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With 70 state parks slated to close this summer due to budget cuts, two North Coast legislators have introduced bills to help lessen the closures’ impact and to install a transparent and public process if the state should need to close any parks in the future. The park closures were announced last summer, after the legislature passed the governor’s budget proposal to cut $22 million from the state park budget. Last fall, the legislature held an oversight hearing on the . . . → Read More Re: Need to Re-Evaluate AB 32 Cap-and-Trade Rule
Dear Governor Brown: Sierra Club California was an early and active supporter of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), and we have participated frequently in its implementation process. We also strongly opposed Proposition 23, which would have suspended the law and obstructed the development of our clean energy economy. We thank you for your strong commitment to clean energy, as . . . → Read More When T. S. Eliot called April “the cruelest month,” he was probably not thinking of the California Legislature, but your Sierra Club California advocates have had our hands full this month. As you will read elsewhere in this issue of Capitol Voice, we cheered the enactment of a 33% clean energy standard and moved 2 of our own sponsored bills through their first policy committees. But I want to tell you more about a very important part of . . . → Read More Green Means Go! (Milpitas, CA) — California Governor Jerry Brown today signed SB x1 2, requiring public and private utilities to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. The new renewable power standard (RPS) established by the bill will electrify the Golden State’s economy with new jobs, while reducing the pollution that causes climate disruption. “With one action – enacting . . . → Read More
RE: SB1X 2 (Simitian) – Request for Signature Dear Governor Brown: Sierra Club California strongly supports SB1X 2 by Senator Simitian. SB1X 2 would require that at least one third of our electricity comes from clean, renewable sources by the year 2020. With one action – enacting a 33 percent RPS immediately – the state can give clean energy investors the green light they need to infuse new life into the state’s clean energy tech economy. In the absence . . . → Read More Raise in renewable power generation will juice up California’s economy, benefit the environment On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign SB x1 2, requiring public and private utilities to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. The governor’s action comes at a critical time for the state of California. Most experts agree that clean energy will provide new jobs to lift the Golden State’s economy, while reducing the pollution . . . → Read More |
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