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newsclips -- Newsclips for February 4, 2010
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:46:48
California Air Resources Board News Clips for February 4, 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. Trucking Firm Pulls Out Of Plan to Retrofit Trucks For Cleaner Air. Days before San Bernardino officials were set to ink a deal for cleaner trucks at a local rail yard, the trucking company partnering on the project has pulled out of the project. San Bernardino Associated Governments officials learned this week that J.B. Hunt Transportation was postponing the planned retrofit of 262 of the company's trucks from diesel engines to natural gas. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sanbag04.45f3fcf.html West Marin Ranchers Hope To Turn Pasture Pollution Into Cow Power. West Marin ranchers are seeking ways to turn a source of greenhouse gas emissions into a renewable energy supply. That source is dairy cows, which produce about 3 percent of the methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide in the United States that researchers believe contribute to global warming. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14328030 Epa Official Tours West's Largest Toxic Dump. KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif.—The regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency is in Kettleman City to meet with residents worried that a cluster of birth defects could be linked to a nearby toxic waste dump. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14327313 EPA on Track to Release Automobile,' Tailoring' Rules in March. U.S. EPA's air chief said today the agency would roll out greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and the "tailoring" rule for the heat-trapping gases next month after considering a raft of public comments. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/03/03greenwire-epa-on-track-to-release-automobile-tailoring-r-57486.html Fran Pavley: There They Go Again With “Chicken Little” Attacks on AB32. When AB 32, California’s landmark global warming law, was being debated in the legislature, a coalition of polluters and their misguided allies opposed the bill. This week these same opponents, who have also fought against clean air and water quality laws, are unveiling an initiative to suspend AB 32, predicting the sky will fall if the law is implemented. They predict that thousands of Californians would lose their jobs, and it will crush small businesses. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yltualr2mo113c&xid=yltbem0bsehmlv&done=.yltualr2mol13c Penn State Panel Partially Clears Professor In Climate E-Mail Inquiry. A Penn State University panel on Wednesday cleared a climate professor of falsifying data, concealing information and misusing confidential information, but ordered a full investigation into whether he violated academic standards in researching global warming. Posted.http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-climate-emails4-2010feb04,0,389904.story http://www.fresnobee.com/green/story/1808232.html Climate Debate in Senate Keeps Coming Back to Limits on Power Plants. Key senators are studying whether power plants should be the guinea pig industry for the nation's first cap-and-trade system designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/02/04/04climatewire-climate-debate-in-senate-keeps-coming-back-to-9841.html Separating Fact from Fable on Climate Change. These pages have recently been graced by replies to a letter by David Biggar (“Climate science valid, despite Anglia affair,” Jan. 16). It is hard to know where to start when considering the collection of falsehoods, urban legends and half-truths that make up Joseph Sabella’s and Kevin Hangman’s letters on climate change and measures to combat catastrophic climate disruption. Posted. http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_617fe376-112d-11df-a919-001cc4c002e0.html Administration Presses On for a 'Cap' on Carbon Emissions. The Obama administration's top climate adviser strongly defended a cap on emissions a day after the president suggested Congress might move an energy bill without such a cap in place. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/02/04/04climatewire-administration-presses-on-for-a-cap-on-carbo-27152.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/02/04/2 House Bill Would Prevent EPA Regulating Carbon. The lawmakers say Congress, not "unelected bureaucrats," should set environmental policy. Congress has squabbled for months over a comprehensive climate change bill. Some members say the best bet is to encourage renewable energy production. The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way for regulation under air pollution laws a month ago, when it ruled that greenhouse gases endanger human health. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6124L720100203 $19 Million for New Energy Efficiency Projects in San Francisco. Energy efficiency may not have the glamor of solar power or wind power, but it’s also a critical and immediate solution to cutting pollution. Today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced $19.2 million in funding for energy efficiency programs through the San Francisco Energy Watch program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Posted. http://cleantechnica.com/2010/02/04/19-million-for-new-energy-efficiency-projects-in-san-francisco/ Obama Pushes Energy Plan That GOP May Support. WASHINGTON—Looking for a political and policy victory, President Barack Obama on Thursday pushed energy proposals designed to attract allies and opponents alike, calling for increased ethanol production and new technology to limit pollution from the use of coal. