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California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 24, 2009.

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Embattled Ethanol Industry Could Go To War In 2010. As 2009
wound down operating margins at ethanol plants were improving.
And the industry could claim at least a partial victory when the
EPA in December indicated that it's likely to approve a higher
blend of 15% ethanol in gasoline sold to cars made in 2001 or
later. That is if further testing confirms early results that
showed no damage to cars from a higher blend. Posted.
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1261589075457.xml

LA, Long Beach Set to Ban More Dirty Trucks. Long Beach, Calif.
-- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will enter 2010 with
more than 6,000 clean-diesel and alternative-fuel vehicles in the
harbor trucking fleet as the industry works to comply with the
ports’ clean-trucks mandates. Posted.
http://www.joc.com/node/415446

Global Warming Will Cause Plants And Animals To Migrate. One
upon a time, adaptation to global warming was dubbed a cop-out, a
way to duck the challenge of reducing, and ultimately
eliminating, greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, factories, and
power plants. Posted.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1224/Global-warming-will-cause-plants-and-animals-to-migrate

Cattlemen Challenge EPA Greenhouse Gas Ruling In Court.
Washington — The [1] National Cattlemen’s Beef Association filed
a petition Dec. 23 in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging
the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent greenhouse gas (GHG)
[2] “endangerment finding” rule. The endangerment finding does
not in and of itself regulate greenhouse gases, but it is a step
in the process for GHG regulation under the [3] Clean Air Act.
Posted.
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/cattlemen-challenge-epa-greenhouse-gas-ruling-in-court/13835.htmlprint/

Loan Program May Stir Nuclear Industry. Washington — When
experts on power grid reliability asked themselves recently how a
cleaner energy future would look, seven of eight regional
councils imagined how their systems would work with 10 percent
wind power. Only one, representing the southeastern United
States, chose a radically different option: doubling nuclear
power capacity. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/business/energy-environment/24nuke.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1261674171-BBWb4eFRIijnkL1HIaeW0Q

Grants Help Create Greener Diesel Trucks. The two exhaust pipes
on the back of Rodriguez & Son’s 18-wheeler no longer attach to
anything. Instead, the bright red truck that the Camarillo-based
family business uses to haul sand, dirt and gravel now funnels
its exhaust through a system that reduces the amount of emissions
from its diesel engine. The company recently retrofitted the
truck’s exhaust system using a state grant to pay for the
overhaul. Posted.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/24/grants-help-create-greener-diesel-trucks/?print=1

Classic Indian Chief Motorcycle Ready To Roll. The revived
brand, already for sale in 16 other states, clears California's
tough emissions standards. But it arrives during the worst
motorcycle market in decades. The classic Indian Chief
motorcycle, prized for its fanciful fenders and an American
heritage different from its much bigger rival, Harley-Davidson,
is back and finally ready to roll in California. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-indian-bikes24-2009dec24,0,5899610,print.story