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Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:00:33
California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 2-5, 2009.


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Political Alliances Shift in Fight Over Climate Bill. The flurry
of companies quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is
highlighting how the climate-change issue is straining
traditional alliances in Washington, as some businesses seek to
profit from overhauling the energy market and others try to cut
deals to head off tougher regulation. Some companies and industry
groups that have in the past worked with Republicans to fight
efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels -- such as Detroit's auto
makers -- are now expressing support for action on climate
change. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125469865112162911.html#printMode

Niello: Quit Hammering State's Small Businesses. This just in:
California businesses are overregulated. No, really they're
really overregulated. But don't take my word for it. In 2006, the
Legislature passed a bill with bipartisan support to request an
independent report on the total cost of regulation to the
California economy. The study was headed by Sanjay Varshney,
professor of finance and dean of the College of Business
Administration at California State University, Sacramento.
Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/v-print/story/2227437.html

Can Lean Times Also Be Green Times? Whitman argues that economic
issues push environmental concerns aside. The governor has long
said both need attention. As the giant cargo cranes at the Port
of Long Beach loomed behind him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last
week cut quickly to a debate gaining intensity in his Republican
Party: Should the state's passion for environmental protection
survive a foundering economy? Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-week4-2009oct04,0,7473507,print.story

Feds To Review Ozone Standards. The Obama administration is
reconsidering the federal health standard for ozone, a
lung-irritating component of smog, to determine if the standard
the Bush administration set last year goes far enough to protect
health. Posted.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_ozone04.2c2db60.html

Methane Watch Dog? The San Joaquin Air Pollution Control
District plans to charge a $150 methane fee for every cow, bull
and steer within its jurisdiction. Posted.
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/letters/x2067559430/Methane-watch-dog

Emissions Initiative In Whitman's Cross Hairs. Campaign promise
has a tough target. Sacramento — If elected governor next year,
Republican Meg Whitman vows to suspend California's landmark
initiative against global warming on her first day in office. “As
governor, I actually would place a moratorium on AB 32 by
executive order until we fully understand the law's impact on our
economy,” said Whitman, referring to the state law requiring a
sharp reduction in greenhouse gas emissions linked to global
warming. Posted.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/05/emissions-initiative-whitmans-cross-hairs/
 
Ban On Wood Burning: Council May Rekindle Rule. With the Butte
County Air Quality Management District's proposal to limit
residential wood-burning losing steam last week, the Chico City
Council may soon rekindle discussions on a mandatory burn ban in
Chico on certain winter days. Posted.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_13468100

Pipe Break In Upper Ojai Results In Tons Of Air Pollutants. The
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District is re-examining its
excess pollution fees after an oil company was fined $6,500 for
releasing multiple tons of air pollution over at least a
six-month time frame. Posted.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/30/pipe-break-in-upper-ojai-results-in-tons-of-air/


California Carbon Trading Program Addresses Forest Preservation
Offsets. California Climate Change carbon trading program
addresses forest preservation offsets. Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger held an international Climate Change conference in
Century City this week. 1,200 representatives from 70 states and
provinces in the world attended. Posted.
http://www.examiner.com/x-5908-Boston-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d3-California-carbon-trading-program-address-forest-preservation-offsets


Carbon Storage New Factor For Timber. About 20,000 acres of
Tuolumne County timber are part of an effort to capture some of
the carbon dioxide believed to be changing the climate. Sierra
Pacific Industries, a major lumber producer, announced last week
that it will manage the land in a way that increases carbon
stored in trees over the next 100 years. Posted.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/880464.html 

Leaders From Indonesia, Brazil Join 3 U.S. States in
Deforestation Accord. Three U.S. governors and eight regional
leaders from Brazil and Indonesia have drafted a memorandum they
intend to make official today that calls on the presidents of
their nations to write generous forestry provisions into an
international climate change pact in Copenhagen in December.
Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/02/02climatewire-leaders-from-indonesia-brazil-join-3-us-stat-93701.html


Investor Advocates Press Business Groups Over Climate Policy.
Progressive investor funds and their allies are increasing
pressure on powerful Washington business associations to alter
their climate change policy positions, following the high-profile
departure of three electric utilities from the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/02/02greenwire-investor-advocates-press-business-groups-over-24521.html


