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newsclips -- Newsclips for December 4-7, 2009.
Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:03:55
California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 4-7, 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. WALTERS: Soot-Covered Pall Clouds CARB Policy. A year ago, high officials of the California Air Resources Board learned that the author of a statistical study on diesel soot effects had falsified his academic credentials. The CARB researcher, Hien Tran, acknowledged the deception and agreed to be demoted, but after his data were given another peer review, they remained the basis of highly controversial regulations that will cost owners of trucks, buses and other diesel-powered machinery millions of dollars to upgrade their engines. Posted. http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/walters/article_eb4c8d98-554b-5874-abc3-cd05882b8abe.html http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=22945 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/still-shameful-air-boards-response-scandal-appalli/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/roberts-ignored-scandal-year/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/sac-bee-defies-own-policy-wont-correct-error/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/time-clear-air-and-breathe/ http://www.pe.com/localnews/opinion/editorials/stories/PE_OpEd_Opinion_S_op_06_ed_arbdiesel1.33ca782.html http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/editorials/x211509139/Suspend-diesel-regs-then-do-it-right Obama Administration Will Formally Declare Danger Of Carbon Emissions. The Obama administration will formally declare Monday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare, a move that lays the groundwork for an economy-wide carbon cap even if Congress fails to enact climate legislation, sources familiar with the process said. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120701645_pf.html http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091207-709708.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-obama-environment8-2009dec08,0,3159719.story http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/12/07bn/1 Global Climate Summit Opens With Calls For Action, Rebukes Of Critics. Island nations push for a binding treaty to deal with global warming. The U.S. EPA declares greenhouse gases a danger and subject to federal regulation. With strong appeals for action and sharp rebukes of their critics, diplomats from around the world launched a two-week negotiating summit in the Danish capital today in hopes of producing a new agreement to curb climate change. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-climate-summit8-2009dec08,0,2691769,print.story What Global Warming? A Look At The Arguments The Skeptics Make—And How Believers Respond. When we recently ran an article about ideas on ways to cool the planet, we were swamped with emails from people who were impassioned in their belief that global warming is a myth. It was striking that so many people held views at odds with what is apparently the consensus among climate scientists, as well as policy makers. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703819904574551303527570212.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop#printMode Min: Global CO2 Cut Pledges Not Enough For EU To Raise Target. Copenhagen -International commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions to fight global warming are still too low to prompt the European Union to raise to 30% its 2020 target for reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, Sweden's Environment Minister said Monday. "At this particular moment, the bids on the table are too low, and we still expect the parties to deliver more," said Andreas Carlgren during a press conference on the first day of negotiations in Copenhagen for a global deal to fight climate change. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091207-708615.html Act Naturally. Thousands of experts and politicians are gathering in Copenhagen to search for ways to sharply reduce the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere. Whatever limit they agree to — whether it is 350 or 400 parts per million — will require, first and foremost, curtailing global emissions. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/opinion/08iht-edlopoukhine.html Op-Ed: Common sense: Suspend AB32. When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32 in 2006, California's unemployment rate was a modest 4.8 percent. Now it stands at 12.5 percent. AB32 requires a massive reordering of our state's economy and massive tax increases to pay for these shifts. It includes a provision for it to be suspended if our state faces economic hardships — and that time has come. Posted. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/common/printer/view.php?db=marysville&id=89365 OPINION: Cap and Fade. AT the international climate talks in Copenhagen, President Obama is expected to announce that the United States wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to about 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. But at the heart of his plan is cap and trade, a market-based approach that has been widely praised but does little to slow global warming or reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. It merely allows polluters and Wall Street traders to fleece the public out of billions of dollars. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07hansen.