AB 32 IG Poll Reveals Voters attitudes about california’s draft Greenhouse gas Reduction Plan
On August 21st small business owners joined with AB 32 IG to examine and release poll results regarding AB 32 (The Global Warming Solutions Act).
The poll found that while voters initially support AB 32 goals, that support dips sharply when they consider the measure’s price tag of billions of dollars in extra costs for electricity, gasoline, and food, as well as higher taxes and fees.
Click here to read the summary and watch the PowerPoint presentation of the poll findings and our video news release.
AB 32 Implementation Group
Our coalition represents large and small businesses
that are vital to California’s economy and that
provide hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Our
Mission
is to be a constructive voice in the process
to implement AB 32 (The Global Warming Solutions
Act) and ensure that the greenhouse gas emission
reductions required are achieved while maintaining
the competitiveness of California businesses
and protecting the interests of consumers and
workers.
AB 32 should be implemented
consistent with these Six
Principles:
1. Provide Regulatory
Certainty
2. Adopt Policies
that Keep Jobs in California and Achieve
Global
Emission Reductions (Leakage)
3. Use Sound Scientific
Methods of Review
4. Impose Only
Cost-Effective & Technologically Feasible Regulations
5. Promote Innovation
and Market-Based Strategies
6. Minimize and
Fairly Allocate Compliance Costs
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