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Prop 23: The View from Valero
Carbon dioxide is “not pollution,” say engineers for the nation’s biggest refiner. Listen to Rachael Myrow’s radio feature on The California Report. Valero's Benicia refinery in Solano County. (Photo:...
View ArticleProp 23: No’s Rally, Pros Retreat?
In what might signal a final push by Silicon Valley, an environmentally-oriented investor group today released a manifesto from 66 “leading investors” opposed to California’s Proposition 23. The group...
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Air Board Likely to Give Away Most Carbon Permits
California’s greenhouse gas regulators may ease the pain for companies under an evolving cap-and-trade plan. Photo: Craig Miller A staff report issued today by the state’s Air Resources Board provides...
View ArticleProp 23 Lands With a Thud
Voters reject a measure to set aside California’s landmark climate law. California’s chief air regulator was jubilant: “They didn’t know who they were messing with,” said Mary Nichols, when the first...
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The Next Battle Front for AB 32
California’s Proposition 23 has failed at the polls, so now either the “second Industrial Revolution” may proceed or it’s the end of free enterprise as we know it, or we simply move on to the next...
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Regions Make Their Own Climate Stand
In the absence of an international agreement, states and provinces commit to work together to fight climate change. Gov. Schwarzenegger making closing remarks at the Governors' Global Climate Summit...
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Taking Climate Education to the Streets
Science museums, aquariums and other “informal educators” walk a tightrope when it comes to climate change. By Marjorie Sun The California Academy of Sciences and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have a big...
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Poll: Californians Still Support Cap-and-Trade
A new poll shows Californians holding firm to their support of California’s climate strategy, including cap-and-trade provisions likely to be approved next week. The poll accompanies a sheaf of new...
View ArticleIt’s (Sort of) Official: Cap & Trade Is (Almost) Here
After a ten-hour hearing in which board members endured more than 170 speakers, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to “endorse” a 200-page set of rules for what will be the world’s second...
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Why EJ Groups are Leery of Cap & Trade
Environmental Justice groups say they support California’s climate law. So why did they sue? Environmentalists may seem the most unlikely of sources stalling the state’s landmark climate change law....
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