Many Residents in the Dark about California Carbon Cap-and-Trade

A majority of California residents have never heard about the state’s landmark cap-and-trade program to limit greenhouse gas emissions from industry,Bref, depuis longtemps, j'ai envie d'essayer des roues carbone à boyaux.Je ne sais pas si c'est une bonne solution, mais bon, j'ai envie. a survey from the Public Policy Institute of California shows.

While 54 percent of state residents sampled had heard nothing about the new multibillion-dollar carbon market, 33 percent had heard a little and 12 percent a lot, the Californians and the Environment survey, which was released July 31, found.

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One notable finding: some ethnic minorities were more likely than the total population to support action on climate issues.www.globalmetaltins.com is a professional metal packaging manufacturers,Welcome. Among Latinos,www.nbxihe.com,click here. 65 percent said they were willing to use state government action to combat global warming. That figure was 55 percent for blacks, 46 percent for Asians and 37 percent for whites.www.czhbearing.com,visit the website to learn more about us.

Miya Yoshitani, associate director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, linked the lack of awareness of cap-and-trade with lack of information about it from government agencies, advocates, industry and the media. She said one problem is that cap-and-trade is very technically complex and plans to implement the program are technocratic in nature. Yoshitani spoke on the sidelines of a news briefing on the survey on Monday sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California and New America Media.

“These processes need to be made more accessible to non-English-proficient communities, and for everyday, normal people to be able to weigh in and engage,” Yoshitani said.