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Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:18:36
California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 1, 2009. 

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Environment Hot Topic At Governor's Global Climate Summit.
Century City - The three-day Governors' Global Climate Summit
will resume in Century City on Thursday, when Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger will co-host a session on driving technological
innovation and sustainable economic growth. The panelists will
discuss how efforts to fight climate change and spur
technological development also can drive economic progress. Other
scheduled participants include Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski,
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Newfoundland Premier Daniel Williams
and Theodore Craver Jr., chief executive officer of Edison
International. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13459402

Schwarzenegger, Sierra Pacific Agree On Carbon-Offset Project.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and timber giant Sierra Pacific
Industries on Wednesday evening announced the nation's largest
forest carbon-offset project, meant to keep millions of tons of
climate-warming gases out of the atmosphere over the next
century. Forestry and some conservation groups said the deal
shows the state's new rules on forest offsets, adopted last week
by the Air Resources Board, will be attractive to landowners.
Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/v-print/story/2222060.html

EPA Proposes Curbs On Industrial Greenhouse Gases. The agency's
plan would target the sources of 70% of U.S. emissions. It sends
a timely message to foreign allies in the fight against climate
change -- and to lawmakers in Congress. The Environmental
Protection Agency unveiled a detailed proposal Wednesday for
using the government's regulatory powers to curb greenhouse gas
emissions -- reassuring foreign allies of the U.S. commitment to
fight climate change and warning Congress that the administration
will act on its own if lawmakers fail to address the issue.
Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-senate-climate1-2009oct01,0,2592871,print.story
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/01/MNHR19V87L.DTL&type=green

California Timber Firm To Market Its Forests As Weapon Against
Global Warming. Sierra Pacific's announcement comes less than a
week after the Schwarzenegger administration pushed through new
rules allowing the company to sell carbon credits. The state's
largest timber company Wednesday announced a groundbreaking
agreement to begin marketing its vast forests as a weapon in the
fight against global warming. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-logging-deal1-2009oct01,0,2925234,print.story

Boxer Unveils Sweeping Climate Change Bill. Washington — Sen.
Barbara Boxer unveiled ambitious legislation Wednesday to slash
the nation's use of carbon-emitting fossil fuels and reduce the
country's dependence on foreign oil. But the measure, which could
emerge as a test of the three-term Democrat's leadership skills
as she girds for a tough re-election fight next year, faces long
odds to gain the 60 votes it needs to get through the Senate and
on to the president's desk. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13455739?source=rss

EPA Moves To Regulate Smokestack Greenhouse Gases. Washington,
(AP) --Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories
and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best
available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a
facility is significantly changed or built. The Environmental
Protection Agency proposal announced Wednesday applies to any
industrial plant that emits at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse
gases a year. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/30/national/w121450D86.DTL&type=printable

EPA Wants More Oversight On Chemicals. Tens of thousands of
chemicals found in everyday items, from toys and cell phones to
food containers and medical devices, would face high levels of
federal scrutiny and control under a set of guidelines unveiled
Tuesday in San Francisco by President Obama's top environmental
official.The effort to rewrite how the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency evaluates and enforces the use of potentially
harmful chemicals marks the most significant overhaul of the
nation's chemical policies since the Toxic Substances Control Act
of 1976. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/30/MN2U19UIJ8.DTL&type=printable

The Senate Bill Tinkers With Touchy Issue -- Carbon Offsets.
Call it carbon offsets, round two. Major climate legislation
introduced yesterday in the Senate makes significant changes from
a House version of the bill on offsets, or clean-energy
initiatives that businesses can use to meet emission cuts outside
their own facilities. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/01/1

Do U.S. Chamber Defections Reflect New Dynamic In Climate
Debate? Recent high-profile departures from the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce over its position on climate change may be more than a
short-term, public-relations hit for the lobbying powerhouse,
according to supporters of cap-and-trade legislation. Climate
bill backers say the chamber's turmoil will reshape the debate on
Capitol Hill. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/01/1

