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