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Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:16:00
California Air Resources Board News Clips for November 5, 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. OP-ED BY MARY NICHOLS - Healthy Environment And Economy. California has long been regarded as a pioneer in the field of air quality regulation. Our ever-expanding population of 37 million people and 26 million vehicles, combined with our unique geography and climate, has forced us – the Air Resources Board – to become experts at how to reduce air pollution emanating from an amazing variety of sources. As a result, new cars and trucks generate 99 percent fewer smog-forming emissions than they did 40 years ago. Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/05/healthy-environment-and-economy/ EDITORIAL: Unhealthy CARB. Consumers nationwide should protest to a hyperactive California regulatory agency on the verge of ruining automobile global positioning systems and other safety features. Because California is such a large market, car manufacturers trying to comply with Golden State mandates might change auto designs nationwide. At issue is a rule being considered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) threatening to require all cars and light trucks sold in California after 2012 to feature metallic reflective window glazing to keep interiors cool and thus use less air conditioning. Less AC, goes the theory, would mean lower carbon emissions. Posted. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/05/unhealthy-carb//print/ Editorial: Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance. PERSUADING MOTORISTS to voluntarily drive less and thereby reduce gasoline consumption, air pollution, traffic congestion and motor vehicle accidents is a concept that deserves public and private support. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner agrees. To that end, he has released regulations allowing mileage verification for pay-as-you-drive green insurance policies. Insurance premiums in California are currently based partly on miles driven as estimated by drivers. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/sanmateo/ci_13713160 Children Closest To Harbor Trade Roadways Suffer More Respiratory Issues, Study Says. Long Beach - A new study on the health impacts of pollution caused primarily by trucks, trains and ships servicing the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles finds children living closest to harbor trade corridors suffer from respiratory ailments significantly higher than previously thought. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13712841 http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_13712841 http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/pollutions_impact_may_be_underestimated.html Is The Business Climate Changing When It Comes To Global Warming? A pair of big California companies made national headlines last month when they pulled out of the US Chamber of Commerce over that business group’s stand on global warming. The departure of Apple Computer and Pacific Gas & Electric has proved to be a public relations black eye for the venerable organization. These moves could prove to be a taste of things to come. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=ye35cub9swdytk&xid=ye2kaf0hmgl617&done=.ye35cub9swwytk Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Regulations. -- SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the California Air Resources Board portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on June 26, 2009 and concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer products. We are approving State rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). Posted. http://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/print-page.aspx?PagePrint=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tmcnet.com%2fusubmit%2f2009%2f11%2f04%2f4463610.htm Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP. Washington - Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage. Other committees still must weigh-in on the measure, but the partisan antics early on threatened to cast a pall over the bill - Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13720217 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502195.html?hpid=topnews http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2009/11/senators-moving-on-energy-without-gop.html New Business Group Backs Climate-Change Bill. A new group of businesses - including retail giant Gap Inc. and several large utility companies - joined the lobbying fray over climate change on Wednesday, arguing that Congress must pass legislation to limit greenhouse gases as soon as possible. American Businesses for Clean Energy will push for passage at the same time that other business groups, most notably the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, try to block or change global warming bills wending their way through Congress. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/BU0V1AF8FM.DTL&type=printable Senators Call For Financial Reform Before Cap And Trade. If supporters of creating a cap-and-trade program to address global warming want to grab the attention of skeptics on Capitol Hill, they might start by convincing the nation's most famous financier, Warren Buffett. "We have to work it out so that Warren Buffett understands why he's better off under a trading system than he is under a command-and-control system," said Bill Tyndall, Duke Energy Corp.'s senior vice president for policy. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/11/05/1 UN Climate Pact Work Moves On, Deadline In Doubt. Barcelona, Spain—Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month's deadline for a legal document increasingly in doubt. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13710675 3 Senators Join Forces To Rescue Climate Bill. Washington—Three senators with differing political views are working behind the scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, said Wednesday they would work with the White House to patch together a bill that could pass the Senate. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13712265?nclick_check=1 EPW Dems End-Run Boycotting GOP, Vote 11-1 For Emissions Bill. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Democrats quashed a three-day-long Republican boycott and passed global warming legislation today using a procedural move that could undermine support from moderate senators if the bill reaches the floor. Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and 10 Democrats signed off on the climate bill -- without considering amendments -- after trying without success to wait out Republicans. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/11/05/1 Committee Action 'The End Of The Beginning' The decision today by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Democrats to pass their sweeping climate and energy bill in spite of a Republican boycott set off a flurry of reactions on and off Capitol Hill -- with both supporters and opponents agreeing on only one thing: The cap-and-trade bill is a long way from the finish line. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who gave EPW Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) permission to report out the legislation without a single Republican voting on it, said the move is "a critically important step toward crafting a good strong clean energy and climate bill. Posted. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/11/05/2 Climate Insurance Is In The Cross Hairs As Negotiators Prep For Copenhagen. Advocates for nations vulnerable to climate change are accusing the United States of trying to "kill" a prominent global warming provision that would create a massive insurance program for countries that face rising destruction from natural disasters. The controversial measure -- which currently is part of the voluminous draft treaty text leading up to international climate talks in Copenhagen -- seeks financial payments for countries that might slip underwater sometime this century, as well as for those that increasingly suffer from drought, floods and cyclones. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/11/05/2 C02 Emissions From Deforestation Are Exaggerated – Study. In a potential blow to those who seek to protect forests in less-developed countries, a new study suggests that carbon dioxide emissions caused by tropical forest destruction have been significantly overestimated. Research led by Guido van der Werf, an Earth scientist at VU University Amsterdam and published in the journal Nature Geoscience says the figure the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented in 2007 is an overestimate. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/11/05/10 CEO: Utilities Must Join Climate-Change Debate. Bismarck, N.D. -- The chief executive of a North Dakota-based electric power cooperative says utilities must be engaged in the climate-change debate and use their unified voice. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502376.html Climate Legislation Is Running Into a Chilly Reception. Manhattan, Kan. -- A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the U.S. Senate finally, balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change. Is this really the time to talk about the threat of climate change? Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?hpid=moreheadlines California Moves From Silicon Valley To Truck Electric Ladyland. Calfornia – US – The news this week that Electric Vehicles International, formerly of Austin, Texas was moving to Stockton will come as no surprise to watchers of electric truck development. The Golden State has always been the place most associated with both technological and environmental matters and the newest industry combines both in a neat package. Posted. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/print/846 Stockton Charges Into Trucks. Electric vehicles will be produced on Army Court. Stockton - Electric Vehicles International unveiled plans Wednesday to produce all-electric trucks and delivery vans, as well as a two-seat electric city car and plug-in hybrid car conversions, at its new Stockton assembly plant in coming months. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped by the company's 50,000-square-foot facility on Army Court to hail EVI as part of a new environmental industry bloom, much like electronics revolution that created the Silicon Valley. Posted. http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091105/A_BIZ/911050319#STS=g1nue1xq.h4o Clunkers Data Shows Trade-Ins Gained Marginal Mileage. The federal government's $3 billion "cash-for-clunkers" program to boost the fuel efficiency of vehicles on American roads supported only marginal gains in mileage in most vehicle swaps, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. Government data show the program mostly involved the trade-in of old Ford or Chevrolet pickups for new ones that got only slightly better gas mileage. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/11/05/7 http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13712099 Exxon Is Latest Oil Major Lured By Coal-Seam Gas Potential. Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) has joined a growing list of major energy companies looking to exploit an emerging source of natural gas once seen mainly as the bane of coal miners. The world's largest publicly traded company by market capitalization said last week it has acquired about 2 million acres of coalbed-methane resources in Germany, its first foray into the exploration of gas trapped in coal seams in Europe. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-719004.html NC Regulators Will Not Revoke Duke Energy Permit. Raleigh, N.C.—North Carolina regulators have denied a request by environmental groups to revoke Duke Energy Corp.'s permit for coal-fired generators at its new power plant in the western part of the state. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_13711673 EPA fines Long Beach Property Owner $8,000. A Long Beach property owner was fined nearly $8,000 for violating federal lead-based paint disclosure requirements at six rental properties, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Wednesday. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13711880 BLOGS Cal Cities Fare Well In 'Toxic Cities' Rankings. California got an environmental black eye when the American Lung Association ranked the air quality of American cities and placed six of the state's urban areas on the list of those with the highest levels of ozone pollution. Now Forbes magazine has expanded the environmental rankings to include such factors as the number of Superfund toxic waste cleanup sites and the number of industrial facilities releasing toxic chemicals into the air to generate an "overall toxic cities ranking" of the nation's 40 largest urban areas. And California does pretty well. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/026821.html