Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:41:36 California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 26, 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 32Business Owners, Leaders Back Prop. 23. Local community leadersand small business owners said Wednesday that Central Coastcommerce and government would be devastated if Proposition 23does not pass in the November election. The proposition wouldsuspend Assembly Bill 32, a comprehensive greenhouse gasreduction program, until the state?s unemployment reaches andremains at 5.5 percent for at least four quarters. Posted.http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_65f23098-b0d9-11df-8a40-001cc4c002e0.html?print=1CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG?SIn Alaska, Doubts About Climate Change Rise With a NewPolitician. Alaska's cliffhanger primary is poised to propel aclimate skeptic toward the U.S. Senate, observers say, likelybolstering the number of nominations achieved by conservativecandidates who challenge manmade global warming. Republican JoeMiller, a former judge with a Yale law degree, showcased Sen.Lisa Murkowski's past support for climate legislation, amongother things, before slipping by her at the voting stationsTuesday to capture a 1,900 vote lead with several thousandabsentee ballots still being counted. Posted.http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/08/26/26climatewire-in-alaska-doubts-about-climate-change-rise-w-72310.html?pagewanted=printFUELSOpinion: ARB On Ethanol: Science Shows Greenhouse Gases Linked ToLand-Use Changes. In a recent article, the California EthanolVehicle Coalition stated that the Air Resources Board is clingingto ?discredited? theories on the impact on global land usechanges associated with the production of corn-based ethanol foruse in transportation fuels. This is not true. The scienceclearly and unequivocally supports the fact that there aregreenhouse gas emissions associated with land use changesresulting from the growing of corn to produce fuel. Posted.http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=z34h9zbyjkte2q&xid=z34gbk55lc98ug&done=.z34h9zbyjlie2q#ENERGYBig California Solar Energy Push Moves Forward. California'slong-awaited boom in solar power plant construction took a majorstep forward Wednesday when state regulators approved the firstin a string of projects that will soon blanket thousands of acresof desert with mirrors harnessing the energy of the sun. TheCalifornia Energy Commission unanimously approved the BeaconSolar Energy Project, which a Florida company plans to build onthe Mojave Desert's western edge. Posted.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/26/BUPV1F396C.DTL&type=printablehttp://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/08/26/4http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/california-approves-first-u-s-thermal-solar-plant/?pagemode=printBill Would Delay Labels For Calif's TV Rules. Sacramento,Calif.?A labeling requirement related to the nation's firstenergy-efficiency standards for televisions would be delayed bysix months if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill approved bythe California Senate. The bill sent to his desk Wednesday wouldpush back the deadline for manufacturers to post details aboutthe energy use of their TVs to July 2011 from January. Posted.http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15897474?nclick_check=1DIESELSCorning To Hike Filter-Making Capacity In Germany. Corning Inc.said Thursday it will spend $44 million to increase its capacityfor making light-duty filters in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Theexpansion is expected to begin in the second half of 2011.Thecompany said tighter restrictions on emissions are driving demandfor filters for diesel engines. The company said more than halfthe passenger cars in Europe are diesel and will be equipped witha filter by 2011. The filters are designed to remove sootparticles from diesel vehicle exhaust. Posted.http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HR7PS80.htmMISCELLANEOUSEPA Rules Will Bar Ships From Discharging Sewage Near CaliforniaCoast. EPA officials say the new rules taking effect next yearprohibit cruise and cargo ships from releasing about 20 milliongallons of sewage into coastal waters every year. New federalregulations will bar cruise vessels and large commercial shipsfrom discharging sewage within three miles of California'scoastline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcedWednesday. Posted.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cruise-sewage-20100826,0,5777712,print.storyhttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/keeping-ship-sewage-from-the-california-coast/Bacteria Seem To Be Doing A Good Cleanup Job In Gulf. Datacollected months ago show populations of carbon-eating bacteriarising in parts of a plume of oil. Now, in the area where thebugs were collected, scientists 'do not see detectable oil.' Asefforts continue to clean the oil that gushed from the blown-outwell in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists has found thatnature's microbial helpers are hard at work too ? and doing abetter job than researchers had expected. Posted.http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-oil-bacteria-20100825,0,1182073,print.storyProp 26 Pits Corporate Interest ?Goliaths? Against PublicInterest ?David?s?. Putting a white hat on a November ballotmeasure funded almost exclusively by big oil, tobacco, andalcohol companies is no easy task, but the Yes on Proposition 26campaign found a way. If approved by voters, the measure wouldmake it much tougher for state or local government to collectindustry-specific mitigation fees on business activities thatcause harm to the environment or public health. Posted.http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=print/8098Improving Infrastructure in CA vs. Green At All Costs.California?s public transportation system has made for ripecomedic fodder for many years. Particularly in SouthernCalifornia, the transit system is a joke on wheels. Over the lastyear, however, state leaders have been