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newsclips -- Newsclips for March 1, 2010.
Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:20:15
California Air Resources Board News Clips for March 1, 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. AIR QUALITY Proposed Calif. Law Aims To Reduce Smog Test Fraud. A proposed state law would make sure vehicle smog tests aren't just smoke and mirrors. Legislation introduced this week by Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park, would radically change the way the tests are conducted and potentially affect some 23 million California motorists. Posted. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9E3RTT80.htm http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7298873 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Random-Smog-Checks-Help-Clear-The-AIr-85424567.html http://www.kpsplocal2.com/news/state/story/Proposed-law-aims-to-reduce-smog-test-fraud/Pmd3MYfWvUOGx-Xa5C-PHQ.cspx http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=13104 Smog Test Changes Considered. A proposed state law may make smog tests quicker and cheaper, and possibly even lessen fraudulent results. But whether the bill will actually help the environment remains to be seen. Assembly Bill 2289 -- co-sponsored by the state Air Resources Board and the Bureau of Automotive Repair and introduced by Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park -- is slated to phase out tailpipe and treadmill inspections except for vehicles built before 1996. Posted. http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_14475740 'Widespread Fraud' In California's Smog Test Program. Nearly a third of older-model cars stopped for roadside smog tests in Southern California failed them, despite having received a passing grade at inspection stations within a year, a state audit has found. Posted. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/25/local/la-me-smogtest25-2010feb25 Woodland Smog Testers Skeptical Of New Rules. The managers of several Woodland smog check facilities are skeptical about potential changes to California emission regulations, as quicker and cheaper testing methods are being considered under a proposal unveiled by state regulators. Posted. http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14483357 OUR VIEW: Fighting Fraud At Smog Checks. In a state that has done such a remarkable job in recent decades cleaning its air of choking smog, it's not good news to find that up to a third of older cars that have passed mandated pollution checks actually fail them when re-tested at random on the streets. Posted. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_14488912 VEHICLES California Changes Vehicle Emissions Standards To Match Federal Rules. California has fulfilled its part in an agreement between auto manufacturers and two federal agencies announced by President Obama last May that will create the nation’s first greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars. Posted. http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/02/22/daily69.html http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2010/2010-02-25-091.html CARB Fines For Emissions. North Bay – The California Air Resources Board fined two North Bay companies last month for failing to comply with emissions standards for diesel-powered vehicles. Golden State Lumber in Petaluma was fined $20,000 after investigators found the company did not conduct mandated emissions tests between 2007 and 2008. Posted. http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/18829/carb-fines-for-emissions/ CARB Underway With Training Seminars on New Vehicle Regs. The California Air Resources Board is underway with its free training seminars, which describe the requirements for the Truck and Bus regulation and the Heavy Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas regulation. The next seminar is scheduled for today, March 1, at Calaveras County Library in San Andreas, Calif. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=69543 Which Comes First, Hydrogen Fuel, Or Cars That Need It? It's a chicken-or-egg scenario when it comes to emerging fuel-cell technology allowing automobiles to be powered by hydrogen and emit little more than a trickle of water from the tailpipe. Posted. http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100228/GJNEWS_01/702289861/-1/FOSNEWS Biagi Bros. Fined For Emissions Violations. Napa-based trucking firm Biagi Bros. was fined $14,400 this month by the California Air Resources Board for emissions violations during 2008 and 2009. Posted. http://www.sthelenastar.com/articles/2010/02/27/news/saturday_update/doc4b880e32963a0182042549.txt On The Move: West Virginia Pursues ‘Anti-Idling’ Rules. A proposed rule to reduce the frequency of unnecessary idling of trucks continues to get attention in the West Virginia Senate. Even though drivers idling their trucks while sleeping or resting would be exempt from the rule, OOIDA says other concerns need to be addressed. Posted. http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Feb10/022210/022610-03.htm CLIMATE CHANGE We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change. It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html Mark Landsbaum: Arguing Global Warming With Arnold. We recently offered tips on "What to say to a warmer" for when Al Gore or a fellow global warming alarmist comes to dinner. This week, we suggest: "What to say to a warmist named Schwarzenegger," in case the Terminator drops by. California has the most destructive and costly global warming law in the nation, if not the world. In a perverse way, it's the governor's crowning achievement. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/-236562--.html Bay Area Air District Moves Ahead With Faster Phase-Out. Currently, cleaners in the Bay Area are under the statewide perc phase-out date plan adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2007. The state mandate requires the removal of any perc drycleaning unit that is 15 years old or older as of July 1 this year. Each July 1 thereafter, any machine that became 15 years old in the previous year must be removed. Under this scheme, there will be no more perc drycleaning equipment in California by 2023. Posted. http://www.natclo.com/1003/west.htm What Gore Missed When He Broke His Silence. Politicians, such as former Vice President Al Gore, don't appreciate the role that transparency plays in science. But scientists trust others' results much more when they are actually able to examine the data themselves. Posted. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/01/john-lott-al-gore-climate-gate-op-ed-new-york-times/ ENERGY Supervisors Eye Solar Array Atop Shade Structure For Parked Cars. County leaders on Tuesday will decide whether to transfer $1.45 million to pay for a solar project in Fairfield that is estimated to bring in $500,000 in incentives and net the county $1 million in the next 20 years. Posted. http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_14487129 BLOGS California “Cool Cars” Law Under Fire From Police. California’s “Cool Cars” law has been controversial ever since its adoption by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) last summer… but now things have been kicked up a notch with CARB seemingly sticking to their guns in a shoot out with the police… almost literally. Posted. http://gas2.org/2010/02/26/california-cool-cars-law-under-fire-from-police/ Air in California Can Be Deadly. It’s not a question of whether people are dying from a type of air pollution known as fine particulate exposure, but how many. Those attacking the science behind the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) epic rulemakings on toxic diesels, however, won’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. Posted. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dbailey/air_in_california_can_be_deadl.html How Should New York City Deal With Rising Sea Levels? Five Designers Duke It Out. How should a low-lying city like New York deal with the rising sea levels associated with global warming? Regardless of your political stance on global warming, we can all agree that rising sea levels threaten the highly populated urban areas that line our nations’ shores. Posted. http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/how-should-new-york-city-deal-with-rising-sea-levels-five-designers-duke-it-out/4632/