California's Costly Global Warming Campaign Turns Out To Be Worse Than Useless

California's Costly Global Warming Campaign Turns Out To Be Worse Than Useless

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-california-co2-emissions-economy/

Excerpt: Back in 2007, California became the first state to cap CO2 emissions when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB32, which mandated the state cut greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020. Schwarzenegger called it "a bold new era of environmental protection." Not to be outdone, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last year requiring the state to cut emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. So, what happened? From 2007 to 2015, California managed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 9%. But the rest of the country cut them by more than 10%, according to a new report from the Center for Demographics and Policy at Chapman University in Orange, California. On a per capita basis, 41 states outperformed California on CO2 cuts over those same years. Here's another way to look at it. Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, and Pennsylvania have about the same combined population as California. But these states saw emission reductions five times as great as California. (To be fair, California started from a lower base.) (Yes, that sad collision of reality with fantasy comes around again. But none of the facts will slow down the parade of self satisfied correctness in the CA government, and the citizens will continue to pay the price. --Del)