Word: caps
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...state could be in for a serious citizen backlash over the next few months. In California, tax revenue enhancements must be voted on in a special election. On May 19, voters will determine the fate of $5.8 billion in measures, which also include a permanent state spending cap (which would extend the tax hikes from two to four years) and whether or not to divert money from children's services, mental health programs and the lottery into state coffers...
...other words, Californians need to brace for another wave of campaigning by politicians and special interest groups. "We're most concerned about the spending cap that would not just lock us into our broken health care system and prevent us from restoring or reforming, but it would force us to make cuts to existing services in the future," says Anthony Wright, executive director of the reform-minded Health Access California, who plans to campaign against the proposal...
...next two years, likely in part because of complaints from industry that regulating CO2 would be expensive and maddeningly complicated. That's a point well taken. Something needs to be done to slow the rise in U.S. carbon emissions, but while in the absence of a national carbon-cap law federal regulation may be our only short-term option, it's not the best-case scenario. "It's a backup plan," says Doniger. (Watch a video about the next big biofuel...
...Even most environmentalists, however, don't really want to see the EPA take all the responsibility for reducing carbon emissions, using a law that was drafted before climate change was a known threat. Instead, they see federal regulations as a protective stopgap measure until Congress can pass national carbon cap-and-trade legislation specifically tailored to global warming. "It's not going to be easy, but it can be done," says Doniger. Since the only thing that coal-industry executives and other fossil-fuel peddlers fear more than a carbon cap is EPA regulation, he might just be right...
...camel face” has had his share of humble pie. “I put on my pants, put on my shoes,” continues our detail-oriented narrator as he sets out on a job hunt, dressed for success in a black skull cap and puffer vest. For a man accustomed to rocking pink and purple furs, this ensemble is downright conservative, but his interviewers disagree. “You know we’re not hiring murderers, right?” one of them asks, following up with questions about his criminal record...