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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
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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


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