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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for May 25, 2017.
Posted: 25 May 2017 14:04:15
CARB Newsclips for May 25, 2017. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. CARB BUSINESS Sound Wall-Vegetation Combination Barriers as Near-Roadway Pollutant Mitigation Strategies. Suzanne Paulson, Ph.D., Yifang Zhu, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles and Akula Venkatram, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., PDT (WEBCAST) Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, CalEPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California For more go to the announcement at: https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/paulson6/paulson6.htm ___________________________ The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff invites you to participate in the third meeting in an ongoing series of public working meetings to discuss Co-processing of biogenic feedstocks at conventional petroleum refineries. Topics include (1) pathway application and evaluation of the carbon intensity of renewable fractions, (2) quantifying and reporting the renewable fuel volumes, and (3) monitoring and verification under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The next meeting will be held at the following time and location: DATE: Friday, June 2, 2017 TIME: 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. LOCATION: Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor ADDRESS: California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building 1001 “I” Street Sacramento, California 95814 Today’s notice is intended to confirm the date, time and location, and supply instructions on how to participate (in-person, over the phone, or webcast). This information along with a discussion paper and other materials for review will be posted at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs_meetings/lcfs_meetings.htm _______________________________________ Staff from the California Department of Transportation, the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development invite you to participate in workshops to discuss implementation of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (Action Plan). The workshops will be held at the locations and on the dates noted below. The agencies will follow the same format and show the same presentation at each of the workshop locations. LOS ANGELES: May 30, 2017 SAN DIEGO: May 31, 2017 For more information on the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan including upcoming workshops, please visit the webpage at http://www.casustainablefreight.org/ _________________________ The California Air Resources Board in collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, is holding a free professional wet cleaning demonstration workshop. The free workshop will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017 from 2:00PM - 4:00PM in Los Angeles. Doors open at 1:45 PM. Venue: London Cleaners, 1073 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Space is limited. Register early at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-professional-wet-cleaning-demonstration-workshop-for-dry-cleaners-tickets-33498967313 or by searching for "wet cleaning workshop" on Eventbrite at: http://www.eventbrite.com For more details about the workshop, please visit ARB's Non-Toxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program (AB998) website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/dryclean/ab998.htm __________________________ CAP AND TRADE Demand rebounds for California pollution permits. Demand for California pollution permits rebounded in the first quarterly auction since an appeals court upheld the program, generating about $500 million for the state, according to results released Wednesday. 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The PUC's March decision is the first application of the federal social cost of carbon in utility planning processes. Just as the federal government is hitting the brakes on climate change mitigation, a number of states are stepping up their efforts. State efforts to expand renewable energy through mandates… http://www.utilitydive.com/news/colorado-regulators-seize-the-climate-fight-in-landmark-ruling-on-carbon-co/443186/ DOE scientists call out Pruitt in global warming study. Scientists fact-checked U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's congressional testimony on global warming in a paper published yesterday in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. 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