Amount Quote by Jerry Brown

Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.

— Kevin de Leon

Opponents have claimed that regulating carbon will hurt the economy and businesses. The economies of California and British Columbia prove otherwise.

— Ted Wheeler

“(This of course would be laughable were it not for the fact that the country’s largest timber company, Sierra Pacific Industries, successfully demanded that…

— Mark Schapiro

We're not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn't be using as much. We need to have the right perspective.…

— Katharine Hayhoe

If we don't embrace a low carbon economy this decade, it won't just harm the planet, but also the U.S. economy.

— John Doerr

I say just put a big fat tax on carbon.

— Jose Angel Gurria

It is important to invest in California's infrastructure with an eye towards our green energy goals.

— Laphonza Butler

I think, in the long run, we have to wean ourselves from a carbon-based economy. We absolutely have to.

— John F. Kerry

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal…

— Gray Davis

It seems like every week we are considering bills that would make it harder to limit the amount of carbon we are dumping into…

— Mark Pocan

Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into…

— Doug Ose

What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California…

— Kevin de Leon