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California Air Resources Board News Clips for March 10, 2010. 
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AB32 Plays On Economic Fears. Petitions are being circulated for
a November ballot initiative that would undercut California's
landmark legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps
not surprisingly, it appears that the seed money for the petition
drive is coming from two oil refiners, Valero Energy Corp. and
Tesoro Corp., based in San Antonio. Each owns refineries in
California, including the Valero facility in Benicia. The
campaign to repeal Assembly Bill 32, signed into law by Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007, is expected to play to fears that
the changes in lifestyle and commerce required to slow climate
change would have a negative effect on the economy. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/10/ED5Q1CD92B.DTL&type=printable

California Climate Change Law May Cause Short-Term Job Loss And
Energy Cost Increase. The independent and nonpartisan Legislative
Analyst’s Office (LAO) in Sacramento says there will be some
economic disruption and higher energy costs if the 2006 climate
change law is implemented.  Senator Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto), an
opponent of the law, requested the analysis and accurately sums
up its key findings. More jobs will be likely lost in the near
term. Overall job impact in the long term is unknown. Posted.
http://caivn.org/article/2010/03/10/california-climate-change-law-may-cause-short-term-job-loss-and-energy-cost-incre
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-climate-jobs10-2010mar10,0,3395377,print.story
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14640825

California's Toxic Air Scare Machine. The California Air
Resources Board (CARB) of the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal EPA) sponsored a full-day scientific discussion and
debate on February 26, 2010 at the California EPA hearing room in
Sacramento. The unprecedented public meeting was held because of
public outcry against the latest CARB air pollution regulations.
Usually California Environmental laws and regulations are passed
with little debate, after an inevitable scientific review process
with written public comments that are received and filed but have
no impact on agency actions.  Posted.
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/californias_toxic_air_scare_ma.html

California Analyst Sees Job Losses Under Climate Law.
California's landmark global warming law likely will lead to
modest job losses in the near future, according to a nonpartisan
review that bolsters a growing Republican movement to shelve
climate regulations until the economy recovers. The Legislative
Analyst's Office determined that businesses will face higher
electricity and fuel prices as well as costly investments to
improve building and heating standards. However, it did not
calculate average costs to businesses or say how many jobs might
be lost. Posted.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/green-living/ci_14644444
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/09/1852507/calif-analyst-sees-job-losses.html?storylink=misearch


Obama Pushes Senators for Climate Bill. President Barack Obama
made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill
Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a
comprehensive bill this year. Fourteen senators from both parties
- including several who remain undecided on the climate bill -
met for more than an hour with Obama, four Cabinet members and
White House energy adviser Carol Browner. Posted.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/09/1852561/white-house-hosts-meeting-on-energy.html?storylink=misearch


Global Warming Bill Said 'Job Killer'. Republicans are stepping
up pressure on Governor Schwarzenegger to delay implementation of
the global warming law. It would restrict greenhouse gas
emissions. But, the non-partisan Legislative analyst said Tuesday
it would cost more jobs in the short term, seriously affect
certain businesses and increase the near-term prices of
electricity, gas and other energy sources. Posted.
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=13301 

Schwarzenegger Wants More Drilling, Less Greenhouse Gas. Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday simultaneously defended the
state's greenhouse gas reduction law and repeated his support of
expanded oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast.  On Monday,
the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office concluded that AB
32, the landmark 2006 law that mandates cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions would cost the state jobs in the near term, and have
uncertain effects in the long term. Posted.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/10/1853218/schwarzenegger-wants-more-drilling.html


DOE Chief Urges Energy Leaders to Accept Curbs on Greenhouse
Gases. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told participants at a major
energy industry gathering here today that they need to accept a
limit on carbon pollution and start finding ways to meet it.
Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/09/09greenwire-doe-chief-urges-energy-leaders-to-accept-curbs-on-64.html


Climate-Change Deniers Take A Lesson from Anti-Evolution
Activists. The similarities between the anti-evolution movement
and climate change-denial seem to get more numerous by the day.
The latest is that South Dakota’s state legislature called for a
“balanced” approach to teaching about climate change in schools.
But it’s pretty obvious from the get-go that they are abusing
notions of fairness to advance a rather unbalanced view of the
enduring scientific consensus on climate change. Posted.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/climate-change_deniers_take_a.html


Health and Life Insurers Grapple With Climate Effects. Biting
bugs are buzzing northward and asthma has spread like a dust
cloud, but there are deep divisions about how concerned health
and life insurers should be about disease and death caused by
climate change. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/03/10/10climatewire-health-and-life-insurers-grapple-with-climat-40457.html


Obama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy
Bill. Closed-door talks extended to both ends of Pennsylvania
Avenue yesterday as President Obama, key senators and industry
officials searched for an elusive agreement on comprehensive
energy and climate change legislation. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/10/10greenwire-obama-key-senators-make-their-pitch-for-climate-1362.html


China Tells US to Do More on Climate Change. China told the
United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on
climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing
to developing nations. At the same time, China said its own
efforts to reduce energy intensity have been hampered by its
economic recovery in the latter part of last year, which brought
growth in heavy energy-consuming industries. Posted.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/10/1853361/china-tells-us-to-do-more-on-climate.html?storylink=misearch


Editorial: Global Warming Challenge. The possibility of
suspending California's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law
unlikely to change temperatures but certain to wreak economic
havoc, appears to have increased dramatically. Two large
Texas-based refineries have pledged as much as $2 million to pay
for signature-gathering to place an initiative on the November
ballot that would suspend the global warming law if passed by
voters, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Sacramento
sources. Posted.
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/warming-238165-global-climate.html


SANBAG Struggles To Find Fleet Willing To Shift To Natural Gas
Trucks. San Bernardino transportation officials are pessimistic
they will find a company to fulfill a federally-funded
alternative fuel program, after the initial company pulled the
plug on natural gas semi-trucks. Posted.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sbhunt10.481af91.html


Blogs

California to Regulate ‘Most Potent’ Greenhouse Gas. C.A.R.B.
The gas sulfur hexafluoride is commonly used in high-voltage
transmission equipment. Starting in 2011, California will
regulate emissions from electric utility equipment of the gas
sulfur hexafluoride — commonly called SF6. It is typically used
in high voltage transmission systems in circuit breakers,
switches and insulation, according to a recent California Air
Resources Board announcement. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/california-to-regulate-most-potent-greenhouse-gas/?pagemode=print