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Sense of Proportion
By: Thomas Tanton
2.6.2010
In a Capitol Weekly article this week State Senator Fran Pavley attempted to defend AB 32, her colossal 2006 environmental legislation with the goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately Pavley’s intent has been very different than the outcome for the people of California.
green jobs, venture capital, AB32, global warming
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The Rest of The Story
By: Thomas Tanton
1.17.2010
Steve Maviglio touts economic benefits of AB32 and asserts polls show strong support for the economy crippling regulations coming out of the California Air Resources Board. It's good that he's now out of the isolation chamber of Sacramento politics, and may begin to hear common folks' concerns. He claims that global praise for the Governor regarding climate action and strong support from Californians, 66 percent support the law in the last PPIC poll, are devastating harbingers for efforts underway to rationalize the law. That poll was conducted last summer, before the recession's persistence drove thousands more to lose their jobs and their homes to foreclosure.
AB32, green economy
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Changing the Climate for Peer Review
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 1.19.2010
In what has come to be called “Climategate,” emails hacked from a server at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were leaked online in November 2009. These emails among prominent climate scientists included evidence that some have been strategizing to abuse the peer-review process to keep out dissenting research.
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2010-2020, An Energy Odyssey
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 1.6.2010
With the advent of 2010 California stands only a decade away from 2020 when, according to plan, the state should be producing a full 33 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. That unrealistic goal will be tough to achieve by any standard but a new proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein could make it harder for California to deploy its own natural assets in the energy cause.
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