California Chokes on Alternative Fuels Proposition

California rejected Proposition 10 by a wide margin in yesterday's voting as 60% of the state's 9.5 million voters said no. The Alternative Fuel Vehicles And Renewable Energy Bonds Initiative Statute was strongly supported by T. Boone Pickens and Aubrey McClendon to promote natural gas as an important alternative for transportation fuel in the state.

The measure was strongly opposed by the Sierra Club, League of Women Voters, California Nurses Association, California Federation of Teachers, Consumer Federation of California, Consumer Watchdog, the Utility Reform Network, and California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

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