Vote NO on Prop 23 AND Prop 26

Proposition 23 would suspend implementation of California’s landmark Assembly Bill 32 (AB32): the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which goes into effect January 1, 2012. Call it the battle of "old vs new," "clean vs dirty," "visionary vs backward thinking," the vote on Proposition 23 in California has turned into a test of whether climate change/clean energy legislation can move forward in the US. California’s AB32 is the only economy-wide greenhouse gas law in the U.S. If it can’t take hold in California, our greenest state, what are the chances of enacting federal legislation? Polls show that Prop 23 is likely to be voted down, so polluters are funneling millions of dollars into Prop 26, which would eliminate its funding. Read page 2 of this article to learn about Prop 26. What’s AB32? It requires that California reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. To do that, AB 32 provides the authority to implement California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Renewable Portfolio Standard, both of which create immediate demand for large-scale, low-carbon transportation fuels and electric power. The bill also authorizes the creation of a cap and trade market for greenhouse gas reduction credits. As part of […]

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