Today, PG&E formally came out in opposition to Prop 23, the oil-company-sponsored ballot initiative that is designed to shut down AB32 – California’s progressive climate legislation passed by voters in 2006 and due to be implemented in January 2011.
“Since actively supporting the passage of AB 32, PG&E has worked with the California Air Resources Board, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission and other stakeholders to make AB 32 a success and a model for other jurisdictions to follow” said Jonathan Marshall in an email.
“Contrary to this responsible approach, Proposition 23 would suspend the law indefinitely, despite the critical need to combat climate change at the state, national and global level”.
AB32 was the subject of well heeled attack by Texas oil companies, by strangely large donations from mysterious small out-of-state front groups, and recently even by PBS – a long-time recipient of funding from Exxon-Mobil – which weighed in with a shockingly disinformation-rich NOVA piece titled “Energy: the Big Gamble!.”