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Majority of Californians say they know nothing about emissions cap-and-trade program

San Jose Mercury News -- California's landmark global-warming bill was a white-hot topic in the 2010 governor's race and remains former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature environmental achievement.

But as the state prepares to unroll the law's cap-and-trade program in November with the first state auctions of emissions permits, a new poll finds that 57 percent of Californians say they have never heard anything about the program.

The statewide poll by the Public Policy Institute of California further found that 30 percent of respondents said they had heard "a little," while just 12 percent said they had heard "a lot."

"Cap-and-trade is a very complicated issue to the average Californian," said Mark Baldassare, president and
CEO of the PPIC.

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Submitted Aug 03, 2012 By: DavisSta

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SpankyMI Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:2,836 Points:785,590 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2012 8:52:18 PM Ignore SpankyMI Report Abuse There is a lot more than cap-and-trade the Californians know nothing about, but where to start the list?
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C.Carpets All-Star Author Oakland Posts:573 Points:2,114,310 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2012 7:57:53 PM Ignore C.Carpets Report Abuse This is nothing but a TAX on CA. business. And who pays business tax? The Consumer. Everybody in CA. just got their Taxes Raised! Then in Nov. they want us to vote for More Taxes. And Jan. 1st Obama will hit us with what is being called Taxageddon Day. "The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy." (We are being destroyed) "which expects to generate anywhere from $2 billion to $14 billion annually in new revenues from the permit auctions, will spend the money."
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