folks talk about the hope after a crash. Why would there be hope? You'd still have the same cast of characters.
That is strange. I am a resident of California,
a fourth generation native. I don’t recall
opposing the construction of power plants.
In fact, I just can’t think of any of my
close friends who oppose the construction of
power plants.
This may be a shock but in the state of California
there are probably more anti-tree huggers than there are
people in the whole state of, say, Indiana.
Ping.
Exactly. This falls into the blind pig / broken clock category. He’ll be back to liberal lunacy tomorrow.
Agreed.
Brown, and other Progressives from Dem-dominated states have reveled in the destruction of a viable opposition party in their states.
And are now starting to learn that without a viable opposition to act as a braking force, and to take the heat of acting as a break, the more extreme elements in their own coalition will quickly turn on THEM for stepping out of line.
And guess what? There’s no one left to his political right with incentive, let alone enough power, to come to his aid.
Pity.
A few years ago, CSI-Las Vegas had a storyline that showed water wells blowing up due to fracking. I went to the Internet to find out where this had happened. I could not find one story of this occurring. The Left controls the Media and the stories...........lies and all. Hope Brown is successful. I feel badly for friends in California......we left a few years ago.
Unfortunately most of the successful people who flee California take California with them which is why California is the not-so-far term future of the USA. Mr. and Mrs Successful Entrepreneur get out of Cali to escape the ruinous taxes and the soaring crime rates and the smothering regulation of everything and go to, say, Arizona. They love the new freedom and security they find there. Then one day over coffee after breakfast, Dick says to Jane, “ You know, this place is almost perfect. It only needs a few more services...” And they vote. And they donate to candidates.
Unfortunately most of the successful people who flee California take California with them which is why California is the not-so-far term future of the USA. Mr. and Mrs Successful Entrepreneur get out of Cali to escape the ruinous taxes and the soaring crime rates and the smothering regulation of everything and go to, say, Arizona. They love the new freedom and security they find there. Then one day over coffee after breakfast, Dick says to Jane, “ You know, this place is almost perfect. It only needs a few more services...” And they vote. And they donate to candidates.
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