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Nature 438, 410-412 (24 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438410a; Published online 23 November 2005

Energy in California: Power struggle

Charles Petit1

  1. Charles Petit is a freelance writer in California.
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For decades, California has bucked the US trend of gobbling ever more electricity. But can the state pull off an even more ambitious goal and slash its greenhouse-gas emissions? Charles Petit finds out.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a mission: he wants to terminate global warming. In June, the California governor called for the state to slash its greenhouse-gas emissions to 80% of 1990 levels in the next 45 years.

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