New Energy Out[spends] Old in California - NYTimes.com

The pro-AB 32 forces were so persuaded that the law was good for California’s economy that they outspent the oil companies — $31.2 million compared with $10.6 million. That war chest paid for mass mailings, nearly three million telephone calls to voters and TV commercials that extolled the promise of green jobs and urged voters to reject the oil companies’ “job-killing dirty energy proposition.” About 3,000 volunteers took the case door to door.

How do we know that the "new" energy people were motivated by concern for the California economy, rather than by concern for their own wallets?  And wasn't this supposed to be about preventing bad weather in Bangladesh in 2050, not about making money off California residents right now?