ballot measures
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Missouri overwhelmingly approves Prop. C
The votes are still being counted to determine if Missouri went red or blue. But what’s not in dispute is that the state clearly voted green. Proposition C, a ballot initiative to establish a renewable portfolio standard for the state, passed with a resounding 67 percent margin. A coalition of groups worked together to pass […]
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Educate David on California’s Prop H
One thing I wish I’d gotten to dig into further before the election is Proposition H in California. (Our own Sara Barz covered it briefly in this post.) The renewable mandates aren’t what interest me — it’s more the question of making PG&E a public utility. I’m told by a friend in San Fran that […]
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A guide to 2008 environmental ballot measures
In addition to electing George W. Bush’s successor, voters in 11 states will decide the fate of a diverse range of environment-related ballot measures on Nov. 4. Here’s a quick rundown of these measures and links to where you can find more information about them: California Proposition 2, or the Standards for Confining Farm Animals, […]
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Florida governor backs conservation ballot initiative
Floridians will be asked to vote on a land conservation ballot initiative, Amendment 4, next week. At an Audubon of Florida event on Friday, the measure got some high-level support from Gov. Charlie Crist (R). “It’s a political year, I don’t know if you realize, but we have an election coming up. And there’s an […]
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A counterpoint on energy independence and Proposition 7
This is a response to this post about California’s Proposition 7 by Adam Browning. —– Al Gore has outdone himself. Think what you will of him, you can’t say he doesn’t have a vision. On July 17, he called for the nation to embark on a man-on-the-moon effort to achieve 100 percent “renewable and other […]
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KQED takes a look at California’s high-speed rail ballot measure
Great look at California’s Proposition 1A: The mind-boggling myopia it takes to call something like this an “extravagance” mystifies me. When did we get so hinky about investing in our future? I will bet anyone $100 right now that ridership on this train, if it is built, exceeds the most optimistic assessments. I’ll bet another […]
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California’s Prop. 2 spurs big-bucks battle over farm-animal treatment
You can bet that if all the animals in America had televisions — as they do in San Francisco’s SPCA shelter — they’d be tuned in to California’s election returns on Nov. 4. A free-range chicken. On the ballot is an initiative — Proposition 2 — that is as potentially transformational for the treatment of […]
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Why renewable advocates oppose Proposition 7
This post is crossposted at Vote Solar’s blog. —– Proposition 7 [PDF] is a California ballot initiative that would dramatically increase the state’s renewable energy requirement to 50 percent renewably sourced by 2025. Yet most environmental groups and almost all renewable energy companies and trade associations oppose it. Why? The problem is not with the […]
