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California Air Resources Board News Clips for March 9, 2010. 
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Legislative Analyst: California Greenhouse Gas Law Could Cost
Some Jobs. The Legislature's nonpartisan analyst says
California's landmark greenhouse gas reduction law could cost
jobs in the near term, while its long-term impact is uncertain.
But, Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor concluded in a letter
released Monday, the overall impact of the law on the state's
gargantuan economy "will probably be modest." The law, known as
AB 32, would require the state by 2020 to reduce its
greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/09/v-print/2592865/legislative-analyst-california.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/09/1851867/legislative-analyst-california.html

Dry Cleaning Usually Uses A Toxic Chemical, But The Safety
Picture Is Unclear. I live around the corner from a dry cleaner,
but there's also a "green" dry cleaner on the other side of town.
Am I total jerk if I keep going to my regular spot? The problem
with traditional dry cleaning is a liquid solvent called "perc,"
short for perchloroethylene. (Despite the moniker, dry cleaning
isn't really dry; it just doesn't involve water.) Perc is what
dissolves the gunk off your clothes. It's highly effective
without being labor-intensive and, unlike the cleaning chemicals
of old, it's not likely to burst into flames. That's why cleaners
have been using it for the past 50 years. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030802310_pf.html

EU Climate Chief: Global Deal Unlikely Before 2011. The European
Union's climate change chief says a global deal on reducing
greenhouse gas emissions may not be possible before 2011. EU
Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says it would be risky to
expect a legally binding deal to emerge from the planned December
U.N. climate summit in Cancun, Mexico. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/09/world/AP-EU-EU-Climate-Change.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=greenhouse%20gas&st=cse
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14639964

EPA Piecing Together Regulatory Framework for Greenhouse Gas
Rules. U.S. EPA has submitted the first piece of its suite of
greenhouse gas rules to the White House for review, a signal that
the agency is on schedule to finalize its first regulations to
curb the heat-trapping emissions. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/08/08greenwire-epa-piecing-together-regulatory-framework-for-54302.html


For Senators on the Fence on Climate, Everything's in Play. The
fate of comprehensive energy and climate legislation rests in the
hands of about 30 senators. The list includes coal and Rust Belt
Democrats, Westerners and moderate Republicans. They bring
several high-profile issues to the forefront that, if satisfied,
offers several potential paths to the bill's lead authors looking
for the magic 60 votes. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/03/09/09climatewire-for-senators-on-the-fence-on-climate-everyth-37932.html

Jackson Says EPA Is Losing A Public Relations War Over Climate
Regulations. Amid a pitched battle over her agency's planned
climate regulations, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said
environmental regulators are losing a public relations war to
industry lobbyists. "The people in my line of work have not done
the best job in communicating our side of the debate. We've lost
the messaging war," Jackson said yesterday at the National Press
Club. The statement comes as Jackson faces bipartisan efforts in
both chambers of Congress to either curtail or eliminate her
agency's authority to tackle climate change. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/03/09/4

Women Hit By Climate Change Head To Capitol Hill. Washington
(Reuters) - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change --
drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on
Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to curb
greenhouse gas emissions. Posted.
2http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030803492.html
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/03/09/5

Simitian Reintroduces 33% Renewable Energy Bill. State Senator
Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) reintroduced legislation that requires
all energy providers to buy 33 percent of their energy from
clean, renewable energy sources by 2020. Senate Bill 722 provides
a clear statutory directive for private and public utilities to
reach 33 percent renewable energy use, and provides the
flexibility necessary to acquire that energy in the coming
decade. Posted.
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/144967 

HORNER: The Wind-Energy Cover-Up. Barack Obama promised many
things on his way into office. Key among these was transparency
and a vow to banish lobbyists from insider roles in the policy
process. Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the
Competitive Enterprise Institute has confirmed that both promises
are being aggressively violated. Posted.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/09/covering-up-the-wind-energy-failure/

Governments Appear To Spend $500 Billion A Year To Subsidize
Fossil Fuels. The world might be spending as much as $500 billion
annually to subsidize fossil fuels, researchers working at the
direction of President Obama and other leaders have found.  But a
draft report of the study, obtained by E&E, shows a heavy
emphasis on the financial assistance that developing countries
give to make energy more affordable to poor consumers. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/03/09/2

End PG&E's Chokehold. It's time to end PG&E's chokehold on
Bakersfield and adopt the Sonoma County Energy Independence
Program. How can our local Board of Supervisors not agree solar
power is vitally necessary for homeowners? Why are they not
creating a SCEIP-type program for Kern County? Posted.
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/letters/x1543187924/End-PG-Es-chokehold

Western Govs Say States Best Regulate Coal Ash. Helena,
Mont.—Western governors are telling the Obama administration that
regulation of coal ash waste is best done by the states. The
Western Governor's Association is resisting a move by the
Environmental Protection Agency to reclassify coal ash as
hazardous. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14636129

EPA Official Says Action Plan On BPA Is Near. Washington --
Responding to criticism that the Environmental Protection Agency
delayed action on regulating the chemical bisphenol A,
Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday that her agency is
planning to "finalize an action plan on BPA in the very near
future." Posted.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/09/1851938/epa-official-says-action-plan.html

Post Carbon. Contrary to popular belief, young people are not
more politically engaged on the issue of climate change than
older Americans, according to a new climate poll conducted by
researchers at American, Yale and George Mason universities.
Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030802308.html

California Bill Promises to Fight Toxic Trash. A California
Democrat has proposed a bill that would require manufacturers of
hazardous products to create materials that are less toxic and
easier to recycle. "Every time we use recycled materials to
create a product, we save energy and reduce pollution from
landfill," says First District Assembly member Wesley Chesbro,
who introduced the California Product Stewardship Act. Posted.
http://www.solidwastemag.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000363032 
Blogs

Counting ‘Outsourced’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions. One of the
stickiest points in international climate change negotiations is
how to account for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas
emissions produced to make goods that are then sold for export.
Should the producing country be held to account for those
emissions? Or does the consuming country bear some responsibility
for counting those emissions? Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/counting-outsourced-greenhouse-gas-emissions/


What Happens to Transportation Reform if A.B. 32 Does Get
Repealed? Last week, the New York Times broke the news that Texas
based oil companies were funding the ballot initiative that would
"temporarily" place the Greenhouse Gas reforms required by A.B.
32 on hold until California's unemployment rate reached 5.5%. 
When discussing the news with some of my friends, it was greeted
with a yawn.  After all, this is hardly the first time an
out-of-state interest has placed a lot of money behind a ballot
proposition, and A.B. 32 spends a lot more time promoting clean
fuel than it does human powered transportation or transit.
Posted.
http://la.streetsblog.org/2010/03/08/what-happens-to-transportation-reform-if-a-b-32-does-get-repealed/