Posts Tagged ‘global warming’
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
May 30, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Stop the presses! A really good Republican bill just passed the Assembly 63-0. What? How?
AB 527 by Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, would repeal the existing exemption of the Western Climate Initiative, Inc., and its appointees, from the Bagley-Keene Op...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
May 10, 2013
By Katy Grimes
SACRAMENTO -- During two hours of expert testimony Wednesday, California Assembly members learned future commercial and housing developments should not be built on prime agricultural land, which should continue to be used for farming. The committee acted as if ...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
April 24, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Just when Californians thought implementation of the state's Global Warming Solutions Act couldn’t get any worse, it is.
AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and SB 375, the sustainable communities companion bill enacted in 2008, bo...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
April 22, 2013
By Warren Duffy
Is gas at more than $4 a gallon in California high enough?
Not if David Lipton gets his way. The former member of the Clinton administation now is the deputy director of the International Monetary Fund. He recently urged, “It is time for subsidies to end and...
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
April 17, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Ding dong! Could CARB be dead?
The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday against the California Air Resources Board challenging California's cap and trade regulation.
The cap and trade program was created by CARB ostensibly as part of AB 32,...
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
April 16, 2013
By John Seiler
AB 32 officially is the "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006." It coerces sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020.
Now that the latest evidence keeps showing there is no global warming, do you think Gov. Jerry Brown will sus...
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
April 10, 2013
By John Seiler
Steve Maviglio, the California Democratic activist, tweeted about Warren Duffy's article on our site, "Facts cloud CA global warming alarmism."
Maviglio:
"Glad to see @CalWatchdog still in denial about #climate change. Where can I buy your #wayback machine? #A...
Monday, April 8th, 2013
April 8, 2013
By John Seiler
Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature legislation, AB 32, officially is called "The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006." Yet like President Obama, he no longer refers to "global warming," but to a euphemism such as "climate change."
Arnold does so again to...
Sunday, April 7th, 2013
April 7, 2013
By Warren Duffy
Just a few years ago...
In 2005, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed of the alleged threat of global warming, "I say the debate is over. . . . We know the science, we see the threat, and we know the time for action is now."
Along with then-Assembly ...
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
April 4, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Lawmakers are notorious for responding to tragedies and accidents with often unnecessary legislation. It’s a Kodak moment none seem to be able to resist, especially over environmental issues.
It happened again Wednesday in the Senate Environmental Quality...
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