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Posted on 06/22/2016 12:20:04 PM PDT by Mariner
The meltdown of California’s cap-and-trade system of reducing carbon emissions has not only thrown its climate change crusade into disarray but caused collateral damage.
One victim is Gov. Jerry Brown’s $3.1 billion plan to spend auction proceeds, now on indefinite hold. It not only affects a $500 million allocation for Brown’s bullet train project, but another $500 million for “low carbon transportation and fuels.”
The latter is a centerpiece of Brown’s very ambitious drive to reduce petroleum use in auto travel – the largest single source of California’s carbon emissions – by 50 percent by 2030 even though the Legislature indirectly rejected that goal last year.
Senate Bill 350, carried by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, would have embedded the 50 percent cut in state law. But a bloc of business-friendly Democrats, backed by an intensive oil industry opposition campaign, stalled the bill in the Assembly.
The industry spent millions of dollars on television advertisements and mailings to brand SB 350 the “California Gas Restriction Act of 2015,” and Brown and de León were forced to remove the petroleum portion to save the remainder.
“I’d say oil has won a skirmish, but they’ve lost the bigger battle, because I am more determined than ever to make our regulatory regime work for the people of California,” an obviously angry Brown vowed.
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If Moonbeam was really serious about his religious beliefs, he would put the bong down for a couple weeks, then Issue an Executive Order MANDATING that ALL persons that can be classified as a “Public Employee” SHALL use PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION to and from their respective workplaces.
Take another hit Jerry.
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anybody got a link to the story rush mentioned today on fake info from some eco lab in Colorado for over 10 years?
Thanx
If the Governor’s office is in the Governor’s mansion, he just might. However, unless he makes his state visits by a horse drawn vehicle, accompanied by guards on horseback, he is blowing smoke.
Jerry Brown and every one of his LIEberal supporters is BAT SHIT CRAZY!
Kali-Fornians are leaving in droves:
Pretty soon, there will be no makers left in Kali-Fornia; ONLY TAKERS!
Then what will you do, Moonbeam?
Your Socialist Kali-Fornia dream is TOAST!
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