working to obtain fundingfor a high speed rail project to run the length of the state. OnNovember 23, Governor Schwarzenegger?s Office informed the publicthat he, alongside California?s two Democratic senators, sent aletter to President Obama in an attempt to speed the process ofobtaining federal funding for the transit project. Posted.http://caivn.org/print/7196AIR QUALITYAir Quality Takes A Costly Hit On 110-Degree Day. This week'ssudden heat wave, along with back-to-school traffic, has causedan ozone spike that air officials had been hoping to avoid thissummer -- and as a result, Valley businesses will owe a $29million dirty-air penalty next year. The air monitor in Parlieron Tuesday measured 141 parts per billion of ozone, well abovethe federal one-hour threshold of 125 ppb and the Valley'shighest reading of the summer. Posted.http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/25/v-print/2054190/another-triple-digit-day-today.htmlBLOGSSan Francisco Shares Its Long List of Green Vendors. In 2005, theCity of San Francisco instituted strict purchasing standardsrequiring municipal departments to buy products that met certainenvironmental, health and toxicity guidelines. Now the city hasput online the database it has developed over the past five yearsto serve as a resource for other cities as well as for corporatepurchasing agents and consumers. Called the SF Approved List, theWeb site lists more than 1,000 products, like bathroomdisinfectants and computer keyboard cleaners, that do not emitgreenhouse gases. Posted.http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/san-francisco-shares-vetted-list-of-green-vendors/?pagemode=printGlobal Warming: Can The San Bernardino Flying Squirrel Be Saved?Environmentalists have petitioned the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService to list the San Bernardino flying squirrel, a nocturnalglider native to Southern California mountains, as an endangeredspecies, threatened by climate change. The petition, filedTuesday by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity,opens a new front in an effort to combat global warming throughthe Endangered Species Act. Posted.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/08/global-warming-san-bernardino-flying-squirrel.htmlClean Energy Investors, Google Fight Prop. 23. The battle for thefuture of California?s landmark climate legislation, AB32, isheating up, with clean energy investors and venture capitalstepping in to combat this November?s Proposition 23 ballotinitiative. Proposition 23, whose primary backers include oilcompanies Valero and Tesoro (and now, the Adam Smith Foundationof Jefferson City, MO,) aims to ?suspend? AB32 by making enactioncontingent on a sustained and unrealistic 5.5% unemployment ratein California.http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/08/clean-energy-investors-google-fight-prop-23/
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Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:59:12 California Air Resources Board News Clips for September 3, 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 32What Would Proposition 23 Cost Us? In its August 30 edition, TheTribune gave space to Pismo Beach City Councilman Ed Waage tolist his reasons why California?s Global Warming Solutions Act,AB 32, should be suspended by the oil industry-supported ballotinitiative known as Proposition 23 (?Boosteconomy by voting for Proposition 23?). Posted.http://calcoastnews.com/2010/09/what-would-proposition-23-cost-us/CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG?SInland Business Leaders Want Greenhouse-Gas Cuts Suspended.Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, joined by local businessleaders, urged voters Thursday to support the suspension ofCalifornia's greenhouse gas law. The 2006 law, known as AB 32,requires that the state reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.Opponents of the law say the enormous investments needed tocomply with AB 32 will kill jobs and burden local businesses.Posted.http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_prop03.b2dc9.htmlKoch Firm Donates $1 Million To Campaign To Suspend ClimateChange Law. A company headed by oil billionaires Charles andDavid Koch have contributed $1 million to the campaign torollback the state's landmark climate change law. Filings withthe California Secretary of the State show that Flint HillsResources, a wholly owned subsidiary of oil conglomerate KochIndustries Inc., made the contribution to the Yes on 23 Committeeon Thursday. Tesoro Co., a San Antonio-based oil refiner, alsocontributed $1 million to the pro-Proposition 23 committee onThursday. Posted.http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/03/3003630/koch-firm-donates-1-million-to.html#ixzz0yU9iHCUvU.S. Affirms 17% Climate Target; Envoys Cite Progress on `GreenFund'. The U.S. failure to pass cap-and- trade legislation won?tchange its target for 2020 to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions byroughly 17 percent, climate negotiator Todd Stern said today. TheHouse approved a bill last year to set limits on carbon dioxidelinked to global warming and create a market in pollutionallowances. The bill, supported by President Barack Obama,stalled in the Senate. Posted.