California Scheming

For Jerry Brown, environmental protection is a great idea, unless it is interfering with "green" jobs creation.  Apparently, Gov.  Brown is concerned that his dream of a high speed train system could be derailed by endless environmental  litigation.  Some question whether the project even makes sense (projections are that it would cost less to get an unsubsidized airplane ticket), but there is a pot of federal money waiting to be tapped, and California needs the construction jobs. So Gov. Brown is proposing to short circuit the reviews that would be required by the California Environmental Quality Act in order to get the project going. Rank hypocrisy.