U.S. Prepares More Regulatory Moves In Case Climate Bills Stall.
The Obama administration holds several potential trump cards if
Congress ultimately deadlocks over climate legislation, current
and former officials said yesterday. They cited existing powers
of the federal government to push forward parts of the climate
and clean energy agendas on its own. A large and obvious stick in
the closet is U.S. EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas
emissions under the Clean Air Act. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/01/2

Agency Proposes CO2 Emission Permits For Big Sources. All heads
were turned toward Capitol Hill yesterday morning as the Senate
officially entered the climate debate. Then they got whiplash.
Hours later, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson spoke in
California to unveil a controversial proposal that would require
the first greenhouse gas emissions permits from big industrial
emitters, such as power plants, oil refiners and factories. "EPA
is ready to work with Congress. But we are not going to continue
with business as usual any longer. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/01/3

Locomotive Breath. The state moves to reduce diesel emissions in
rail yards, but critics say it’s not fast enough. Five years ago,
a study found that residents who lived near rail yards in
California suffer a greater risk of cancer. The results
reinforced the need for the state to implement mitigation
measures, and last week the California Air Resources Board met to
consider recommendations to reduce diesel emissions associated
with rail yard activities. Posted.
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/PrintFriendly?oid=1282571

Fees From AB 32: Where Is The Money Going? It started out as a
simple question. The California Air Resources Board (CARB)
collected $57 million in fees to pay for administration of AB 32
(Global Warming Solutions Act) from 2007 to 2009.  So we asked --
how was the money spent? It’s a basic rule that public agencies
must justify how fee revenues are spent. How much for staff,
equipment, travel, and consultants? Posted.
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yb3u4j2fcaltxw&xid=yb3sgob7judp2i&done=.yb3u4j2fcb5txw#

Up In Smoke. Proposed wood-burning ordinance fails. In a
mid-morning public hearing at City Council chambers last week,
Nani Teves, a Chicoan and mom, stood before the Board of
Governors of the Butte County Air Quality Management District
asking the panel to reaffirm its commitment to residents. First,
though, she voiced frustration over the longstanding indecision
on introducing mandatory wood-burning rules aimed at bringing
Chico—and thus the county—into compliance with air-quality
standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted.
http://www.newsreview.com/chico/PrintFriendly?oid=1290713

Agency Working On Fuel Ratings For Electric Cars – Letter. U.S.
EPA is continuing to hammer out how it intends to rate the fuel
efficiency of hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicles,
according to an agency letter released yesterday. In the letter,
written Sept. 23, the agency said it will "initiate a new
rule-making to explore in detail the information displayed on the
current fuel economy label and the methodology for deriving that
information." Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/01/13

Opinion: The Climate Change Mess. Over lunch with The Post
editorial board Wednesday, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt
said that, when it comes to climate change, "we can't complain
about the ambition of this administration," but that secretary of
state Hillary Clinton has been "fairly candid with us about
what's happening in the Senate." That is, not much. Posted.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/the_climate_change_mess.html

BLOGS

Toyota's Two-Faced Stance on Climate Change. As the old saying
goes: "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Or in the case
of Toyota: "You can't have your green and fight it too." With a
well-earned reputation as a leader in the development of fuel
efficient cars it boggles my mind that Toyota continues to be a
supporter of the US Chamber of Commerce - an organization that is
leading the charge against President Obama's clean energy agenda.
Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/toyotas-two-faced-stance_b_305479.html

Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation. Swiss Re insures
vulnerable economies against climate related disasters
exacerbated by climate change. On the release of a recent report
from the Economics of Climate Adaptation Working Group, a
partnership linking several international and corporate agents
working toward climate change solutions, the reinsurance firm
Swiss Re — a contributor to the report — lays out the challenge
facing many poor nations: Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/strategies-for-climate-change-adaptation/?pagemode=print

Utility Replaces Some Coal With Switchgrass. More electricity is
already coming from solar and wind sources, so why not from
switchgrass? NRG Energy, a wholesale power generation company
that operates in the United States, Australia and Germany, is
experimenting with that possibility. The company announced on
Wednesday that it has begun a pilot project to replace some coal
with locally grown switchgrass and sorgham at its Big Cajun II
plant in Louisiana. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/utility-replaces-some-coal-with-swtichgrass/


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