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newsclips -- Newsclips for May 5, 2010.
Posted: 05 May 2010 14:28:46
California Air Resources Board News Clips for May 5, 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. Automakers Seek to Delay Ethanol Blending Raise. Washington — Citing new test data, the auto industry says the federal government’s plan to raise the amount of ethanol mixed into gasoline will damage cars and increase the amount of pollution they emit. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue a rule in the next few weeks that would permit oil companies to increase the percentage of ethanol in automotive fuel to 15 percent, up from the current level of 10 percent, so they can meet E.P.A. quotas for renewable fuels. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/business/energy-environment/05ethanol.html?sq=environment&st=cse&scp=8&pagewanted=print http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/05/05/11 Compliant Truckers Protest Dirty Trucks Extensions. When officials at the California Air Resources Board discussed the possibility of extending the deadline for air quality regulations, a group of compliant trucking companies let them know exactly how they felt about the proposed extension. Representatives from some of the compliant trucking companies attended an Oakland Trucker Workgroup meeting in March and learned that CARB and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District were considering a deadline extension until June 30 for some truckers. Posted. http://www.cunninghamreport.com/news_item.php?id=1261 Hydrogen-Powered Ideas And Cars On Display In Long Beach. Long Beach - After some five years of planning and decades of dreaming, engineers are laying the groundwork for a new generation of hydrogen fueling stations across California. Praised for their durability and lack of emissions, hydrogen vehicles are expected to double in number in California each year until 2017, when an estimated 50,000 will be cruising Golden State highways and roads. And dozens of stations are going up to service these cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and forklifts of a not-too-distant future. Posted. http://www.presstelegram.com/business/ci_15017301 EPA Proposes 2 Alternate Rules For Disposal Of Coal Ash. U.S. EPA's proposal for regulating coal ash wastes yesterday did nothing to stem industry predictions that one option -- a hazardous waste label -- would spell the ruin of climate-friendly recycling efforts. Coal-powered utilities and ash recyclers have furiously lobbied both EPA and the White House on the issue. They say that any kind of hazardous designation will create disastrous public "stigma" and liability issues for companies that sell concrete, bricks and wall-board containing recycled coal combustion wastes. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/05/05/2 EPA To Resolve Navistar Lawsuit By Reviewing Engine Guidelines. Truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. said yesterday that it agreed to drop a legal challenge to U.S. EPA after the agency said it would review its usage guidelines for diesel truck engines. The out-of-court settlement would conclude a federal lawsuit alleging that the agency ignored its own rules and procedures by allowing Navistar's competitors to use an engine technology that might not comply with stricter standards for nitrogen oxide in diesel exhaust. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/05/05/21 OP-ED: No Fooling Mother Nature. There is only one meaningful response to the horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and that is for America to stop messing around when it comes to designing its energy and environmental future. The only meaningful response to this man-made disaster is a man-made energy bill that would finally put in place an American clean-energy infrastructure that would set our country on a real, long-term path to ending our addiction to oil. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/opinion/05friedman.html?sq=environment&st=cse&scp=6&pagewanted=print San Diego Plans For Future Housing, Transportation. San Diego is the first region in California to tackle what seems to be an impossible task: planning for a major population expansion while at the same time cutting back on greenhouse gases. Terry Roberts drove down from L.A. to attend a planning workshop put on by the San Diego Association of Governments, or SANDAG. Roberts works with California’s Air Resources Board, which she says is about to hand down greenhouse gas reduction targets. Posted. http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/may/05/san-diego-plans-future/ Greenhouse-Gas Numbers Up In The Air. To control emissions, countries must first account accurately for their carbon. That will take considerable effort, reports Jeff Tollefson. The state of California is about to become a giant playground for more than 200 atmospheric scientists. Beginning this week and extending into July, aircraft will criss-cross the skies, measuring an array of greenhouse gases, aerosols and other atmospheric properties as they fly over cities, industrial facilities and agricultural areas. Posted. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100505/full/465018a.html BLOGS True Impact on Working People of AB 32 is No Mere Numbers Game. It's time for an honest discussion about how California's global warming law (AB 32) will impact jobs in California. Working people in this state are suffering and they need real answers about its job impact, not theories, legacy politics and empty promises. Consider a few grim statistics: The state's unemployment rate is still above 12 percent. More than 119,000 manufacturing jobs were lost last year. More than 600,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in this state since 2000. Posted. http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/james-kellogg/6883-true-impact-working-people-ab-32-no-mere-numbers-game Gulf Oil Spill: An Energy Crossroads For Obama. The still-unchecked oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the languishing state of the Senate climate bill have combined to push President Obama's vision for transforming American energy policy to a crossroads. Obama campaigned on a promise to succeed where every president since Richard Nixon had failed -- to begin breaking the United States’ near-half-century of dependence on foreign oil. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-an-energy-crossroads-for-obama.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29