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Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:36:33
California Air Resources Board News Clips for July 27, 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 Opinion: Environmental Regulations Threaten Minority Community Jobs. California is known as a leader, a progressive state that is regularly in the forefront on a wide variety of issues. Taking this leadership role, however, comes with a great responsibility to make sure that our forward-thinking policies don't negatively affect minorities, lower-income families and other at-risk Californians. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_15608169 No on Prop 23 Campaign Gets Big Backing from Major Democratic Donor, Releases Report on Valero's $9 Billion Export of California Energy Dollars. Tom Steyer, a major Democratic donor, has been named co-chair of No on 23, Californians to Stop the Dirty Energy Proposition. He joins former Secretary George Schultz in leading the effort to defeat the ballot measure bankrolled by two Texas oil companies that will kill California's clean energy and clean air standards. Posted. http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=4443&ptid=9 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/147893190 Fiorina Backed By Coal-Mining Firms. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has received about $63,000 in donations this year from Appalachian coal-mining interests, much of the money from an outspoken Ohio mine owner who dismisses global warming as "hysterical global goofiness." Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/27/MNUA1EK2FC.DTL&feed=rss.news AIR QUALITY Dry Lightning Hits State; Most Wildfires Small. More than 4,000 lightning strikes lashed California over the past three days in an unusually intense midsummer electrical storm that sparked dozens of fires and sent crews rushing to beat back flames from Yosemite to Oregon. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/MN551EK4IP.DTL CLIMATE CHANGE Study: Climate may push more Mexicans to U.S. Los Angeles — Climbing temperatures are expected to raise sea levels and increase droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires. Now, scientists are predicting another consequence of climate change — mass migration to the United States. Posted. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012456277_climate27.html Cap-And-Trade Advocates See Tougher Battle After Elections. With Republicans expected to pick up seats in both the House and Senate on Election Day, most advocates of carbon caps say they face a tougher playing field in 2011. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/07/27/27climatewire-cap-and-trade-advocates-see-tougher-battle-a-78288.html Opinion: Ball dropped. There are two questions flying around Washington, now that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has officially declared the demise of a climate-change bill: Who killed the bill? And what does this mean for President Barack Obama’s energy plan? Posted. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/49994840-82/bill-energy-senate-climate.html.csp Kerry's Lonely Push On Climate Change. He fell just short of winning the White House in 2004. Four years later, he was rumored to be a leading contender to be secretary of state, until President-elect Barack Obama stunned everyone by tapping his former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072605538.html Report: U.S. Faces Climate Change-Driven Water Shortages. As global warming accelerates, the world will become not only hotter, flatter, and more crowded but also thirsty, according to a new study that finds 70 percent of counties in the United States may face climate change-related risks to their water supplies by 2050. Posted. http://theenergycollective.com/toddwoody/40554/report-us-faces-climate-change-driven-water-shortages U.K. Carbon Calculator Shows 80% Emissions Reduction Is Achievable By 2050. The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change announced a “carbon calculator” that shows the country’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in the six decades through 2050 is achievable. Posted. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-27/u-k-carbon-calculator-shows-80-emissions-reduction-is-achievable-by-2050.html Spread of Deadly Cryptococcal Disease in Northwest Linked to Global Warming. A deadly infectious disease once thought to be exclusively tropical has gained a toehold in the Pacific Northwest, and health experts suspect climate change is partially to blame. Posted. ENERGY Giant Wind Farm Unveiled In Mojave Desert. Mojave, Calif.—One of the world's largest wind farms is being unveiled on a gusty ridge in the Mojave Desert. Terra-Gen Power plans a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday on the Alta Wind Energy Center in Mojave, about 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Dozens of wind turbines already are operating near the Kern County site. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15612800?nclick_check=1 http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2622761620100727 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-windfarm-20100727,0,7972223.story?track=rss GAS PUMPS State: 1/3 Of Gas-Pump Clips May Leak Fuel. Sacramento (KABC) -- Many people use the locking clip on the gas pump while fueling their vehicles so the nozzle doesn't need to be continuously held. State lawmakers say "no more," and want to do away with those clips. Posted. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7576541 TIRE INFLATION Revised CARB Inflation Rules Still Set for September. The California Air Resources Board has resubmitted final rules that will force California repair shops to check and reinflate tires on customer vehicles. The Regulation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles Operating with Underinflated Tires takes effect on Sept. 1. The resubmittal featured minor changes from the previously announced scheme. Posted. http://www.tirereview.com/Article/77665/revised_carb_inflation_rules_still_set_for_september.aspx DIESEL Port Trucks Test The Limits of Emission Rules. Oakland, CA – While more than a thousand Oakland port trucks were replaced with taxpayer assistance or cleaned up to meet federal engine emission standards, companies serving the port say that non-compliant vehicles known as “dirty trucks” are still rolling through Oakland to pick up cargo. Posted. http://www.oaklandvoices.us/2010/07/port-trucks-test-the-limits-of-emission-rules/ Navistar Says SCR Systems Can Be Defeated. Navistar Inc. recently attacked competitors’ 2010 selective catalytic control engines on two fronts, telling environmental regulators that pollution controls on the engines could be easily defeated, and telling fleet managers that every gallon of diesel fuel an SCR engine saves will come at the cost of at least that much diesel exhaust fluid consumed. Posted. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/lmtbase.aspx?storyid=953 VEHICLES Hybrid Car Sales Fueled By Affordability. Buyers of hybrids and first-generation plug-in electric cars are driven more by affordability and reducing gasoline consumption than recapturing the performance of a traditional gas-only car, said a California expert on future trends in transportation. Posted. http://www.freep.com/article/20100727/BUSINESS01/7270306/Hybrid-car-sales-fueled-by-affordability GM Prices the Chevy Volt at $41,000. Will Buyers Plug In? General Motors finally has the answer for how much the Chevy Volt will cost: $41,000. That's been the big -- and lingering -- question consumers have had about GM's first plug-in hybrid electric car. Posted. http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/gm-prices-chevy-volt-electric-car-41000/19569806/# BLOGS $100,000 In CARB Settlement Funds Go To Colleges, Clean-Air Fund. The California Air Resources Board announced that it distributed more than $100,000 to community colleges and a state clean-air fund last month as a result of settlements with 16 companies that violated clean air laws. Posted. http://www.ccjdigital.com/100000-in-carb-settlement-funds-go-to-colleges-clean-air-fund/ The Senate Punts Recklessly on Energy and Climate. Even in hyper-partisan modern Washington one would have thought that, in the end, the Senate would have more plain sense than to turn its back on comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year. But that's exactly what it did last week. Posted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mindy-s-lubber/the-senate-punts-reckless_b_659753.html They've Failed -- And We Must Hold Them Accountable. I am furious and frustrated. We're sweltering here in Washington DC -- living on a planet that just survived the hottest six months in recorded history -- and yet last week the Senate announced it plans to do absolutely nothing for the foreseeable future about our climate crisis. Posted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gillian-caldwell/theyve-failed----and-we-m_b_660623.html