MORE ON: Proposition 23

Daily Report: Environment

Prop. 23 defeat energizes backers, opponents alike

November 4, 2010, 12:05 AM
It seems that Proposition 23 was just a test case – a pilot program for a national and global debate on green energy and technology. Proponents and opponents of the ballot initiative alike say that what happened in California will set the stage for a much larger national movement. ... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Election Update: Boxer, Brown win

November 3, 2010, 9:03 AM
Kamala Harris slight lead for attorney general Democrat Kamala Harris, the district attorney of San Francisco, has pulled ahead of Republican Steve Cooley in the race for California attorney general. Harris was receiving 46.1 percent of the vote compared to Cooley, the Los Angeles... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Prop. 23 may stall regional cap-and-trade effort

October 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
A regional cap-and-trade initiative could falter if Californians approve a proposition that would stall the state’s landmark climate-change legislation. The Western Climate Initiative is a coalition of western states and Canadian provinces that have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Poll: Californians rejecting bid to halt climate law

October 20, 2010, 7:59 PM
Once again the nation is watching a California environmental law, waiting to see if the vote on Proposition 23 sets the tone for other states, and the federal government, on how to wrestle with the implications and economics of climate change. So far, voters here are skeptical about making... + read more
New tracking tool by watch-dog group, Oil Change, to follow Prop 23 money.
Daily Report: Environment

Last-ditch October contributions flood Prop. 23 opposition

October 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
With less than a month until the election, financial contributions opposing a ballot measure that would derail California’s climate legislation have picked up speed. Since October 1, campaigns opposed to Proposition 23 – and therefore supporting California's landmark Global... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Fore! Prop 23 donors golf together

October 7, 2010, 12:05 AM
What do a New York barge company, Kansas-based Koch Industries, and Valero, a Texas oil corporation, have in common? Aside from contributing to a campaign that would derail California’s landmark climate legislation, they all play golf together. California Watch has found that of the... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Prop. 23 author, who argued for its tax benefits, once owed back taxes

September 15, 2010, 12:06 AM
Among the many arguments floated in support of Proposition 23, which would suspend the package of greenhouse gas regulations known as AB 32, the measure's supporters have often made the case that implementing AB 32 would stifle job growth, and with it tax revenues for local governments. ... + read more
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Environment

Four states prepare legal assault on California's climate law

September 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
The attorneys general of at least four states are preparing to sue California if the state’s landmark law limiting greenhouse gas emissions survives a challenge at the ballot box this November. The attorneys general of Alabama, Nebraska, Texas and North Dakota have been devising a legal... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Environment

Out-of-state polluters pump up effort to kill climate law

September 8, 2010, 12:03 AM
Industrial polluters from outside of California, including Koch Industries, are stepping up the pressure to kill AB 32, California’s landmark climate change law, by flooding millions of dollars into the campaign set to derail the landmark legislation. On Sept. 1, Flint Hills Resources, a... + read more
Climate change fighters exposed in devastating New Yorker article.
Daily Report: Environment

How influential are the Koch brothers? New Yorker investigates

August 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Koch brothers are leaving their mark everywhere. On Aug. 19, Progressive Media reported that the Kansas-based Koch Industries is the lead funder of a “grassroots” group organizing support for Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would kill California’s energy... + read more
Valero has gas stations across California, like this one in the San Diego County town of Alpine.
Daily Report: Environment

State's heavy polluters also biggest donors to Prop. 23

August 11, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two of the worst toxic polluters in the state are also the two largest contributors of the campaign for Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would stall the state’s landmark climate legislation. Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, two Texas refining... + read more
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