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newsclips -- Newsclips for August 3, 2009

Posted: 03 Aug 2009 11:56:51
California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 3, 2009.
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Air Rule Aims To Alter Commute Practices. Valley plan raises red
flags among businesses. Local air officials are crafting a rule
to coax more employees of large companies out of their cars and
into buses, carpools and other commuting alternatives -- or their
bosses will face penalties. The size of the penalty hasn't yet
been decided, said one official with the San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District. But the possible cost of complying
with the rule already is raising red flags among businesses.
Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1570786.html

New Push To Try And Clean Up The Valley's Air. There's a new
push to try and clean up the valley's air. The San Joaquin Valley
Air Pollution Control District is targeting large businesses...
asking employees to find more environmentally friendly ways to
commute to work. Posted.
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/New-push-to-try-and-clean-up-the-valleys-air/Rf8eNimQpUuMvY5FkrISWQ.cspx

Falling Behind On Green Tech. America confronts three
interrelated crises: an economic crisis, a climate crisis and an
energy security crisis. We believe there's a fourth: a
competitiveness crisis. This crisis is particularly evident in
America's worldwide standing in the next great global industry,
green technology. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563_pf.html

Cancer Risk From Bad Air Greater In Poorest Areas. Dorthy
Massie, 83, volunteers each day at the Boggs Tract community
center. Her walker sits unused while she gossips with friends and
prepares lunches for needy seniors and families. With a playful
smile, she describes the worst of her health problems: "I just
lost a tooth last week." Posted.
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/A_NEWS/908010319/-1/NEWSMAP
 
Diesel Buses' Days Over At Omnitrans. The days of the
smog-spewing bus are over at Omnitrans. The San Bernardino
Valley's public transit agency is getting rid of the last of the
diesel-powered buses in its fleet. By the end of this month,
Omnitrans plans to have 27 new compressed natural gas buses.
Posted. http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12980358
http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_12973356?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com


Hayward Adopts Plan To Curb Emissions. With the City Council's
passage of a climate action plan last week, Hayward joined the
ranks of cities with an official strategy for curbing greenhouse
gases. The plan sets three specific goals — a 6 percent reduction
by 2013, a 12.5 percent cut by 2020 and an 82.5 percent reduction
by 2050. All the figures are compared with a baseline 2005 level
of 1,183,279 metric tons of emissions. Posted.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/green/ci_12974893
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12974893 

Diesel Trucks Serving Calif. Ports Must Cut Emissions. The air
around San Diego’s port terminals should become a little cleaner
next year. But first, trucks traveling in and out of the
terminals have to clean up their engines. The California Air
Resources Board has decided diesel trucks coming and going from
the state’s ports must cut back on their emissions. Posted.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/jul/31/diesel-trucks-serving-calif-ports-must-cut-emissio/


Temperature Target Doesn't Go Far Enough. The agreement last
month between the United States and other industrialized nations
to set a target for combating global warming is insufficient,
according to a report released today by a prominent Australian
scientist. The nonbinding goal to limit the world temperature
increase to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels cannot
work under current conditions, said Australian National
University scientist Andrew Macintosh, who spent months modeling
45 different climate change scenarios. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/08/03/7

San Francisco Bay Gets Stimulus for Port Truck Filters. The Bay
Area Air Quality Management District announced a new $2 million
federal grant to supplement the $20 million in state and local
funds to install diesel exhaust filters and replace old trucks to
reduce particulate emissions at the Port of Oakland, according to
a July 28 press release. Posted.
http://eponline.com/articles/2009/08/03/san-francisco-bay-gets-stimulus-for-port-truck-filters.aspx


State Urged To Brace For Dire Effects. Even if the world is
successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future, California
needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter weather
and other effects of climate change, a new state report
recommends. It encourages local communities to rethink future
development in low-lying coastal areas, reinforce levees that
protect flood-prone areas and conserve already-strapped water
supplies. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12980588?nclick_check=1


Report: California Must Adapt To Changing Climate. Even if the
world is successful in cutting carbon emissions in the future,
California needs to start preparing for rising sea levels, hotter
weather and other effects of climate change, a new state report
recommends. Posted.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_12981655?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com
http://www.modbee.com/2033/story/803776.html
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/aug/03/report-california-must-adapt-to-changing-climate/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gji_7UoNfvS3BmHTR1RHUxQemYwgD99RBB601


