Comments on: California Energy War Heats Up as State Adopts New Renewable Energy Goal

By: Earl Richards

Earl Richards — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:43:58 +0000

Chevron, Aera Energy (a joint venture of ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch/Shell) and Occidental Petroleum are silent partners in CJI.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:37:01 +0000

Earl: Thank you for your comment. It’s worth mentioning that much of the money behind Prop 23 (the so-called California Jobs Initiative) is coming from companies based outside of the state such as those you cite (Koch, Valero, Tesoro).

By: Earl Richards

Earl Richards — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:06:19 +0000

The California Jobs Initiative (CJI) is an oil corporation farce and fraud. There is no connection, whatsoever, between greenhouse gas emission reduction and the loss of jobs. This notion is an insult to the intelligence of the people of California. In fact, there is job growth in the clean renewable energy industry. Chevron employs 65,000 worldwide and CJI is not going to change this. The only jobs created by the oil industry are clean-up jobs after oil spills and deep water, blow-outs and pump-handler jobs. CJI will make fantastic profits for the oil industry, increase air pollution, especially in communities around their refineries, and there will not be lower gas prices. Koch Industries, Valero and Tesoro are super Enrons. Since when did the oil companies start to show any concern for the unemployed and their families and or small businesses?