The November 2, 2010 Elections saw California voters choosing to protect the state’s clean energy economy boom, crushing Proposition 23 and rejecting dirty oil from Texas.

Proposition 23 was the largest public referendum in history on climate and clean energy policy. Decided by almost 10 million voters, the defeat of Prop 23 was a key victory for the future of clean energy in California.

More than 61 percent of voters voted against Proposition 23. In other words, the measure was rejected by a margin of nearly a two to one.

A coalition of consumers, business, labor unions, public health and environmental advocates, Latino organizations, the NAACP, community groups, utilities, and even some oil companies, fought Proposition 23 together in a broad bipartisan effort.

Fronting themselves as a new united face of the environmental movement, this coalition promises a clean energy future for California.