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California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 12, 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 The Coalition That Is Fighting To Defeat Prop. 23 Has A Formidable Weapon In Its Arsenal: Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pointedly refused to endorse fellow Republican Meg Whitman in the race to succeed him and has stayed largely quiet on most of the major ballot measures. But he is campaigning across the state with remarkable passion to defeat Proposition 23, a measure that would suspend California's landmark global warming bill, one of the signature achievements of his administration. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_16311902?source=rss&nclick_check=1 Prop 23 Debate: You Say You Want A Green Revolution – Just Not Yet. In 2006, California lawmakers passed the landmark Global Warming Act, which mandated that greenhouse gas emissions be cut to 1990 levels by the year 2020. Supporters envision that, as its provisions take effect, the transition away from oil and into cleaner fuel sources will energize the state by creating a new ‘green’ economy in California. Posted. http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2010/10/12/prop-23-debate-you-say-you-want-a-green-revolution/ California's Green Job..."Fairy Tale"? So, The American Spectator has a story about green jobs in California this week. Operative paragraph:...where are all the green jobs? A new 2010 study by the University of California-Berkeley comes to the sobering conclusion that "the green economy accounts for just 1 percent of California's jobs." That's right: of the roughly 15 million California workers, only about 159,000 have green jobs (and this was an expansive definition of green jobs, including trash sorters at the dumpsters). Posted. http://www.scpr.org/blogs/mollyblog/2010/10/11/californias-green-jobfairy-tale/ Stockton Diocese Critical Of Prop. 23. The Catholic Diocese of Stockton is critical of Proposition 23, a measure on the November ballot that would suspend California's 2006 law calling for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Bishop Stephen Blaire, addressing poor air quality in much of the diocese, issued a statement calling upon voters "to engage in serious moral reflection on our common responsibility for stewardship of the environment." Posted. http://www.kcra.com/politics/25355836/detail.html Stephen Moore: California's Green Nightmare. It's hard to know where the fairy tale of "green jobs" first came from. It was probably a clever marketing scheme by radical environmentalists who realized that their anti-growth climate change agenda wasn't going to sell among the American electorate if workers realized how many jobs would be eviscerated by the new taxes and regulation. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/green-270608-jobs-california.html Thomas Friedman: The Governator Is Not Happy. Sacramento, Calif. — The Terminator, aka the Governator, is not happy. And you shouldn't be either. What has Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California incensed is the fact that two Texas oil companies with two refineries each in California are financing a campaign to roll back California's landmark laws to slow global warming and promote clean-energy innovation, because it would require the refiners to install new emission-control tools. Posted. http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=12&a=473464 OPINION: Prop. 23 Bad For California. I hope all Star readers are aware that two Texas oil companies have paid for a ballot proposition to benefit them and hurt California health, environment and economics. That’s right: Texas oil is trying to buy passage of Proposition 23 because, face it, the proposition helps Texas oil but hurts California. Passing Proposition 23 would increase pollution and damage our health. Posted. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/11/prop-23-bad-california/?print=1 Letters: On Prop. 23, Water District And More. Position against Prop. 23 is off-target. The U-T’s endorsement of a “no” vote on Proposition 23 is just plain crazy (Editorial, Oct. 11). The U-T talks about this measure being a “law.” All Proposition 23 says is to insist that enactment of AB 32 wait until California can afford it. That’s it. It doesn’t stop green energy development. AB 32 is scheduled to be enacted in 2012. Does the U-T really think California will be ready for significantly higher utility rates and gasoline pump prices? Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/12/letters-on-prop-23-water-district-and-more/ CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S Calif. Climate Board To Heat Up Debate. San Francisco — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental team is playing hurry-up offense to issue controversial climate rules before his term ends in January, even if it means wading into an Election Day thicket with the oil industry. California's Air Resources Board (CARB) is on track by the end of the month to release more than 1,000 pages of proposed rules for how the state should curb greenhouse gases at power plants and other large industrial plants. Posted. http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=9DB00984-B580-CC3B-6BFFDA970349910E Billions And Billions Served: How Population Affects Climate Change. Eight billion? Nine billion? How about 11 billion? No, that's not the number of bedbugs in a typical New York City hotel, but rather some guesstimates on the number of people that will be here on Earth in the year 2050, up from today's nearly seven billion. How will all these extra people affect climate change? Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/population-growth-urbanization-climate-change-carbon-emissions-global-warming-/1 Europe May Ease Jet Carbon Fees. The transportation chief of the European Union said Monday that airlines based in the United States could receive an exemption, at least in part, from European carbon regulations if Washington moved to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/business/global/12emit.html?src=busln Volcano Blows Hole In Global Warming Fight. Ash spurs growth of marine plants that absorbs carbon dioxide from air but events can't be replicated. A volcanic plume of iron-laden ash from a 2008 Alaskan volcano eruption led to an unprecedentedly huge bloom of photosynthetic ocean plankton that fed off the ash, researchers have found. Posted. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39632361/ns/technology_and_science-science/# It’s Red States Vs. Blue In Legal War Over EPA Rules. With climate legislation stalled in Congress and U.S. EPA just months away from regulating greenhouse gases for the first time, 37 states have taken sides in a court battle that could end up steering U.S. climate policy for years. Just like the cap-and-trade bills that narrowly cleared the House and floundered in the Senate, challenges to the Obama administration's climate program have highlighted a bitter divide between industry-heavy states and their environment-minded counterparts. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/10/12/1 Slowing Population Growth Could Reduce Projected Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Slowing population growth could provide up to a third of the greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous climate change, a new study suggests. The world's population now stands at 6.9 billion, and the United Nations estimates it could swell to 9 billion by the middle of the century. Slowing that growth could provide major climate dividends, according to the new study, which appears in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/10/12/4 Coral Records Point To Heating Pacific Ocean. Coral records show that the oceans are heating exactly as predicted by climate scientists. In a forthcoming study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers report Pacific island soft corals reveal the "thermocline", the point where cold, deep water meets warm surface water has gotten shallower, an indication of decreased ocean circulation predicted by global warming models. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/coral-climate-change/1 ENERGY/GREEN ENERGY California's Green-Jobs Numbers Paint A Mixed Picture. For Jerry Brown and many of his fellow Democrats, the future of California's struggling labor force hinges on a clean energy industry they say is poised to take off. They picture a green California where hundreds of thousands of people work to install solar panels and build electricity-powered cars. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/12/v-print/3097036/californias-green-jobs-numbers.html Solar Energy Proponents Push California To Adopt 'Feed-In Tariff' For Individual Power Producers. The arrangement would require utilities to pay homeowners and businesses for power generated by alternative energy installations and fed to the electricity grid. Despite being barely one-20th the size of the U.S. and more often overcast, Germany still manages to produce four times as much solar-generated power. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-utility-tariff-20101012,0,2054824,print.story Report: Business Groups Say Clean Air Act Has Been a "Very Good Investment". U.S. businesses large and small have seen economic gains from EPA's use of the 40-year-old federal Clean Air Act, according to an analysis released this week that aims to counter arguments by industry groups that the law is anti-business. The financial benefits of clean-air reforms have outweighed their costs by a margin of up to 40 to 1, according to the study commissioned by the Small Business Majority and the Mainstreet Alliance. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS212115315520101008 Project Aimed At Helping Businesses Save Money. Sacramento -- Small changes can lead to big savings for small businesses seeking to reduce energy costs, according to Sacramento Municipal Utility District officials. SMUD, along with the city of Sacramento and the California Air Resources Board, launched a Small Business Energy and Water Makeover project designed to help small businesses weather the bad economy. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/12/v-print/3097141/project-aimed-at-helping-businesses.html Visions Taking Shape For Proposed Cleantech Corridor In Downtown L.A. The Southern California Institute of Architecture invited entrants to offer new ideas for the four-mile stretch of land next to the L.A. River. Companies have also been asked to submit proposals. Visions are developing of what the proposed CleanTech Corridor might look like when it begins to emerge in downtown Los Angeles. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-clean-tech-corridor-20101012,0,6515662.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fscience%2Fenvironment+%28L.A.+Times+-+Environment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader U.S. Solar Industry Reports Strong Growth. The U.S. solar industry is experiencing significant growth this year despite the sluggish economy, according to a new report from the industry's main trade group. Solar electric installations in the first six months topped 340 megawatts, putting the country on track to install at least 944 megawatts or as many as 1.13 gigawatts by year's end, the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research say. Total installations in 2009 were 441 megawatts. