California Greenin'

There is good news in California this joint Good Friday and Earth Day: California keeps zipping along the path of greater economic prosperity and a clean future for our kids.

We were doing well under Governor Schwarzenegger with his support of AB23, the most aggressive climate law of any state, and to his credit he gave a spirited and winning defense of the law during the last election as the failed Proposition 23 tried to take it off the books. Schwarzenegger also wrote a great article on the topic of a greener California in his last days as governor.

Now, things are speeding up even more under Gov. Brown.

This week Brown signed Senate Bill 2X that will increase California's use of renewable energy to a third by 2020.  State Senator Joe Simitian of Palos Verdes worked long and hard to get this bill passed and I will let him do the crowing:

While a new Congress covers its ears and shuts its eyes to global warming, power-plant pollution and turmoil in the oil markets, California has seized the national leadership in clean and sustainable energy by committing itself to obtain 33 percent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2020.

On Tuesday, when Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 2X, a longstanding goal became law. It is essential to address climate change, reduce air pollution, diversify our sources of energy and stimulate the economy. And it is readily achievable

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