A report released Monday says that California's new global warming law will increase unemployment in the Golden State.
The announcement was in stark contrast to continual claims by the Left and their media minions that proposed cap and trade legislation at the federal level will result in an explosion in green jobs.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, the nation's most populated state, which is the first to impose laws concerning carbon dioxide emissions, might see a net reduction in employment as a result:
The state's nonpartisan legislative analyst's office examined 2008 economic modeling by the California Air Resources Board and concluded that it "may overstate the number of jobs" attributable to future implementation of the 2006 climate law.
While acknowledging the uncertainty of such projections, the report said, "On balance, however, we believe that the aggregate net jobs impact in the near term is likely to be negative, even after recognizing that many of the . . . programs phase in over time."The report comes at a politically charged moment, when polls show employment to be Americans' top concern. Signature gathering began last week on a November ballot initiative that would delay the law, known as AB 32, until unemployment drops to 5.5% for at least a year. California joblessness is over 12% today.
With U.S. unemployment near ten percent, and the economy consistently viewed as the nation's top priority in poll after poll, one would think this report would be quite newsworthy.
After all, with belief in Nobel Laureate Al Gore's favorite money-making myth plummeting, and Congress beginning to work on compromise cap and trade packages, the public should be informed that California's Legislative Analyst's Office believes its state's climate change legislation will result in job cuts.
Unfortunately, Google news and LexisNexis searches found that outside of California, American media have not shown much interest Monday's announcement.
The Associated Press ran a story about this Tuesday, but only on its State and Local Wire.
Reuters also did a piece on the matter Tuesday which ran in the U.K.
From what I can tell, outside of California, the only major media outlet to find this issue newsworthy was Investor's Business Daily.
I wonder why.
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Doesn't matter. After
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:56 ET by motherbeltDoesn't matter. After all, it's for "the polar bears, Daddy!"
If it saves just one polar bear, it's worth it.
You can't talk about jobs and unemployment when the fate of the earth is in the balance!
Polar Bears
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:18 ET by dbz77Who the fuck needs polar bears anyway?
Huge numbers---dbz77
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 02:39 ET by matthewdeanof euphemisms available to replace the -f- bomb.
Not to mention unlimited combinations of punctuation marks.
There are ladies, and gentlemen, here, who are offended by the outright use of the -f- word and any and all variants thereof.
I personally am not offended by the word, but I like posting here, so I make sure it doesn't slip out unnoticed through my fingertips.
Just a thought.
MD
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Report Says California Global Warming Law Will Cause Job Losses
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:21 ET by R D HelmThat is exactly what it is supposed to do.
-Dave
Agreed,
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:32 ET by oldArmyAgreed,
Makes sense too....the more people out of work, not driving their gas guzzling vehicle, and collecting unemployment. The better for our planet and our furry little friend. The wildly popular and beloved MARSH MOUSE. Just like the farmers out there losing their crops to save that stinking FISH. No one. I mean no one can be this stupid. I'm convinced this is the plan. How else can you figure these ego maniacs are willing to watch their political careers be ruined. This is a huge push for a movement that is totally UNAMERICAN and against everything WE are about. As CAPITALIST driven by a FREE and OPEN MARKET.
Folks, I'm a very rational person and by NO means do I wish any harm on anyone...but...I gotta tell ya....if this PUSH continues....I really...with everything I'm made of. I feel this will snowball into another American Revolution with THE PEOPLE taking our country back.
This is so blatant...and so exposed(New Media-ie NEWS BUSTERS and talk radio)...and it's not even stopping them from openly discussing their plans to continue pushing for it. How else do you explain our F-in government pushing such a huge take over with these bills being passed with such overwhelming opposition by WE THE PEOPLE!!
oA.. Exactly...my
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:41 ET by bigtimeroA..
Exactly...my sentiments are the same....thank God for the internet and talk radio...what would we have done without algore, after-all the crook invented the internet.
The Tea Party movement will grow...heck it is, there are going to be huge gatherings this month and next as well...I can't wait.
...Plus the Town Halls to come.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
If
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:30 ET by jessieHIf California keeps their elected servants in office, they deserve what they end up with.
we don't keep them in.
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 18:40 ET by UndercoverConservativeyou have to understand how things are set up here.
Districts are gerrymandered in such a way as to, if at all possible, to include some sort of liberal enclave (university, activist "community", dependent voting bloc, etc) attached to a smaller number of known conservative attitude communities. Even if it means doing something that creates districts looking like amoeba, it works.
You can have three towns of conservative minded folks but attach one Santa Cruz (UCSC, known more for it's weed than it's quality of education) and you've got more easily manipulated voters who have all the free time since they're not working and their "teachers" make activism part of their class work.
Add "communities" made of twice-amnestied "undocumented" immigrants and recent pushes to make sure convicted felons get to vote, and a social services system that makes sure new legal immigrants are confused and misinformed about the American political system and you'll *never* see true representation in Sacramento. It will take a complete breakdown in services, when the dependent classes start getting hungry because their promised services are no longer available, before there will be change.
The Governator sacrificed almost everything in a naiive belief that it was possible to negotiate fairly with liberals-he gave in to all their demands as they agreed to pass his redistricting bill that would install some sort of fairness by fixing the gerrymandering. But just like Bush Jr. failed to realize, you will never get a fair deal from liberals. Dems took everything they could get and still refused to allow redistricting.
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also, jessie---
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 02:50 ET by matthewdeanLike other states, we have unelected federal judges who decide from the bench whether or not the results of an election are constitutional or "unconstitutional", would you believe, on the basis of their personal feelings.
