Recent Streetsblog SF posts about AB 32

California’s Climate Laws Undermined by Weak Transpo Policies, Investment

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

A new report from NRDC and Smart Growth America — which examines what all 50 states are doing to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transportation — lauds California as the most progressive state on policy, but points out that its transportation and spending priorities don’t match the bold blueprints, particularly as it relates to public […]

Proposition 23 Opponents: Climate Change Impacts National Security

By Matthew Roth | Sep 9, 2010 | 3 Comments

Climate change is a national security risk that will be exacerbated if Californians pass Proposition 23, the voter initiative on the ballot this November that would suspend California’s AB 32 climate change law, say opponents of the measure, such as former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz. Shultz and financier Thomas Steyer, co-chairs of the […]

New Report Impugns Texas Oil Companies Funding California Prop 23

By Matthew Roth | Aug 10, 2010 | 12 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, No on Prop 23 Chair Tom Steyer, and Ella Baker Center Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Director Ian Kim at the microphone. Photo: Matthew Roth. UPDATED: 10:00 pm, 8-11-10 The fight against Proposition 23, which qualified for the November ballot and if passed would suspend California’s pioneering climate law AB 32, got […]

Grassroots Coalition Jumps Into the Fight to Protect AB32

By Fran Taylor | Jul 28, 2010 | 9 Comments

A protest earlier this year against efforts to rollback AB 32. Photo: Ella Baker Center A new coalition launching in the coming weeks is mobilizing groups with deep roots in their communities to take on Proposition 23, a measure on the November ballot that seeks to overturn AB32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas regulation bill. Communities […]

Campaign to Protect AB 32 Gains Steam and Endorsements

By Matthew Roth | Jul 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

As if the Campaign to Stop the Dirty Energy Proposition weren’t already on the right side of history, now they’ve got Edward James Olmos stumping to defeat Proposition 23 and uphold AB 32, California’s ground-breaking greenhouse gas legislation. I think ever since Stand and Deliver, if Edward James Olmos told me to do something, I […]

Battle Lines Drawn Over AB 32 As Oil Companies Qualify Ballot Measure

By Matthew Roth | Jun 24, 2010 | 8 Comments

Photo: Thomas Hawk. Though California Secretary of State Debra Bowen yesterday certified a November ballot measure asking voters to suspend AB 32, a landmark state law requiring a significant cut in greenhouse gas emissions, AB 32 supporters have been organizing for months and have formed a significant coalition to fight the initiative. In a move […]