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California Air Resources Board News Clips for September 25,
2009. 


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Calif. Bans High-Emission Paint Thinners, Solvents. Sacramento,
Calif. — California air regulators approved strict regulations
Thursday for aerosol air fresheners, paint thinners and solvents
as a way to lessen smog-forming emissions and reduce a health
threat. The state Air Resources Board voted 8-0 to ban the sale
of products that emit high levels of so-called volatile organic
compounds. The rules are the toughest state mandate in the nation
and will take effect Dec. 31, 2013. Posted.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSeKCCyX2gqhIIQSjYeiSikTIHAgD9ATTIG00
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_W_railyard25.474cd03.html
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=10727
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSeKCCyX2gqhIIQSjYeiSikTIHAgD9ATTIG00

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/61201442.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092403354.html
http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/24/state-orders-pollution-cuts-in-consumer-products/13293/

http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=10727

Calif. Clean-Air Program Designed To Boost Forests. California
air regulators Thursday expanded the state's carbon-offset
program to include forests across the country, creating the most
far-reaching effort of its kind in the nation. The program is
voluntary and was endorsed unanimously by the California Air
Resources Board. Under it, land owners would receive so-called
carbon credits for planting more trees, better managing their
forests or agreeing not to convert their property to another use
that would require cutting down trees. Posted.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQZ0cv3hyN9eJBtkogASogrHJVTgD9AU10GG0
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-logging25-2009sep25,0,4709581,print.story
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQZ0cv3hyN9eJBtkogASogrHJVTgD9AU10GG0
http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-air-regulators-establish-program-to-promote-forests-help-polluters-meet-emission-goals-178231/
      http://www.modbee.com/state/story/867995.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20090924_ap_califcleanairprogramdesignedtoboostforests.html
 
http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_13413337?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com
   http://www.fresnobee.com/641/story/1650461.html
http://www.news10.net/news/green/story.aspx?storyid=67558&catid=62


Air Board To Weigh Train Pollution Measures. The California Air
Resources Board on Friday will consider more than three dozen
technical measures to reduce air pollution from locomotives and
other equipment at the state's rail yards. Some Inland residents
who live near rail yards say the measures are not aggressive
enough. They plan to protest outside the meeting in Diamond Bar,
said Penny Newman, executive director of the Glen Avon-based
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice. Posted.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_W_railyard25.474cd03.html
http://egpnews.com/?p=12861 

Schwarzenegger Backs Strong State Climate Bill. Despite calls to
suspend California's aggressive plan to slash greenhouse gas
emissions, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday insisted that the
state's work to combat climate change must soldier on. "No single
issue threatens the health and prosperity of our nation (more)
than climate change," Schwarzenegger said during an appearance at
San Francisco's Commonwealth Club. While a "stalemate goes on" in
Washington, Schwarzenegger said California must "push forward to
finish the job." Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/25/MNEO19SA8F.DTL&type=printable

Schwarzenegger Rejects Whitman's Call To Halt Climate Law. San
Francisco -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday
dismissed a fellow Republican's campaign pledge to block the
state's global warming law. Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and
leading GOP gubernatorial candidate, penned an editorial recently
calling for a suspension of A.B. 32, which restricts the
emissions of greenhouse gases, in order to protect California's
economy (Greenwire, Sept. 24).  Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/09/25/5
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_13413719?source=rss
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/24/schwarzenegger-defends-environmental-legacy/?printer=1/
http://www.modbee.com/24hour/topstories/story/867925.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13413719 

Air Resources Board To Approve $50M In Climate Law Fees. The
California Air Resources Board votes today on a first-ever fee to
implement carbon regulations. The fee will raise about $50
million each year from regulated emitters to fund administrative
expenses and repay the board for previous costs it incurred while
developing programs under the state's greenhouse gas emission
law. Officials postponed the vote three times because of the
prospect of expensive litigation related to the state's proposed
treatment of imported power (ClimateWire, July 24). Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/09/25/7

Regulation Report Languished For Nearly A Year. "Smoking gun" or
bunkum, there's another question about that "quietly released"
report on the supposed half-trillion-dollar cost and job-killing
effects of regulations on California's small businesses, featured
in today's Chronicle (Page D2): Why had it been sitting in Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's office for almost a year? The office of
the Small Business Advocate, a department of the state Office of
Planning and Research, had commissioned the report, initially
called for in 2006 legislation by then-Democratic, now
independent Assemblyman Juan Arambula of Fresno. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/25/BUK819RQHA.DTL&type=printable