Hurdles Remain on Climate Change Goals. Like most members of
President Obama's climate team, David Sandalow was one of
President Bill Clinton's negotiators in Kyoto. And he carries an
indelible lesson from the experience of signing off on the
international climate pact there 12 years ago: "Only agree abroad
to what you can implement at home." He had been elated at the
deal by more than 180 nations in December 1997. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100401881_pf.html

Global Leaders Sign Declaration In Advance of Next Climate
Agreement. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and United Nations
officials today joined with 30 global leaders in Los Angeles, at
the closing ceremony of the Governors’ Global Climate Summit 2 to
sign a declaration committing to work together to pursue clean
transportation and mobility, support national climate change
legislation, include forests in climate policy development,
acknowledge the need for adaptation efforts and recognize the
role of subnational governments in the discussions on the next
global climate agreement being negotiated in Copenhagen this
December. Posted.
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6735&Itemid=23


Divisions in U.S. Over Emissions. If anyone in the global
community was still straining to see where the fault lines lay in
the American debate over climate change, last week will have
provided some clarity. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/business/energy-environment/05iht-green05.html?scp=7&sq=air%20pollution&st=cse


EPA Reconsiders 'Johnson Memo' on Carbon Emissions. U.S. EPA
yesterday launched a formal reconsideration of a Bush-era
memorandum detailing when the government should regulate carbon
dioxide emissions from industrial facilities. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/01/01greenwire-epa-reconsiders-johnson-memo-on-carbon-emissio-66348.html


Southern Calif. Port Pollution Drops Under Clean Truck Program.
A "clean trucks" program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach in California has shown quick progress, with an 80 percent
decline in diesel emissions expected by the end of 2010 -- a year
ahead of schedule. "This is the most successful effort to clean a
port in the world," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
"I mean, think about it. Nobody thought it was possible to
retrofit 5,000 trucks in a year, and we're at 5,500 and growing.
Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/10/02/14/

Duke CEO Sends Message To Kerry, Boxer And Coal Industry. Duke
Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers has a mixed message for U.S. senators
considering global warming legislation. In an interview last
week, the leader of the nation's third-largest electric utility
said that a major climate bill released last week in the U.S.
Senate heads in the right direction but needs an overhaul when it
comes to nuclear power, natural gas and renewables. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/05/4

Fed. Stimulus Dollars Help Renewable Energy. It doesn't look
like it has any redeeming qualities, but the field of garbage
high above Pittsburg is actually the main ingredient for
producing enough energy to power 2,200 Bay Area homes. Posted.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/green&id=7043992


Biofuels Producers Warn They Are Going to Fall Far Short of
Federal Mandates. The emerging cellulosic biofuel industry, stung
by frozen credit markets, ineffective federal loan programs and
lagging federal policies, will fall far short of mandated
production volumes over the next few years. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/05/05climatewire-biofuels-producers-warn-they-are-going-to-fa-82387.html


NO: Will "Green Energy" Create Millions of Jobs in the US. NO:
Green subsidies will create jobs by destroying others. Don't let
the hype about "green jobs" fool you. The global warming bill
approved earlier this year by the House of Representatives would
destroy far more jobs than it could ever create. Posted.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_13484727  

Regional Force of Green Jobs Foreseen. Jobs are scarce and the
climate is changing, but there is hope on the horizon that both
those problems could be solved by the wave of green jobs
predicted to touch every sector of the economy. Posted.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/oct/01/regional-force-of-green-jobs-foreseen/


New Script for India on Climate Change. New Delhi — When the
United Nations convened its summit meeting on climate change last
month, China and the United States, the two most important
countries at the negotiating table, hewed to mostly familiar
scripts, making promises without making too many specific
commitments. Less familiar was the script followed by the third
most important country at the table, India. India’s public stance
on climate change is usually predictable — predictably obstinate
and unwilling to compromise, at least according to many
industrialized nations. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/world/asia/04climate.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=print

Letters: Climate-Change Winds Blow Colder. The Senate is now
drafting a global-warming bill even more economically Draconian
than the recent version passed in the House. Our senators need to
take stock of recent global-climate outcomes before they blindly
proceed down this ridiculous path. Posted.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ice-global-climate-2591045-sea-data

