ASSEMBLYMAN, CONTROLLER PUSH BILL SETTING KYOTO GHG REDUCTION GOALS

The state controller and a freshman assemblyman are pushing a bill to establish greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for the state, modeled on those established by countries following the Kyoto Protocol. In announcing the bill, which does not specify or mandate any Cal/EPA or state action to reduce GHG emissions, the politicians are blasting the Bush Administration for rejecting the Kyoto Protocol. The bill, AB 1365 (Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City), would include as a state planning priority the...