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Posted: 25 May 2010 11:29:57
California Air Resources Board News Clips for May 25, 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. AB 32 Study Prompts Crackdown On Academic Reports. A controversial study of impacts that California's landmark greenhouse gas emissions could have on small businesses sparked legislation that was passed Monday by the Assembly. Assembly Bill 2656, would require college administrators, professors or staff members who receive public funds for outside research to certify that their work will comply with academic standards of their college. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/05/bill-spurred-by.html#ixzz0oxlYjnEh Opinion: Cap and Flee. California refutes its own 'green jobs' policy. California, that former land of opportunity, was one of the first states to pass its own version of "cap and trade" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2007 when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the law, called AB-32, he said it would propel California into an economy-expanding, green job future. Well, a new study by the state's own auditing agency—its version of the Congressional Budget Office—has burst that green bubble. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559004575256981030653158.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Editorial: Kicking Energy Prices Up, Jobs Out. A damning report by the state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says the controversial Global Warming Solutions Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will drive up energy prices, force businesses to delay expansion or flee the state and put California at a competitive disadvantage. We're not surprised. We've made that case since the law, Assembly Bill 32, was passed in 2006. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/common/printer/view.php?db=ocregister&id=250219 Editorial: The Propaganda Campaign Against Obama’s Tougher Fuel Economy Rules. Predictably, the fossil fuel industry's "think tanks" are using half-truths to poison public opinion against improved fuel standards. Detroit automakers fought successfully to fend off tougher fuel economy rules for nearly two decades, so it was a little disorienting to see them cheering last week as President Obama announced a new crackdown. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0525-mileage-20100526,0,5918870.story Editorial: Obama Seizing Moment With Tougher Mileage Rules. With spilled oil washing up on the Louisiana coast, it's the right time to push new energy policies. That's why the White House rolled out improved mileage standards for cars, trucks and highway big rigs. Over the next year the Obama team will devise rules that could bring about sweeping changes for many reasons: Heavy-duty trucks will be included for the first time, manufacturers are on board, and the federal action could end a fight between California and Washington, D.C., over fuel conservation. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/25/EDLN1DJP95.DTL Air Quality District Asked To Support Suspension Of Global Warming Law. Chico-- A member of the Butte County Air Quality Management District board has asked the district to write a letter supporting suspension of California's global warming law, and the matter will be taken up Thursday morning. The air quality board meeting is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. Thursday in the Chico City Council Chambers, 421 Main St. The meeting sometimes starts a little late, as it follows the Butte County Association of Governments meeting. Posted. http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_15155412 UN Reminds Rich Countries Of Climate Promises. Berlin — The outgoing U.N. climate chief says industrialized countries need to live up to their promises of help for poor nations in fighting global warming to make progress toward a climate deal this year. Yvo de Boer said Tuesday that a new round of expert-level U.N. talks starting in Bonn next week could advance the still-sketchy draft of the envisioned global climate treaty which is to take effect after 2012. Posted. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_4Bt6lPNWPdO0muUeqf_yJ2MfkQD9FTUCJG0. Apa, Everest Sherpa: Global Warming Makes Climbing Harder. Katmandu, Nepal — A Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest for a record 20th time said Tuesday that the melting of glacier ice along its slopes due to global warming is making it increasingly difficult to climb the peak. "The rising temperature on the mountains has melted much ice and snow on the trail to the summit. It is difficult for climbers to use their crampons on the rocky surfaces," Apa told reporters after flying to Katmandu on Tuesday. Posted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/apa-everest-sherpa-global_n_588315.html?view=print Fontana Officials To Consider Resolution Opposing Global Warming Law. Fontana - A controversial global climate law will likely get a thumbs-down vote from the City Council on Wednesday night. Officials will consider a resolution in support of a November ballot initiative backed heavily by energy companies that would temporarily suspend AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15153028 Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons. London — Last month hundreds of environmental activists crammed into an auditorium here to ponder an anguished question: If the scientific consensus on climate change has not changed, why have so many people turned away from the idea that human activity is warming the planet? Nowhere has this shift in public opinion been more striking than in Britain, where climate change was until this year such a popular priority that in 2008 Parliament enshrined targets for emissions cuts as national law. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/earth/25climate.html?pagewanted=print Nonpartisan Proof: Cap-and-Trade Is an Economy-Killer. Last week, in what the National Academy of Sciences declared "the most comprehensive report ever on climate change," three studies requested by Congress were unfurled, providing sweeping proposals for an aggressive federally based strategy to deal with climate change. Posted. http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/nonpartisan_proof_capandtrade.html New Group (AREAS) Advocates for Clean, Safe Renewable Energy. Denver--The current oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The recent coal tragedy in West Virginia. The call by the National Academy of Sciences last week for actions to reduce carbon emissions in response to climate change. The future risk of financially devastating monthly home heating, cooling, and electricity bills for American families. How can we deal with these threats to our national and individual security? Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/24/v-print/2771966/new-group-areas-advocates-for.html San Luis Obispo Scores High On Air Quality. A new report by the American Lung Association, despite showing air pollution worsening in California, has good news for people living between San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles–your air is among the cleanest in the state. [California Watch]The 11th annual report of the nation’s air quality, using Environmental Protection Agency measurements, concluded that the overall air quality in California had worsened since the previous report. Posted. http://calcoastnews.com/2010/05/san-luis-obispo-scores-high-on-air-quality/ San Rafael meeting to highlight green building ordinance. Building designers, contractors and Realtors take note: property in San Rafael is about to go green. The city's new green-building ordinance takes effect June 1, prompting officials to host a meeting Wednesday aimed at educating the community on updated regulations for new construction and remodeling. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_15153299 Opinion: Just Say No To The "Dirty Energy Proposition". There's a move afoot to dismantle California's road map to a clean energy future. Bankrolled by Texas oil companies Valero and Tesoro, the "Dirty Energy Proposition" slated for the November ballot would suspend AB 32, California's landmark law designed to promote renewable energy and reduce air pollution. This legislation, passed by a bipartisan majority and signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger, is making California an international leader in clean technology. Posted. http://sdgln.com/commentary/2010/05/25/just-say-no-dirty-energy-proposition Global Warming Cap-And-Trade Disaster. The global warming alarmists, despite things having cooled off for a really long time, continue to press for their pinnacle of government control and private wealth redistribution: cap-and-trade laws.There are a few things to be mindful of while listening to the hype about saving us from a threat that doesn’t exist. We provide a summary here, courtesy of James M. Taylor, an advocate of sound science and free-market environmentalism and senior fellow for The Heartland Institute on environmental issues. Posted. http://orangepunch.freedomblogging.com/2010/05/24/global-warming-cap-and-trade-disaster/26659/ Sex, Lies and Global Warming. Hypocrisy among public figures is nothing new. But lately we've been witnessing examples that represent seemingly new dimensions of mind-numbing duplicity. First there was John Edwards running for President, earnestly presenting himself as a model husband standing by his wife while she dealt bravely with cancer. And then we had Tiger Woods, making hundreds of millions from product endorsements which projected an image of the golfer as composed, dignified and exemplary. Posted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/al-gore-global-warming-se_b_588381.html Opinion: Important To Follow All Of The Money. A letter writer tells us "cui bono" ("follow the money") when thinking about global warming ("Just follow the money," May 9). The writer then states, "Unless there are ways to make money as an environmentalist that I do not know about, they have no motivation." Two words: Al Gore. He has made more than $100 million from the global hoax. Has the writer not heard of carbon trading? Follow the money, indeed. Carbon trading is simply having one company buy a credit from someone else so they can continue to pollute. How ridiculous is that? Posted. http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_15156620