9-24-07 by Court Turns out that ambitious reform plan Speaker Nunez promoted for the cameras this summer has fizzled. Surprise, surpise. The only legislation on Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk at the end of session are…
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Clueless Mary Nichols
08-20-07 by dugan When Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed former California Air Resources Board director Mary Nichols last month to head the same agency in his administration, reaction in the enviro world was mostly relief, tinged…
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Governor Swimming in Greenwash
07-10-07 by dugan We all know about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s meddling-by-proxy to slow down implementation of California’s global warming bill. Now we find out, from the San Jose Mercury News , that he’s an…
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Arnold Exposed
7-7-07 by Court Here’s my colleague Carmen Balber’s blow-by-blow account of today’s legislative hearing about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role in slowing down his greenhouse gas regulators. The most juicy tidbit is the former executive director…
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Fire the Air Quality Meddlers
07-03-07 by dugan Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may think that naming a veteran air quality official like Mary Nichols to head his Air Resources Board will quiet things down. But any new appointee, even…
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Audit The Pollutenator
7-2-07 by Court The independent state auditor should investigate the reason for the dismissal of Air Resource Board Chairman Bob Sawyer after the resignation of Board executive director Cartherine Witherspoon today. The public…
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“Independence” Behind Firing
6-29-07 by Court The other shoe over Arnold Schwarzenegger’s firing of the Air Resources Board Chief Bob Sawyer dropped in the LA Times today. Sawyer says the entire issue is political independence and his…