I know they are all over, but it seems as though we have way, way more than our fair share of this type of magistrate.
MD
It will take a complete
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 13:11 ET by dbz77I hope those dependent classes starve to death on the street.
Gee, didn't Spain go through this already?
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:34 ET by c5thenThey have found that over the last few years since their "save-the-earth" laws have been in place that they have indeed created "green jobs" (although they still can't define exactly what that means) but have lost 2 regular jobs for every "green job" created.
This is going to turn out just like California's decision to regulate only half of their energy industry a couple of years back that caused energy shortages and black-outs across the state during the summer. Except this will be even worse because jobs and people will leave the state in droves as their economy collapses.
Throw 'da bums out!!!
Before it's too late.
Yes and then they go to
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:41 ET by MrSnugglesYes and then they go to other states and take their extreme left wing politics with them and destroy that state too. It already happened up here in Washington State.
Leave It To California
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:37 ET by DaMamaI live in one of the more stupidly run states in the nation. The Democratic-run legislature in California is filled with imbeciles who don't know how to use the brains God gave them.
Here's to November, when we can vote out the idiotic politicians in this once-great state.
Sinking ship. California may
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:48 ET by ninerdogSinking ship. California may very well be too far gone to save.
Our Legislature
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:20 ET by dbz77Our Legislature is clearly dominated by Communists.
Green Jobs are filled with gobs of heavy metals & toxic waste
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:05 ET by upcountrywaterNo solar panel manufacturing plant would ever dream of starting up in California. Windmills same story, all the green jobs are already in China!
Did you know the price of photovoltic panels are the lowest ever.
The bottom line on Obama: He puts our money where his mouth is.
and californians wonder why
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:44 ET by right of wayand californians wonder why they are bankrupt. just one reason of many why they are.
No, we know who to blame:
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:46 ET by Another Dead KennedyNo, we know who to blame: Jerry Brown.
-Dead Ted
Comment on the GW law causing job losses - LA Times
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:16 ET by Gary HallI'm reading Noel's post - surprised as all would be - that's this story is even in the LA Times - and written by Margot Roosevelt (I'm thinking, wow - maybe were're getting thru.)
However! In the back of my head, I'm wondering why, as I was sitting there getting a haircut this morning, I didn't notice the piece in the paper?
Ah, I pondered. Must have been that it's in that new secton AA, "LA Times Extra" (which I've been assuming it's to make it difficult to find the "more challenging" stories for the left to stomach.
So - on my third time thru flipping the pages (my fingers are black now), there it is:
Wow! Doesn't that jump on you? Me: "Hey, look honey. Here's a story." Honey: " What's it about? Me: I don't know. Doesn't say really. I'll dig into it. Get back to you."
It certainly was not jumping out at me like the on-line version: "California global warming law may lead to job losses, report says," which also included the informative bi-line of, "The state's nonpartisan legislative analyst's office says the losses could occur in the short term. State Sen. David Cogdill uses the report to criticize climate regulation."
The print edition has no bi-line. I went by it three times without a hint that the piece was about the hot issue of global waming legislation.
Most stories do have the bi-lines, for the record.
OK. All together now. Do we think this is an intentional effort by the editors to make this informative piece of news just a wee bit less conspicuous?
(;~/ gary
That is why, gary---
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 03:17 ET by matthewdeanI no longer take the LA Times.
When a man called (for the third time) to try and talk me into re-subscribing, I just said no, the Times is too liberal for me to stomach anymore. He went on about how they have changed, and on, and on.
With only my word and no link to back it up, you may find the following hard to believe. I know this because I was there and it is still hard to believe it happened.
The guy just kept on and on like I was unable to understand regular English, to the point I lost my temper, and instead of just hanging up like a civilized person would have done, I started cussing at him. He flung a few my way, so we didn't part under the best of terms.
Didn't think of ratting him out, mainly because I started it. Plus I figured having to work at a job like that was a lot more punishment than sitting at the beach all day.
I sure do miss the daily LA Times crossword puzzle, though.
MD
Green Jobs?
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:44 ET by DoktorFrankenI'm still waiting for the blatherers to explain exactly what Green Jobs there are - throughout the country - that will put people to work Full Time, Permanently. Seriously, where is a list of these jobs? I'd really like to know. I can use one. One that's not like Gore's - an honest job.
Sarah Palin: The Most Dangerous Conservative In America
Though I've never
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 01:00 ET by RR GOPThough I've never understood why this country has dilly-dallied around since the "oil crisis" of the '70s concerning expanding solar power and nuclear power, I can understand the expense involved with solar, its limitations and the reliance on cheap carbon-based energy.
However, if we as a society had invested in solar over the last 40 years, it would be more affordable now and probably more efficient. From an eco standpoint, you'd have battery recycling to deal with (and all that lead), plus the need for materials to make the solar paneling.
Still, a big array of solar panels on one's roof and a bank of deep cycle batteries would power most things in one's home (even when they sun's not shining) and our power bills for the energy we would need to draw upon would be no more than our water/sewage. We would be less dependent on foreign countries (not to mention our own government and other masters). Our lives would not be interrupted during power outages. We would pollute less. We would have been able to use billions of barrels of crude oil for other needs, and probably would also have much lower gas/diesel prices.
Panels would also absorb heat before it got to the roof, probably would extend the life of roofing materials, but would be a pain for roofers to deal with when the time came to replace the roof.
"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism it's just the opposite."
"All that Communism needs to make it successful is for someone to feed and clothe it."