Earlier this month California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared October “Solar Energy Month.” In his proclamation that “under the California Solar Initiative we are moving toward our goal of installing 1 million more roof systems by 2018.” This is in response to California’s Climate Change Initiative which set a goal that 2020 33% of California’s energy consumption will come from clean renewable energy sources.
Because California produces 6.2 percent of the total U.S., greenhouse gases the state has been working on and finding solutions to reduce on climate since 1988. In 2005 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signed an executive order on climate change that kicked into high gear to further advance clean renewable energy and other solutions to lower our state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
He also praised the job-creating value of increasing reliance upon solar power from commercial and residential projects springing up all the round the state. While the benefits of an ever expanding California solar market seem obvious, sponsors (Texas oil) of Proposition 23 want to smack the bill back into yesterday. What do Californians have to say about it?
CALIFORNIA ENERGY SMACK DOWN
CARL POPE SIERRA CLUB CHAIRMAN
Taking Initiative
