California: The land of unkept climate commitments

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says that California "leads the world" on climate change. He's right, but not the way he thinks. In fact, the Golden State leads the world in unfulfilled promises to fight global warming.

Consider the Los Angeles solar initiative. In 2000, L.A. announced it would become the "Solar Capital of the World," with solar panels on 100,000 rooftops by 2010. To reach this ambitious target, the L.A. Department of Water and Power offered generous subsidies for solar energy systems. Three years and $80 million later – to outfit 600 rooftops at a cost of $13,000 each – the city cancelled the project as cost-ineffective, 99,400 buildings short of its goal.