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VX News here features a conversation between California Forward’s Kate Gordon, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Governor Gavin Newsom, marking the 20th anniversary of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Speaking at [event name, Long Beach, date], the two governors revisit the bipartisan origins of the landmark law, including Schwarzenegger’s legal fight against the Bush administration and EPA over California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. They also make the case that AB 32’s economy-wide architecture has decoupled emissions from growth. Newsom details the program’s evolution into cap-and-invest, now extended to 2045 in statute.

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