Smelling a chance to burn oil money, tobacco lobbyists orchestrate effort to repeal CA clean energy law

"Big Oil Showdown in California" is a Progressive Media blogging series on the fossil fuel-funded Prop 23 effort to repeal California's clean energy and climate law. Read previous posts on Prop 23's economic impact, national repercussions, and funding from Texas oil companies. Today's post is cross-posted from the Wonk Room.

To manage their initiative to roll back California's landmark climate change law, AB 32, big oil is turning to the same deceptive tobacco operatives who...