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newsclips -- Newsclips for February 11, 2010
Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:32:16
California Air Resources Board News Clips for February 11, 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. Drive to Delay Calif. Climate Law May Be Stuck in Neutral. An election-year push to suspend California's climate change law appears to be struggling amid rumors that supporters are having trouble raising enough money to gather the signatures needed to place the issue on the November ballot. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/02/11/11climatewire-drive-to-delay-calif-climate-law-may-be-stuck-5461.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/02/11/1 Arnold's Killin''Us. The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District’s board of directors, charged with keeping the Victor Valley’s greenhouse gas emissions under control and our air as pollution-free as possible, sent a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, the gist of which was “Arnold, you’re killin’ us!” Actually, it’s not Arnold who’s directly doing the damage, but a bill passed back in 2006 by the state legislature (AB 32, full name of which is the Global Warming Solutions Act) which imposes regulations on emissions and whose goal is to reduce the “carbon footprint” of industries and businesses in the High Desert.” Posted. http://www.vvdailypress.com/common/printer/view.php?db=vvdailypress&id=17246 Palm Desert May Change Goal for Cutting Emissions. In 2007, the Palm Desert City Council set an aggressive goal of cutting the city's carbon emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. But the council could be setting its sights considerably lower today when it votes on a sustainability plan that would cut the city's carbon emissions 7 percent below 2008 levels in the next two years. Posted. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100211/NEWS01/2110318/Palm+Desert+may+change+goal+for+cutting+emissions Salinas-Based Rapid Harvest Fined $16,500. Salinas-based Rapid Harvest has been fined $16,500 by the California Air Resources Board for diesel emissions violations. James Ryden, the board’s enforcement chief, said that in 2005 the company failed to properly inspect its diesel vehicles. Posted. http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100210/NEWS01/100210012/1002/Salinas-based+Rapid+Harvest+fined++16+500 Climate-Change Debate Is Heating Up in Deep Freeze. As millions of people along the East Coast hole up in their snowbound homes, the two sides in the climate-change debate are seizing on the mounting drifts to bolster their arguments. Skeptics of global warming are using the record-setting snows to mock those who warn of dangerous human-driven climate change — this looks more like global cooling, they taunt. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/science/earth/11climate.html Evidence of Climate Change. To the Editor: Re “Researcher on Climate Is Cleared in Inquiry” (news article, Feb. 4): As the cloud of confusion and speculation sparked by the stolen university e-mail messages begins to clear, it is time to return our attention to the unequivocal scientific evidence of our changing climate. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/opinion/lweb11climate.html Op-Ed: Backing Down On Climate Change. If changes in the public mood and the party alignment of the U.S. Senate have stalled health-care legislation, they may have thrown the highly anticipated climate bill under a bus. Even before Republican Scott Brown's stunning election to the Senate in traditionally Democratic Massachusetts last month, it was proving hard to corral moderate Democrats to support a bill capping greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/climate-91669-bill-senate.html Cap-And-Trade Opposition Doesn't Shield W.Va. Reps From Anti-Coal Rap. Since last June, Republicans have been using a vote in favor of the House energy and climate bill as ammunition against vulnerable Democrats in the upcoming 2010 midterm election. But Republicans in West Virginia are going one step further and using the cap-and-trade bill to target two veteran Democrats who actually voted against the bill: Reps. Nick Rahall and Alan Mollohan. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/11/11greenwire-cap-and-trade-opposition-doesnt-shield-wva-rep-36562.html Logue Hot About Global Warming. Assemblyman Dan Logue is moving ahead with plans to put California's landmark global emissions legislation on the November ballot. Within the next two weeks, Logue said, teams of signature gatherers will begin setting up in front of stores and heavily traveled public spaces across the state to get enough support for his initiative, which Democratic state legislators rejected in bill form last month. Posted. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/jobs-91664-logue-state.html Finance Leaders Unveil $84B Jobs Bill, Include Energy Credits. Senators unveiled a bipartisan $84 billion draft bill today aimed at spurring a sputtering economy that includes extensions of several energy tax incentives and current highway law. The draft bill includes one-year extensions of existing tax credits for hybrid heavy trucks and biodiesel and renewable fuels, which were included in the House jobs bill. Added to those energy provisions in the Senate version are extensions for low-sulfur diesel fuel, production of fuel from coke or coke gas, and energy-efficient home upgrades. The bill also extends the current highway and transit law through the end of 2010. