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Thanks for forwarding the info on Prop 26. From what I have read.,
the oil money has stopped flowing to Prop 23 and is now working to
defeat Prop 26. I have gotten a recent mailer to that effect. <br>
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You can read more about it on Joe Romm's<a
href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/10/21/prop-26%E2%80%B2s-dirty-backers-flee-from-political-poison-of-prop-23/">
Climate Progress</a> site.
<blockquote type="cite">The language of Prop 26 would open the
implementation of AB32 to new avenues of legal challenges and
obstruction based on a “hidden taxes” argument, and is a fall-back
defense for opponents of clean energy if Prop 23 fails. The
oil-fueled Tea Party effort to kill California’s climate law is <a
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1021-prop-poll-20101021,0,1066812.story">foundering</a>,
as the state’s voters turn against the idea that pollution is good
business. A new poll finds that support for Prop 23, which would
suspend the clean energy law AB32, has collapsed, despite the <a
href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/04/koch-industries-valero-tesoro-proposition-23/">millions
of dollars</a> pumped into the state by Midwest oil companies
Tesoro, Valero, and Koch Industries, and the AstroTurf efforts of
Koch’s Americans for Prosperity</blockquote>
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