1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/No one showed up for California's green jobs rushrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="I9gA6DxBkT"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/no-one-showed-up-for-californias-green-jobs-rush/">No one showed up for California’s green jobs rush</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/no-one-showed-up-for-californias-green-jobs-rush/embed/#?secret=I9gA6DxBkT" width="600" height="338" title="“No one showed up for California’s green jobs rush” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="I9gA6DxBkT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In 2012, California voters were peppered with grandiose promises, such that they could not resist approving Proposition 39. The measure, created and backed by wealthy environmentalist Tom Steyer, sought to raise taxes on corporations and use the money to fund green energy projects in schools. He promised it would create 11,000 new jobs each year. What could go wrong? There are inherent problems with the idea of green public-works projects, and still more problems with tax hikes. But this plan had the benefit of at least being elegant and simple. All of the facilities slated for green-energy improvements would be government-owned and government-run. There would be no NIMBY-style community pushback, nor significant added costs to ratepayers. Districts could apply for funds and choose projects that met their needs. If any such program could work, this was it.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_solar_array_wikimedia.jpg