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newsclips -- Newsclips for June 25, 2010
Posted: 25 Jun 2010 10:07:24
California Air Resources Board News Clips for June 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. RAIL YARDS Air Regulators Target Four Rail Yards. The State Air Resources Board is pushing to further cut toxic diesel emissions at four of the highest polluting rail yards in the state. One of those is the BNSF yards in San Bernardino. Over the past five years, diesel emissions have been slashed in-half. The ARB’s action Thursday will build on those reductions. As a result of a 12-year-old agreement with the railroads, the ARB claims Southern California has the cleanest fleet of locomotives in the nation. Posted. http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=14857 http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_railplan25.21e1146.html http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFLf0FARxzK3LtKTA3dyI7dH6xeQD9GHQ8R81 http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=12703892 http://www.modbee.com/2010/06/24/1224812/calif-panel-approves-voluntary.html http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9GHQ8S00 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11004131 http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/06/24/california-regulators-vote-rail-emission-cuts/ http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/jun/24/calif-regulators-to-vote-on-rail-02/ http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_7a879754-c447-5459-a079-bfbddab58055.html http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-ca-train-pollution,0,388035.story http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/24/financial/f153554D26.DTL http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15365232?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com http://cbs2.com/local/Rail.Yard.Pollution.2.1771077.html http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/24/2846997/calif-panel-approves-voluntary.html PROP 1B FUNDS ARB Announces $200 Million to Clean the State's Busiest Trade Corridors. Today the California Air Resources Board awarded $200 million in Proposition 1B funds to cut harmful emissions from heavy-duty trucks and other sources in the state's four busiest trade corridors to clean up air pollution and protect community health. Posted. http://yubanet.com/california/ARB-announces-200-million-to-clean-the-state-s-busiest-trade-corridors.php http://www.favstocks.com/california-arb-awarding-200m-to-reduce-diesel-emissions-from-trucks-locomotives-harborcraft/2518794/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/carb-awards-200m-to-clean-busy-trade-corridors/ http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=15573 AB 32 Measure Would Suspend State's Global Warming Law. Area business leaders and politicians are lauding a measure that qualified for November’s ballot that, if passed, would conditionally suspend the state’s global warming law. The measure, which supporters call the California Jobs Initiative, was certified by the secretary of state’s office on Tuesday. It would temporarily suspend implementation of Assembly Bill 32, the state’s global warming law, until the state’s unemployment rate stays at 5.5 percent for four consecutive quarters. Posted. http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/measure-20073-state-leaders.html California Renewable Energy Bill Reemerges, But AB 32 in Peril. A California renewable energy bill that had been given up for dead last year is alive and well, following a 9 to 2 vote Thursday in favor by the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee. The bill (SB 722), introduced by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) would require the state to obtain 33% of its electricity from clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar power by 2020. The Legislature passed a similar bill last year, but Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed it and signed an executive order with the same policy goal instead. Posted. http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/20569 Calif. to Vote on Global Warming Law. The California Secretary of State Wednesday June 23 certified for the November ballot the California Jobs Initiative, which would suspend California's global warming law (AB 32). The initiative would halt implementation of AB 32 until the unemployment rate in California is 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive calendar quarters. Posted. http://newsblaze.com/story/20100624114932zzzz.nb/topstory.html Editorial: Voters will have a say on AB32. Our view: Right now, jobs are a critical element for California and the temporary suspension of AB32 could help. With all the town hall meetings that Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, has conducted in his district, he understands his constituents. Many businesses see problems with AB32, and that's one big reason Logue has been pushing a ballot initiative asking for a temporary suspension of California's anti-global warming law. AB32 became law in 2006, ordering the state to get its greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels. It will be launched in 2012. A study says 1 million jobs will be lost over time because of the law. