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has made climate change the centerpiece of his final tenure by laying out the most aggressive benchmark in North America, which would reduce Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s carbon footprint and boost the state's renewable energy use to 50 percent in 15 years.
Securing legislation requiring that standard in the world's eighth-largest economy would be a timely win for Brown before international leaders meet in Gay Paree in November for the United Nations
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climate change conference. Brown is likely to attend the conference, but he has not said so officially.
But first, the Democratic governor has to break through a logjam in his own party in the final week of the legislative session.
Many Assembly Democrats -- including moderates and those representing less wealthy districts -- are concerned that the ambitious proposal to cut petroleum use by half, boost renewable electricity use to 50 percent and double energy efficiency in existing buildings will hurt California's economy and working-class residents.