The Climate Change Bill. To the Editor: Re “Climate Loopholes”
(editorial, July 22): It’s good to see The Times casting a
critical eye on the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. Letting
coal-fired power plants off the hook would certainly be a big
step backward in efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Bogus offsets will also allow polluters to game the system as the
world heats up. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/opinion/lweb02climate.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse


Climate Change and the Scary Jellyfish Scourge. This summer has
seen its share of odd climate change-related science stories. A
running theme has been changes in the size and abundance of
species as a result of human activities. Posted.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2009/08/the_scary_jellyfish_scourge.html?hpid=news-col-blog


Youths Need Plastic Bottles To Finish Recycled Sculpture. A team
of Bell Arts Factory artists is in urgent need of your used
plastic bottles. The Ventura artists are working with local
youths on a recycling project creating a large sculpture, The
Story Tree. Posted.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/aug/02/youths-need-plastic-bottles-to-finish-recycled/


San Diego's Solar Power. City And Region Moving Ahead In Green
Energy. The San Diego region may become America's capital for
producing fuel from algae, a small but promising source of
renewable energy. But San Diego already has become a leader in
solar power generation, adding to its green credentials. Last
week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that San
Diego had placed third among its top 20 “Green Power Partners.
Posted.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/03/mz1ed3bottom21292-san-diegos-solar-power/

Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise. Someday decades
from now, California's sprawling coastal cities could draw their
power from floating windmills that bob on the sea like buoys, far
from shore. Their blades would spin over deep ocean water,
turning in winds that are steadier and stronger than they are on
land. Undersea cables would send their electricity to shore. This
kind of floating windmill has not yet been deployed en masse. But
a model of one sits in the Berkeley office of Principle Power,
one of several companies trying to tap the powerful winds at sea.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/MN0Q18ABIT.DTL&type=printable

China's Big Energy Suppliers Still Pollute. Beijing -- China's
three largest energy suppliers emitted more greenhouse gases than
all of Britain last year, environmental watchdog Greenpeace China
said in a report issued Tuesday.
The report reflects the heavy reliance on coal that is hampering
China's efforts to tackle climate change. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/02/MNIV1909M5.DTL&type=printable

GREENSPACE: Study Finds Parents' Carbon Footprint Multiplies 5.7
Times Per Child; College Students Compete For Best 100% Solar
Home; Greenpeace Spray-Paints 'Hazardous Products' On HP's Roof;
PG&E Pays $14.75-Million Fire Settlement. Environmentalists tend
to avoid the topic of population control. Too touchy. But the
politically incorrect issue is becoming unavoidable as the global
population lurches toward a predicted 9 billion people by
mid-century. Will there be enough food? Enough water? Will
planet-heating carbon dioxide gas become ever more
uncontrollable? Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-greenspace3-2009aug03,0,2736673,print.story

Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable To Homeowners
Price cuts by manufacturers, tax credits, California incentives
and innovative financing ease the cost of going solar. If you're
searching for a bright spot in a dismal economic climate, look no
farther than your roof. The downturn is helping to make solar
panels more affordable. Manufacturers are cutting prices to move
inventory. Uncle Sam is helping too. As part of the economic
stimulus package, the federal government this year boosted tax
credits to homeowners who switch to solar power. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-fi-cover-solar2-2009aug02,0,5747818,print.story

BLOGS

Clean-Tech Worries: Is America Really Losing the Clean-Energy
Race? The latest cause of angst these days is America’s standing
in the clean-technology race with China. In the space of a few
months, China’s apparent leadership in clean energy and America’s
apparent backwardness have become something of a shibboleth. That
is crystallized today in a Washington Post op-ed by venture
capitalist John Doerr and General Electric boss Jeff Immelt, both
of whom have a lot invested in making sure clean energy really is
the next big thing. To wit: Posted.
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/08/03/clean-tech-worries-is-america-really-losing-the-clean-energy-race/tab/print/

Is Nuclear Power Renewable? Many environmental groups are
fundamentally opposed to the notion that nuclear power is a
renewable form of energy — on the grounds that it produces
harmful waste byproducts and relies on extractive industries to
procure fuel like uranium. Posted.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/is-nuclear-power-renewable/?scp=6&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse

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