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newsclips -- Newsclips for July 6, 2010.
Posted: 06 Jul 2010 13:46:42
California Air Resources Board News Clips for July, 6, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S Dow Chemical Standing Apart From Industry On Cap And Trade. As the climate bill sponsored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) headed for a showdown in the House last year, critics warned that the energy-intensive U.S. chemical industry would be among the primary victims of a cap-and-trade carbon regime. Now, with time running out on climate legislation in the Senate, officials of Dow Chemical Co., the largest American chemical company, continue to call for a bill that would set a price on carbon emissions. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/06/2 Will China's Consumer Wants Worsen Climate Change? China, which is closing inefficient coal plants and making more fuel-efficient cars, is often seen as the world's superpower in developing wind and solar energy. But despite these eco-efforts, will its surging demand for consumer goods worsen climate change? Yes, suggests an interesting article in today's New York Times. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/07/will-chinas-consumer-wants-fuel-climate-change/1 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/business/global/05warm.html?src=mv How Climate Change Attitudes Affect the Gov Race. Barely noticed in the stories that ran last week based on a Reuters /Ipsos poll (that showed Democrats Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer with “narrow” leads in their races for governor and U.S. Senate) was this nugget in the piece by Steve Holland of Reuters: “The survey also found a wide disparity between the parties about the state’s climate change and environmental regulations. Posted. http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/07/how-climate-change-attitudes-affect-the-gov-race/ Applied Materials Spent $320,000 Lobbying Government On Renewable Energy Legislation In 1Q. New York - Applied Materials Inc. spent $320,000 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of the year on energy legislation and other issues. That's more than double the $130,000 the company spent in the same quarter a year ago, according to congressional disclosure forms, but down from $470,000 spent in the quarter before. Applied Materials provides technology used by solar panel and semiconductor manufacturers. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-applied-materials-lobbying,0,4451011,print.story Dutch Agency Takes Blame For Error In UN Report, But Says Climate Change Is Already Happening. The Hague, Netherlands - A leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal U.N. report on climate change, said Monday it has discovered more small mistakes and urged the panel to be more careful. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-climate,0,5759324.story http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15443284 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/dutch-agency-seeks-clarity-from-climate-panel/?pagemode=print NZ Carbon Price System Hikes Household Costs. Wellington, New Zealand—New carbon-trading laws intended to reduce climate-changing pollution emissions took effect Thursday in New Zealand, immediately sending gas prices higher. Under the scheme, companies are given a pollution allowance, an amount of greenhouse gases they can emit without penalty. If they emit more than allowed, they must buy credits from a company that emits less than permitted and has a surplus to sell. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15417223 Moynihan, As Nixon Aide, Warned Of Global Warming. Yorba Linda, Calif.—Documents released Friday by the Nixon Presidential Library show members of President Richard Nixon's inner circle discussing the possibilities of global warming more than 30 years ago. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15432344 UN Report Fuels Criticism Of Carbon-Cutting Scheme. United Nations—European and U.S. environmentalists demanded action Friday after an obscure U.N. advisory panel lent credence to their claims that industrialized nations are wasting billions of dollars on carbon-cutting projects. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15428783 EMISSIONS CARB OKs $200 Million in Emissions Funding. The California Air Resources Board has awarded $200 million in Proposition 1B funds to help cut emissions from heavy-duty trucks and other sources in the state’s four busiest trade corridors. The Los Angeles/Inland Empire, Central Valley, Bay Area and San Diego/Border regions received the money from the funding approved in a 2006 statewide referendum. The money will be used for grants that will help independent truck owners and others comply early with the statewide truck rule adopted in 2008. Posted. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/printnews.aspx?storyid=24714 EPA Unveils Rules On Smog-Forming Emissions From Power Plants. U.S. EPA released proposed rules today for smog and soot-forming emissions from power plants, setting up the start of a rulemaking process that could influence Senate negotiations on an energy and climate bill. Cleared by the White House Office of Management and Budget last week, the program announced today by EPA air chief Gina McCarthy would supersede the Clean Air Interstate Rule, a George W. Bush-era program that capped emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/07/06/1 Voices, Some Near The President's Ear, Long Supported Narrower Carbon Caps. Four months ago Energy Secretary Steven Chu listened as a key senator appealed for modesty in the chamber's approach to addressing greenhouse gases. The Senate at the time was being swept toward an ambitious -- and politically titanic -- plan designed to cast the nation's vast majority of emissions into a shopping cart, where it would be counted, priced and paid for. It was an aspiring effort that the senator could not support, so an alternative was discussed: focus on cinching carbon from the smokestacks of electric power plants. