California set to cap emissions tied to warming

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California pact to far exceed national initiatives on global warming emission caps

If the current agreement by Gov. Schwarzenegger gets the lawmakers’ approval, the new bill would make California the first state to impose a limit on all greenhouse gas emissions, including those from vehicle and industrial plants.  All utility plants, oil and gas refineries, and cement kilns would have to reduce their emissions by <a title="MSNBC article on CA global emissions cap bill" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14590345/" target="_blank">25% by 2020.</a>  The bill seems likely to pass California’s Democrat-controlled legislature, which would make the state a literal trend setter for capping global warming emissions.  Kudos to the <a href="http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentID=5423&linkID=100">Environmental Defense</a> Organization for helping shape this historic legislation.by Erin Swanson <a href="mailto:ESwanson@enviance.com">ESwanson@enviance.com</a> 9 application/xml false California emissions global warming California set to cap emissions tied to warming Pact goes far beyond Bush administration and any other state initiative http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14590345/ Victory in California on Global Warming Bill Environmental Defense helped shape this historic legislation http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentID=5423&linkID=100 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 eswanson false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107524 blog blogsite/Enviance/web