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Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:59:08
California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 24, 2010. 


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AIR POLLUTION

Please Don't Burn Wood This Weekend, Bay Area Air Quality
Officials Advise. The stockings may be hung by the mantle with
care, but hold off on that blazing yule log -- air quality
officials are asking residents to voluntarily refrain from wood
burning this weekend to prevent the need for a Spare the Air
alert. Although the weather forecast for the Bay Area this
weekend isn't calling for conditions that could trap smoke near
the ground and result in unhealthy breathing conditions, the air
district is making a pre-emptive strike in its request. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16936801?nclick_check=1

CLIMATE CHANGE

Cap And Rave: Pollution Regs Fuel Cleantech. Bay Area ready to
clean up. The Bay Area cleantech industry says California’s
cap-and-trade program will be a boon to Bay Area cleantech
companies, especially a San Francisco cluster already active in
the voluntary carbon market. But just how big a boon will depend
on the final structure of the system when cap and trade launches
in the state in 2012. Cap and trade is a market mechanism that
caps pollution and provides financial incentives to polluters to
reduce emissions. Posted.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2010/12/24/cap-and-rave-pollution-regs-fuel.html

VEHICLES

California Rebates For Buying Electric Cars Could Run Out Fast.
With $8 million in state coffers for the program and the Nissan
Leaf now hitting the market, funds for the $5,000 rebate may be
depleted by mid-2011, an electric-vehicle advocate estimates.
California consumers counting on a $5,000 state rebate for
purchasing an electric car may be in for a shock: The money may
not be there when they go to collect. The state Air Resources
Board, which is offering the program for eligible electric and
other zero-emission vehicles, has $8 million in its coffers.
Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-ev-tax-20101224,0,2332908.story

How One Regulatory Proposal Could Discourage EVs. Government
regulations, when done right, are supposed to either prohibit bad
behavior or encourage the right ones. I came across one proposal
that may have it backwards. Right now, the Environmental
Protection Agency, National Highway Traffic and Safety
Administration and California Air Resources Board are mulling
rules that would push the average car sold to a mandated 60 miles
per gallon by 2025. The green lobby is pushing to include one new
rule that could discourage some of the technologies that they
want to see sold in greater numbers. Posted.
http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2010/12/how_one_fuel_economy_proposal_could_discourage_evs.html

OPINION

Energy Independence Is Patriotic. The conservatives who are
bending over backward to bash American ingenuity and deride
modern and green technologies are hurting our economic
competitiveness. Do they want China to 'eat our lunch'? "As goes
General Motors, so goes the nation." A year and a half ago, that
old saying seemed ominous. GM was in bankruptcy, and our country
was in the depths of the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.
But for a feel-good story, it's hard to top what's happened
since: Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brune-environment-20101224,0,1008428.story?track=rss

Another View: Don't Believe Hype Of E-Waste Scrap Recyclers. I
suppose stranger things have happened, but those who read
"Recycling group fights for more than just a pledge" (Forum, Dec.
12) would have found the president of the Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries, which is an industry association chock full
of electronic waste exporters and a defender of the toxic e-waste
trade, attacking the Basel Action Network, a leading e-waste
watchdog group that has fought tirelessly for nine years to stop
this global injustice, for not having been more diligent in
catching electronic waste exporters. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/24/v-print/3279051/dont-believe-hype-of-e-waste-scrap.html

Let's Have A Merry, Clean-Air Christmas. A Yule-log fire is a
cozy, traditional way to enjoy Christmas celebrations and
get-togethers. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
District is asking residents to consider another, less cheery
valley tradition: fireplace soot. Residential wood burning, even
at Christmas, can have a profound effect on air quality. Wood
fires can release up to 24 tons per day of harmful particulate
matter into the air, the agency says. Valley residents are
encouraged to think of their neighbors' health first. Posted.
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/editorials/x2146357099/Lets-have-a-merry-clean-air-Christmas?utm_source=widget_21&utm_medium=latest_entries_widget&utm_campaign=synapse

Blood Supply Threatened by Green Extremism. This week San Diego’s
non-profit blood bank announced that stricter pollution
regulations will force seven of its eight bloodmobiles off the
road. It says it needs to raise “an extra $1 million” to upgrade
or replace what appear to be perfectly good vehicles. Blogger
Sylvia Cochrane has the fully story here. The new regulations are
linked to a controversial body called the California Air
Resources Board. Anthony Watts, who lives in California, has
written about this body over at his superblog WattsUpWithThat.
Posted.
http://climatechange.mensnewsdaily.com/2010/12/23/blood-supply-threatened-by-green-extremism/
BLOGS

Obama Administration Files WTO Complaint Against China Over Wind
Power Subsidies. The Obama administration on Wednesday backed the
United Steelworkers union in its accusation that China is giving
an illegal boost to wind power manufacturers there. By filing a
case with the World Trade Organization, the U.S. is challenging
the Asian superpower’s speedy ascent in the clean-tech and
renewable energy market. The complaint concerns a Chinese
government incentive program that subsidizes turbine makers.
Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/12/obama-administration-files-wto-complaint-against-china-over-wind-power-subsidies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29

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