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newsclips -- California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 28th, 2009
Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:17:16
California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 28, 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. Air Quality Guidelines Face Unexpected Critics. California’s battle against greenhouse gases is likely to come to the Bay Area soon — with rules designed to reduce the carbon footprint of new housing and commercial development. That is a concept you might expect to be welcome in a region known for its environmental advocacy and hostility to growth. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27sfpolitics.html?scp=4&sq=global%20warming&st=cse Report: County Emissions Drop 68% in 15 Years. Efforts to cut down on smog-forming pollutants appear to have worked in Santa Barbara County over the past few decades, according to a recent report from the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG).Even with increases in vehicle ownership, a hike in the popularity of trucks and SUVs and a jump in miles traveled and trip starts, ozone-damaging emissions have dropped 68 percent from 1990 to 2005, the report concluded. Posted. http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/article_1bc768ee-f379-11de-85ad-001cc4c002e0.html San Leandro Oks Plan To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The city is moving forward with a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 2005 emissions levels by a target date of 2020. The effort, called the Climate Action Plan, states that "global warming is unequivocal and primarily human induced." It lists several threats posed by that warming and presents a blueprint for action. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_14070119 Ethanol Groups Sue California over Low-Carbon Rule. Two groups representing ethanol producers asked a federal court on Thursday to strike down a California rule that calls for a reduction in the carbon content of fuels sold in that state, saying the measure violates the Constitution and jeopardizes the nationwide market for ethanol. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126169282611304857.html Retiring Perc: A Tale of Two States. Two states that want to move drycleaners away from perc are using different approaches, one the carrot, the other the stick. In California, it’s the stick. The sale of perc machines has been outlawed for two years there and this year perc equipment that is 15 years old or older or located in co-residential situations will have to be shut down by July 1. Posted. http://www.natclo.com/1001/perc.htm Climate Change Brainwashing Turns Kids into Save-The-Earth Rebels At Home. The global warming movement has taken a decidedly sinister turn. Not content with scaring moms and dads with tales of a coming global warming apocalypse, the true believers in human-caused-climate-change have taken their controversial doomsday message into the classroom and onto the Internet, polluting impressionable kids with green propaganda and creating youth legions of enviro-fanatics. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-32936-Seminole-County-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Headline-to-come Global Warming Debate: A Climate Scientist Responds: Part 2: Admitting Mistakes. This is part two of a series of email exchanges between Bart Verheggen and myself, which I am trying to separate into manageable chunks. The debate started on December 22 in this space, and you can read Part 1 here. I'm splitting the debate into specific topics because the discussion on each of them is getting too long. This second part is about hiding the decline and admitting mistakes. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Global-warming-debate-A-climate-scientist-responds-Part-2 EDITORIAL: Biased reporting on Climategate. With trillions of dollars at stake in the battle over global warming, now would be the time for the press to closely scrutinize the claims of those who would reorganize the world's economy from farm to factory and laboratory to living room. And the Climategate scandal - where leaked e-mails and dodgy computer programs from the University of East Anglia raise powerful new questions about the role of politics in climate science - would be the perfect opportunity to explore what is going on behind the scenes. Posted. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/28/biased-reporting-on-climategate/ Acting Alone on Climate Change. This was a good, if distant, vantage point to view the proceedings in Copenhagen. Good because Australia has one of the highest per capita carbon emissions in the world and has been suffering from an extended drought, probably related to global warming. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28iht-edbowring.html Landfill Energy: It's a Gas. Trash — it isn't just for landfills any more. The Recology Ostrom Road Landfill is using the methane gas produced during decomposition to generate power. Its landfill gas-to-energy plant has been in operation for almost a year and is producing 1.6 megawatts per hour, enough power for 1,500 homes. Posted. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/energy-90153-gas-landfill.html How Can I Throw a Green New Year’s Party? Everyone, it seems, is ready to say buh-bye to nasty, old 2009. Why not celebrate the new year and the earth by throwing an eco-friendly affair? Read on for some tips on how to send 2009 on its way in green style. Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/26/how-can-i-throw-a-green-new-years-party/ Top 10 Environmental Moments of the Decade. What a difference a decade makes. Since the turn of the millennium environmental issues have come to the forefront with a marked shift toward all things green in politics, technology and perhaps most importantly, society. Posted. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/12/17/environmental.decade.top.ten/ Green Stanford Needs to Change Buildings, Minds. It’s going to take plenty of green to make the Stanford campus greener, but money alone won't be enough to make trims in future energy use. The university's new energy and climate plan calls for spending $250 million over the next 10 years to slash power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/28/BAHR1B6J5H.DTL#ixzz0b0MBlwOG Eat Vegetables and Save the Planet. The international climate conference in Copenhagen focused the world's attention on global warming and the resulting coastal flooding and extreme weather patterns. An article in the respected World Watch magazine suggests that most man-made greenhouse gases responsible for global warming are emitted not from industrial smokestacks or car exhausts, but from meat and dairy production. Posted. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091228/OPINION02/912280318/-1/newsfront/Eat-vegetables-and-save-the-planet