California Democrats cave to oil industry, drop major piece of climate bill

Grist
By Tim McDonnellSep 10, 2015, 12:40 pm64 pts
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It appears I was a bit too bullish on the prospects for historic new climate legislation in California. Yesterday, Democrats in the California state legislature caved to pressure from the powerful oil industry and dropped a critical piece…

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