The night before an election that would decide the fate of California’s landmark climate change law, a panel of energy experts convened by Climate One debated whether AB 32 would catalyze or cripple the state’s economy. The measure before voters, Proposition 23, would suspend AB 32 until California achieves four consecutive quarters of unemployment below 5.5%.
10/18/2010
In the Balance: Energy, Economy, and the Environment
The low-carbon economy is California’s future. That much a panel of energy experts convened by Climate One agreed to on Tuesday, October 12. But the panel split on how fast that transition will take, and how it will impact the economy.
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