California to cap greenhouse gas emissions

[dragonfly]

California to cap greenhouse gas emissions

"The agreement marks a clear break with the Bush administration and puts California on a path to reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020."

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I just saw this post and recieved this form The NRDC

Dear NRDC Earth Activist,

This is the break we've been fighting for.

Yesterday in California, Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders
reached historic agreement on a bill that will place tough controls on that
state's global warming pollution, with the ambitious goal of reducing carbon
dioxide emissions by 25 percent.

It's a spark that could ignite a nationwide chain reaction. With the Bush
administration still stuck in do-nothing mode on global warming, dozens of
states have been looking to California to lead the way in combating the
greatest environmental threat of our time.

And California has delivered big time. The California Global Warming Solutions
Act will impose new controls on utilities, oil refineries, and other major
global warming polluters, with the ambitious goal of rolling back the state's
emissions to 1990 levels.

Co-sponsored by NRDC and Environmental Defense, this breakthrough bill will put
a market-based system in place that provides incentives to businesses to comply
with the new law and, just as important, that compliance will be closely
monitored.

I don't have to tell you that old-line polluting industries fought this bill
tooth and nail. But thanks to your support, NRDC spearheaded a new and exciting
coalition of clean-tech companies, venture capitalists, local governments,
faith-based leaders and tens of thousands of citizens that won the day.

California's leaders saw the future and it was green. Global warming controls
won't just be great for the environment, they will be great for the state's
economy. This bill will allow California to start breaking its expensive
dependence on fossil fuels and lead a revolution in energy technology that will
create tens of thousands of jobs.

Who can doubt that other states will soon be racing to follow suit? A decade
from now, we'll look back at this historic agreement as the turning point in
America's long-overdue reckoning with catastrophic climate change.

Today the real work begins. NRDC is going to build on this historic victory --
state by state by state -- until the momentum is so overwhelming that Congress
will have no choice but to wake up and act.

Your support and activism has taken us this far. And we'll be counting on you
to stand with us throughout the long fight ahead -- until that inevitable day
when the president of the United States puts his or her signature on national
global warming legislation.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
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[EricGo]

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California to cap greenhouse gas emissions

"The agreement marks a clear break with the Bush administration and puts California on a path to reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020."
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Nothing demanded until 2012. More than enough time for the law to be repealed or diluted down to water, or mired in the courts.

I think the only thing that will save it is if multiple states follow suit in quick order.

[Rancid13]

Another article...

California's Global-Warming Solution

How one state is dealing with a problem the Federal Government won't face

By JOHN DOERR

Posted Sunday, Sep. 3, 2006

After dinner one recent night, family an friends were discussing their views on global warming. With clarity and wisdom beyond her 15 years, my daughter said, "Dad, I'm scared and angry. Your generation created this problem. What are you going to do to fix it?"

California's legislators rolled up their sleeves last week and got started on an answer, passing the most important legislation of the year, possibly of the decade: the California Global Warming Solutions Act. With any luck, its cooling effects will be felt for the rest of the century--and beyond.

Though confronted with a growing climate crisis, the nation has struggled to find scalable, society-wide solutions--and the political will to enact them. When seven Northeastern states capped emissions of greenhouse gases by utilities last month, we took a giant step forward. But until last week, no American state had been bold enough to approve legislation that caps emissions across all the meaningful economic sectors. California--where 1 of 8 Americans lives--will now require major industrial producers of such gases to reduce emissions 25% by 2020. That means cutting the annual release of carbon dioxide in the state by 174 million metric tons. It takes a forest twice the size of New Jersey to process that much of the heat-trapping gas.

Full Article

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(EricGo @ Sep 1 2006, 03:05 AM) [snapback]312637[/snapback]</div>

Nothing demanded until 2012. More than enough time for the law to be repealed or diluted down to water, or mired in the courts.

I think the only thing that will save it is if multiple states follow suit in quick order.
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Well, there are the cap and trade agreements in the NE between 8 states. Things are happening at the state level. Only time will tell though.