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/02/11/2 Sensible Rules for Ethanol. Despite pressure from farm state politicians, the Environmental Protection Agency has taken an important step to ensure that biofuels help rather than hurt the environment. Under new guidelines, biofuels produced at new facilities — including ethanol from corn, sugar, plants and other sources — must achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with conventional gasoline. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/opinion/11thu3.html Air Board: GHG Sniffers for Research, Not Enforcement. A companion radio piece to this post aired on The California Report Tuesday morning. Scientists in California have begun setting up a statewide network of monitors to track California's greenhouse gas emissions. Similar equipment has been in place for years as part of a continental network established by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). But officials at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) say this new system will be the first of its kind. Posted. http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/02/08/air-board-ghg-sniffers-for-research-not-enforcement/ Public Invited To Free Energy and Clean Air Expo. A new rule that passed in December 2009 requires employers of more than 100 in the Central Valley to encourage their workers to reduce the amount of miles traveled by vehicle. For examples, this could be through carpooling, alternative transportation such as bicycles and buses, or telecommuting. Posted. http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/02/11/public-invited-to-free-energy-and-clean-air-expo/ State And Local Governments Innovate To Cut Energy Waste. As federal policy to curb carbon emissions remains in limbo, a pack of state and local governments is experimenting with new ways to reduce energy waste. For many of them, fresh efforts to promote clean energy serve as a response to federal inaction. But there are also signs that Washington is watching them, hoping a new idea to snag energy savings will emerge. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/02/11/2 Arcata Council Approves Loan For Footprint Recycling. The Arcata City Council approved a loan to local biodiesel producer Footprint Recycling on Wednesday, but it is unclear if the vote was official. A loan of $20,000 with a 3 percent interest rate was set for approval before the council in a special meeting Wednesday morning to help Footprint Recycling recover from an oil spill last month, according to a city staff report. The site has been under a cease and desist order since the spill and has not been able to continue operations. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14379893 6 Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Santee. Santee, Calif.—A San Diego County family is expected to recover after being hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. A fire dispatcher says a Santee couple and their four children were taken to the hospital shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday after the man called 911 to report his family was ill. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14380855 Solar Power Comes To The Point Reyes National Seashore. A photovoltaic system that will produce approximately 16,000 kilowatt-hours annually has been installed at the Point Reyes National Seashore headquarters building in Olema. Installed by SunWize Technologies of Kingston, N.Y., the solar system will generate 33 percent of the electrical power consumed by administrative operations. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14374848 University Announces New Review Of Climate Science. London—The University of East Anglia says it will conduct a new review of the science published by its scandal-hit Climate Research Unit. The university says the prestigious Royal Society science academy will help find independent scientists to run the new inquiry. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_14380827 GOP Legislators Aim To Cut Red Tape, Lawsuits To Boost Cailfornia Job Growth. California legislative Republicans said Wednesday they'll be rolling out their own bills over the next several weeks to try to spur private-sector job growth by cutting regulations on businesses and trying to reduce lawsuits. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/1148/story/1817078.html Utah House Tells Feds To End Emissions Moves. Salt Lake City -- The Utah House has passed a resolution questioning the science behind global warming and calling for federal officials to stop policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/641/story/1816313.html BLOGS Record Snowfall Provokes Debate Over Global Warming. With all this snow, people are yet again wondering what this means for climate change. While The Post ran a story about this question on Jan. 28 -- "Harsh winter a sign of disruptive climate change, report says" -- we thought it was worth pointing readers to a new posting that The New Republic has put up on this, "What The Snowpocalypse Tells Us About Global Warming." Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/02/record-snowfall-provokes-debat.html?wprss=44 Should Curbing Emissions Really Be About Green Jobs? American University is out with a study showing that the $2 billion of stimulus money that has gone to promoting American wind power has mostly found its way to overseas wind turbine makers. Cue the typical protectionist outrage about how, if we are to green the economy, we should make sure the jobs the effort creates stay here. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/02/should_curbing_emissions_reall.html