Tag Archive | "Schwarzenegger"
Not Cooking With Gas In CA
9-24-07 by Court Turns out that ambitious reform plan Speaker Nunez promoted for the cameras this summer has fizzled. Surprise, surpise. The only legislation on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk at the end of session are two bills endorsed by Big Oil. For the record, here’s the final wrap-up of this year’s edition of "As Big [...]
Continue reading...Clueless Mary Nichols
Monday, August 20, 2007
08-20-07 by dugan When Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed former California Air Resources Board director Mary Nichols last month to head the same agency in his administration, reaction in the enviro world was mostly relief, tinged with worry: Could she stand up strongly to the governor and enforce the state’s new global warming emissions law? But [...]
Continue reading...Governor Swimming in Greenwash
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
07-10-07 by dugan We all know about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s meddling-by-proxy to slow down implementation of California’s global warming bill. Now we find out, from the San Jose Mercury News , that he’s an all-around environmental fake. His administration touted buying 1,138 "flex-fuel" vehicles for state employees, without installing a single pump where they [...]
Continue reading...Arnold Exposed
Friday, July 6, 2007
7-7-07 by Court Here’s my colleague Carmen Balber’s blow-by-blow account of today’s legislative hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role in slowing down his greenhouse gas regulators. The most juicy tidbit is the former executive director of the Air Resources Board said the governor promised the oil industry the Board would go slow. Here’s Carmen’s post [...]
Continue reading...Fire the Air Quality Meddlers
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
07-03-07 by dugan Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may think that naming a veteran air quality official like Mary Nichols to head his Air Resources Board will quiet things down. But any new appointee, even one who formerly chaired the same board, is bound to fail unless the Gov first takes his mitts off what [...]
Continue reading...Audit The Pollutenator
Monday, July 2, 2007
7-2-07 by Court The independent state auditor should investigate the reason for the dismissal of Air Resource Board Chairman Bob Sawyer after the resignation of Board executive director Cartherine Witherspoon today. The public deserves to know the truth behind the firing and Governor Schwarzenegger should welcome the investigation to clear the air. Witherspoon [...]
Continue reading...“Independence” Behind Firing
Friday, June 29, 2007
6-29-07 by Court The other shoe over Arnold Schwarzenegger’s firing of the Air Resources Board Chief Bob Sawyer dropped in the LA Times today. Sawyer says the entire issue is political independence and his desire to move quickly on removing greenhouse gas emissions. Arrnold may have donned a green tie, marketed himself as the [...]
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