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Sunday, August 7th, 2016

California May Put Climate Plan to a Public Vote

Author:     Debra Kahn, Anne C. Mulkern
Source:     Scientific American/Climatewire
Publication Date:     August 5, 2016
 Link: California May Put Climate Plan to a Public Vote
Stephan:   For me 2016 has been a year in which it has been irrefutably demonstrated on the basis of data that Republicans are either unwilling or unable to create a wellness oriented society. One only has to look at Brownback, Jindal, Snyder, Scott, McCrory and the others to see how they degrade the lives of the people they govern. In contrast we have Democratic governors such as Dayton, Inslee and, particularly, Jerry Brown. Here is an example of what I mean.
California Democrat and Governor Jerry Brown

California Democrat and Governor Jerry Brown

A legislative effort to extend California’s climate change policies past 2020 is proving more difficult than policymakers had bargained for.

A top aide to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said yesterday that he is committed to cementing the state’s climate goals in law or by voter approval but that it might not happen until 2018.

“Let’s be clear: We are going to extend our climate goals and cap-and-trade program—one way or another,” Nancy McFadden, Brown’s executive secretary, said in a statement on Twitter. “The governor will continue working with the Legislature to get this done this year, next year or on the ballot in 2018.”

Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D) sought Tuesday to back away from expectations that lawmakers would pass 2030 emissions targets this year in the waning days of the state’s legislative session. Negotiations over S.B. 32 also floundered last year; the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Fran Pavley (D), is termed out this year (ClimateWire, Aug. 4).

McFadden referenced negotiations with oil companies as […]

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