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Ken Lay to California I: BLOCK the PROP (A.B. 32 is ‘An Ounce of Global-Warming Prevention’)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 4, 2010

“It’s time to stop debating the issues surrounding climate change initiatives and focus instead on simple, realistic, cost-effective solutions. This is one area where an ounce of near-term prevention will be worth considerably more than a pound of cure later on.”

– Ken Lay, “Let’s Have an Ounce of Global-Warming Prevention,” December 1997.

“An ounce of global warming prevention is worth a ton of CO2 cure.  There are no emergency rooms for a sick planet.”

– Edward J. Markey (D–MA), “Second Life Remarks to the Virtual Bali UN Climate Conference,” December 2008.

The New York Times and other media outlets have identified the principled free-market advocates Charles and David Koch as supporters of California’s Prop. 23, a measure to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32).…