Nov. 14, 2012 By Chris Reed Here's how terrible California media coverage of AB 32 has been: Lots of people reading Dan Walters' column today about the economic toll that it will take are probably surprised. Remember back in 2010? In covering Prop. 23, which would have blocked AB 32's imple...
Posts Tagged ‘Prop. 23’Shocking media development: An honest take on AB 32′s costsWednesday, November 14th, 2012California’s fate rests on more than this electionWednesday, October 31st, 2012October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday's ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it's not just the tax increases which could push the state over the cliff... that's just part o... Report: carbon emissions lowest in 20 years!Friday, August 17th, 2012 Aug. 17, 2012 Katy Grimes: Apparently the big news that the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the United States has fallen to the lowest level in 20 years, hasn't yet reached the desk of Mary Nichols, the director of the California Air Resources Board. Nichols... Spare the air; don’t breatheWednesday, August 1st, 2012 August 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: As part of the campaign against the automobile, California's air quality management districts are currently advertising that because of the summer heat, the air quality is bad. Their answer is 'don't drive.' What a great idea. In the winter, air quality di... How Elizabeth Emken can beat DiFiTuesday, July 10th, 2012 Commentary July 10, 2012 By John Seiler A new Field Poll shows Republican Elizabeth Emken badly trailing incumbent Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 51 percent to 32 percent among likely voters. In the new Top Two system, there are no third party votes Emken could poach to increase her numb... Assembly passes bad Cap and Trade billTuesday, May 29th, 2012 May 29, 2012 Katy Grimes: The Assembly today passed the controversial Cap and Trade bill, Assembly Bill 1532, by Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, which would deposit Cap and Trade carbon credit permit monies into a new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account, to be managed by the California... California counting its carbon tax richesTuesday, May 29th, 2012 May 29, 2012 By Katy Grimes While the rest of the country shuns carbon trading schemes, California politicians continue to embrace the concept, and are forging ahead with a Cap and Trade carbon trading system. But eight states have dropped out of California’s Western Climate Initiative, leav... The world according to CARBMonday, May 21st, 2012 May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Recently, a memo sent out by the California Air Resources Board referred to the industries CARB has identified as polluters as California’s “regulated class.” These polluters are now subject to the heavy-handed rule and regulation of the agency, and must accep... New High-Speed Rail Plan Runs Over Prop. 1A MandatesTuesday, April 3rd, 2012 April 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California politicians show more desperation to build any part of the California High-Speed Rail system in order to get their hands on $3.5 billion in federal stimulus money, the plan is looking more like a whack-a-mole game. But every hole that is plugged, ever... |