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/10/12/16 Adopted 33% Renewable Standard In California. Starting from 2020, every electricity distributor must ensure a 33% production from renewable sources, like wind energy, Concentrating Solar Power and photovoltaic. California’s regulatory authorities approved the new Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS), thus establishing that by 2020, 33% of final electricity needs must be met using renewables. The previous RPS, issued in November 2008, envisaged a 33% share by 2030, the new target having been proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger exactly one year ago. Posted. http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=7794 Solar Saudi Arabia? Almost daily, news releases from the governor's office and Department of Interior flood my e-mail in-basket crowing about renewable energy projects in Inland deserts. Gov. Schwarzenegger and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar congratulate themselves for fast-tracking solar generating plants in San Bernardino County's Mojave, and the Riverside County and Imperial County deserts. They're patting themselves on the back so hard, it must hurt. Posted. http://www.pe.com/columns/cassiemacduff/stories/PE_News_Local_D_cass12.2d8ca53.html State-By-State Report on Clean Energy Actions. Over the past two years, states have continued to lead the nation on a path to a cleaner and more secure energy future--especially in the areas of energy efficiency and clean electricity--according to a new report released by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center). "This report shows that every state and territory is working to advance clean energy in some way," said John Thomasian, director of the NGA Center. Posted. http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21214 Sierra Club Slams Gov. Mcdonnell's Va. Energy Plan. The Sierra Club said Monday that Gov. Bob McDonnell is pursuing an "old energy" path and recommended that Virginia develop incentives to encourage solar and wind power development and conservation. The Sierra Club report, titled "Power Failure: How Virginia is Losing the Competition for Clean Energy Jobs," was released on the eve of McDonnell's three-day conference to promote his bid to make the state the East Coast energy capital. Posted. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IPLDP80.htm AIR POLLUTION Calif. Proposal Would Stall Off-Highway Diesel Regs. California would delay implementation of off-highway diesel rules under an agreement wrought last week with a prominent trade group. The California Air Resources Board agreed to a delay after negotiations with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) over regulations that would make about 150,000 off-highway vehicles install soot filters and replace older diesel engines. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/10/12/19 Application for Port Grants To Combat Air Pollution Available Tuesday. Applications are available beginning Tuesday for grants totaling $5 million benefiting health clinics, senior centers and organizations dedicated to battling the impacts of air pollution in Long Beach. The funds come courtesy of the Port of Long Beach, which is doling out $15 million this year to individuals, groups and organizations combating toxic emissions generated by harbor industries and construction. Posted. http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_16311352 FUELS On The Waterfront: More Ships Apparently Attempting To Evade State Fuel Rules. An increasing number of freight ships are navigating around California's traditional shipping lanes in an apparent attempt to avoid using cleaner fuels within 24 nautical miles of the state's coastline, according to recent studies of ship traffic. The clean-fuel rule, adopted in July 2009, was designed to help lessen the impact of ship-generated pollution, which is particularly prominent in port communities and along the Santa Barbara Channel. Posted. http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_16311342 San Diego Biofuels Company Lands $1.8M Grant. Pearson Fuels is working on infrastructure to make it easier and cheaper to distribute biodiesel. San Diego-based Pearson Fuels has landed a $1.8 million state grant to help put biodiesel into more tanker trucks. "We are going into a diesel terminal where diesel is sold," said Pearson General Manager Mike Lewis. "We are going to put biodiesel in there and tie it all together. “ Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/12/san-diego-biofuels-company-lands-18m-grant/ TRANSPORTATION Obama Talks Transportation Infrastructure. President Obama Monday pushed for action on infrastructure investment in order to create jobs and improve the country's long-term competitiveness and efficiency, touting his plan introduced last month that calls for a $50 billion up-front investment and creation of an infrastructure bank. The infrastructure focus coincided with the release of a report from the Treasury Department, "An Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment." Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-print.asp?news_id=71880 FORMALDEHYDE Safety: Scrutiny for Hair-Straightening Treatment. A popular hair-straightening treatment is under scrutiny after lab tests by Oregon’s occupational health agency found significant levels of formaldehyde in a smoothing solution made by the beauty company Brazilian Blowout. The state agency says it had the solution tested when salon workers in the Portland area complained of nosebleeds, breathing problems and eye irritation. The company disputes the findings. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/health/research/12safety.