Subject: Re: Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
From: [email-masked]
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:33:39 -0700

It is important for the nation (and the world) that Hillary win.

Consistent with my two biggest  jobs of raising three daughters under the
age of 7 and  growing an electric working vehicle manufacturing and
distribution company that can dramatically help reduce carbon emissions, we
will help raise $$ for the campaign.  Therese may take the lead on our
family's fundraising for Hillary.

Byron S. Georgiou
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+1-702-735-2100 (office)
+1-702-513-2575 (mobile)

On Apr 29, 2015, at 4:03 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:

Thanks for this. Jerry is amazing. And thanks for coming out this am. Hope
you can help.

On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Byron Georgiou <[email-masked]>
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> Nice to see you this morning, John
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> *From:* "Governor's Press Office" <[email-masked]
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> *Date:* April 29, 2015 at 6:00:12 AM PDT
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> *Subject:* *Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas
> Reduction Target in North America*
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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> Contact: Governor's Press Office
>  Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (916) 445-4571
> *Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target
> in North America*
> *New California Goal Aims to Reduce Emissions 40 Percent Below 1990 Levels
> by 2030*
>
> SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive order
> to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent
> below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any
> government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions over the
> next decade and a half.
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> “With this order, California sets a very high bar for itself and other
> states and nations, but it’s one that must be reached – for this generation
> and generations to come,” said Governor Brown.
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> This executive action sets the stage for the important work being done on
> climate change by the Legislature.
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> The Governor’s executive order aligns California’s greenhouse gas
> reduction targets with those of leading international governments ahead of
> the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. The
> 28-nation European Union, for instance, set the same target for 2030 just
> last October.
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> California is on track to meet or exceed the current target of reducing
> greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as established in the
> California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). California’s new
> emission reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 will make
> it possible to reach the ultimate goal of reducing emissions 80 percent
> under 1990 levels by 2050. This is in line with the scientifically
> established levels needed in the U.S. to limit global warming below 2
> degrees Celsius – the warming threshold at which scientists say there will
> likely be major climate disruptions such as super droughts and rising sea
> levels.
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> *World Leaders React*
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> United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary
> Christiana Figueres: “California and Governor Brown have clearly
> understood, internalised and articulated the science of climate change and
> today have aligned the state to the growing global understanding of the
> step changes and strategies needed over the coming years and decades.
> Resolving climate change requires a swift peaking of emissions and a deep
> decarbonisation of the global economy by the second half of the century.
> California's announcement is a realisation and a determination that will
> gladly resonate with other inspiring actions within the United States and
> around the globe. It is yet another reason for optimism in advance of the
> UN climate conference in Paris in December.”
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> World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim: “Four consecutive years of
> exceptional drought has brought home the harsh reality of rising global
> temperatures to the communities and businesses of California. There can be
> no substitute for aggressive national targets to reduce harmful greenhouse
> emissions, but the decision today by Governor Brown to set a 40 percent
> reduction target for 2030 is an example of climate leadership that others
> must follow.”
>
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> Premier of Ontario, Canada Kathleen Wynne: “I applaud Governor Brown's
> continued leadership on climate change. This shows the important role that
> sub-national governments can play in shaping a strong global agreement on
> climate change later this year in Paris.”
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> Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “California’s 2030 goal to
> reduce carbon emissions is not only bold, it's necessary – for the economy
> and our future.”
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> NextGen Climate Founder Tom Steyer: “When it comes to climate change,
> California has emerged as a global leader – proving that we don’t have to
> choose between a healthy environment and a strong economy. Today Governor
> Brown took that leadership to the next level. By setting an ambitious and
> achievable target to reduce emissions of climate-altering pollutants 40
> percent by 2030, Governor Brown is setting a course that will build upon
> the hundreds of thousands of good paying advanced energy jobs in
> California, improve the health and wellbeing of Californians and continue
> our global leadership to solve the greatest challenge of our generation.”
>
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> Princeton University Professor Michael Oppenheimer: “Governor Brown’s
> ground-breaking commitment not only shows that solving the climate problem
> goes hand-in-hand with economic growth and technology leadership, but
> points the way toward a climate solution for other states and the world.”
>
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> *Climate Adaptation*
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> The executive order also specifically addresses the need for climate
> adaptation and directs state government to:
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>    - Incorporate climate change impacts into the state’s Five-Year
>    Infrastructure Plan;
>    - Update the Safeguarding California Plan – the state climate adaption
>    strategy – to identify how climate change will affect California
>    infrastructure and industry and what actions the state can take to reduce
>    the risks posed by climate change;
>    - Factor climate change into state agencies’ planning and investment
>    decisions; and
>    - Implement measures under existing agency and departmental authority
>    to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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> *California’s Response to Climate Change*
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> In his inaugural address
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> earlier this year, Governor Brown announced that within the next 15 years,
> California will increase from one-third to 50 percent our electricity
> derived from renewable sources; reduce today’s petroleum use in cars and
> trucks by up to 50 percent; double the efficiency savings from existing
> buildings and make heating fuels cleaner; reduce the release of methane,
> black carbon and other potent pollutants across industries; and manage farm
> and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon.
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> Since taking office, Governor Brown has signed accords to fight climate
> change with leaders from Mexico
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> China
> <http://cert1.mail-west.com/By9O/mc7rm9/9Bgtmyuzjan/9dvappp431/fuw5y/49Bkks>,
> Canada
> <http://cert1.mail-west.com/4Ry4E/anmc7rm/Rgtmyuzj/4/9dvappp431/fuw5y/54Rgpo>,
> Japan
> <http://cert1.mail-west.com/c7rm4Ty4G/uzjanm/4Tgtmy/9dvappp431/fuw5y/64Twst>,
> Israel
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> and Peru
> <http://cert1.mail-west.com/rmdPyqC/Pgtmyuzjanmc7/d/9dvappp431/fuw5y/8dPayr>.
> The Governor also issued a groundbreaking call
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> to action with hundreds of world-renowned researchers and scientists –
> called the consensus statement
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> – which translates key scientific climate findings from disparate fields
> into one unified document. The impacts of climate change are already being
> felt in California and will disproportionately impact the state's most
> vulnerable populations.
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> The text of the executive order is below:
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>      *Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.*
> State Capitol Building
> Sacramento, CA 95814
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