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Oil-Backed Prop. 23 Could Suspend CA Emissions Reductions, Hurt Green Startups Page 2

 
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So just how contentious is the November vote expected to be? Recent poll results show 48 percent of respondents in favor of suspending emissions reductions, while 48 percent want them to continue unaltered. Industry analysts today are predicting that the proposition will fail, given that the majority of state propositions always fail.

There is also the example provided by Proposition 16, which failed on the June ballot. Similarly backed by the powers that be — in that case, massive California utility Pacific Gas & Electric — that measure would have blocked local governments and municipalities from creating their own electric and gas utilities. Despite a $46 million campaign paid for by PG&E — which also tapped into voters’ economic fears — Californians voted ‘No’ on the prop. Looking at the parallels between the two propositions, this bodes poorly for Prop. 23, but well for the environment.

This story, written by Camille Ricketts, was originally posted on VentureBeat's GreenBeat, an editorial partner of GreenCarReports.






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  1. By Lawrence Weisdorn Posted: 8/3/2010 12:43pm PDT

    Let's hope that the oil lobby does not succeed in pulling the wool over the California voters eyes.
     
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  2. By Warren Wallis Posted: 8/3/2010 12:58pm PDT

    I have been in business since 1973. I have eight trucks that have to be upgraded by 1-1-13. Some can not be upgraded, four will cost $20,000 each to up grade and one that is a 2004 with no upgrade technology available. These are not over the road trucks, some of them only get used 20-30 hrs a year. If AB32 is not suspended everyone in my industry, in my area, will be closing there doors 1-1-13
     
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