Reply #8: California rejects climate law challenge

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Source: Reuters

A California ballot measure that sought to suspend the state's landmark global warming law failed at the polls on Tuesday, marking a big victory for environmentalists and the growing alternative energy sector.

With more than a quarter of precincts reporting, the "no" vote on Proposition 23 stood at 59 percent, with 41 percent in the "yes" column.

The measure, largely funded by oil companies, would have put on hold California's efforts to step up use of renewable energy sources and create a market for rights to trade greenhouse gases.

After the failure of federal climate legislation this year, the fate of California's 2006 AB 32 law was viewed as a U.S. turning point -- either away from addressing global warming or toward stronger action to curb greenhouse gases.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A03U420101103

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Voters reject Prop. 23, keeping California's global warming law intact
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/voters-reject-prop-23-keeping-californias-global-warming-law-intact.html