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2009. 

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OPINION: U.S., China And Climate Change. At the U.N., Beijing
commits to strict greenhouse gas restrictions, while President
Obama offers lofty rhetoric and little detail. Even if the United
States is gradually losing its status as the world's economic,
diplomatic and military superpower, there is one category in
which, as of Tuesday, it has emerged as the undisputed No. 1: We
are the most environmentally irresponsible nation on Earth.
Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-climate23-2009sep23,0,2011153,print.story

At U.N., Obama Asks Leaders To Set Aside 'Anti-Americanism'.
Obama says opposition to the U.S. has served as an 'excuse for
our collective inaction' on matters such as nuclear disarmament,
climate change and Middle East peace. In a sweeping call for
international cooperation, President Obama this morning
challenged world leaders to set aside "an almost reflexive
anti-Americanism" and work together with him and other nations on
common goals such as nuclear disarmament, climate change and
Middle East peace. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-un24-2009sep24,0,6147970,print.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-climate23-2009sep23,0,6860735.story
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/22/national/a001042D02.DTL&type=printable
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125370101525033631.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5juui7didNwh_vzBmJyrbjxkeF-IgD9AT4G1G0

U.S., China Vow Fast Action On Climate Change. United Nations -
-- President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed
urgent action Tuesday to cool an overheating planet, even as
prospects dimmed for a full treaty by the end of the year. The
world's two biggest greenhouse-gas polluting nations were the
focus at the U.N.'s unprecedented daylong climate change summit,
which drew more than 50 presidents and 35 prime ministers, along
with many environment ministers and at least one prince. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/23/MN7N19QQAE.DTL&type=printable
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-climate23-2009sep23,0,6860735.story
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75858.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092200844.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13401387
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092301638.html
http://www.modbee.com/politics/story/865212.html 
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13400803?nclick_check=1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092300815.html

Obama Pleads For Harder Work On Climate Change. President Barack
Obama has implored world leaders to confront climate change,
saying there can be no peace without cooperative work to preserve
the planet. Appearing before global leaders gathered at the
United Nations, Obama said Wednesday that "the danger posed by
climate change cannot be denied - and our responsibility to meet
it must not be deferred." Posted.
http://www.modbee.com/2028/story/865477.html 
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13401534
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092201137.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Utility Quits Alliance Over Climate Change. Amid a growing split
in the business community over climate policy, Pacific Gas and
Electric, a major California utility, is withdrawing from the
United States Chamber of Commerce, citing “fundamental
differences” with the chamber’s approach to global warming.
Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/energy-environment/23utility.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/23/BU7N19QGOM.DTL&type=printable

Analysis: Time Grows Short For Climate Deal. United Nations—The
man from the middle of the Indian Ocean, from one of the tiniest
of nations, told his fellow presidents he knew "you are not
really listening." But a desperate Mohammed Nasheed of the
Maldives, a scattering of islands amid the rising seas of global
warming, took to the podium nonetheless at Tuesday's U.N. climate
summit to urge his global neighbors, after "20 years of
complacency," to "seize the historic opportunity that sits at the
end of the road to Copenhagen." Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13394830
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092202526.html

Warming Ocean Melts Greenland Glaciers. Sermilik Fjord,
Greenland—With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry
hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker. An
orange tube fixed to a metal frame breaks the surface as the
motorized winch stops groaning. Inside: data on the water
temperature deep down in this glacial fjord off southeast
Greenland. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13400979

Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions. The Environmental
Protection Agency said on Tuesday that it would require the
nation’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to start tracking
their emission levels on Jan. 1 and report them to the
government. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/energy-environment/23emissions.html?scp=1&sq=carbon%20emission&st=cse


MID Limits Its Contribution To 50 Percent. People planning solar
projects on 24 business rooftops will not get as much financial
support as they had hoped from the Modesto Irrigation District.
Its board voted 3-1 on Tuesday, with one abstention, to continue
paying no more than 50 percent toward the cost of each project.
Posted. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/865071.html 

Plug-In Hybrid Maker Fisker Automotive Gets $529 Million From
Obama Administration. The loan will go toward development and
production of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan and development of
Project Nina, its next-generation plug-in. In its latest bid to
help finance the car of tomorrow, the Obama administration said
it would lend more than $500 million to Irvine-based Fisker
Automotive Inc. to develop a pair of plug-in hybrids. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fisker23-2009sep23,0,5295907,print.story

