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Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:56:39
California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 21, 2009.


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Fill It Up With Electricity, Please. ELECTRIC cars are coming in
big numbers for the first time. Again. The prediction has been
here before, almost every time governments have worried about oil
supplies and air pollution. Manufacturers dabbled with electrics
after the oil shock of 1979-80. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/automobiles/autospecial2/22ELECTRIC.html

As Hybrid Buses Get Cheaper, Cities Fill Their Fleets. IF you
wonder whether hybrid-electric vehicles will ever catch on,
simply ask one of the millions of people who ride in them every
day. Hybrid-electric buses, that is. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/automobiles/autospecial2/22BUS.html
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/10/21/17

PD Editorial: Roaring Motorcycles. It's time to crack down on
illegally modified exhaust systems. Clearly, there’s no shortage
of opinions about motorcycle noise. We had our own gripes before
we published an op-ed column by John Johnson Jr. of the Los
Angeles Times about riders who illegally modify their bikes to
make them louder (“Those noisy hog days of summer,” Sept. 23).
“Visit any coastal community or travel mountain roads on a summer
weekend and you will see them: desktop rebels rumbling along in
vast, growling herds,” Johnson wrote. Posted.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091020/OPINION/910209948&Title=PD-Editorial-Roaring-motorcycles&template=printart

Chinese Official Warns Copenhagen Climate Talks May Fail.
BEIJING – Prospects for a global climate-change agreement at a
summit in Copenhagen in December dimmed further after a senior
Chinese climate-talks negotiator said talks may fail unless
developed countries change their demands. The comments by Lu
Xuedu, deputy director of China's National Climate Center and a
senior official in China's climate-talks delegation, added to
fears that the outlook for agreement in Copenhagen are worse than
just a few weeks ago, after preliminary climate talks in Bangkok
laid bare a growing divide between richer and poorer nations.
Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125612559252798713.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#printMode

China, India Sign Climate Change Cooperation Accord. India
signed an agreement with China, the world’s biggest polluter, to
increase cooperation on tackling climate change after the
countries rejected calls from rich nations to set binding caps on
carbon emissions. The memorandum of understanding was signed
today in New Delhi by India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh
and Xie Zhenhua, vice minister at China’s National Development
and Reform Commission. The agreement comes ahead of a United
Nations climate-change summit in Copenhagen in December. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFyFHkF6C3Fs
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13608337#

Climate Bill Aids Authors' States. A little noticed
Environmental Protection Agency analysis shows that the pending
climate-change bill in Congress would particularly benefit the
states represented by its primary authors. The analysis, obtained
by The Washington Times, shows that the states that would benefit
most from the climate legislation that passed the House in June
include California and Massachusetts. Posted.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/20/climate-bill-aids-authors-states/


As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle
for Interim Steps. With the clock running out and deep
differences unresolved, it now appears that there is little
chance that international climate change negotiations in
Copenhagen in December will produce a comprehensive and binding
new treaty on global warming. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/science/earth/21treaty.html?em


Obama to Give Senate Climate Bill a Push with MIT Speech.
President Obama will try to push the Senate climate bill forward
Friday with an energy-themed speech at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, just days before the start of a marathon
series of hearings featuring testimony from top administration
officials. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/21/21climatewire-obama-to-give-senate-climate-bill-a-push-wit-53858.html?scp=2&sq=carbon%20emission&st=cse


Gore: China, US Must Cooperate On Climate Change. Former U.S.
Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday that cooperation between
China and the U.S., the world's two biggest emitters of
greenhouse gases, is crucial to tackling the climate change
crisis. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/world/story/901625.html 
Global Warming Could Spur Growth in Northwest Forests – Study.
Over the next century, global warming could boost forest growth
in the Pacific Northwest, a new study has found. Warming
temperatures could lead to a significant increase in the
productivity of high-elevation forests in the region, researchers
at Oregon State University and the Forest Service's Pacific
Northwest Research Station found. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/20/20greenwire-global-warming-could-spur-growth-in-northwest-43219.html


Livestock Accounts for Half of Greenhouse Gases, Study Claims.
Livestock production accounts for at least half of human-caused
greenhouse-gases emissions, according to a study by
Washington-based researcher Worldwatch Institute that disputes a
2006 United Nations report. Cattle, pigs and other domesticated
animals discharge gases that are the equivalent of at least 32.6
billion tons of carbon dioxide, or 51 percent of world emissions,
wroteRobert Goodland, former lead environmental adviser at the
World Bank, and Jeff Anhang, a World Bank researcher. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aNpVC3cew7oU#

