No on Prop 23
by digby
Speaking of California, the No on Prop 23 folks have come out with a powerful ad that should be seen by everyone who lives here:
Deceptive Proposition Would Kill California Clean Air Standards & Kill Clean Energy Jobs
Two Texas oil companies are spending millions to push Prop. 23, a deceptive ballot proposition that would kill California clean energy and air pollution reduction standards. Four years ago, California passed a clean air law (AB 32) that holds polluters accountable and requires them to reduce air pollution that threatens human health and contributes to global climate change. This law has launched California to the forefront of the clean technology industry, sparking innovation and clean energy businesses that are creating hundreds of thousands of new California jobs.
The tragic oil spill in the Gulf reinforces the urgent need to reduce our dependence on costly, dangerous oil. But the oil companies’ Prop. 23 would allow polluters to avoid our state’s clean energy standards, kill competition and jobs from California’s clean technology companies, and keep us addicted to dirty oil.
Prop. 23 – The Texas Oil Companies’ Dirty Energy Proposition is deceptive.
* The primary funders of Prop. 23 are the Valero and Tesoro Texas oil companies. They are among the nation’s biggest polluters, and their California oil refineries are among the top ten polluters in our state.
* Valero and Tesoro claim Prop. 23 would only “suspend” California’s air pollution and clean energy standards until the economy improves. In fact, Prop. 23 – The Dirty Energy Proposition – would repeal our clean energy law and harm the economy.
o The fine print in Prop. 23 reveals their plan is to kill these standards by prohibiting them from being enforced unless unemployment drops to a fixed level that has rarely ever been achieved.
Even Dianne Feinstein came out against prop 23, which is sort of a miracle since she doesn’t buck the big money all that often. Her argument is that this is about green jobs which is true. But it’s also about Big Money.
In fact, this whole election is about Big Money, especially in California, where we have the Big Plutocrat Whitman, followed by her mini-me Fiorina and huge amounts of secret cash flowing in from all directions. It’s mind boggling.
This campaign is one of the clearest, strangely enough. These big oil companies have been exposed trying to turn back the will of the voters so they can pollute at will.
Circulate this Youtube to your friends and family in California to make sure they don’t get away with it.
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