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California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 16, 2009. 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. Californians Flock To The 'Disneyland' Of Climate Change. Hundreds of delegates from nonprofits, state and local government and green-tech firms are making the rounds in Copenhagen, sitting on panels, schmoozing with other policy wonks and buying furry hats. Jake Mackenzie, a city councilman from Rohnert Park, Calif., is looking forward to telling the world about Sonoma County's efforts to combat climate change -- he even has an appointment with a Scottish official to talk about harnessing energy from waves. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-climate-california16-2009dec16,0,5608729,print.story Prospect of Global Warming Pact Fades in Copenhagen (Update2). World leaders will arrive in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in the next three days to agree on an accord to fight global warming. There may be nothing to sign. Envoys from China, the U.S., the European Union and India, the world’s top polluters, have bickered, quarreled and walked out during talks among 193 nations. They’ve left presidents and prime ministers a choice between a fudge or a flop for the accord that the United Nations framed as the most comprehensive deal to curb global warming. Posted. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=arV2NyF7o0hw# California Voters Could Get Say On Pursuit Of Reduced Emissions. A California lawmaker wants to let voters decide whether to suspend implementation of the state law that is intended to cap greenhouse gas emissions at 1990 levels by 2020. Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, says he’s getting encouragement from truckers. “Absolutely, truck drivers are supporting it. They have the most at stake because it will cost them millions of dollars,” Logue told Land Line Now. Posted. http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2009/Dec09/121409/121509-05.htm California Air Resources Board Finds Unsafe Levels Of Formaldehyde In New Homes. Today the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the first ever study of indoor air quality in new homes. The report was alarming. The researchers found the majority of homes had ventilation rates that did not meet code. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-5101-San-Jose-Environmental-Health-Examiner~y2009m12d15-California-Air-Resources-Board-finds-unsafe-levels-of-formaldehyde-in-new-homes Ethanol Lobby Urges State To Halt Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. Ethanol lobbyists in Washington yesterday made a last-ditch attempt to send California's low-carbon fuel regulation back to the drafting stage with a plea to a key state official to reject the rule on the grounds that its architects did not follow proper procedures. In a letter to Susan Lapsley, director of California's Office of Administrative Law, the Renewable Fuels Association charged the state Air Resources Board with circumventing the required administrative process after it tentatively approved the low-carbon fuel standard, or LCFS, earlier this year. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/12/16/6 RFA Calls To Remove Low Carbon Fuels Standard. In the US, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has called on California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) to reject the Air Resources Board’s (ARB) Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) rule currently under review. The RFA has highlighted numerous instances where ARB violated established procedures by failing to properly address stakeholder comments on the LCFS proposal. Posted. http://www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=1555 EPA's Greenhouse Gases Notice Sets Stage for Regulation Writing, Lawsuits. U.S. EPA published its finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health in the Federal Register today, setting a stage for a series of rules to begin regulating the heat-trapping emissions. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/12/15/15greenwire-epas-greenhouse-gases-notice-sets-stage-for-re-56845.html Differences Boiling Over Climate Change in GOP Circle. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Copenhagen Tuesday night for the International Climate Change Summit. During his visit he raised the heat in Republican circles by questioning the motives of Sarah Palin. Posted. http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=71910&catid=2 Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests. Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that play a crucial role in curbing climate change. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/science/earth/16forest.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=climate%20change&st=cse My Word: America must learn from Chinese on cleaning the air. I JUST returned from an amazing conference in China on low-carbon cities. Several Chinese cities and American cities met during the same week as the summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao to discuss the cities' progress in reducing CO2 emissions while, at the same time, improving their economies. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_14001970 Eugene Robinson: Sarah Palin's strange climate 'epiphany'. SARAH PALIN is such a cold-eyed skeptic about the Copenhagen summit on climate change that it's no surprise she would call on President Barack Obama not to attend. After all, Obama might join other leaders in acknowledging that warming is a "global challenge." He might entertain "opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." He might even explore ways to "participate in carbon-trading markets." Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_14001930 PG&E customers will get cleaner power and more of it. OAKLAND — The chances are high that Christmas tree lights shining in downtown Oakland and in nearby areas are powered by fossil fuels churned out at a local power plant. That could change with the installation across the city of massive 45-ton vaults and cables larger than a burly man's biceps, which will carry cleaner energy to Bay Area customers. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14004884 Reno Air Quality Improves; Pollution Alert Reduced. Reno, Nev.—The Washoe County Health Department says air quality in the Reno area has improved enough to downgrade the wood burning code to yellow. