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California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 27, 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. UN Signals Delay In Climate Change Treaty. United Nations - Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming. Janos Pasztor, director of the secretary-general's Climate Change Support Team, said Monday "it's hard to say how far the conference will be able to go" because the U.S. Congress has not agreed on a climate bill, and industrialized nations have not agreed on targets to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions or funding to help developing countries limit their discharges. Posted.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/international/i225726D43.DTL&type=printable http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13648584 EPA Moves To Dismiss Legal Challenge To Calif. Waiver. The Obama administration moved yesterday to dismiss a legal challenge from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and auto dealers seeking to block California's regulation of carbon emissions from cars and trucks. In a motion filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, U.S. EPA argued that the chamber and the National Automobile Dealers Association lack legal standing to challenge the agency's decision. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/27/5 Kerry: US Leadership At Stake In Climate Debate. Washington, - The lead author of a Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create jobs and that inaction could cause even worse economic and security problems. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said "America's leadership is on the line here" as he urged members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday to approve a bill that would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by mid-century. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/national/w003114D34.DTL&type=printable http://www.sacbee.com/830/story/2284237.html http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13649361 Ark. Energy Companies Make Case For Climate Bill. Little Rock, Ark. - An industry group said Monday that alternative energy companies need Congress to pass the climate bill so they will be assured of a long-term market, one that will ultimately lower energy costs and employ 25,000 in Arkansas by 2020. The bill, which is before the Senate, includes a cap-and-trade system that would require factories, refineries and power generation plants to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-changing pollution. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f045704D39.DTL&type=printable http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13650173 AP IMPACT: Statisticians Reject Global Cooling. Washington, - Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press. The case that the Earth might be cooling partly stems from recent weather. Last year was cooler than previous years. It's been a while since the super-hot years of 1998 and 2005. So is this a longer climate trend or just weather's normal ups and downs? Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/national/a093202D13.DTL&type=printable Opinion: Fido, A.K.A. The Climate Criminal. Some climate-change activists would take your dog away -- and spend trillions on other efforts -- rather than come up with solutions that could actually work to offset carbon levels. The government cannot have my dog. Don't tell that to the authors of the new book, "Time to Eat the Dog?: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living." The authors calculate that dog owning is much worse than SUV driving for the planet. So when you see a car heading to the dog park with some very happy labs drooling out the window, you should think "climate criminals." Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-goldberg27-2009oct27,0,296900,print.column My View: Clearer Thinking Needed On 'Cool Cars'. In what some might see as a rare and refreshing bow to public pressure, the California Air Resources Board this spring backed away from a proposal to force vehicle manufacturers and painters to use only new, high-tech reflective paints for coating cars and trucks sold in the Golden State. Even the Big Kahuna of conservative talk, Rush Limbaugh, had weighed in on the issue, labeling the CARB regulators "tyrants." Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/v-print/story/2283635.html Obama To Detail Stimulus Spending On 'Smart Grid'. A $3.4-billion chunk will go toward grants to modernize the U.S. power system to more easily use renewable resources. The president will speak at a solar facility in Arcadia, Fla. President Obama and administration officials today will announce $3.4 billion in spending projects to modernize the nation's electric power system. The president will offer details on funding for the "smart grid" during an appearance at a solar plant in Arcadia, Fla. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-energy27-2009oct27,0,1707538,print.story EPA, Baja Government Join For Air-Quality Studies. Tijuana — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Baja California yesterday announced their collaboration in two air-quality studies on the U.S.-Mexico border in California. One study will evaluate the condition of a network of 13 air-quality monitoring stations in Baja California. The stations, set up with support from the EPA and the California Air Resources Board, were turned over to the state of Baja California in 2007. The second study involves updating a 1999 emissions inventory, focusing on Tijuana, Rosarito Beach, Tecate and Mexicali. Posted. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/27/epa-baja-government-join-air-quality-studies/?tijuana&zIndex=189807 Baucus Has 'Serious Reservations' With Senate Bill. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus said today that he has "serious reservations" about a major global warming bill and warned fellow Democrats to water down the measure in hopes of getting it through the Senate. Speaking at the start of an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing where he is the second highest-ranking member, the Montana Democrat said he wanted to weaken the bill's 2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions -- now 20 percent below 2005 levels. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/27/1 A 'Gutsy Deal' Bets Global Emissions Trades Have A Future. Australia and China have joined forces in a sweeping package of carbon mitigation projects aimed at slashing 1.4 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, and which analysts said bodes well for the uncertain post-2012 emissions trading market. World Energy Solutions, a company that runs online exchanges for energy and low-carbon commodities, announced the agreement today for one fuel-switching project and two biogas projects in China. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/27/3 Honeywell Joins U.S. CAP. Honeywell International Inc. today joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of major companies and environmental groups that supports a binding cap on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The 31-member coalition now has influential players within the insurance, mining, chemicals, automobile and energy sectors as it lobbies Congress to pass legislation that boosts renewable energy production and slashes emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/27/13 Global Temperatures Are Not Declining -- AP Survey. An analysis by several independent statisticians finds no evidence to support recent reports and books suggesting that global temperatures are declining. Global warming skeptics have pointed to recent opinion columns, a BBC news story posted on the "Drudge Report" and a new book by the authors of the best-seller "Freakonomics" as evidence that the world is cooling rather than warming. