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05/05/2010 11:11 AM     print story email story  

California's Climate Change Law Faces Ballot Test

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A proposal to delay California's ground-breaking climate change law appears to be headed to a public vote on November ballots.

The California Jobs Initiaitve, an oil industry-supported group, says it has collected more than twice the number of signatures needed to bring their proposal to a vote. 

The group wants to halt enforcement of carbon-reduction initiatives under AB32 until the state's unemployment rate falls to 5.5%--down from 12.6% currently. 

The group is heavily funded by Texas oil companies Valero (NYSE: VLO) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO).

Proponents of the law say it should be left alone, because it is creating cleantech jobs in the state. 

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Website: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/03/BA3P1D8EP8.DTL&type=green



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