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Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:36:18
California Air Resources Board News Clips for January 28, 2010. 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. Obama Eager to Help Advance Climate Bill. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to advance a climate bill that has been stalled in the U.S. Senate, but he did not say it had to include a cap-and-trade market for emissions blamed for warming the planet. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/01/28/us/politics/politics-us-obama-cleanenergy.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012801473.html Climate Change: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way. The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, Jan. 27: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. At the same time, Congress - a leading source of hot air - is debating a resolution that would strip the EPA of its authority to act. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/opinion/world/story/1026431.html#ixzz0dvMcJpl7 SEC To Require Disclosure Of Climate Change Risks. A politically divided Securities and Exchange Commission voted on Wednesday to make clear when companies must provide information to investors about the business risks associated with climate change. The commission, in a 3 to 2 vote, decided to require that companies disclose in their public filings the impact of climate change on their businesses -- from new regulations or legislation they may face domestically or abroad to potential changes in economic trends or physical risks to a company. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012704502_pf.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703410004575029303322357276.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection EU Backs Climate Change Report Despite Flaws. Brussels — The European Union says it has "full confidence" in a key United Nations climate change study after its authors apologized for mistakes. The EU has based an ambitious and costly plan to turn into a low-carbon economy on dire warnings of global warming from a 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a panel of scientists affiliated with the United Nations. Posted. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2010-01-27-eu-climate-change-report_N.htm U.K. University in Climate Controversy Broke Law, Officials Say. The British university at the center of a controversy over stolen emails on climate change research broke the law by failing to comply with requests for raw data, U.K. authorities said. But the institution won't be prosecuted because the statute of limitations has expired. The U.K.'s Information Commissioner’s Office, the ICO, said the emails show requests made to the University of East Anglia under the Freedom of Information Act were "not dealt with as they should have been under the legislation." Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704194504575031022338013284.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Global Warming To Trigger More Warming. Oslo - Climate change caused by mankind will release extra heat-trapping gases stored in nature into the atmosphere in a small spur to global warming, a study showed. But the knock-on effect of the additional carbon dioxide -- stored in soils, plants and the oceans -- on top of industrial emissions building up in the atmosphere will be less severe than suggested by some recent studies, they said. "We are confirming that the feedback exists and is positive. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q51V20100127 Federal Agencies Prepare To Shrink Greenhouse Gas Footprints. The costs of greenhouse gas emissions cuts will guide how aggressively the Obama administration sets the federal government's first-ever reduction targets, agency officials and a top White House official said yesterday. After scouring their operations for fuel and energy saving options in response to President Obama's October executive order, 35 federal agencies reported their targets for the year 2020 to the White House in early January (ClimateWire, Jan. 22). Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/01/28/7 Output Of Super-Warming Gas Grows, Despite Efforts To Curb It. Emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas have grown rapidly since the 1990s despite an international effort to curtail output, a new study finds. Researchers led by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist Stephen Montzka say the world emitted roughly 13,500 metric tons of HFC-23 annually between 2006 and 2008 -- a rate that's about 50 percent higher than it was in the 1990s. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/01/28/10 Harsh Winter A Sign Of Disruptive Climate Change, Report Says. This winter's extreme weather -- with heavy snowfall in some places and unusually low temperatures -- is in fact a sign of how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012800041.html Grass-Fed Beef Has Bigger Carbon Footprint. Red meat has a bad reputation among the green-minded for its emissions of heat-trapping gases that exacerbate climate change. Fertilizer derived from fossil fuels is required for growing grain to feed cattle, and cows' digestion produces large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which is 25 times more heating than carbon dioxide. Posted. http://news.discovery.com/earth/grass-fed-beef-grain.html Truckers Clean Up Their Act. Truckers at the Port of Oakland are scrambling to clean up their rigs this month. If they can't show they've taken steps to reduce pollution from their trucks' diesel engines, they'll soon be out of work. Some truckers say the new state rules are too expensive, especially at a time when revenues are down. But treating health problems caused by diesel soot may be even pricier, as Amy Standen reports. Posted. http://www.kqed.org/quest/radio/truckers-clean-up-their-act Calif. Recipient of $2.25B In High-Speed Rail Funds. High-speed rail projects in California, Florida and Illinois are among the big winners of $8 billion in grants to be announced today by the White House. California will recieve $2.25 billion to begin work on an 800-mile-long, high-speed rail line tying Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles and San Diego. The route will include stations in Fresno and a South Valley location. Work will include purchasing right-of-way, building track, signaling systems and stations and completing environmental reviews. Posted. http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/government/3754-calif-recipient-of-225b-in-high-speed-rail-funds http://www.fresnobee.com/state/story/1799849.html Livermore Lab Scientists Report Promising Step Toward Fusion. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory scientists achieved a critical milestone in the lab's five-decade pursuit of fusion ignition, according to a study published online today in the journal Science. In a series of experiments which began last summer and concluded in early December, scientists at the lab's National Ignition Facility consistently achieved a critical first step for generating fusion ignition. The multibillion-dollar facility officially opened in May 2009. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14280777 China Sets Up Energy Agency Headed By PM. Beijing—China has set up a government agency headed by Premier Wen Jiabao to better coordinate energy policy, as world's second-largest power consumer faces growing domestic demand and struggles with shortages. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_14283349 Social Forum Leftists Decry Climate Talks Failure. Porto Alegre, Brazil—Activists at the World Social forum say world leaders' failure to forge a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen shows the planet's most powerful nations are incapable of setting important global policy. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14285823 http://www.fresnobee.com/world/story/1799195.html EPA To Visit Calif. Town With Birth Defect Cluster. San Francisco, Calif.—Dozens of people chanted and held signs outside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in San Francisco to draw more attention to a cluster of birth defects in a town near the largest toxic waste dump in the West. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14278369 http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1798736.html Letters: California Failing. I have been paying close attention to California since the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978. I have watched California's politician’s worm and weasel their way around the will of the people. In the mid-1980s, we stopped building nuclear power plants. We haven't added a new oil refinery since 1981. We can no longer fish, farm, log or mine without environmentalist's heads exploding. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_14280024 Neighbors Of Toxic Dump Rally In San Francisco. San Francisco—Residents of a California farm town near the largest toxic waste dump in the West gathered in San Francisco to protest outside the offices of the Environmental Protection Agency. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14279963 Kawneer Works on Carbon Footprint. Kawneer Company, Inc. of Visalia has a new program to help its employees and others in Tulare County become part of the solution to global climate change – and reduce their energy bills. Posted. http://www.valleyvoicenewspaper.com/vv/stories/2010/vv_kawneer_0384.htm BLOGS Lawsuits Battle Clear-Cutting In Sierra Nevada And Cascade Ranges. Will clear-cutting forests increase global warming? That's a contentious issue as California, which is seeking to slash its carbon footprint, wrestles over rules to manage the state's private forests. Today, the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based environmental group, filed lawsuits against the California Department of Forestry in seven California counties to halt logging plans for 5,000 acres across the Sierra Nevada and Cascade regions. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/01/clear-cutting-forests-climate-change-sierra-nevada-global-warming.html Fremont-Based Solyndra Signs Belgium Solar Deal. That’s one way to go international: Fremont, Calif.-based solar company Solyndra Inc. has some of its cylindrical photovoltaic systems installed on rooftop sites in Belgium, the company said today. The project, involving 1.928 megawatt-peak of generation capability on 10 rooftops owned by a large food retailer in 10 cities, was completed in just two months and is the largest project ever for Solyndra. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/01/fremontbased-solyndra-signs-belgium-solar-deal-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29