The New York Times ran a story of significant length today on California's increasing efforts to reduce its own emissions and to stop buying power from out-of-state producers whose environmental standards don't stand up to California's standards.

The state will also be implementing more stringent regulations on the energy efficiency of electronic gadgets and their accessories. By 2020, as is widely known, California aims to cut its emissions by 25%. The question, which the Times emphasizes, is whether the economic risk will ultimately pan out and let California prove to all the skeptics that drastic, widespread environmental improvement doesn't have to cost the economy.