Region Gets Funding For Green Projects. Long Beach Diesel
pollution from ports, train engines, buses and construction
machinery will be slashed and green jobs created with more than
$26million in federal stimulus funding, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency announced Thursday with the Port of Long Beach
as a backdrop. Posted.
http://headlines.ocregister.com/news/funding-44844-million-retrofit.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13470519#

Climate Change Puts National Parks At Risk. Washington —
America's national parks are at risk of disappearing or being
fundamentally changed as seas rise, glaciers melt, trees die and
animal habitat changes as a result of climate change, according
to a report Thursday from two environmental groups. Posted.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_13484234#

Hybrid Car Owners In California May Lose Carpool Edge. The days
may be numbered for hybrid car owners who have enjoyed traveling
solo in California's carpool lanes. The stickers granting that
privilege to 85,000 hybrid owners are set to expire Jan. 1, 2011.
There are proposals in Sacramento to extend the deadline, but
they would exclude most of the vehicles that originally qualified
for the program, such as the Toyota Prius, the Honda Civic hybrid
and the original Honda Insight. Posted.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_13471814#

Cemex Suggests Last Year's Chromium 6 Scare Was Overblown. Santa
Cruz - Administrators of the Davenport cement plant are alleging
that the county health department may have overreacted to the
discovery of chromium 6 at their facility last year and spent
unnecessary money on the effort to ensure public safety, say
county officials. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13472924#

East County Trash Is Treasure For Other Areas. pittsburg — A new
energy source for two Bay Area communities comes from piles of
discarded trash stored in East Contra Costa County.  A project by
Massachusetts-based Ameresco that began Aug. 1 at Keller Canyon
Landfill converts methane gas emitted from decaying household
garbage into energy. The plant sells the electricity to Alameda
Municipal Power — that city's municipal utility company — and
Palo Alto. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13472262#

Sierra Pacific Makes Largest Forest Carbon Transaction.
California's largest private landowner, Sierra Pacific
Industries, and Equator, LLC, a natural resources asset
management firm, announced Thursday that they have entered into
the nation's single largest pre-compliance forest carbon
transaction to date. The transaction will consist of a series of
projects focused on developing compliance-ready carbon offsets
registered under the recently approved Climate Action Reserve
forestry protocol, according to a press release issued Thursday.
Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13488678#

BLOGS 

One Earth, One Dream, one EcoFest in Laguna. Laguna Beach plays
host this weekend to the “One Earth, One Dream Ecofest,” a
kaleidoscope of music, food, art and speeches meant to address
environmental troubles around the planet. Posted.
http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/02/one-earth-one-dream-one-ecofest-in-laguna/13619/

O.C. Green Building Efforts Soaring, Report Shows. Orange County
applications for the coveted Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design certifications  exploded in 2007 and
continued to show strong gains through this year — with Irvine
the hands-down leader in applications and successful
certifications. LEED certificates are awarded to buildings that
showcase the most efficient and environmentally friendly design,
construction, operation and maintenance systems. Posted.
http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/02/new-report-shows-oc-leed-applications-soaring/13641/

Think Globally, Act Locally: Mayors Move On Climate Change. In a
new report on efforts by U.S. cities to outdo the federal
government on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Seattle Mayor
Greg Nickels admits that even the early strides made by Seattle
-- reducing the city's 1990 carbon footprint by 8% in 2005 --
don't allow the city to rest on its laurels. Today's gains could
be tomorrow's losses. Real measures to slow the warming of the
planet will take patience, persistence and a determination to
press on despite setbacks. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/10/think-globally-act-locally-mayors-move-on-climate-change.html

How Green Is Your Mobile Phone Company? In the crowded field of
North American mobile phone companies, AT&T Wireless leads its
competitors in efforts to reduce its environmental impact,
according to a recent study by A.B.I. Research, a technology
market research firm. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/whats-the-greenest-mobile-phone-
company/?scp=3&sq=climate%20change&st=cse
 
Denying Climate Change. Michael LePage, writer and editor at New
Scientist recently wrote a segment titled "Get Real" in which he
addressed the dangers of denying climate change. He defines such
deniers as "those who either ignore the huge body of scientific
evidence or, worse still, lie about it or misrepresent it to
confuse people--a ploy that has been very successful." Posted.
http://blogs.redding.com/dcraig/archives/2009/10/denying-climate.html

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