Nuances in Whitman's position on California's landmark climate law

Jul 16, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is planning to mail her updated glossy booklet of policy positions to California voters in advance of the general election, as she did before the primary election. But as Capital Notes reporter John Myers pointed out in his recent blog, one of the most noticeable changes in the new version is the candidate's description of her position on the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32.

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Crocodile Tears From Carly Fiorina About Your Dead Job

Jul 2, 2010

Here's a fun headline from yesterday's Associated Press offering: "Fiorina says California climate law is killing jobs." First, let's put aside the fact that California's premier climate law, AB 32, has yet to be implemented and couldn't yet be responsible for killing anything. We should also put off considering that Fiorina equates concerns about the biggest environmental challenge facing the planet, climate change, with "worrying about the weather."

Let's focus first on Fiorina's performance in her last paying job as CEO of Hewlett Packard (HP). Read More >

Warner Chabot: Big Oil's Hazardous Path to Repeal California's Clean Energy Law

Jun 23, 2010

The tragic Gulf oil spill is now "spilling over" into California's politics. It now threatens to undermine an oil industry funded proposition -- which just qualified for the November ballot as Prop 23 -- to kill California's landmark clean energy and air pollution law. Read More >

Carly Fiorina is wrong on national security and climate change

Jun 2, 2010

Today, Senate candidate Carly Fiorina released an irresponsible T.V. ad critical of Senator Barbara Boxer’s statement that climate change is a national security issue. Fiorina referred to climate change as “the weather.” See the ad on YouTube here. Read More >

Dear Mr. President:

May 18, 2010

Today more than 1,100 groups, including the California League of Conservation Voters, 30 other state LCVs, and the national League of Conservation Voters, released an open letter to President Obama calling on him to show bold leadership on clean energy and climate solutions for America:

May 18, 2010

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Earth Day Launch of StopDirtyEnergyProp.com

Apr 22, 2010

The opponents of the proposition to suspend AB 32, the state's clean energy law, today launched a new website: www.StopDirtyEnergyProp.com. Read More >

Republican candidates for governor debate state's landmark global warming law

Mar 16, 2010

Last night, the two major Republican candidates for governor, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and ex-eBay executive Meg Whitman, appeared at their first debate together, hosted by The New Majority, a Republican organization. Read More >

 
 
 

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