Posted on 10/08/2007 9:47:59 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 10/08/2007 10:15:16 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Environmentalists and industry officials alike are holding their breath, waiting for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to act on a stack of environmental bills in the next few days that would do everything from require green building standards on new homes and commercial buildings to banning a controversial type of chemicals in children's toys.
Schwarzenegger has until Sunday to sign or veto all the bills that the state Legislature sent him this year.
And as in years past, Schwarzenegger is keeping both supporters and opponents of many of the top environmental issues guessing right until the end. His actions are harder to predict than previous governors, they say.
"Arnold is a celebrity. He loves some of these environmental issues," said John White, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, an environmental group in Sacramento.
"He has great command of the subjects in a speech-making kind of way. Environmentalists see him, unlike with (former Gov.) Pete Wilson, as 'there's always a chance with Arnold that you might get a bill signed.' He is a centrist."
Last year, Scwharzenegger won worldwide attention for signing AB 32, a law requiring California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020. An end run around the Bush administration, that measure was opposed by the state's oil industry, utilities and other business groups.
Yet he also disappointed environmentalists by vetoing a bill that would have set a $30 fee on shipping containers coming into Los Angeles and Long Beach to fund programs to clean up diesel smog. Emissions from trucks and ships make the ports the largest stationary source of diesel pollution in California, linked to severe respiratory problems in thousands of people. This year, there are roughly 15 significant bills on environmental issues that have reached the governor's desk.
"We hope that the governor is going to want to reinforce his environmental reputation by signing some of these key bills," said Bill Magavern, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club.
The bills include:
“He has great command of the subjects in a speech-making kind of way. Environmentalists see him, unlike with (former Gov.) Pete Wilson, as ‘there’s always a chance with Arnold that you might get a bill signed.’ He is a centrist.”
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It’s a good thing I didn’t have a mouthful of coffee when I read that one.
Arnold will sign any legislation that enlarges the government or takes the power away from people and to the government.
So he’s the closest thing we have to a EUroSocialist on our own shores.. California leads the nation again.. wow.
Arnold will sign any legislation that enlarges the government or takes the power away from people and to the government.
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Gee, that is the definition of a SOCIALIST....who would have guessed???
One of the reasons we ask the original poster to shoot for a 50% excerpt of shorter articles from restricted sources is because when we go to excerpt it afterward, the FR software makes a brutal job of it. Sorry.
On the other hand, a closer look at your original shows that it was probably ok. Do you want me to pull this so that you can repost?
I tried to fix it up. Sorry again.
No problem, Thanks!
You know me, stretching the envelope with a snip here and there. You folks do a great job overall. ;-]
Besides, the Murky News needs all the viewers of its work it can get these days. lol
bttt
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