About Stop Texas Oil: Hell No on Prop 23 and 26

California already has on the books one of the toughest anti-global warming laws in the world (AB 32), and it goes into effect next year but not if a bunch of Texas oil companies get their way.

Texas oil companies like Valero and Tesoro are spending millions to fund Proposition 23 -- a deceptive initiative to abolish AB 32 that will be on the ballot this November. Even more big polluters are joining the assault on our global warming law, by funding Proposition 26, which lets polluters off the hook and makes it virtually impossible to enforce our global warming law.

Prop 26 is like Prop 23's evil twin. It protects polluters by increasing the legislative vote requirement to pass certain types of fees on polluting industries - from a majority to a 2/3rds vote, which is nearly impossible in California. Prop 26 would cost tax payers over a billion dollars a year and eliminate the funds to enforce our global warming law.

We can't let Texas Oil companies and big polluters succeed in abolishing our global warming law. AB 32 is critical to California's -- and our nation's -- fight against climate change. Passed in 2006 by the California legislature and signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger, it's the world's strongest anti-global warming measure. AB 32 will reduce California's emissions of global warming pollution 25% by 2020, and help sustain the rapid growth in our clean tech sector -- about the only bright spot in California's economy today.

So we're saying Hell NO to Prop 23 and Prop 26. Please help make sure all of California does too.

For in-depth information on Prop 23 and 26 see:

• No On 23: Stop The Dirty Energy Proposition -- Get the Facts
  
  
• Center for American Progress -- A California Campaign with Global Consequences: Proposition 23 Puts Clean Energy in Danger
  
  
• California Progress Report -- UC Study: Prop 23 Kills Jobs, Hurts Cities, Causes Legal Chaos
  
  
• Taxpayers Against Protecting Polluters: No on 26 Fact Sheets