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newsclips -- Newsclips for February 2, 2010.
Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:26:00
California Air Resources Board News Clips for February 2, 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. Wind Energy Job Growth Isn't Blowing Anyone Away. Despite record growth in generating capacity, the industry is creating few employment opportunities overall. America's wind energy industry enjoyed a banner year in 2009, thanks largely to tax credits and other incentives packed into the $787-billion economic stimulus bill. But even though a record 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity came on line, few jobs were created overall and wind power manufacturing employment, in particular, fell -- a setback for President Obama's pledge to create millions of green jobs. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-jobs2-2010feb02,0,6161723,print.story U.S., China, Others Join Copenhagen Accord On Climate. Each nation determines its own target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change. If the countries make good on their pledges, they will dramatically reduce the emissions scientists’ link to global warming, but not enough to hold temperatures to levels scientists say are needed to minimize risks of drought, flooding and other catastrophic effects. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-climate-accord2-2010feb02,0,5524696,print.story New Friday Deadline Looming For Port Of Oakland Truckers. Port of Oakland truckers are facing another deadline: They have until Friday to line up financing to pay for diesel filters or new trucks to comply with the state's strict air quality rules that went into effect Jan. 1. Drivers who are not able to purchase the new equipment will not be able to haul cargo at the Port after Feb. 15, but organizations who are offering low-cost loans to pay for the filters say they have received fewer applications than they expected. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14313087 Obama Budget Proposal Pushes Climate Regulations Forward. Both climate regulatory and climate adaptation programs won cash infusions in President Obama's budget proposal yesterday, despite a tough budget year that saw overall cuts at environment, natural resource and land management agencies. Environmentalists said the budget underscored the administration's seriousness about its climate change agenda, even when the programs were not linked directly to clean energy and jobs initiatives. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/02/02/02climatewire-obama-budget-proposal-pushes-climate-regulat-71125.html?pagewanted=print Renewables in Vogue at Obama's DOE. Nuclear, solar and wind power are the popular kids in the Energy Department schoolyard this year, while oil, gas and coal have been sent to detention. When he sent his proposed spending plan to Congress yesterday, President Obama recommended subsidizing new nuclear plants with loan guarantees and shoveling more money at wind and solar research. But when the administration's budget cutters got to the oil patch, they found a target-rich environment with plenty of programs and tax breaks they wanted to cut. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/02/02greenwire-renewables-in-vogue-at-obamas-doe-46954.html?sq=methane%20gases&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print Heating Up. John Benoit brought at least one thing with him from his days in the Legislature to his new position as a Riverside County supervisor: His opposition to AB 32. The bill, known as the Global Warming Solutions Act, was passed in 2006 and aims to roll back the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Benoit, who voted against the bill when he was in Sacramento, asked that his colleagues on the board send a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urging him to suspend AB 32's implementation until the state reaches 6 percent unemployment. Benoit said the law hurts the economy. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_polnote01.25977c4.html Study: Trees Are Growing Faster Because Of Climate Change. Forests in the eastern United States are growing faster than in the past and climate change appears to be a primary reason, a new study finds. More than 90% of the trees analyzed grew two to four times faster than predicted, according to the 22-year-long study published in Tuesday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/02/study-trees-are-growing-faster-because-of-climate-change/1 Feinstein, States Support Funding Boosts for EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regs. Battle lines were drawn yesterday as the chief Senate architect of the U.S. EPA spending bill and state regulators backed a White House proposal to ramp up funding for programs to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and congressional opponents vowed to fight the agency's efforts. "I would support it," Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said yesterday of President Obama's suggested $43 million boost for EPA programs to limit greenhouse gases in fiscal 2011. "There's no question about greenhouse gas in my mind." Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/02/02/02climatewire-feinstein-states-support-funding-boosts-for-97854.html?sq=cap%20and%20trade&st=cse&scp=6&pagewanted=print BLOGS Converting Coal Plants to Biomass. Converting coal plants to burn wood chips and other biomass is a cost competitive way to reduce reliance on coal, a new study suggests. Coal-powered generating stations retrofitted to run on a mixture of coal and dried wood pellets can produce cost-competitive, emission-reduced electricity even without the advent of a cap-and-trade system, according to a new biomass life cycle analysis published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. Posted. http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/converting-coal-plants-to-biomass/?pagemode=print Big Companies Push More Suppliers To Track Emissions. New York -- The number of corporations pushing greenhouse gas emissions reporting and reduction strategies onto their suppliers is quickly growing and will likely triple in the next five years, according to a new survey by a U.K.-based nonprofit. But even as major manufacturers become more interested in tackling climate change, firms further down the supply chain are still far behind and need to catch up quickly, warn analysts with the Carbon Disclosure Project. The group compiles corporate carbon emissions data and advocates for action on climate change. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/02/02/7