Posted on 04/10/2008 5:29:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
California will establish a high-profile, $600 million research center to devise solutions for global warming, the Public Utilities Commission decided in a 5-0 vote Thursday.
The California Institute for Climate Solutions will have a $60 million budget each year for 10 years. The money will come from ratepayers of the state's major utilities, including Pacific Gas & Electric, which serves much of Northern California.
The new institute, which will seek matching funds to expand its reach, will administer research grants; work to transfer technologies to commercial businesses; and develop a related workforce for these companies.
Undecided is where the new institute will be located, although it will be administered by the University of California system. The Institute will be run by a governing board with the PUC president and the UC president as its co-chairs.
"Innovation - technological and otherwise - is the key to alleviating the adverse consequences of climate change," PUC President Michael Peevey said.
Jennifer Ward, spokeswoman for the University of California's Office of the President, said the institute "will play a critical role in helping California combat and reduce the effects of climate change. It can serve as an important resource for state policy makers, the private sector, and the general public."
Peevey said it's wrong for ratepayers alone to pay for the new institute.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
Someone needs to sue them for failing to perform their sworn duties.
$600M later they will find a solution: Beano for soil bacteria.
In CA if you are below a certain income level, you won’t be affected by rate increases. Protecting the poor, you know.
As a famous author once said...
O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
Or, in this case, "...that which we call a 'stinkin' pantload', By any other name would smell as fetid and rotten"
Ripley could probably profit from this as well.
It's really gonna get interesting when the climate actually starts cooling instead of warming. I wonder what the institute will study then?
Money for stem cell, money for illegals, money for this nonsense, but basic services, education, and infrastructure, sorry, we’re fresh out.
Well, that's easy - tell 'em to stick where the Sun doesn't shine
Please send everything you can find on this to Rush, my car radio is not working so I don’t know if he has already discussed this...but he will discuss it if he hasn’t already!
I wonder why the people who are going to pay for this nonsense didn’t get a chance to vote.
There, fixed it. Hide your wallets.
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California will establish a high-profile, $600 million research center then the state will finally break off from the mainland continent and fall directly into the Pacific Ocean.
LMAO, at least the lower 70%.
Fine by me. As always, the people deserve exactly what they vote for.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That the only ones heard at the level of the Legislature are state employees, other government employees and welfare recipients.
According to those groups, we aren't paying enough taxes.
The actual taxpayers aren't complaining. If they don't complain, they must approve.
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