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Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:36:42
California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 27, 2009. 


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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

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