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2010-09-03/u-s-affirms-17-climate-target-envoys-cite-progress-on-green-fund-.htmlOPINION: Next In Combating Climate Change. We?ve all heard thatsomething needs to be done about global warming but may havewondered what concrete steps were being taken. How do we reducegreenhouse gases and turn down the heat? California became aleader in climate change policy when it passed the Global WarmingSolutions Act of 2006, which called for a reduction of greenhousegases back to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and 80 percent below1990 levels by 2050. Posted.http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/commentary/article_2ce43fda-b723-11df-8779-001cc4c03286.html?print=1OPINION: Hicks: We'd Rather Not Let The Facts Get In The Way Of AGood Opinion. This just in -- and it's a biggie: Someone with apublic stance on a controversial issue has changed his mind.Danish political scientist and statistician Bjorn Lomborg -- asupposedly famous (no, really) skeptic of climate change -- hasreversed his position that any climate change that was reallyhappening wasn't worth the effort to combat. Posted.http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_15975464http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/09/bjorn-lomborg-climate-changes-mind/1AIR POLLUTIONTexas Coal Plant?s 50,000 Air Pollution Violations Lead to LegalChallenge. Action Taken After Texas Agency Ignores Problem andFails to Act. More than 50,000 air pollution violations at themassive Martin Lake coal-fired power plant led the Sierra Club,represented by Earthjustice and Environmental Integrity Project,to file a lawsuit today in federal court against plant ownerLuminant (formerly TXU). Posted.http://yubanet.com/usa/Texas-Coal-Plant-s-50-000-Air-Pollution-Violations-Lead-to-Legal-Challenge.phpSCAG Rejects Air Pollution Reduction Targets. The SouthernCalifornia Association of Governments on Thursday rejectedstronger greenhouse gas emission reduction targets recommended bythe state's clean air agency. The standards set by the CaliforniaAir Resources Board aimed to help reduce air pollution. The boardrequested that greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles be reducedby 6 percent by 2020 and by 13 percent by 2035. Posted.http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15977584?nclick_check=1http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/sep/02/builders-environmentalists-split-on-decision-on/http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15975758?nclick_check=1http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9I0GNK81.htmValley Businesses to Foot Bill for $29 Million Ozone Fine.Businesses across the Central Valley can expect higher fees fromthe San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District because ofa violation of an ozone standard. The violation of the one-hourozone standard was recorded last week due to a spike inback-to-school traffic, triple-digit temperatures and smoke fromarea fires. As a result, the Central Valley is on the hook for a$29 million fine this year and every year until the standard ismet. Posted.http://www.turnto23.com/south_county/24863281/detail.htmlhttp://www.turnto23.com/news/24856550/detail.html GREEN/ENERGYSolar Projects Still Sorting Out Tortoises' Fate. BrightSourceEnergy Co. has pounded hundreds of wooden surveyor stakes intothe earth in northeast San Bernardino County while awaiting finaldecisions from state and federal agencies on whether to turn 5.6square miles of public land into a solar energy plant. Posted.http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_solar03.4df0585.htmlTIRE CHECKCalifornia Now Requires Tire Pressure Checks. Californiaautomobile service providers are now required to check tirepressures for every vehicle being maintained or repaired at theirfacility. The regulation, issued by the California Air ResourcesBoard, applies to auto maintenance/repair providers but not toauto parts distributers/retailers, auto body/paint facilities,auto glass installers or wreckers/dismantlers. It went intoeffect September 1, 2010. Posted.http://www.autoserviceworld.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000384293EDITORIAL: The EPA's New Gas-Mileage Labels Are Good but NotPerfect. THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency is asking forcomments on its proposed new gas mileage stickers for automobiles-- so here's ours. On the whole, both of the agency's twosuggested alternative stickers represent much-needed improvementover current fuel-economy labeling. They more clearly andbrightly inform consumers of exactly how much fuel the variousmodels can be expected to consume, how much greenhouse gases theycan be expected to emit and how they perform in comparison tosimilar models. Posted.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090204526.htmlFUELS Chicken Waste As Fuel Source Gets Initial OK. A private company'splan to use chicken waste to power an energy generation projectsouth of the city of Sonoma cleared a preliminary hurdleThursday. In a 10-minute special meeting, the Sonoma County Boardof Supervisors gave its consent to financing the project through$35 million in state-issued bonds. Posted.http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100902/ARTICLES/100909859/1350?Title=Chicken-waste-as-fuel-source-gets-initial-OKMISCELLANEOUSScientist's Firing After 36 Years Fuels 'PC' Debate at UCLA. Alongtime professor at UCLA, told that he would not be rehiredbecause his "research is not aligned with the academic mission"of his department, says he's being fired after 36 years at theprestigious school because his scientific beliefs are"politically incorrect." But UCLA says Dr. James Enstrom'spolitics have nothing to do with its decision. Posted.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/31/pc-professors-firing-fueling-exhaustive-debate/BLOGS Up In The Air...In An All-Electric Plane. The electric Cri-Criairplane was airborne Thursday ? for all of seven minutes. The4-engine aircraft, from Airbus parent corporation EADS, is thefirst of its kind. Its maiden flight took place at Le Bourgetairport near Paris. The flight was smooth, the company said, andquiet. The plane has lithium batteries and four electric propmotors that don?t emit carbon dioxide like standard aircraft.Posted.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/cri-cri-electric-plane.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29Another Item for Climate Panel?s To-Do List. A committee convenedby the InterAcademy Council, the association of the world?sleading national science academies, delivered a long to-do listto the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday,including steps ranging from limiting the term and policyrecommendations of its leadership to fostering more transparencyin its machinations and being more careful to describe thescience determining the strength, or weakness, of particularconclusions. 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