Assembly sends global warming bill to Schwarzenegger
The Mercury News is reporting Assembly sends global warming bill to Schwarzenegger.
Sealing a groundbreaking deal to combat global warming, California lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to force its major industries to cut their carbon emissions.
The legislation requires California businesses to begin reporting their emissions of greenhouse gases so the state can slash their output an estimated 25 percent by 2020.
Schwarzenegger has said he would sign the bill, which incorporates guidelines he outlined last year in an executive order. Lawmakers approved the bill by a 47-31 vote, a day after it passed the Senate.
“We cannot debate there is a problem. This country is responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gases,” said Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D-Los Angeles. “I think it’s incumbent on us to do something. That’s what we’re doing here today.”
You can apparently read the bill at the California Assembly’s website, but I couldn’t find it there. — DS
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