EV ‘Charging Corridor’ Links L.A. and San Francisco. Forget
about California’s long-promised hydrogen highway. A solar power
company has joined a regional bank to create an “electric
highway” of quick-charge stations linking San Francisco and Los
Angeles. It is believed to be the first network of its kind in
the country, and electric vehicle advocates said it could spur
the adoption of cars with cords in California. Posted.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/09/charging-corridor/

Tesla Motors Co-Founders Settle Lawsuit. The electric car
maker's chief executive, Elon Musk, and former CEO Martin
Eberhard end their feud. Details of the agreement are not
disclosed. Good news, alternative vehicle fans. The Hatfields and
McCoys of the electric propulsion world have settled their feud
over who can be called a founder of the company. After months of
legal wrangling, Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk and
former Chief Executive Martin Eberhard have agreed that they,
along with three others, are officially equals and co-founders of
the company that makes the $109,000 Tesla roadster. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tesla22-2009sep22,0,2647987,print.story

Neighbor’s Open Door A Boon To Nevada. Nevada’s renewable energy
industry is breathing a sigh of relief after attempts by
California’s legislature to ban renewable energy imports were
smacked down by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Last week he scuttled
attempts by his state’s legislature to require California
utilities to acquire all or most of their renewable energy from
plants in California. The Governator’s Sept. 15 executive order
also, in effect, mandated that his state’s utility companies
acquire 33 percent of their energy from renewable sources by
2020. Posted.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/23/neighbors-open-door-boon-nevada/

Pacific Ethanol May Be Delisted By Nasdaq. Sacramento ethanol
producer Pacific Ethanol Inc. is not in compliance with the
minimum standard to be listed on the Nasdaq stock market. The
company said it received a notification letter from Nasdaq on
Sept. 15. Pacific Ethanol has 180 days – until March 14 – to meet
the minimum bid price of $1 per share for 10 consecutive days, or
face possible delisting.  Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/business/v-print/story/2202131.html

Charging-Station Network Built Along 101. Say you own a Tesla,
and you're in the mood to take your sleek electric sports car for
a spin down the coast to Los Angeles. Assuming you started in San
Francisco with a fully charged battery, you'd get as far as San
Luis Obispo, or maybe Pismo Beach. Then the battery would die.
Like all electric cars, Tesla's $109,000 roadster is limited by
its range - about 250 miles. So a solar power company and a Dutch
bank have teamed up to build five recharging stations for Teslas
along Highway 101 between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/23/MN9719QVGD.DTL&type=printable

Utility Leaving U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Climate Change.
Pacific Gas and Electric, a large California utility, said
Tuesday that it is pulling out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
because it disagrees with the chamber's aggressive opposition to
climate-change legislation. The San Francisco-based company
announced the move on its blog, Next100. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092203258.html

OPINION: A Secret White House Power Grab Is In Full Swing. It’s
one thing for President Obama to surround himself with the
advisers he’d like to have, but it’s another to bestow on them
sweeping powers to broker secret negotiations and push forward
vast new regulations that could cost American families thousands
of dollars. Cap-and-trade energy tax legislation appears stalled,
at least for now, in the U.S. Senate. But that doesn’t mean the
cap-and-trade energy tax isn’t imminent. Posted.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ci.A+Secret+White+House+Power+Grab+Is+In+Full+Swing.opinionPrint

BLOGS

Where the Wind Blows on China’s Greenhouse Gases. Is President
Hu Jintao’s promise to make a “significant cut” in carbon dioxide
emissions by 2020 just a lot of hot air?  While disappointed that
China’s leader didn’t pledge a hard number in his speech before
the U.N. Tuesday, climate activists still think there’s some fire
beneath the smoke. Posted.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2009/09/23/where-the-wind-blows-on-chinas-greenhouse-gases/

Biojet Corp. To Sell 4 Million Barrels Of Aviation Biofuel.
Santa Barbara-based BioJet Corp. agreed this week to sell 4
million barrels of aviation biojet fuel to Las Vegas oil and fuel
broker E85. The contract is likely to go into effect over two
years beginning in 2011, said BioJet Chief Executive Mitch
Hawkins, once jet biofuel is projected to be approved for use by
the end of 2010. The fuel standard is being developed by ASTM
International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing
and Materials. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/09/santa-barbara-company-biojet-corp-agrees-to-sell-4-million-barrels-of-biojet-fuel.html

AC Transit To Build Hydrogen Fuel Station. The Alameda-Contra
Costa Transit District is seeking bids for a hydrogen fueling
station in Emeryville that will support 12 hydrogen buses the
agency will introduce between December and June 2010. Grants from
the state Air Resources Board will fund much of the project.
California has 26 hydrogen stations, said the U.S. Department of
Energy. Posted. http://zikkir.com/business/5407