2006Sept27: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs the Global Warming Solutions Act into law. The Act caps California’s greenhouse gas emissions at 1990 levels by 2020. This is the first enforceable state-wide program in the US to cap all greenhouse gas emissions from major industries that includes penalties for non-compliance (Wikipedia, 2007).
Reference: Wikipedia. Retrieved 2007June. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming_Solutions_Act
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