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print Editorials on Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, Dec. 7: MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT. More than 100 world leaders are expected to make appearances at the international climate summit that begins Monday in Copenhagen. President Barack Obama is expected on Dec. 18, the conference's last day. He won't come home with a treaty for the Senate to ratify, but he may be able to close a tentative deal. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/opinion/world/story/962661.html#ixzz0Z1PfdADd Dairies May Benefit From Clean Air Rules. Kern dairies could be among the early winners in a proposed "cap and trade" system now under consideration statewide as a way of reducing California's greenhouse gas emissions. Using different manure-management technologies, more than a few local dairymen stand to make money by selling clean air credits to companies that produce more pollution than would be allowed under pending state regulations. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x211509052/Dairies-may-benefit-from-clean-air-rules Decade Of 2000s Was Warmest Ever, Scientists Say. It dawned with the warmest winter on record in the United States. And when the sun sets this New Year's Eve, the decade of the 2000s will end as the warmest ever on global temperature charts. Warmer still, scientists say, lies ahead. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere under that warming sun faced one threat together: Posted. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091207/ap_on_re_us/decade_s_end_climate/print In East Bay, Where Pollution Goes, Health Problems Follow. In some hardscrabble East Bay neighborhoods, people die of heart disease and cancer at three times the rates found just a few miles away in more well-to-do communities. Children living near busy freeways in Oakland are hospitalized for asthma at 12 times the rate of young people in Lafayette's wooded housing tracts. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_13919582 Next Phase Of Clean Truck Program Takes Effect Jan. 1 At Port Of L.A. San Pedro, Calif. — The Port of Los Angeles says the next phase of its “successful clean truck program” will take effect Jan. 1, 2010, when trucks equipped with engine model years 1993 and older will be banned from the port. Additionally, “trucks equipped with engine model years 1994 to 2003 also will be denied terminal access unless retrofitted with an approved diesel emission control system,” stated a port news release. Posted. http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2009/12/7/NextphaseofcleantruckprogramtakeseffectJan1atPortofLA.aspx Plug-In Hybrids Have Miles To Go For Widespread Use. Many major automakers have unveiled vehicles at the L.A. Auto Show that are within a year or two of the showroom, but a lot has to change for such cars to be common sights in the U.S. private fleet. Anyone strolling about the exhibition floor of the L.A. Auto Show this week can be forgiven for thinking that the battle for the green car has been won, and the plug-in electric hybrid is the victor. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik7-2009dec07,0,5713301,print.column Emission Trading Programs Struggle to Find Traction. Does Russia hold hostage the future of a carbon cap-and-trade system that many experts see as a critical tool for curbing global warming gases? Improbable as it may seem, the answer appears to be yes. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/global/07iht-rbogcarbon.html?scp=1&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse LA/LB Watch Impact Report Progress. The clearance of a seven-year Environmental Impact Report logjam is one of the most important port issues from the point of view of the Marine Exchange of Southern California. “This will result in a new VLCC (very large crude carrier) berth and several stalled container terminal upgrades to deepen berths, add shore power, improve acreage and improve rail access,” says Richard McKenna. Posted. http://www.portstrategy.com/archive101/2009/december/regional_survey_us_west_coast/green_issues Blogs CARB Should Do the Right Thing and Revisit Truck Rule. Just when everyone thought we were all set to move forward with the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) pollution rules set to go into effect next year, a wrinkle has been thrown into the plans. CARB member Dr. John Telles, a cardiologist, has requested the rule that requires the installation of diesel particulate filters on trucks operating in the state be revisited after he learned that one of the authors of the report CARB used to create the rule “misrepresented his credentials,” according to a story this week in the Fresno Bee. Posted. http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucking-straight-talk/2009/12/04/carb-should-do-the-right-thing-and-revisit-truck-rule/ The Jobs Initiative - Suspend AB32. When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB32 [assembly bill 32] in 2006, California’s unemployment rate was a modest 4.8%. This past Friday we learned that it now stands at 12.5%. AB32 requires a massive reordering of our state’s economy and massive tax increases to pay for these shifts. It includes a provision for it to be suspended if our state faces economic hardships, and that time has come. Posted. http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/dan-logue/5990-the-jobs-initiative-suspend-ab32 Appeals For Action Open Copenhagen Climate Talks. With strong appeals for action and sharp rebukes of their critics, diplomats from around the world launched a two-week negotiating summit in Copenhagen today in hopes of producing a new agreement to curb climate change. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/12/last-chance-appeal-opens-copenhagen-talks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29