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newsclips -- Newsclips for December 24, 2009.
Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:09:16
California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 24, 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. Embattled Ethanol Industry Could Go To War In 2010. As 2009 wound down operating margins at ethanol plants were improving. And the industry could claim at least a partial victory when the EPA in December indicated that it's likely to approve a higher blend of 15% ethanol in gasoline sold to cars made in 2001 or later. That is if further testing confirms early results that showed no damage to cars from a higher blend. Posted. http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1261589075457.xml LA, Long Beach Set to Ban More Dirty Trucks. Long Beach, Calif. -- The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will enter 2010 with more than 6,000 clean-diesel and alternative-fuel vehicles in the harbor trucking fleet as the industry works to comply with the ports’ clean-trucks mandates. Posted. http://www.joc.com/node/415446 Global Warming Will Cause Plants And Animals To Migrate. One upon a time, adaptation to global warming was dubbed a cop-out, a way to duck the challenge of reducing, and ultimately eliminating, greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, factories, and power plants. Posted. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1224/Global-warming-will-cause-plants-and-animals-to-migrate Cattlemen Challenge EPA Greenhouse Gas Ruling In Court. Washington — The [1] National Cattlemen’s Beef Association filed a petition Dec. 23 in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent greenhouse gas (GHG) [2] “endangerment finding” rule. The endangerment finding does not in and of itself regulate greenhouse gases, but it is a step in the process for GHG regulation under the [3] Clean Air Act. Posted. http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/cattlemen-challenge-epa-greenhouse-gas-ruling-in-court/13835.htmlprint/ Loan Program May Stir Nuclear Industry. Washington — When experts on power grid reliability asked themselves recently how a cleaner energy future would look, seven of eight regional councils imagined how their systems would work with 10 percent wind power. Only one, representing the southeastern United States, chose a radically different option: doubling nuclear power capacity. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/business/energy-environment/24nuke.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1261674171-BBWb4eFRIijnkL1HIaeW0Q Grants Help Create Greener Diesel Trucks. The two exhaust pipes on the back of Rodriguez & Son’s 18-wheeler no longer attach to anything. Instead, the bright red truck that the Camarillo-based family business uses to haul sand, dirt and gravel now funnels its exhaust through a system that reduces the amount of emissions from its diesel engine. The company recently retrofitted the truck’s exhaust system using a state grant to pay for the overhaul. Posted. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/24/grants-help-create-greener-diesel-trucks/?print=1 Classic Indian Chief Motorcycle Ready To Roll. The revived brand, already for sale in 16 other states, clears California's tough emissions standards. But it arrives during the worst motorcycle market in decades. The classic Indian Chief motorcycle, prized for its fanciful fenders and an American heritage different from its much bigger rival, Harley-Davidson, is back and finally ready to roll in California. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-indian-bikes24-2009dec24,0,5899610,print.story