State Leaders

state leaders: Under immense pressure from the oil industry, state leaders on Wednesday agreed to gut a historic piece of climate change legislation, dropping a provision that would have required a 50% cut in petroleum use in cars and trucks by 2030, according to MSNBC. The modified bill, which lawmakers are expected to pass on Thursday, still includes commitments to boost renewable energy production and bolster building efficiency, both by 50% over the next fifteen years. * Hundreds of California farmworkers without running water* But the gasoline target was a test of the state power to battle greenhouse gases, and it failure clearly frustrated supporters, including Gov. When those policies relate to climate change, however, not even California seems capable of finding its stride. Jerry Brown and his allies in the senate. Kevin de León, who wrote the original bill and got it through the senate earlier this year, blamed the loss on the fossil fuel industry bottomless war chest. State Sen. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.