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newsclips -- California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 30th, 2009.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:30:08
California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 30, 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. Cleaner-Trucks Mandate Will Create Hardships at Port of Oakland. Ablelom Zerfiel sat in the cab of his 1992 Freightliner, waiting in a long line to drop off his empty cargo container at the Port of Oakland. After driving for 12 years, Mr. Zerfiel is used to delays, low pay, grueling hours and the fickleness of the dispatch company that arranges his jobs. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30sftruckers.html Boxer, Republicans Spar Over Climate Bill Timing, Economic Studies. Senate Democrats are still aiming for a committee markup on global warming legislation next week despite Republican calls for a slower pace on the sweeping measure. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/29/29greenwire-boxer-republicans-spar-over-climate-bill-timin-70389.html Will U.S. Go Empty-Handed To World Climate Talks? Without a new law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. could end up going empty-handed to the international climate talks in December. Many nations are watching to see whether the Senate will make progress on a climate and energy bill that would spell out the U.S. national emissions-reduction plan. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/702/story/2292702.html http://www.modbee.com/politics/story/913217.html#ixzz0VQsNmVRo Republicans May Stall Climate Change Bill. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said late Thursday that she wants to hold drafting sessions as early as Tuesday on the climate change bill pending before her committee, but the meetings could be delayed by Republican stalling tactics. Posted. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/30/boxer-pushes-ahead-on-climate-measure/ Refiners Warn of 'Staggering' Costs, Job Losses From Senate Climate Bill. The CEO of refining giant Valero Energy Corp. warned today that the Senate climate legislation would give a competitive advantage to foreign refiners and cost U.S. jobs. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/28/28greenwire-refiners-warn-of-staggering-costs-job-losses-fro-487.html British Launch Ad Campaign to Raise Fading Climate Concerns. The U.K. government has launched a guilt-laden advertising campaign after a series of opinion polls showed that the majority of the public has not bought into climate change despite years of political haranguing and millions of pounds spent on information and advertising. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/30/30climatewire-british-launch-ad-campaign-to-raise-fading-c-28845.html Senate Climate Markup Set for Tuesday but Will Any Republicans Show? The Senate global warming debate appears headed for a partisan standoff early next week with Republicans threatening to boycott a key committee vote and Democrats weighing their options on an alternative route to advance the bill to the floor. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/30/30climatewire-senate-climate-markup-set-for-tuesday-but-wi-24178.html?scp=5&sq=air%20pollution&st=cse EU Split Over Climate Change Goal. The European Union fought Thursday to live up to its self-proclaimed leadership on combating climate change, with the 27 EU leaders at odds over how much to offer poorer nations to join the global battle. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-belgium30-2009oct30,0,466943.story Editorial: Climate Zealots Likely To Be Told To Cool Their Heels. The world can breathe a sigh of relief. Unnecessary economic destruction at the hands of climate zealots is likely to be averted at least another year. An international treaty to combat global warming almost certainly won't be reached this year, despite U.N. and climate change extremists' insistence that agreement on worldwide greenhouse gas-emission limits must be reached at December's 190-nation climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/nations-climate-global-2628801-warming-emission Ask AP: Geo-Engineering, Bernard Madoff's Assets. Purposely polluting the upper atmosphere? Reflecting sunlight with giant space mirrors? These aren't the tactics of a Hollywood supervillain — they're controversial "geo-engineering" ideas that some say would help combat global warming. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/30/national/a030039D15.DTL#ixzz0VR1S6nd5 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000708.html The Earth Cools, and Fight Over Warming Heats Up. Two years ago, a United Nations scientific panel won the Nobel Peace Prize after concluding that global warming is "unequivocal" and is "very likely" caused by man. Then came a development unforeseen by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC: Data suggested that Earth's temperature was beginning to drop. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125686509223717691.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories PRUDEN: Great Pumpkin Soon Upon Us. The Senate is losing its grip on unreality, so it may be up to whoever can teach manners to cows and pigs to save us from the consequences of global warming. (We're supposed to call it "climate change" now, but some of us, being strict constructionists, remain faithful to the original text as set down by the founding father, Al Gore.) Posted. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/30/pruden-great-pumpkin-soon-upon-us/ Methane's Role In Global Warming Underestimated. Greenhouse gas calculations blame carbon dioxide too much for global warming, and methane too little, suggest researchers Thursday. Posted. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-10-29-methane-global-warming_N.htm Washington's Carbon Rules Need Refining. Wall Street gets shouted at, but Washington at least doles out financial support. Oil refiners don't even get that. Bill Klesse, chief executive of Valero Energy, visited the Senate this week warning about the damage climate-change legislation could do to the U.S. refining sector. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125682675875515995.html PG&E's Climatesmart Program Draws Little Interest. A 2-year-old PG&E program to help customers offset the size of their carbon footprint has drawn little interest and consumer advocates are arguing it should be allowed to expire at the end of the year. Only 30,000 households and businesses have enrolled in "ClimateSmart," which allows residential and commercial customers of the San Francisco-based utility to add a tax-deductible "donation" to their monthly bill that allows PG&E to buy carbon offsets. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_13670571 http://www.insidebayarea.com/green-living/ci_13670571 Winter Spare the Air Season Begins Sunday, November 1. In an effort to protect public health, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will open the Winter Spare the Air season on Sunday, November 1, and begin enforcing a regulation that restricts wood burning in the Bay Area through February 28, 2010. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS248841+29-Oct-2009+PRN20091029 Fire Control Season Begins. Starting Sunday, people who plan to light their fireplaces should check first with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. It is resuming the Check Before You Burn program, which tells valley residents whether fireplace use is allowed each day. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/2384/story/913544.html#ixzz0VQrIPYTE http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1692363.html Our Green-Energy Future. The October issue of The Atlantic magazine includes an interesting article, “The California Experiment,” by Ronald Brownstein. The title refers to what the author sees—in the midst of “busted budgets, failing schools, overcrowded prisons, gridlocked government”—as the state’s singular success: tackling climate change and, in doing so, creating a new energy economy. Posted. http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=1309968 Blogs Boxer Aims for Tuesday Markup on Climate Bill. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) plans to take up climate legislation in her committee Tuesday, according to a senior aide -- if the Republicans don't stand in her way. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/10/by_juliet_eilperin_senate_envi.html California Wins Lawsuit For More Water/Energy-Efficient Clothes Washers. Washing machines account for 20% of an average household’s water use in California, but that may change now that the California Energy Commission has prevailed in a years-long lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy, which had prevented the commission from adopting a more water- and energy-efficient standard for clothes washers. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/10/california-wins-lawsuit-for-more-water-energyefficient-clothes-washes.html