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“The Governor’s Climate Change Initiative, California Legislative Analyst’s Office”, 4/3/06, Presented to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee [|www.lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2006/climate_change_04_03_06.pdf]

This is an examination of the Governor’s 2005 proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. From 1990 to 2000, GHG emissions in California increased by 13%. The Governor’s plan calls for a reduction between 11%-25% of what would otherwise be emitted. This article also makes reference to the Climate Action Team, which consists of the state’s environmental protection, agricultural, transportation, housing, and utility agencies. Recommendations of the Climate Action Team (CAT) which include gas taxes, coordination of private investment, and regulation of GHG emission are introduced.-M.Garmon

“Why 61% of Californians support Prop 87 on Alternative Energy”, California Progress Report, 7/31/06, Shelley Luce, Phd., [|www.californiaprogressreport.com/2006/07/why_61_of_calif.html]

The Public Policy Institute of California special survey on the environment in 2006 had 61% of Californians in favor of Prop 87. Prop 87 charges a fee per barrel for oil drilled within California. The revenue generated is then directed to areas of alternative energy development use. -M.Garmon


 * Cavazos, Roberto J. and Terry F. Buss. “Electric Industry Restructuring: An Overview of** **the Policy Issues.” __Review of Policy Research__ 20.2 (Summer 2003): 203-217.**

The authors, professors at the School of Policy and Management at Florida International University, use the crisis associated with deregulation of California’s electric industry to illustrate the problems that can arise when electricity is deregulated. The authors argue that California’s experience should not discourage efforts to deregulate the electric industry and that California made some major mistakes that should be avoided by others in the future. The authors are clearly proponents of deregulation which may, to a certain point, discredit their arguments. (Katie Ertmer)

__Shawn__ __Press Release – Governor Issues Directive to Establish World’s First Low Carbon Standard for__ __Transportation Fuels.__ Office of the California Governor. 9 Jan. 2007  My next five sources are press releases from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office. While I realize that press releases are one-sided and have not been vetted by the media or opponents, it is important to take a look at the efforts being put forward by our Governor in the area of alternative energy. I also realize that many of the Governor’s alternative energy platforms initiatives may never take effect or become law. However, these press releases do encapsulate what the California’s Executive Branch is doing to strategically implement alternative energy sources. This Governor prides himself in being a “green” Governor, so let’s take a look at what he has proposed in his four years in office. This first release discusses the world’s first Greenhouse Gas Standard for transportation fuels. The Office believes this will spark research in alternatives to oil, and will boost clean technology industry in the State. The Governor’s Executive Order has a goal to reduce the carbon intensity of passenger vehicle fuels by 10 percent by the year 2020. __Press Release – Governor Schwarzenegger, West Coast Governors Express Opposition to__ __Weakening Offshore Oil Drilling Ban in Letter to President Bush.__ Office of the California Governor. 2 Oct. 2006  This source has a copy of a letter from the Governor’s of California, Oregon, and Washington State to President Bush voicing their continued opposition to offshore oil drilling off the coast of the Western continental United States. The letter reiterates the West Coast’s Governor’s commitment to alternative energy sources instead of increasing dependence on fossil fuels. This release does not have a lot of technical or historical information, but it does clearly establish these Governors’s position on their State’s alternative energy efforts.