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/ci_15374576?source=most_emailed CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG Obama Delays Climate Change Bill As Gulf Oil Spill Continues To Scare Environmentalists. The Gulf oil spill is the worst oil spill in the history of mankind. Say what you will, there will be no better argument for environmentalists and clean energy activists to get the ball rolling. Many groups are calling on democrats to pick up the pace with climate change legislation. http://www.examiner.com/x-43343-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2010m6d24-Obama-delays-climate-change-bill-as-gulf-oil-spill-continues-to-scare-environmentalists McCartney, in Interview, Compares Global Warming Skeptics to Holocaust Deniers. Sir Paul McCartney just can't let it be. The former Beatle predicted in an interview that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might expedite a move to cleaner, renewable energy sources in the world. Sir Paul could have stopped while he was ahead, but McCartney went on to compare people who don't believe in global warming to "those who don't believe there was a Holocaust." http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/06/24/paul-mccartney-global-warming-holocaust-deniers/ Democrats Fix Strategy for Undefined Climate and Energy Bill. Emotions surged during a "thrilling" caucus gathering in which Democrats plotted to bring a vote on climate legislation to the floor this summer. They promised to challenge resistant Republicans to oppose a measure focusing on polluters as oil from the site of an exploded rig continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/06/25/25climatewire-democrats-fix-strategy-for-undefined-climate-69494.html FUELS Opinion: EPA’s Action On Ethanol Would Harm All Americans. If you own a car, boat, or gasoline-powered equipment such as a lawnmower or a chainsaw, you should be worried about a well-funded advertising and public relations campaign now being waged by ethanol producers to rush through hasty Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for higher levels of ethanol in the gasoline you use. Posted. http://thehill.com/opinion/letters/105449-epas-action-on-ethanol-would-harm-all-americans CLEAN VEHICLES Smart Cars Just Want To Help. The prototype smart cars on display Thursday at UC San Diego may have had the biggest, fastest computerized brains engineers could devise, but they knew who's boss: the people driving them. The display of seven cars and assorted other automotive advances capped a four-day, IEEE Intelligent Vehicle conference dedicated to discussing how cars can better assist drivers. Posted. http://www.nctimes.com/business/article_ca695470-fdad-5f24-a077-facb7b7bed46.html Fill 'er up. Imagine a world where all it took to power a car was sunshine and tap water. That isn't a pipe dream but, rather, the reality of emerging technology that someday could turn your house into a personal, zero-emission gas station. It's called a residential hydrogen refueler, and only one currently exists. Tucked away on the Torrance campus of Honda R&D behind a security guard and a locked gate, the sleek system is designed to power Honda's limited-production FCX Clarity sedan and other hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-hydrogen-20100625,0,332248.story Silicon Valley Becoming a Hub of Electric Vehicles. A 2006 documentary about GM's ill-fated EV1 famously asked, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Silicon Valley is helping to bring it back to life. Tuesday's scheduled stock market debut for Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors, the first by an automaker since Ford's in 1956, is only the highest-profile sign of the region's role as a vibrant hub of the growing electric vehicle industry. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/green-energy/ci_15370660?nclick_check=1 ENERGY California Renewable Electricity Bill Comes Back To Life, Passes First Assembly Committee. BERKELEY (June 24, 2010) – A California renewable energy bill that had been given up for dead last year is alive and well, following a 9 to 2 vote in favor today by the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Posted. http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/california-renewable-electricity-bill-0413.html BLOGS California's State Rock Raked Over the Coals. California's official state symbols tell a story of a place of natural wealth and pioneering spirit, not to mention exploitable natural resources. For example, there's the redwood tree-a reminder of rugged coastlines and peaceful mountains. Then there's the state mineral, gold, which tells of the hardy miners of the past. But what's the meaning behind serpentine, the state rock? In 1965, leaders chose this mineral-packed stone as a symbol for the state's mining prowess. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/kalw/detail?entry_id=66514#ixzz0rsexhoTc Is It Energy’s Turn Now? With the overhaul of financial regulation nearing completion, some Democrats are hoping that Congress can turn to the next big legislative challenge – energy and climate change. There is no consensus yet what such legislation should include, but there is strong determination on the part of the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress to try to move something – anything – before Congress leaves town in August. Posted. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/is-it-energys-turn-now/?scp=2&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse