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AUGUST PRESS RELEASES
Thursday, August 20, 2008
PG&E's Lie of the Week
The mailer that arrived last week shows a bullet hole blown through a pile of
money and urges voters to beware the Board of Supervisors' $4 billion takeover of
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. It was paid for by the "Committee to Stop the Blank
Check, a coalition of concerned consumers, small businesses, labor, community
organizations and Pacific Gas and Electric Company." PG&E, needless to say,
is picking up the check for the campaign.
Thursday, August 12, 2008
Money and Fear: The Politics of PG&E:
The lines have been drawn in the battle over California's energy future - solar and clean energy,
or just more of the same? It's not difficult to tell who wants the status quo. Just look at who is
funding the opposition to the Solar and Clean Energy Act (Proposition 7), the November ballot
proposition that would quadruple the state's output of solar and clean energy by 2025.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Court Upholds Yes on Prop. 7 Ballot Arguments:
SACRAMENTO, CA - Backers of Proposition 7, the Solar and Clean Energy Act
on the November ballot, won a court victory today when Sacramento Superior
Court Judge Michael Kenny upheld Proposition 7's ballot arguments despite a
well-funded challenge by opponents funded by PG&E and Southern California
Edison.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Sponsors of Proposition 7, the measure to increase renewable energy standards for utilities, today responded to an Associated Press article about tens of millions of dollars in contributions made by two utility companies, PG&E Corp. and Edison International, to defeat Prop. 7. AP predicted that Prop. 7 "may end up being the costliest [November proposition battle]....
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Sponsors of Proposition 7, the measure to increase renewable energy standards for utilities, today pointed to a Sacramento Bee article on global warming's local effects on California as evidence of the need to pass the measure. "The Bee's reporting shows how drastically and rapidly global warming is harming our state environment," said Jim Gonzalez, the proponent and Chair of Californians for Solar and Clean Energy.