Follow California’s Lead To Fight Global Warming

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California regulators approved rules Thursday (Jan. 24, 2007) banning

power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting sources,

including most out-of-state coal-burning plants. The rules are aimed

at reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global

warming.

 

" It represents a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to

address the challenge of climate change, " said Michael Peevey,

president of the California Public Utilities Commission.

 

The commission voted 4-0 to prohibit utilities and other energy

providers from entering into long-term contracts with sources that

emit more carbon dioxide than a modern natural gas plant. The new

standard is aimed at encouraging investment in cleaner energy sources

such as wind and solar, while discouraging the use of coal and other

high-polluting fuels. Coal is cheap and plentiful but releases high

levels of carbon dioxide, a gas blamed for trapping heat in the

Earth's atmosphere and raising temperatures worldwide.

 

Last year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a landmark global warming

bill into law that required the commission to adopt emissions

standards for utilities. The Global Warming Solutions Act , a law

created under Assembly Bill 32, requires the state to cut greenhouse

gas pollution 25 percent by 2020. Earlier this month, the governor

signed an executive order, known as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard,

requiring fuel suppliers to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide

emissions in transportation vehicles by at least 10 percent by the

year 2020. Administration officials estimate the move will save 3.2

billion gallons of gasoline a year, and drive investments in

alternative and renewable fuel technology into the state. Officials

say they are targeting fuel because transportation contributes to 41

percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

 

California is making good environmental decisions and other state

need to follow their lead and adopt similar rules. To reduce manmade

global warming, the culprit for our climate change crises, we need to

drastically reduce greenhouse gasses. Limiting carbon dioxide

emissions from vehicles and dirty coal power is a step in our fight

to save the planet. Hopefully it will also stimulate renewable fuel

alternatives providing cleaner green power, such as wind and solar

energy sources.

 

You can join this fight by writing media outlets and your state and

Federal elected officials. Tell them to follow California's lead and

adopt similar environmental laws. Use the following website to

contact your elected leadership right now: http://www.congress.org.

 

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