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/06/1 SMOG Smog Law Concerns. I am writing this letter to urge citizens to stand up for their rights regarding California's smog laws. CARB; California Air Resources Board is a bureaucracy of individuals who never cease in coming up with new ways to keep themselves employed and give themselves raises. Making it mandatory to smog your vehicle in Lake County every other year serves no purpose accept to line the pockets of bureaucrats in Sacramento. Posted. http://www.record-bee.com/ci_15444971 FORMALDEHYDE California Starts Enforcing Formaldehyde Rules. State is testing goods labeled as CARB-compliant. Industry, Calif. — California has begun enforcing its new formaldehyde emission standard for products including furniture, according to the American Home Furnishings Alliance. A furniture industry supplier here reported to AHFA that earlier this year, a state regulatory agency purchased one of its products to determine its compliance with the standard. Posted. http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/print/529894-California_starts_enforcing_formaldehyde_rules.php California Regs Kick in, Take First Casualty. Sacramento, Calif. — Regulations mandated by California's Air Resources Board (ARB) requiring the elimination of perchloroethylene machinery older than 15 years went into effect Thursday, forcing at least one longtime operator to close its doors. Founded in 1920 by French immigrant Jean Lamoure, Fresno-based Lamoure's Cleaners & Laundry had closed its 12 stores by Wednesday except for its main plant, according to the Sacramento Bee. Posted. http://www.americandrycleaner.com/printFriendly.cfm?articleID=18169 VEHICLES Bay Biz Buzz: Tesla Shares Falling Back To Earth After Its IPO. Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors Inc., the first U.S. automaker to complete an initial public offering in more than a half century, retreated for the third-straight day to trim the gain for its first week of trading to 13 percent. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_15430320 Tesla Refines Its Breakthrough Electric Roadster. For a company that hasn't sold that many cars, you wouldn't expect Tesla would be ready for an upgrade. But now comes what it says is its fourth-generation roadster, the 2.5. The timing couldn't be better, coming the same week as Tesla's initial stock offering. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/07/tesla-refines-its-breakthrough-electric-roadster/1 BALLOT INITIATIVE Valero Helps Bankroll Bid To Suspend Emission Targets. Benicia -- The efforts of two Texas oil companies, one being Valero, to thwart the state's greenhouse gas reduction law has sparked concern among city officials wishing to make Benicia stand out as a green city. Posted, http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_15442918?nclick_check=1 ENERGY/GREEN Mortgage Agencies Threaten To Derail Solar Incentive Plan. San Francisco — The Obama administration is devoting $150 million in stimulus money for programs that help homeowners install solar panels and other energy improvements, which they pay for over time on their property tax bills. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_15422405 Santa Clara: 'Energy Innovator' Awards Given To Businesses, University. The city of Santa Clara's electric utility has awarded three businesses and Santa Clara University for their innovations in energy use. According to spokesman Larry Owens, Silicon Valley Power handed "Energy Innovator Awards" to Agilent Technologies, Bay Area Internet Solutions, El Camino Self Storage and Santa Clara University at the 2010 Silicon Valley Energy Summit held in late June at Stanford University. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15428097 Studies in Sustainability: Wood Is Demonstrating Its Green Credentials by Example. There can be no doubt today that the sustainability movement and green building in particular are here to stay. Green building criteria are, in fact, now codified in numerous building codes and national standards, and increasing numbers of local jurisdictions are adopting green building requirements. Posted. http://www.building-products.com/readArticles.aspx?ID=3890 BLOGS Is It Cheaper To Just Let The Planet Heat? Before getting into the debate that Jim Manzi and Brad Plumer are having on the costs of mitigating global warming, it's worth highlighting this bit from Manzi, which is slightly off-topic to the actual disagreement, but could be the most important thing you'll ever read: The consensus scientific estimate is that there is a 1-in-10,000 chance of an asteroid large enough to kill a large fraction of the world’s population impacting the earth in the next 100 years. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/is_it_cheaper_to_just_let_the.html San Francisco Home To Most Green Jobs In The Nation. So much for criticism that California's environmental leadership — notably AB 32 — kills jobs: The state has the most green-collar jobs of any in the nation, and San Francisco leads the Golden State with 42,000 positions. For a city with a population of 809,000, that's pretty impressive. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=67217