Greenhouse-Gas Output Rose 1% in Industrialized Nations in 2007.
Greenhouse-gas output in developed nations rose 1 percent in 2007
from a year earlier, underscoring the need to reach an effective
agreement to fight global warming at a Copenhagen summit in
December, the United Nations said. Emissions in the 40 countries
required to report the gases under the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change have now risen by 3 percent since 2000, the global
body said. In the smaller group of 37 nations that are party to
the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, emissions rose by 0.1 percent
in 2007, it said. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a8iryo54aIZQ#
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/10/21/5

Ships, Planes Should Cut Emissions Up to 20%, EU Says. The
European Union proposed that the shipping and airline industries
reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 20 percent over the
next decade as part of any new United Nations accord to fight
global warming. Ships would have to cut greenhouse gases by a
fifth in 2020 compared with 2005 and airlines would need to trim
discharges by 10 percent during the period under the EU proposal
to the UN. European environment ministers endorsed the
negotiating position at a meeting today in Luxembourg. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aEs.JZVa9xp8#
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/10/21/7

LOIS HENRY: CARB Can't Ignore Credibility Problems. Credibility
is power. When you have it, it's like a rock in your fist. But
despite its power, it can be as fragile as an eggshell -- handle
it with care or it'll shatter into a gooey mess. That's what I
believe the California Air Resources Board members have on their
hands as they bull forward with the diesel emissions rules they
passed last December based on a health report written by CARB
researcher Hien Tran. Tran lied about having a Ph.D in statistics
from Davis. Posted.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/columnist/henry/x1260873480/LOIS-HENRY-CARB-cant-ignore-credibility-problems#

Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity. Denver—Armed
with nearly $1 billion in federal grants, wind farm developers
installed more capacity and got projects off the drawing board in
the third quarter. Yet turbine manufacturers struggled amid
excess supply, a trade group reported Tuesday. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13602160#

Lighter, Cheaper, LED Light Bulbs Are Starting To Enter The
Marketplace. Just when you were finally warming up to the idea of
swapping out your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones,
you may soon find a new alternative at your local hardware store.
Retailers are starting to carry bulbs built around light-emitting
diodes, or LEDs. These bulbs promise to last longer and use less
energy than even compact fluorescents (CFLs), which already are
much longer-lived and power-efficient than standard incandescent
bulbs. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/702/v-print/story/2268389.html

Air Quality Board To Consider Voluntary Wood-Burning
Regulations. A month after rejecting mandatory wood stove and
fireplace restrictions in the Chico area, the Butte County Air
Quality Management District board will Thursday be asked to
approve a voluntary program for the third year.  District staff
is asking that the "Check Before You Light" program be revived
for the period from November through February. The program asks
residents of the Chico urban area to check pollution forecasts
before lighting a residential wood fire during those four months,
and to refrain from lighting a fire if bad air quality is
expected. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_13607482 

Utilities Vow Expedited Push To Accommodate Plug-In Vehicles.
The nation's largest electric utilities will "move forward
aggressively" to build infrastructure and provide customer
services needed to accommodate plug-in electric vehicles, an
industry group pledged today. The Edison Electric Institute
unveiled a pledge to expedite full-scale commercialization and
deployment of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) at a PEV
conference in Detroit. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/21/10

Obama Battery Grants May Help GM Market Cheaper Electric Cars.
General Motors Co. and other automakers may be moving closer to
the $30,000 electric car, $10,000 cheaper than it has estimated,
as Obama administration subsidies cut battery costs by as much as
half. Energy storage costs are falling because of $2.4 billion in
federal grants, leaving companies including GM, Ford Motor Co.
and Chrysler Group LLC poised to win buyers with more-affordable
plug-in and electric autos, said Mark Duvall, director of
electric transportation at the Electric Power Research Institute.
Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aHxVR7B_zrtk#

BLOGS

BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use. Tony Hayward, the
chief executive of the oil giant BP, said Tuesday at the Oil &
Money conference in London that his company’s forecasts suggest
that fossil fuels will still satisfy about 80 percent of global
energy needs in 2030. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/bp-chief-sees-decades-of-fossil-fuel-use/


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