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Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10: 51: 30 California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 24, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG'S Cap And Trade Gets Environmental Analysis. No regulation escapesenvironmental review in California--even cap and trade. Theupcoming program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undergoan environmental assessment, including comparing it to a carbontax, according to the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Theanalysis, known as a Functional Equivalent Document, is scheduledto be released along with the actual cap-and-trade regulations inOctober. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/08/24/4are Chemical Companies Gaming the Carbon Credit System? Acontroversy is brewing over whether some chemical companies areabusing a program that gives them carbon credit revenues fordestroying a potent greenhouse gas created as a by product intheir operations. At issue is whether some companies areintentionally overproducing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) in order todestroy it and generate certified emissions reduction (CER) unitsunder the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). HFC-23 projectsaccount for more than half of all CDM carbon credits sold todate. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/idus271914704820100824gas NOZZLES3, 000 Gas Stations Must Take Latch Off Nozzle. Life just got alittle more inconvenient for Californians who like to wash theirwindshields or grab a snack at the mini mart while filling up thetank. The state fire marshal ordered about 3,000 gas stations-about one third of all the stations in California-to remove thelatches that allow patrons to fill up their gas tanks releases. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/24/bao11f28bc.dtl&type=printablehttp://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/24/2979289/calif-orders-removal-of-gas-nozzle.htmlhttp://www.10news.com/news/24737971/detail.htmlhttp://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?id=16089http://www.ocregister.com/news/fire-263353-gas-nozzle.htmlenergypower Plants ' Cooling Heats Up In Capitol. A sharp dispute isbrewing in the Capitol over a plan pushed by the Los AngelesDepartment of Water and Power to ease new state rules over theway power plants use ocean water to cool their engines. Threeplants affected by the new rules Harbor, Haynes and Scattergood provide nearly 40 percent of Los Angeles available powergeneration Oregon Il Homes For Sale and are critical to the stability of the grid, according to the WEB PART DESCRIPTION FILE (.DWP). Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=z2wjmxrnji1vxn#factories Shuttered En Masse To Keep Up With Emissions Deadline. China has shut down 2,087 highly polluting factories, fearingthat it will otherwise miss a high-profile environmental deadlineset for 2010. The government had pledged to reduce China's energyconsumption per unit of gross domestic product by 20 percentbefore the end of 2010. Official data has suggested that thecountry will miss its mark despite top leaders ' efforts to curbemissions growth and develop renewable energy. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/08/24/6vehiclesbay Area Officials Push To Build-tunes For Electric Cars. TheBay Area is expected to soon become one of America's hottestmarkets for the first mass-produced electric cars, the NissanLeaf and the Chevy Volt. But in the rush to drive electric, onething is missing--places to charge up. Concerned that the nextgeneration of green drivers not be left stalled by the cleanliness, air officials have approved a $ 5 million plan to install 5, 000electric car-tunes around the nine-county Bay Area in the nextfive years at homes, apartments, office buildings, parkinggarages and other locations from San Jose to Santa Rosa. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_15872290http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15872292?nclick_check=1epa, CARB to Review (SCR) Policies. The Environmental ProtectionAgency and California Air Resources Board have agreed to begin a thorough review of their policies regarding the operation ofselective catalytic reduction-equipped heavy-duty diesel engineswhen diesel engine fluid tanks run dry. The review Professor inlegal settlements disclosed in federal and state court documentsfiled earlier this month, are the result of lawsuits filed lastyear against EPA and CARB by engine maker Navistar Inc. Posted. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=25053dieselscarb Recommends Compliance Extension. The California AirResources Board staff is recommending an extension of thecompliance deadlines for the state's emissions-reduction rule for2003 transport refrigeration units. The reduced in scope recommendations call for an extension of the deadline for modelyear 2003 ultra-low-emission TRUs to the end of 2017. Low-emission reefers must be in compliance by Dec. 31. CARBofficials outlined their suggested amendments to the rule at anAug. 18 workshop. Posted. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/printnews.aspx?storyid=25055miscellaneousgreen Groups Backing City's America's Cup Bid. San Franciscoofficials backed off from plans Monday to seek a legislativeexemption to state environmental law for facilities to host thenext America's Cup after some environmentalists pledged tosupport the city's bid for sailing's premier race. The movesdefuse a potentially embarrassing showdown betweengreen-credentialed Mayor Gavin Newsom and environmental groupsworried that the city's efforts would create a road map forwealthy interests to circumvent state environmental law is bigprojects. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/24/ba161f26li.dtl&type=printableblogsunemployment vs. Global Warming. Is thinking green an economicluxury? Intuition implies that it may be, but so far there sbeen little empirical evidence on the subject. Two economistsrecently changed that: using data from Google keyword searchesbetween 2004 and 2010, Matthew e. Kahn and Matthew j. Kotchenfound that higher unemployment rates within a state decreaseinternet search activity for global warming, but increase searchactivity for unemployment.Based on this, where she studies preference forinterest in global warming, therefore, it appears that recessionscrowd out concern for the environment Posted. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/unemployment-vs-global-warming/?pagemode=print
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