"The debate is over," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in June. "We know the science. We see the threat."
Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature are considering the AB32 bill that would push the state to the forefront of the fight against global warming.
In essence, AB32 would require Californians and their businesses to do what other industrialized countries have agreed to do, with the notable exception of the United States and Australia -- namely, to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990-levels by 2020.
If passed, this measure would not only force the state to quickly develop less polluting technologies -- for everything from household appliances to energy-intensive cement production -- it would compel us to change the way we think about our land-use planning and our transportation systems.