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14009140 Climate Conference Emits Its Share Of Carbon. Copenhagen—If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_14002758 Letters: Green Diet. With the opening of the international climate conference in Copenhagen, the world's attention is focused on global warming and the resulting coastal flooding and extreme weather patterns. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_13994655 Outcome Unclear As Leaders Arrive At Climate Talks. Copenhagen — The success of the U.N. climate conference hung in the balance Tuesday as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will allow the world to check its books and verify promised cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14007782 World Mayors Compare Notes On Saving Climate. Copenhagen—The Obama administration should have sent federal stimulus money not to the U.S. states, but to cities, where "most of the environmental damage is done and most of the chances for improvement are," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14002246 Sen. Kerry Uncertain on Fate Of Cap And Trade. U.S. Senator John Kerry raised the possibility on Wednesday that a major energy and climate change bill he is trying to craft might not contain the "cap and trade" mechanism for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/16/us/politics/politics-us-climate-copenhagen-kerry.html Tesla Takes Its Roadster On A 3,100-Mile Trip. Tesla Motors, the San Carlos, Calif.-based company making a line of battery-powered sports cars, plans to send one of its Roadsters on a 3,100-mile road trip this week, showing off the all-electric car throughout middle America. The 19-day trip, scheduled to start tomorrow, will take the Tesla Roadster Sport model from Los Angeles to Detroit, the home of January's North American International Auto Show. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/12/16/9 Trackers Stage Another Protest At The Port Of Oakland. Oakland - About 150 truckers demonstrated in front of Oakland City Hall Tuesday after marching over from the Port of Oakland to protest new emissions standards for trucks. Shortly before noon, the group was circling in front of City Hall, chanting slogans. Many carried picket signs that read, "Money promised, not delivered" and "Not a merry X-mas for Oakland truckers." The protest began at about 9 a.m. at Middle Harbor Road at the Port of Oakland, port spokeswoman Marilyn Sandifur said. Posted. http://www.foxreno.com/news/21974736/detail.html Truckers Protest New Emissions Standards in Oakland. Oakland (Bcn) -- Several hundred truckers marched at the Port of Oakland and in front of Oakland City Hall Tuesday to protest new emissions standards that could force them to go out of business on Jan. 1. The protest began at about 9 a.m. when about 300 truckers gathered at Shoreline Park and marched on Middle Harbor Road to the offices of the shipping company APL. About 150 truckers then took buses downtown for a rally on the plaza in front of City Hall. Five leaders of the group went inside City Hall to meet with staff members for Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums. Posted. http://www.kron.com/News/ArticleView/tabid/298/smid/1126/ArticleID/4201/reftab/536/t/Truckers%20Protest%20Emissions%20Standards%20in%20Oakland/Default.aspx Cleaner Air For Oakland -- But No One Wants To Pay For It. A raging battle over who should shoulder the overhaul of old, dirty trucks. Green City On Jan. 1, the Port of Oakland and surrounding areas will get cleaner air — and as many as 1,000 truck drivers may lose their jobs. That's when the port's Clean Truck Management Plan (CTMP) takes effect, setting strict requirements for trucks operating in the port. Posted. http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=9547&catid=&volume_id=452&issue_id=463&volume_num=44&issue_num=11 San Francisco May Expand Smoking Ban. San Francisco, which was at the vanguard of the anti-smoking movement more than a decade ago when it became one of the first American cities to bar people from lighting up in the workplace, now is poised to enact much tougher restrictions on smoking in public places. Smokers no longer would be allowed to puff away near the doors, vents and operable windows of any building - restaurants, shops, offices and housing complexes. Diners no longer would be able to smoke at outdoor tables. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/16/MNP01B4T3P.DTL&type=printable BLOGS Down The Chimney. Mister Roberts finds himself in a political box. “With that, I’ll be quiet.” County Supervisor Ron Roberts had just wrapped up a blistering dress-down of board colleagues and staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), upon which he has rested his political keester for nearly 15 years. This was happening last Wednesday in Sacramento, the same day the remainder of the Board of Supervisors also had gathered in San Diego to slog through a lengthy land-use hearing over the proposed Merriam Mountains master-planned development of 2,700 homes west of Interstate 15 near Escondido. Posted. http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/down_the_chimney/8784/ Global Warming Hysteria: Arnold Failing Upward. Arnold Schwarzenegger, my failure as a governor, has gone to Copenhagen to save the world. From the story: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told delegates that the “planetary transformation” needed to tackle climate change could not be the work of national governments alone. Posted. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2009/12/16/global-warming-hysteria-arnold-failing-upward/ Study Suggests Greater Sea Level Rise from Warming. New York—Global warming in this century might raise sea levels more than expected in future centuries, says a study that looked at what happened at a time when Neanderthals roamed Europe. Unless global warming is curbed or expensive measures are taken to hold back rising water, the projected sea level rise could submerge about one-third of Florida, southern Manhattan, much of Bangladesh and almost all the Netherlands, for example, researchers said. An expert praised the work but cautioned that such projections can't be made with precision. Posted. http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/12/16/study-suggests-greater-sea-level-rise-from-warming.html