China Claims Edge Over US in UN Climate Change Talks. In spite
of the fact that President Obama is facing an uphill battle - in
his own party - on domestic climate change legislation; and, with
China taking every opportunity to hide behind their "developing"
status, both the US and China used the UN General Assembly to
ramp up rhetoric on climate change. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnCarbonEmissions/idUS254285349520090925

Good News On Environment, But Can It Last? Washington (Reuters)
- There's nothing like a recession to help clear the air of
toxins and drive down pump prices -- but we all know it can't
last. Or can it? Even some of the gloomier environmental
prognosticators see the world's steep recession possibly
prompting a lasting shift in consumer behavior that could form
the basis of a more sustainable environment. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE58O4F720090925

Behind the Furor Over a Climate Change Skeptic. Washington —
Alan Carlin, a 72-year-old analyst and economist, had labored in
obscurity in a little-known office at the Environmental
Protection Agency since the Nixon administration. In June,
however, he became a sudden celebrity with the surfacing of a few
e-mail messages that seemed to show that his contrarian views on
global warming had been suppressed by his superiors because they
were inconvenient to the Obama administration’s climate change
policy. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/science/earth/25epa.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=print

CARB Fines Waste Hauler $270,000 For Diesel Emissions. The
California Air Resources Board recently fined one waste hauler
$270,000 for allegedly failing to inspect its diesel fleet in
2005 and 2006. CARB fined Athens Disposal Co., of Athens, CA, for
failed diesel inspections as well as “neglecting to install
legally required emissions reduction devices from 2004 and 2008.”
Posted.
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2009/Sept09/092109/092409-06.htm

Stop Climate Change. Comprehensive clean energy and climate
legislation will soon go before the Senate. I believe it is
critically important for our senators to take immediate and bold
action to pass legislation that will begin to solve the climate
crisis we are now experiencing. Posted.
http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_13416470?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com

Land Use Effects on Climate Described. Leaders of Ventura
County’s open-space movement kicked off an effort Thursday to
address climate change through land use decisions that cut
gasoline use, driving down harmful emissions. Posted.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/24/land-use-effects-on-climate-described/


New Groups Revive the Debate Over Causes of Climate Change. Sen.
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) may be grappling with health care, but in
Montana a new advocacy group opposed to climate legislation
called C02 Is Green is taking aim at the next big battle for
Congress. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092404797.html


Blogs

California Gubernatorial Hopeful Vows to Reverse Emissions
Rules. Margaret C. Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay
who declared her candidacy for the California governorship on
Tuesday, hopes to roll back California’s law requiring deep cuts
in the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/california-gubernatorial-hopeful-vows-to-reverse-californias-emissions-rules/?scp=2&sq=greenhouse%20gas&st=cse

Carbon Registry To Improve Its Reporting. New York -- The
world's largest corporate carbon registry says it will streamline
its system for greenhouse gas emissions reporting while also
allowing participating firms to do cross-comparisons between
industries and competitors. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP),
the U.K.-based nonprofit set up in 2000 to promote business
attention to global warming, announced yesterday that it is
teaming up with three software and technology consultancy giants
to improve its carbon emissions reporting database. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/09/25/6

Is It About Carbon Or Not? Environmental groups are complaining,
reports the L.A. Times' Eric Bailey, about new rules approved
Thursday by the California Air Resources Board to govern forest
landowners' sale of carbon credits on their property. The rules
that the state imposes on such sales are very strict -- but not
strict enough for the critics, who especially steamed that the
protocols allow clear-cutting. Posted.
http://blogs.redding.com/bross/archives/2009/09/is-it-about-car.html

The Industrial City Of Vernon Has Abandoned A Three-Year-Old
Proposal To Build A 943-Megawatt Power Plant Bitterly Opposed By
The Communities That Surround It. In a written statement today,
Vernon City Administrator Donal O’Callaghan said his city’s
electrical utility would submit a new application for a
330-megawatt facility, one he promised would be the nation's
“cleanest burning natural gas power plant.” Assemblyman John
Perez (D-Los Angeles) described the announcement as a victory for
residents who argued that the larger plant would emit thousands
of tons of fine soot particles linked to cancer, heart disease
and other illnesses. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/vernon-backs-off-controvesial-power-plant-proposal-in-favor-of-one-much-smaller.html