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_14323653?nclick_check=1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020300609.html?hpid=politics California to Help In Purchasing Of Heavy-Duty Hybrid Trucks and Buses. A $20 million funding assistance program designed to spur the purchase of hybrid trucks and buses that reduce smog-forming pollution and address climate change has been started by the California. Posted. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=14305 http://www.auto-mobi.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15431&Itemid=50 http://www.ecoseed.org/en/general-green-news/green-politics/green-policies/americas/6090 Obama's Energy Policy: More Corn Ethanol, Clean' Coal. The Obama administration Wednesday announced plans to boost the use of biofuels - including more ethanol from corn - and speed up work on a plan to capture carbon dioxide from coal, now the biggest source of global warming pollution. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/national-politics/story/1808113.html http://www.modbee.com/politics/story/1034455.html#ixzz0eaMWt1z4 EPA Biofuels Guidelines Could Spur Production Of Ethanol From Corn. The nation's farmers got a big boost Wednesday when the Obama administration issued new biofuels guidelines that could open the way for large increases in the production of corn-based ethanol. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303804.html New Biofuels Regs Could Still Face Fight From Capitol Hill. New Obama administration biofuels regulations would give ethanol a larger share of the U.S. renewable fuels mix, but not enough to satisfy some farm-state lawmakers on Capitol Hill. U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson yesterday announced the new regulations for low-carbon fuels, which would implement the long-awaited renewable fuels standard that Congress included in the 2007 energy bill. The final rule is friendlier to ethanol than a proposal EPA floated last year, which incited bipartisan rage from Midwestern lawmakers, who thought the analysis was unfair to farmers and ethanol producers. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/04/04greenwire-new-biofuels-regs-could-still-face-fight-from-80948.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/02/04/3 Chronicle Printing Plant Wins Green Designation. The plant in Fremont where The Chronicle is printed has been awarded the LEED Silver certificate for its environmentally conscious design and features. Opened in July at a cost of more than $200 million, the four-story, 330,000-square-foot plant is owned and operated by Transcontinental Printing Inc. of Canada. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/04/BA3U1BS59M.DTL#ixzz0eaXlqxF2 State Is First In Eco-Friendly Building Codes. Even as the construction business continues to struggle, San Diego contractor Russ Earnshaw is embracing a landmark set of environmental codes in California that will raise the cost of new buildings, create more government oversight and increase industry competition once green practices become the norm. Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/03/state-is-first-in-eco-friendly-building-codes/ Chamber Invites CARB, Air District Leaders to Expo. As you have seen or heard by now, the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce has secured two key speakers for our Energy and Clean Air Expo set for Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Marriott/Convention Center. They are: Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board as a luncheon speaker, and Seyed Sadredin, director, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, as the morning kickoff speaker. Posted. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x807501074/Chamber-invites-CARB-air-district-leaders-to-expo Blogs Jerry Brown's global warming revenge? Backers of a proposed ballot initiative to suspend California's landmark global warming initiative are threatening to sue Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown over the cumbersome title and summary his office attached to their "California Jobs Initiative," reports our sister blog, PolitiCal. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/02/jerry-brown-global-warming-ab-32.html Hayward, California Will Get First Plant With Greenhouse Gas Limit. Hayward, California and Calpine will have the first the plant with a Greenhouse Gas limit, ending years of talks, battles, and controversy. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved a "Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit" which is the final federal regulatory approval needed for the Calpine energy plant to be built. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=56632#ixzz0eaO6Lzka Growing Pentagon Focus on Energy and Climate. The Pentagon released its Quadrennial Defense Review on Monday, a wide-ranging report laying out rising priorities for keeping the peace and, when needed, waging war. For the first time, the report — at the request of lawmakers — considered the significance of climate change for national security, both as a potential source of conflict and a factor in military operations. Posted. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/growing-pentagon-focus-on-energy-and-climate/