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Jul 9, 2012

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... ...

Jun 19, 2012

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... ...

Oct 29, 2010

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... ...

Oct 20, 2010

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... ...

Oct 5, 2010

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... ...

Oct 4, 2010

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 ...

Aug 6, 2010

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.... ...

Apr 16, 2010

Ten Thousand Commandments 2010

Clyde Wayne Crews

Federal 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 ...

Jul 6, 2008

AB 32 Is A Breath Of Foul Air For Taxpayers, Businesses

Tom Tanton

California 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 ...

Jun 22, 2008

Air Board's Ambitious Plan To Battle Warming

Matthew Yi

California'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... ...

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