10.10.2010

This Novemeber, do Mother Earth a favor...

VOTE NO ON PROP 23!  Not only is Prop 23 bad for Mother Earth, it is bad for the booming green collar sector of the economy, one of the only areas in California's job market that is currently showing growth.  It contains no provisions for decreasing unemployment.  It simply let's Big Oil and other polluters off the hook when it comes to pollution. 

Huffington Post recently ran an article by Brendan Smith entitled "Prop 23: The Real Job Killer."
Proposition 23 seeks to suspend AB32 -- the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, aimed at reducing California's carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 -- from going into effect until state unemployment falls to 5.5 percent or lower for at least four consecutive quarters.
Framing Prop 23 as the "California Jobs Initiative" is a clever bait-and-switch by out of state oil tycoons like David Koch to halt any and all efforts at the state level to address the climate crisis and save California's already slumping economy.  Click here to continue reading.

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