Meddling Texas oilcos to sponsor disguised anti-regulatory bill

[wtmusic]

"I guess it's too much to ask the business-as-usual dirty energy companies to play fair. They see the writing on the wall as states like California take meaningful steps towards clean alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Now it's clear their response will be to wage a cynical and deceptive battle that maintains the profits they earn from their dirty ways.

The latest is Proposition 23, a California ballot measure sponsored by two Texas oil companies (Valero and Tesoro) that aims to kill popular climate and clean air legislation known as AB32.

The proposition is a cynical effort to fool voters in the 2010 fall elections by appealing to concerns about difficult economic times. Proponents falsely claim that AB32 will cost the state jobs and money. "

http://arnoharris.typepad.com/cleanenergyfuture/2010/07/dont-let-texas-oil-companies-kill-california-clean-tech.html