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newsclips -- Newsclips for August 28, 2009
Posted: 28 Aug 2009 10:33:15
California Air Resources Board News Clips for August 28, 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. Melinda Cheel: Clean Energy Can Give State A Needed Jolt. This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce took another step backward in history with its demand for a "Scopes-like" monkey trial on scientific evidence for climate change. Republicans for Environmental Protection, a national grass-roots organization, responded by saying, "The chamber is transparently trying to sow confusion and polarize the public over climate change. The chamber is putting the health, economy and security of our country at risk in pursuit of a narrow, selfish and shortsighted agenda." Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/v-print/story/2144613.html Owner Of Coal-Fired Power Plants Accused Of Violating Clean Air Act. Chicago -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Thursday sued the owner of six coal-fired power plants that are some of the biggest contributors to dirty air in the Chicago area. In a 75-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the federal and state governments accused Midwest Generation of extending the life of its aging power plants without installing pollution controls required under the federal Clean Air Act. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/702/v-print/story/2145146.html Advocates Of Geoengineering Work On Man-Made Fixes For Global Warming. Kansas City, Mo. -- The same way technology got the planet into this climate- change mess, more than a few scientists figure modern know-how can get us out. Crank up plankton growth. Blanket deserts in reflective plastic. Pump greenhouse gases into rock formations. Make clouds shinier. Build volcanoes. These ideas - called geoengineering - are not just the stuff of fantasists. No less an agency than NASA has issued a report on "Managing Solar Radiation." Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/702/v-print/story/2142940.html Officials' Tour Prompts Expectations To Act. Pollution: A look at problem areas has clean-up advocates hopeful. State and federal officials said Thursday they will form a task force of Inland residents and government representatives to tackle pollution and other hazards identified in a day-long bus tour of beleaguered neighborhoods the previous day. Some problems identified in Colton, west San Bernardino and Mira Loma, in northwest Riverside County, are expected to get quick action. A progress report is expected in October. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_ecotour28.473c584.html# New Culprit Seen in Ozone Depletion. Government scientists who study the depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer are pointing to a previously unheralded culprit: nitrous oxide. Most of the nitrous oxide in the atmosphere emerges naturally, through the action of bacteria in the soil, the researchers say. But the gas is also produced by human activity, through the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers, the application of livestock manure to fields, the burning of biofuels and in other ways. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/science/earth/28nox.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print Legislature Passes First Climate Change Resolution. China's chief legislative body approved its first resolution on climate change yesterday, state media said. The resolution, according to an earlier draft, is expected to call on the government to invest further in low-carbon technology and greenhouse gas controls. It may also pave the way for a new emissions policy to be announced ahead of the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Environmentalists applauded the attention devoted by the National People's Congress to environmental issues during its weeklong session. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/08/28/8 Little Movement From Chrysler On Electric Hybrids. As it moves forward following its bankruptcy, Chrysler Group has made little noise about when it intends to bring small or mid-size hybrid electric vehicles to market. Last year, the automaker announced plans to launch the first of its battery-powered ENVI models in showrooms by the end of 2010. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/08/28/10 BLOGS The Cost of Adapting to Climate Change. The costs of adaptation to climate change have been grossly underestimated, the authors of a new study suggest. There is widespread agreement among policymakers that cold, hard cash will be an essential element in persuading nations vulnerable to climate change to sign up to a global agreement in Copenhagen in December. Far less clear: how much cash is needed to do the job. European ministers have discussed sums up to about $140 billion to be paid each year by more affluent countries to developing countries. Posted. http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/the-cost-of-adapting-to-climate-change/?pagemode=print Indonesia Hints at 40% Emissions Reductions by 2030 - If International Support is Forthcoming. Now we're talking! The Financial Times has one of the most encouraging bits of climate change news I've heard in a while. Indonesia, whose rapid clearing of rainforests accounts for about one-quarter of all carbon emissions from deforestation globally, has said that it will pledge to cut its emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030, if it receives international support: Posted. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/indonesia-hints-at-40-emissions-reductions-by-2030.php