In yesterday's elections, California voters
showed their continued support for the state's climate change
policies, voting against a ballot initiative that would have
suspended current climate change policies until certain economic
targets were met and electing Democrat Jerry Brown as governor. The
election results are an important milestone for the Western Climate
Initiative ("WCI'), of which California is the largest
participant, as the republican candidate had promised to revisit
the state's climate change and cap-and-trade commitments.
Voters in New Mexico, another WCI participant, elected Republican
Susana Martinez as governor. This could effect New Mexico's
continued participation in the WCI as Martinez opposes a carbon
emissions cap-and-trade program
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