SIDES RAMP UP LOBBYING EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE BILL

Industry groups, environmentalists, administration officials and independent climate change experts this week ramped up efforts to influence landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction legislation, as the legislative session nears its Aug. 31 close. Sources say it is a near certainty that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would sign the legislation if approved by lawmakers, making it increasingly important that various interest groups intensify lobbying over the next three weeks to attempt to affect the bill's key provisions. The bill -- AB 32 (Assembly...