SCHWARZENEGGER BOOSTS CLEAN ENERGY PLAN

clipped from www.planetaazul.com.mx SAN FRANCISCO, US, september, 18, 2009.- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that his plan would help the state better meet its clean energy target by making it easier to import power. He also said the legislature's alternative would have required solar thermal plants to clear more regulatory hurdles before they could be built. The most populous state is also the biggest U.S. alternative energy market, and its environmental standards including car pollution rules and green building regulations are models for national and international policies. The state aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming to 1990 levels by 2020, and the governor has also called for the state to reduce carbon emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2050. "It also would give us a limited chance of reaching this goal (for cutting greenhouse gases). It also would raise rates and is protectionism to the highest level," the governor said