Showing posts with label Prop 23. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prop 23. Show all posts

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Bill Gates donates $700,000 in support of California's new climate law

Gates joins Google co-founder Sergey Brin who donated $200,000 and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore who donated $1 million to the "No on Prop. 23" committee. Proposition 23 is a ballot initiative that would push back California's landmark climate change law.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Texas oil companies attempt to stop California's climate law

The strongest global warming law in the country is California's AB32. Two Texas oil companies, Valero and Tesoro, are funding a campaign to overturn the law before it takes effect. They rounded up enough signatures for a ballot initiative, Prop. 23, misleading labeled the "California Jobs Initiative." They are expected to spend more than $50 million bankrolling the campaign.

Additional information can be found at stopdirtyenergyprop.com