The California Civil War: Greens vs. Blue Collar Workers

A group of 16 Assembly Democrats, led by Henry Perea of Fresno County, sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board to reconsider the state’s cap-and-trade program because of its impact on the middle-class and the poor. Perea has proposed Assembly Bill 69, which would establish a three-year suspension on the cap-and-trade program’s requirement to buy permits for transportation fuels. This rule will be […]

Fmr. Pres. Jimmy Carter smears skeptics as ‘nutcases’ – Calls for carbon tax as ‘the only reasonable approach’

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/columns/2014/08/14/jimmy-carter-blames-nutcases-for/36670599007/ Jimmy Carter blames “nutcases” for inaction on climate change Former President Carter says climate skeptics are the “biggest handicap” for the U.S. when it comes to acting on global warming. “I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don’t believe in global warming,” Carter said […]