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print MISCELLANEOUS Arnie's Template For A Greener Russia. There’s more to Schwarzenegger than Skolkovo – California’s out-going governor is already preparing for life after office with a drive to promote the environment. And in Moscow’s Higher School of Economics he outlined his ideas on energy efficiency to students, highlighting the green legacy of his regime in the US. California’s dreams come true. Schwarzenegger said at the conference that California is becoming a world leader in energy efficiency and environmental programmes. Posted. http://www.mn.ru/local/20101012/188119512.html OP-ED: In Defense Of Wood Heat. On these sunny but not hot October days, it's almost a pleasure to toil in the woodpile in my back yard. My firewood is delivered to me bucked (cut to 16-inch stove length), but I still need to split it and stack it. Even in moderation, this work can lead to an aching back and sore muscles. Posted. http://www.hcn.org/articles/in-defense-of-wood-heat/print_view Science and its Enemies on the Left: An Update. Scientific integrity and scientific progress continue to take a beating from the Left. In Part I of my series of essays on Science and its Enemies on the Left, I looked at the toll of junk science, quackery and anti-technological Luddism and the role of the social and political Left in promoting all three [1Posted. http://newledger.com/2010/10/science-and-its-enemies-on-the-left-an-update/print/ BLOGS Faulty Pollution Science in California? Think again. It’s easy to get carried away with faulty science claims with the significant changes of late to the California Air Resources Board’s diesel emissions inventory and to estimates of the health impacts of air pollution. Posted. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dbailey/faulty_pollution_science_in_ca.html An Undersea Trench for Wind Power? In Tuesday’s paper, I write about a proposal for a 350-mile undersea cable system that would carry energy from numerous Atlantic wind farms back to shore. It presents some interesting technical twists. One is the form of the electricity. Our onshore electric grid uses the familiar alternating current, the form in which electricity comes out of the socket on the wall. Posted. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/an-undersea-trench-for-wind-power/?pagemode=print Google Backs Offshore Wind Power Project. Google is backing a plan to lay undersea cables to connect offshore windmills off the mid-Atlantic coast, a step the Internet giant hopes will boost wind power as an energy source. The $5-billion offshore wind power transmission line will stretch 350 miles from New Jersey to Virginia and could supply enough wind energy to serve about 1.9 million households. But the ambitious project faces hurdles. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/10/google-backing-offshore-wind-power-project.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheTechnologyBlog+%28Los+Angeles+Times+Technology+Blog%29 Slowing Population: Would It Curb Climate Change? Ever since belching smokestacks arose during the Industrial Revolution, greenhouse gases and human population have climbed in lockstep to higher and higher levels. And while scientists warn that humanity must dramatically slash future carbon-dioxide emissions to avert extended droughts, floods and other climate catastrophes, they have generally avoided a rigorous examination of how slowing population growth would help. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/global-warming-overpopulation-climate-change.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/population-climate-change-gas-emissions/1 The Real Science On Climate Change, Again. My colleague Tom Toles came into my office a couple of weeks ago asking for sources on climate science, particularly ones that are brief, accessible and fair -- documents that he could reference in his unending battle against the climate skeptics in his comments section. Among other places, I pointed him to The Economist's recent assessment of climate science, which only made Tom grimace because it's behind a paywall. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/ On Science And Politics: Should They Mix? As the midterm election looms, the arguments over hot-button political issues are reaching a boil. Just last week, Michael E. Mann -– a professor in the meteorology department at Penn State University and director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center -– wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post saying that politicians have distracted and misled the public when it comes to scientific facts, particularly where climate change data are concerned. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/10/politics-science-mixing-climate-change-stem-cell-research.html Pat Toomey: Human Activity Might Not Be Main Cause Of Global Warming. As many people have already pointed out, some of the leading beneficiaries of this season of Tea Party craziness are Republican candidates who hold extreme views on specific issues but nonetheless come across as moderate and reasonable when compared to the likes of Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/toomey_global_warming_may_not.html Behind The Wheel: Toyota Prius Plug-In - A Viable Green Technology That Doesn't Save Money For Now. With all the hype around the upcoming semi-electric Chevrolet Volt and fully electric Nissan Leaf, too little has been said recently about the Toyota Prius Plug-in due out in 2012. In preparation, Toyota is operating an experimental fleet of 163 Prius Plug-ins, and the company is lending these to municipalities and universities in order to raise awareness. Toyota lent us one, too. Posted. http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/10/behind-the-wheel-toyota-prius-plug-in-mpg-a-viable-green-technology-that-doesnt-save-money-for-now.html