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Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:58:58 California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 9, 2010. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board?s Officeof Communications. You may need to sign in or register withindividual websites to view some of the following news articles.AB 32/ PROP 23Laird, Blakeslee Disagree Over Prop. 23 In Debate In ArroyoGrande. Arroyo GRANDE - The two leading candidates for stateSenate agreed during a Friday night debate in Arroyo Grande thatglobal warming is real, but disagreed on what to do about it.Republican Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee and former Assemblyman JohnLaird, a Democrat, disagreed on whether voters should repealProposition 23 on the November ballot. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15697535Valero Adds $3M To Oppose Calif. Climate Law. Sacramento, Calif.A Texas-based oil company has added another $3 million to theballot campaign seeking to suspend California's landmark globalwarming law. Valero Services Inc. made the contribution Friday,according to the secretary of state's campaign finance website.Proposition 23 on the November ballot seeks to delay regulationsthat are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions untilCalifornia's unemployment rate, now at 12.3 percent, falls to 5.5percent and stays there for a year. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15699075http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/06/1284017/valero-adds-3m-to-oppose-calif.html#ixzz0w7rybLIB http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/aug/06/valero-adds-3m-to-oppose-calif-climate-law/CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG?SAir Board To Release Proposed Greenhouse Gas Targets. Sacramento- Communities in Inland Southern California would need to expandpublic transit, curb sprawl and take other steps to meetgreenhouse gas reduction targets soon to emerge from stateair-quality regulators. The proposed targets, to be released asearly as Monday, will be a major step in the implementation of SB375, a 2008 bill that aims to reduce emissions linked to globalwarming by influencing local governments' land-use andtransportation policies. Posted.http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_landuse08.2d43e84.htmlWhite House Still Hopes To Pass Bill This Year --The White Houseis "deeply disappointed" that Congress hasn't passed climatelegislation but won't give up on getting it done this year,President Obama's top climate and energy adviser said yesterday.Carol Browner said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that theadministration is still holding out hope for a legislativevictory on climate and energy, despite the political challengesof passing a controversial bill through the Senate after thechamber returns from its August recess." Posted.http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/08/09/1Editorial: More Evidence Of Global Warming. What's mostdiscouraging about the politicized debate over climate change isseeing the distrust of science sharply rise. The climate changedenial caucus is so vocal that even as new evidence reinforcesthe conclusion that human activity is warming the planet, peoplerefuse to see it. Scientists must keep reporting the data as itis collected, though, so this month the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration released its State of the Climatereport. Posted.http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/news_columnists/x1028351467/Editorial-More-evidence-of-global-warmingOn Leadership: Carbon and climate change: Why are we behind? TheUnited States suffers from a severe case of what my Thunderbirdcolleague Gregory Unruh termed years ago "carbon lock-in." Carbonlock-in refers to the self-perpetuating inertia created byinterlocking institutional forces and cultural norms that inhibitefforts to develop alternative energy systems. Posted.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606029.htmlDimmer view of Earth. When Stanford climate scientist ChristopherField looks at visual feeds from a satellite monitoringdeforestation in the Amazon basin, he sees images streaked withwhite lines devoid of data. The satellite, Landsat 7, is broken.Posted.http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15689267UN panel: New Taxes Needed For A Climate Fund. Bonn,Germany?Carbon taxes, add-ons to international air fares and alevy on cross-border money movements are among ways beingconsidered by a panel of the world's leading economists to raisea staggering $100 billion a year to fight climate change. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15683210Climate Talks Appear To Slip Backward. Bonn, Germany?Globalclimate talks appeared to have slipped backward after five daysof negotiations in Bonn, with rich and poor countries exchangingcharges of reneging on agreements they made last year to containgreenhouse gases. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15693765Relentless Heat Wave Roasts Russia. While the mid-Atlantic hassuffered through a sultry summer so far, conditions have not beennearly as extreme as in parts of Europe, particularly Russia. TheRussian heat wave of July and August, along with related droughtconditions and wildfires, have garnered international headlinesin recent weeks, and will surely be studied by climate scientistsand public health experts for years to come, both for itsintensity and duration. Posted.http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/08/relentless_heat_wave_roasts_ru.htmlhttp://www.examiner.com/x-10722-Austin-Science-Policy-Examiner~y2010m8d9-Record-heat-waves-and-floods-could-become-the-normENERGY/GREEN ENERGYJerry Brown Emphasizes Green Energy In Jobs Plan. The Democratsays investment in renewable energy should create 500,000 newjobs in the state in the next 10 years. He would consider taxbreaks to encourage creation of manufacturing jobs. Democraticgubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown quietly unveiled a jobs planSunday that calls for creating green-energy jobs, investing inthe state's infrastructure and education, increasingmanufacturing jobs and improving job-training programs. Posted.