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Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:58:58
California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 9, 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/ PROP 23 Laird, Blakeslee Disagree Over Prop. 23 In Debate In Arroyo Grande. Arroyo GRANDE - The two leading candidates for state Senate agreed during a Friday night debate in Arroyo Grande that global warming is real, but disagreed on what to do about it. Republican Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee and former Assemblyman John Laird, a Democrat, disagreed on whether voters should repeal Proposition 23 on the November ballot. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15697535 Valero Adds $3M To Oppose Calif. Climate Law. Sacramento, Calif. A Texas-based oil company has added another $3 million to the ballot campaign seeking to suspend California's landmark global warming law. Valero Services Inc. made the contribution Friday, according to the secretary of state's campaign finance website. Proposition 23 on the November ballot seeks to delay regulations that are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions until California's unemployment rate, now at 12.3 percent, falls to 5.5 percent and stays there for a year. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15699075 http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/06/1284017/valero-adds-3m-to-oppose-calif.html#ixzz0w7rybLIB http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/aug/06/valero-adds-3m-to-oppose-calif-climate-law/ CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S Air Board To Release Proposed Greenhouse Gas Targets. Sacramento - Communities in Inland Southern California would need to expand public transit, curb sprawl and take other steps to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets soon to emerge from state air-quality regulators. The proposed targets, to be released as early as Monday, will be a major step in the implementation of SB 375, a 2008 bill that aims to reduce emissions linked to global warming by influencing local governments' land-use and transportation policies. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_landuse08.2d43e84.html White House Still Hopes To Pass Bill This Year --The White House is "deeply disappointed" that Congress hasn't passed climate legislation but won't give up on getting it done this year, President Obama's top climate and energy adviser said yesterday. Carol Browner said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the administration is still holding out hope for a legislative victory on climate and energy, despite the political challenges of passing a controversial bill through the Senate after the chamber returns from its August recess." Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/08/09/1 Editorial: More Evidence Of Global Warming. What's most discouraging about the politicized debate over climate change is seeing the distrust of science sharply rise. The climate change denial caucus is so vocal that even as new evidence reinforces the conclusion that human activity is warming the planet, people refuse to see it. Scientists must keep reporting the data as it is collected, though, so this month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its State of the Climate report. Posted. http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/news_columnists/x1028351467/Editorial-More-evidence-of-global-warming On Leadership: Carbon and climate change: Why are we behind? The United States suffers from a severe case of what my Thunderbird colleague Gregory Unruh termed years ago "carbon lock-in." Carbon lock-in refers to the self-perpetuating inertia created by interlocking institutional forces and cultural norms that inhibit efforts to develop alternative energy systems. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606029.html Dimmer view of Earth. When Stanford climate scientist Christopher Field looks at visual feeds from a satellite monitoring deforestation in the Amazon basin, he sees images streaked with white lines devoid of data. The satellite, Landsat 7, is broken. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15689267 UN panel: New Taxes Needed For A Climate Fund. Bonn, Germany—Carbon taxes, add-ons to international air fares and a levy on cross-border money movements are among ways being considered by a panel of the world's leading economists to raise a staggering $100 billion a year to fight climate change. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15683210 Climate Talks Appear To Slip Backward. Bonn, Germany—Global climate talks appeared to have slipped backward after five days of negotiations in Bonn, with rich and poor countries exchanging charges of reneging on agreements they made last year to contain greenhouse gases. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15693765 Relentless Heat Wave Roasts Russia. While the mid-Atlantic has suffered through a sultry summer so far, conditions have not been nearly as extreme as in parts of Europe, particularly Russia. The Russian heat wave of July and August, along with related drought conditions and wildfires, have garnered international headlines in recent weeks, and will surely be studied by climate scientists and public health experts for years to come, both for its intensity and duration. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/08/relentless_heat_wave_roasts_ru.html http://www.examiner.com/x-10722-Austin-Science-Policy-Examiner~y2010m8d9-Record-heat-waves-and-floods-could-become-the-norm ENERGY/GREEN ENERGY Jerry Brown Emphasizes Green Energy In Jobs Plan. The Democrat says investment in renewable energy should create 500,000 new jobs in the state in the next 10 years. He would consider tax breaks to encourage creation of manufacturing jobs. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown quietly unveiled a jobs plan Sunday that calls for creating green-energy jobs, investing in the state's infrastructure and education, increasing manufacturing jobs and improving job-training programs. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-jobs-20100809,0,3647153,print.story http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/09/2945626/brown-adds-details-to-clean-energy.html http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/08/v-print/2034493/capitol-alert-brown-beefs-up-jobs.html L.A. Tops in Calif. Clean-Tech Companies. Los Angeles County has the most clean-tech companies in the state, with Orange, Santa Clara, San Diego, Alameda and San Francisco counties following it, according to a report released Thursday by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund. According to the report, which includes an online mapping tool, the green economy reaches every major metropolitan area in the state. Posted. http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2010/08/02/daily29.html Fairfax Enacts Ban On Smartmeter Installation. Fairfax -- The Fairfax Town Council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance banning the installation of remote-controlled utility meters within the town's borders Wednesday, despite a last-minute promise by PG&E that it would stop installing its trademarked SmartMeters in Fairfax. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15684293 AIR QUALITY Obama Acts As Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist. Racks of lime-green batteries awaited inspection on the factory floor when the well-connected investor swept through Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo., last month. A week later he broke ground on an advanced vehicle battery plant in Holland, Mich., the ninth battery facility his money has helped jump-start in the last year. Meet the country's venture capitalist-in-chief, President Obama. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/09/BUGN1EQ09H.DTL&type=printable Clean-Air Grants Should Help Farmers Curb Burning. On July 28th in Sacramento, State Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) convened a hearing to review rulings by the governing board of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) and the California Air Resources Board to continue to allow the open field burning of agricultural waste products in the San Joaquin Valley. Posted. http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/commentary/28-commentary/5844-clean-air-grants-should-help-farmers-curb-burning Smog Over Moscow Worsens As Wildfires Rage. Moscow—A suffocating smog from wildfires hung over the Russian capital Saturday, raising the concentration of dangerous pollutants to a new high as exasperated residents donned masks and dozens of flights were delayed or diverted at the city's airports. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15703526?nclick_check=1 http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15716495 Fresno State Balloon Tracks Dairies' Acrid Gases. An orange balloon floated 50 feet above California State University, Fresno's small dairy herd last week, helping in the unsavory task of gathering air samples from a plume of pungent gases. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/05/2031238/fresno-state-balloon-tracks-dairies.html http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/06/1284375/fresno-state-studies-valley-dairy.html#ixzz0w7pWLz64 VEHICLES Car Rental Companies To Offer Electric Nissan Leafs. Beginning as early as January, electric cars will be available at the nation's two largest auto rental companies. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, North America's largest car rental firm, unveiled plans last week to offer about 500 Nissan Leaf all-electric cars, initially at dealerships in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20100809,0,698051,print.story $5 Million to Go Towards Electric Car Charging Plan. Electronic car owners in the Bay Area may soon have easier access to charging stations as the Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved $5 million in funding last week to go toward developing a regional electric vehicle charging infrastructure program. Posted. http://sfappeal.com/alley/2010/08/5-million-to-go-towards-electric-car-charging-plan.php It's Not Just The Weather That Attracts Start-Up Manufacturers Of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles To California. The state's Zero Emission Vehicle program has created a marketplace for credits earned by selling electric and other low-emission vehicles. That means a potential source of income for small electric-vehicle makers that earn the credits but don't need them. Indeed, part of the business plan of some small companies trying to break into the electric-car business involves selling credits to larger manufacturers. Posted. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20012374-48.html BLOGS Diesel vs. Gasoline Pollution- Diesel Making Improvements. Engine technology has come a long way in just the past few decades. Perceptions have changed- well some of them- as people begin to branch out and try newer cars powered by new engines and the technology in them. Posted. http://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Diesel-vs-gasoline-pollution-diesel-making-improvements/1715-416825-364.aspx