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newsclips -- Newsclips for November 10, 2010.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:49:51
California Air Resources Board News Clips for November 10, 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. AIR POLLUTION Air Regulators Clamp Down On Lead Emissions From Battery Recycling Plants. Local officials order facilities in Vernon and City of Industry to meet the EPA's new, stricter standard by 2012. Southern California air pollution officials have moved to clamp down on toxic emissions from two battery recycling plants in Los Angeles County. The regulations, announced this week, are designed to meet the first new federal standards for airborne lead pollution in three decades, which were adopted in 2008. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lead-pollution-20101110,0,870583,print.story Bad Economy Delayed Diesel Pollution Rules. A government clash over diesel pollution rules in Southern California could bring penalties that affect federal funding for future transportation projects and cripple growth and employment in the region, a local economist and officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may issue a rare disapproval of California's plan for reducing noxious fine-particle pollution in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_pollution10.49250b4.html Carbon Monoxide The Leading Cause Of Accidental Poisoning Deaths In U.S. Carmichael, CA - Carbon monoxide, also known as the "silent killer," is an odorless, tasteless, colorless gas that's a bi-product of combustion. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, carbon monoxide is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America. Dimitri Stanich with the California Air Resources Board says every year about 35 Californians die as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning and hundreds more are made sick by the gasPosted. http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=105064&catid=2 Lawrence Lab Fined For Toxic Metal Contamination. Livermore, Calif. -- The company that manages the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has agreed to pay a $200,000 fine for mishandling ventilation equipment that led workers to be exposed to a toxic metal. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the penalty Tuesday. The government said that on two occasions in 2007 and 2008, poor oversight during and after the removal of ventilation equipment led workers to be exposed to beryllium. Exposure to the metal used in the research and development of nuclear weapons may lead to an irreversible and sometimes fatal scarring of the lungs. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/10/state/n085941S28.DTL&type=printable In Global Forecast, China Looms Large as Energy User and Maker of Green Power. China’s push for rapid economic development will dominate global energy markets and be the single biggest force in spurring higher oil prices and carbon emissions linked to climate change over the next quarter-century, the International Energy Agency reported on Tuesday. At the same time, however, China is poised to be the driving influence behind the development of renewable energy like wind and solar power, according to the agency’s annual energy outlook. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/business/global/10oil.html?ref=energy-environment&pagewanted=print Sen Durbin Seeks Probe Of Air Quality On Diesel Passenger Trains. It is well known that exhaust from diesel powered vehicles contains heavy particulates that are known to cause a wide variety of illnesses. Some commuter rail systems, such as in Chicago (METRA) and the San Francisco Bay Area (Caltrain), use diesel driven locomotives putting rail commuters in close proximity to diesel emissions. Last week the Chicago Tribune released unsurprising results of investigation of air quality in the METRA trains and train stations. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/green-transportation-in-national/sen-durbin-seeks-probe-of-air-quality-on-diesel-passenger-trains Enviros Challenge EPA Cement-Kiln Standards In Bid For GHG Limits. Environmentalists have mounted a legal challenge to U.S. EPA's new air pollution standards for cement kilns, arguing that the agency was required to limit greenhouse gases in light of its finding that carbon dioxide emissions are a threat to human health and welfare. The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council were among a handful of advocacy groups that submitted petitions before this week's deadline to challenge the standards. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/11/10/9 Lead Isotopes Tag The Origins Of Particulate Air Pollutants. Air Pollution: Study finds that 29% of the Bay Area's particulate air pollution comes from across the Pacific. The Clean Air Act sets air quality standards that municipalities in the United States must meet. But some pollution travels from thousands of miles away. Now researchers have developed a method to more precisely identify the origins of small particulate pollutants (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es101450t). With it, they determined that 29% of the San Francisco area's particulate pollution comes from eastern Asia. Posted. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i46/8846news3.html CLIMATE CHANGE Top UN Climate Official Sees Good Prospects For A Limited Deal At Cancun Meeting. Amsterdam - The top U.N. official on climate change says the U.S. and China have moved closer on elements of a global warming agreement under discussion at a major conference next month. Christiana Figueres says "there is a deal to be done" when delegates from most the world's countries convene in Cancun, Mexico. The two-week meeting begins Nov. 29. She says the conference will not seek to complete a full climate change treaty, but will try to adopt decisions on several practical issues to slow the growth of heat-trapping greenhouse gases and to help countries brace for changes brought by a warming world. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-eu-climate-talks,0,5717079,print.story http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-10/climate-change-talks-in-cancun-a-last-chance-for-gases-deal-ramesh-says.html http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20101110-713374.html http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/11/10/10climatewire-venezuelan-climate-envoy-recalls-bloody-palm-21433.html EPA Issues Guidelines For States' GHG Permitting. U.S. EPA has released a long-awaited guidance document that instructs state and local officials how to start issuing permits for power plants, refineries and other large stationary sources of greenhouse gases when EPA's new climate rules take effect next year. State and local officials will need to absorb the information by Jan. 2, when they must begin requiring the maximum achievable control technology for greenhouse gases at new and modified facilities. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/11/10/1 VEHICLES Largest-Ever Drop In New Car Emissions Recorded In E.U. Average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union fell by 5 percent last year, putting the European Union well on pace to meet its emission reductions goals. The European Union aims to cut average emissions from new cars to 130 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (209 grams per mile) by 2015. Connie Hedegaard, the E.U. commissioner overseeing climate action, said the reduction, the largest annual drop ever recorded, meant that "the industry is on track to achieve the 2015 target," adding that many manufacturers would likely reach their goal in advance. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/11/10/10 OPINION Editorial: Job Flight Not Air Board's Problem. California seems intent on traveling a road to self-destruction paved with government mandates and regulations that drive businesses and jobs out of state while discouraging new job creation. A prime job-killing, business-punishing scheme is the insistence on achieving radical environmental goals, despite their real-world economic liabilities. The California Air Resources Board has adopted a mandate that utility companies produce 33 percent of their electricity from so-called renewable resources by 2020. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/common/printer/view.php?db=ocregister&id=275211 BLOGS What Does Proposition 26 Mean For Climate Change? Given how low the chances of congressional action on climate change are now, state efforts like California's climate bill, AB 32, are going to pick up a lot of the slack. AB 32 requires the state to cut yearly emissions by 174 million metric tons, which translates into a national reduction of over 7 percent, so a successful effort to repeal or weaken it could have major national implications. Proposition 23, which would have effectively repealed AB 32, lost substantially last week. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/11/what_does_proposition_26_meanf.html Charting China’s Energy Explosion. Workers building houses last month near a coal-fired power plant in Taiyuan in northern China. If your gasoline and electricity bills go up in the years to come, and you want to blame someone other than yourself, a new report by the International Energy Agency has some ammunition for you. Posted. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/charting-chinas-energy-explosion/?pagemode=print