Governator Will Likely Veto His Only Possible Non-Catastrophic Accomplishment

And it's his own so-called "signature issue," too, according to the vapid glossies.

Here's David Dayen at Calitics with the nauseating details:

SB14, which would set a first-in-the-nation standard that utilities must receive 33% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020, passed the Legislature late last night…. This would make California's renewable energy standard one of the most aggressive in the world. The Governor, feted in magazines and national media as an environmental leader, has vocally backed the 33% standard in the past. But power plant generators have pressured Schwarzenegger to veto the bill. And according to the LA Times, he will…. That would really be the icing on the cake to the worst Governorship in California history. The one issue on which he staked his legacy, and he is likely to veto the bill most likely to drive the lowering of greenhouse gas emissions, mainly because it would keep too many jobs in the state. [There are provisions limiting the amount of renewable energy that can come fom outside California --d] Adding a renewable energy standard and mandating a majority of that energy be generated in state, is probably the only bill passed this year that looks to expand the local economy. And because of that, Schwarzenegger will veto it. And the same magazines will put him on the cover with the slogan "The Greenenator" and talk up his environmental credentials.