Thursday, November 4, 2010

Proposition 23 fails

Among election news, the one I think most important for the future, but completely overlooked by the "chattering classes": A large majority of ordinary Americans in one state voted, essentially, to tax themselves more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/03/prop-23-climate-california

The new energy polity, which cuts across party lines, begins to be clear. Significant support came from otherwise conservative people, including a conservative governor with Silicon Valley investors.

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