Final report to enact California governor's GHG goals is delayed

San Francisco (Platts)--3Mar2006

The final version of a report recommending strategies to achieve Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger's targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been
delayed until an unspecified time in the spring, according to the document's
official web site.

     The California Environmental Protection Agency is the lead agency for the
report, which was due in mid-February.

     The December draft report's recommendations include development of a
cap-and-trade system and mandatory climate-change emissions reporting. 
Last June, Schwarzenegger called for a reduction of GHG goals to 80% below
1990 levels by 2050. V. John White, executive director of the Center of Energy
Efficiency and Renewables Technology, said the governor is facing intense
pressure to back off from his GHG goals while he faces a tough reelection
fight.

     "This is a testing time for the governor--whether his rhetoric is matched
by action and leadership," said White. The GHG gas issue is a "sore point [and
is] not popular with Republican politicians even though it is popular with
Republican voters," said White.

     A spokesman for the governor dodged questions about the report, referring
them to Cal-EPA. Cal-EPA officials were not available immediately for comment.

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