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/10/27/12 At Google, Chu Announces Grants For 'Out-Of-The-Box' Global Warming Projects. Fulfilling a campaign pledge to tap Silicon Valley innovation to combat global warming, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday at Google's headquarters the first federal grants for high-risk, high-reward clean-tech ventures — including revolutionary technologies like using bacteria to create gasoline. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13644411 http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_13644696 New Documentary Attempts To Counter 'Inconvenient Truth'. Al Gore's 2006 documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," was a critical, financial and political smash. The Oscar-winning film of the former vice president's slide show and lecture on global warming made almost $50 million at the box office and is widely credited with raising public awareness and propelling political action on climate change. Now, climate change skeptics and critics of efforts to curb industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are answering Gore's effort with a movie of their own. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/27/6 U.S. Chamber Sues Activists Over Climate Stunt. The U.S. Chamber filed a lawsuit yesterday against activists who last week staged a fake news conference announcing that the business trade group had changed its policy on climate legislation. The suit filed in federal district court cites trademark and copyright infringement and said that the Yes Men group staged the press conference stunt for financial gain. "The defendants are not merry pranksters tweaking the establishment," Steven Law, the chamber's chief legal officer and general counsel, said in a statement. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/10/27/2 Western Lawmakers Focus On Regional Collaboration. Jackson, Wyo.—Lawmakers from many western states agreed Monday that they should consider collaborating on developing technology to capture and store the carbon gas that's generated from burning fossil fuels. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13646116 Ailing Planet Seen As Bad For Human Health. Advocates' report links climate change to worsening of diseases. Climate change will make Americans more vulnerable to diseases, disasters and heat waves, but governments have done little to plan for the added burden on the health system, according to a new study by a nonprofit group. The study, released Monday by the Trust for America's Health, an advocacy group focused on disease prevention, examines the public-health implications of climate change. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102602402_pf.html State On Right Track To Greener Televisions. Walk into an appliance outlet and expect to see washers, refrigerators and water heaters all bearing labels stating their energy appetites. But a trip past the banks of flat-screen televisions is different: There are no such energy labels or limits on these consumer toys. The California Energy Commission wants to rope in flat screens, following successful mandates that made refrigerators and washing machines far more efficient at no greater cost. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/26/EDAT1A9TBI.DTL&type=printable Commuters, Born To Be Mild. Are they looking out for the environment, trying to attract attention or just compensating for not riding their bikes enough as kids? Whatever the case, people are taking to the streets in new and unusual means of transit. An examination. SMART CAR. - Chief benefit: Eases parallel parking, impresses Greenpeace volunteers. - Major drawback(s): Surprisingly middling mpg (33 city); high cost ($12K and up); does not come with clown suit. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/702/v-print/story/2284114.html Two Things I Learned During My Tour of Sapphire Energy. Sapphire Energy has tried to maintain a relatively low profile since it established its headquarters in San Diego—especially since last fall when the media seized on reports that Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment had joined a $100 million secondary round of venture funding for the algae biofuels startup. So when Sapphire opened its San Diego headquarters for a public tour during the Algae Biomass Summit that was held here earlier this month, I jumped at the opportunity. Posted. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/27/wwwxconomycom47766/?xconomy Giant Solar Conference Fires Up In Anaheim. If big, impressive-sounding numbers are any indication, the solar power industry is booming – even as the nation’s economy struggles to shake off recession. Some very big numbers indeed are being tossed around by the organizers of Solar Power International 2009, billed as ”America’s largest solar event,” which begins Tuesday at the Anaheim Convention Center. Posted. http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2009/10/26/giant-solar-conference-fires-up-in-anaheim/14815/ Calif. Utility Wants To Buy More Solar Power. Los Angeles - California's largest utility said it plans to boost the amount of solar power it buys from residents and businesses as the state pushes for wider use of alternative energy.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger predicted that Monday's proposal by San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. would open the way for more companies and homeowners to install rooftop panels to generate power. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/financial/f171054D49.DTL&type=printable Ecuador to Europe: Pay Us Not To Drill In Amazon. Quito, Ecuador—Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Germany and Spain have expressed interest in President Rafael Correa's idea, which environmentalists say could set a precedent in the fight against global warming by lowering the high cost to poor countries of going green. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13645971 Redwood Research Grants Remain Available. Save the Redwoods League has extended its deadline for research proposals on redwoods to Nov. 13. Grant candidates can apply to receive up to $15,000 for scientific research promoting the understanding and conservation of redwoods. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13649427 BLOGS U.S. Households as Greenhouse Gas Purveyors. A new study out this week suggests that the United States could reduce its greenhouse emissions by nearly 8 percent in the next decade if Americans undertook a short list of behavioral changes, from carpooling to insulating their homes to drying clothes outside instead of in a tumble dryer. In the study, released online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers led by Thomas Dietz, a professor of sociology and crop and soil sciences at Michigan State University, looked at 17 different “household actions” to determine if they could have a significant effect on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/us-households-as-greenhouse-gas-purveyors/?pagemode=print Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies. California Energy Commission Two proposed projects in the California desert will require millions of gallons of water to operate. The West’s water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and Electric’s announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert. Posted. http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/water-use-by-solar-projects-intensifies/?pagemode=print World Without Ice. Much of the public debate about the climate centers on ice: Is it melting? How fast? What does that mean? Henry Pollack, a geophysicist at the University of Michigan, was a member of the IPCC panel of scientists that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former vice-president Al Gore. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=50340