Posted on 08/05/2006 10:05:06 AM PDT by calcowgirl
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And California is about to get a lot tougher. Later this month, the Legislature will vote on two ground-breaking bills. One would set binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions with a goal of reducing them to 1990 levels by 2020 an ambitious undertaking by any measure.
The other is a strikingly original bill that would bar long-term contracts with any out-of-state utility that failed to meet strict standards for pollution. A coal-fired plant in Wyoming, for instance, could sell power into California only if it found ways to dispose of most of its carbon dioxide, instead of merely venting it into the atmosphere. A bill like this would not only help California meet its targets but could also help jump-start clean-coal technologies that will be essential to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in countries like China and India.
For good measure, the Legislature will entertain two more warming-related bills, and Californians will be asked to vote in November on a ballot initiative that would raise $4 billion to promote alternative fuels.
All of this is may be too ambitious even for environmentally conscious Californians. But a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that two-thirds of the states voters supported an aggressive attack on global warming. And while Mr. Schwarzeneggers re-election chances will clearly benefit from appealing to these voters, this is a genuinely bipartisan effort of the sort that has completely eluded Congress.
Moreover, California has long enjoyed taking the lead on environmental issues and bringing other states with it. Four years ago, Mr. Schwarzenegger signed the so-called Pavley bill aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from cars. Though the law has been challenged by the automobile companies and the Bush administration, 10 other states have adopted similar legislation.
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You do at least have to admire their networking abilities. They sure put us to shame.
Arnold is perfectly capable of "greening" California into bankruptcy.
What a freakin' embarrassment he is.
This is just brilliant! Businesses have been learing here in droves because of taxes which are too high, regulatory fees which are too burdensome, and workers comp costs which are still some of the highest in the nation.
And .. now our brilliant Gov is going to partner himself with the GREENIES so they can impose every more burdensome costs upon the businesses in CA.
THIS IS MORE THAN STUPID - IT'S IGNORANCE! Businesses are going to continue leaving the state.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
Screw 'em! No more! They are lying down with the dogs and they are sure to come up with the fleas!!! I for one will no longer listen to their pathetic pleas!!! (I arhymed)
Calpine is a sick joke. They tried so hard to get ahead of all their competition by backing Gray Davis in CA, as well as the Sierra Flub, that it's no wonder they're in virtual Bankruptcy!!!
Would someone please move a bunch of technology companies
to Gainesville?
The power-drunk liberals running California are not content to make life miserable for their own citizens. They intend to force their draconian laws on the rest of the country.
Hell, if the US Congress won't act, the legislature in California will do the job for them.
This is hardly the first time Sacramento has misjudged. Remember the requirement that 10% of all new cars sold in the state must be completely pollution free? What was the deadline for that, 2002?
Then they mandated the sun to rise in the west... JUST KIDDING!!! (well at least I think I was kidding)
Gee! It's nice to see someone I know lurking out here on FR over the weekend!!! (smirk)
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