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California Prepares to Auction Carbon Credits
Whitney Stewart... California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) is taking effect this year, and... officials planned to allocate proceeds from AB32 to technologies and programs aimed at... More Modest Initiative When California passed AB32 in 2006, the state government was on a mission to create a massive multistate coalition... ...
California Prepares to Auction Carbon Credits
Whitney Stewart... California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) takes effect this year, and with... legislators planned to allocate proceeds from AB32 to technologies and programs aimed at... More Modest Initiative When California passed AB32 in 2006, the state government was on a mission to create a massive multi-state coalition... ...
Proposition 23: Jobs or Wishful Thinking?
Debra J. Saunders... would stall the impending implementation of AB32, California's landmark 2006 global-warming... 5.5 percent. If voters delay AB32, they will staunch the creation of... is between jobs and magical thinking. AB32 promises to reduce the state's... recent UC Berkeley study predicted that AB32 will create the... ...
California Could Feel Spain’s Pain
Gabriel Calzada... from the very predictable outcome of AB32? When the state robs Peter to pay Paul, it can count on Paul's enthusiastic support. That is surely the case here. With this referendum California's voters have a privilege not available to those in other areas subjected to the state-imposed green economy. The outcome is now... ...
Californians Can Deal a Blow to CO2 Restrictions
Donn Dears... fossil fuels. California Assembly Bill 32 (AB32), the Global Warming Act of 2006... At issue is the effect that AB32 could have on the California economy and jobs. California has a unique problem in that only 1% of its CO2 emissions come from coal fired power plants located in California. Within California, a... ...
Prospective Employment Effects of California Proposition 23
Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D.If approved by the California electorate this November, Proposition 23 will suspend the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) until the California unemployment rate declines to 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters. This study examines the historical relationship between employment ...
Schwarzenegger: Renewable Power Mandates Should Trump Species Concerns
Tom Tanton... only at 4.8 percent when AB32 was passed in 2006. Tom Tanton ( ttanton@fastkat.com ) is principal of T2 & Associates, a California-based energy technology and policy consulting group.... ...
Ten Thousand Commandments 2010
Clyde Wayne CrewsFederal regulations cost more than $1.2 trillion, far more than the $900 billion Americans paid in federal income taxes, according to the 2010 Ten Thousand Commandments report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which reviewed the impact of regulations in 2009. The report notes the federal government has three ways to fund ...
AB 32 Is A Breath Of Foul Air For Taxpayers, Businesses
Tom TantonCalifornia is in the midst of economic turmoil. Headlines shout daily about the plummeting dollar and home values, disappearing jobs, soaring fuel and food costs, and a growing massive state budget deficit. Apparently oblivious to the strain on California households, some state legislators are trying to rush implementation of ...
Air Board's Ambitious Plan To Battle Warming
Matthew YiCalifornia's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming that is expected to affect every resident, industry and government agency in the state in the coming decade. The far-reaching plan, which comes ...
California Voters May Repeal Greenhouse Gas Restrictions
Donn Dears... are undecided. California Assembly Bill 32 (AB32), the Global Warming Act of 2006, requires CO2 emissions in California be cut 25 percent, to 1990 levels, by 2020. Proposition 23 would suspend AB 32 until unemployment in the state drops to 5.5 percent or below for four consecutive quarters. Difficult Decisions California... ...