(From the latimes.com) As Gov. Jerry Brown lays out his first-term agenda Monday, he confronts a thorny array of environmental and energy issues, many with a potential to drive billions of dollars in state and private spending and have a major effect on public health.
Will Brown push forward with the nation’s toughest curbs on toxic chemicals in consumer products — proposed by the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, then abruptly withdrawn in December?
Will he sign into law a bill vetoed by Schwarzenegger that would require California to draw a third of its electricity from solar and other renewable sources?
Will he face down the nation’s auto industry, which is revving up to fight a new round of limits on the greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles?
Read more here: Gov. Jerry Brown is facing tricky environmental and energy issues in California