‘Green Innovation’ Study Shows California CO2 Policies Mainly Help China

Commentary It’s not often when a study refutes itself. But look at the below chart from the recently released 15th annual California Green Innovation Index, by Next 10, a liberal think tank, and Beacon Economics. It’s under the category International Scorecards and measures millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent, abbreviated as MMTCO2e. (Next 10 California Green Innovation Index) As do California politicians, such as Gov. Gavin Newsom, it shows California as if it were a separate country. But let’s add up the total MMTCO2e for all 50 Polluters—48 countries, the 27 member states of the the European Union, and California. For some reason the study didn’t do that. (Note: I have subtracted California from the U.S. number, which for the 49 remaining states comes to: 4,276.5 MMTCO2e)....