When the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger worked together to pass Assembly Bill 32, skeptics said we set naive and unrealistic targets and that the California Air Resources Board could not be trusted with its implementation. Yet here we are, well on our way to meeting our carbon reduction targets, with an economy that is stronger than ever.
Many of the same voices are now casting doubts about Senate Bill 350. Unsurprisingly, the loudest are led by the billion-dollar oil industry. Looking to the future, we know an economy built on fossil fuels is not sustainable. We have to aim high to change the way we do business, or else we lose ground in building the new economy.
April 14, 2015