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-jobs-20100809,0,3647153,print.storyhttp://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/09/2945626/brown-adds-details-to-clean-energy.htmlhttp://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/08/v-print/2034493/capitol-alert-brown-beefs-up-jobs.htmlL.A. Tops in Calif. Clean-Tech Companies. Los Angeles County hasthe most clean-tech companies in the state, with Orange, SantaClara, San Diego, Alameda and San Francisco counties followingit, according to a report released Thursday by the nonprofitEnvironmental Defense Fund. According to the report, whichincludes an online mapping tool, the green economy reaches everymajor metropolitan area in the state. Posted.http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2010/08/02/daily29.htmlFairfax Enacts Ban On Smartmeter Installation. Fairfax -- TheFairfax Town Council unanimously approved the first reading of anordinance banning the installation of remote-controlled utilitymeters within the town's borders Wednesday, despite a last-minutepromise by PG&E that it would stop installing its trademarkedSmartMeters in Fairfax. Posted.http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15684293AIR QUALITYObama Acts As Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist. Racks of lime-greenbatteries awaited inspection on the factory floor when thewell-connected investor swept through Smith Electric Vehicles inKansas City, Mo., last month. A week later he broke ground on anadvanced vehicle battery plant in Holland, Mich., the ninthbattery facility his money has helped jump-start in the lastyear. Meet the country's venture capitalist-in-chief, PresidentObama. Posted.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/09/BUGN1EQ09H.DTL&type=printableClean-Air Grants Should Help Farmers Curb Burning. On July 28thin Sacramento, State Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) convened ahearing to review rulings by the governing board of the SanJoaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) and theCalifornia Air Resources Board to continue to allow the openfield burning of agricultural waste products in the San JoaquinValley. Posted.http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/commentary/28-commentary/5844-clean-air-grants-should-help-farmers-curb-burningSmog Over Moscow Worsens As Wildfires Rage. Moscow?A suffocatingsmog from wildfires hung over the Russian capital Saturday,raising the concentration of dangerous pollutants to a new highas exasperated residents donned masks and dozens of flights weredelayed or diverted at the city's airports. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15703526?nclick_check=1http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15716495Fresno State Balloon Tracks Dairies' Acrid Gases. An orangeballoon floated 50 feet above California State University,Fresno's small dairy herd last week, helping in the unsavory taskof gathering air samples from a plume of pungent gases. Posted.http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/05/2031238/fresno-state-balloon-tracks-dairies.htmlhttp://www.modbee.com/2010/08/06/1284375/fresno-state-studies-valley-dairy.html#ixzz0w7pWLz64VEHICLESCar Rental Companies To Offer Electric Nissan Leafs. Beginning asearly as January, electric cars will be available at the nation'stwo largest auto rental companies. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, NorthAmerica's largest car rental firm, unveiled plans last week tooffer about 500 Nissan Leaf all-electric cars, initially atdealerships in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle.Posted.http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20100809,0,698051,print.story$5 Million to Go Towards Electric Car Charging Plan. Electroniccar owners in the Bay Area may soon have easier access tocharging stations as the Bay Area Air Quality Management Districtapproved $5 million in funding last week to go toward developinga regional electric vehicle charging infrastructure program.Posted.http://sfappeal.com/alley/2010/08/5-million-to-go-towards-electric-car-charging-plan.phpIt's Not Just The Weather That Attracts Start-Up Manufacturers OfAlternative-Fuel Vehicles To California. The state's ZeroEmission Vehicle program has created a marketplace for creditsearned by selling electric and other low-emission vehicles. Thatmeans a potential source of income for small electric-vehiclemakers that earn the credits but don't need them. Indeed, part ofthe business plan of some small companies trying to break intothe electric-car business involves selling credits to largermanufacturers. Posted.http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20012374-48.htmlBLOGSDiesel vs. Gasoline Pollution- Diesel Making Improvements. Enginetechnology has come a long way in just the past few decades.Perceptions have changed- well some of them- as people begin tobranch out and try newer cars powered by new engines and thetechnology in them. Posted.http://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Diesel-vs-gasoline-pollution-diesel-making-improvements/1715-416825-364.aspx
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