California Voters Uphold Climate Law, Defeat Prop 23 | Mother Jones

— By Kate Sheppard

| Tue Nov. 2, 2010 10:42 PM PDT

"Enviros cheered the defeat of Prop 23, which would have rolled back the 2006 law that required the state to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Implementation of that law is set to begin next year. 'Tonight California voters delivered a decisive win for the clean energy economy,' said Steven Maviglio, spokesman for the 'No on Prop 23' campaign. ' In the midst of a major economic downturn, and with a barrage of fear mongering and scare tactics, voters still chose clean energy over dirty energy.'"