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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. 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. 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