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= PROPOSITION 23 -- SUSPENSION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS, specifically AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. AB 32 requires that by 2020, the level of emissions of greenhouse gases in the state must be reduced to their level in 1990. This would require an approximate 25% reduction over the level of emissions in 2006, the year the bill was signed.
The California Environmental Protection Agency is charged with implementing the provisions of AB 32. Suspends the state's greenhouse gas reduction law until California's unemployment rate has been 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters. Suspends requirements for increased renewable energy and cleaner fuel, as well as mandatory emission reporting and fee requirements for major polluters such as power plants and oil refineries. Major funding support provided by Valero (a Texas-based oil refiner and wholesaler), Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, World Oil Corp., Tower Energy Group, Tesoro Companies, Southern Counties Oil Co., and Jaco Oil Co.
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