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Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:37:44
California Air Resources Board News Clips for November 18, 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. No More Money, No Extensions For Port Of Oakland Haulers. Hope turned to anger and desperation Monday night after more than 100 truckers crowded into a jammed meeting room at the Port of Oakland. They were wishing for a miracle but left after hearing the worst: There is no more money to help them pay for diesel truck filters, and there will be no extension to the Jan. 1 deadline to comply with strict new air quality regulations. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_13809049 http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13811332?nclick_check=1 California's Imperial County Meets Ozone Standard. El Centro, Calif.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Imperial County now meets the federal ozone standard. The EPA said Tuesday that the improved air quality is based on readings from 2006 to 2008. It credits stricter state and federal engine and fuel standards for lower vehicle emissions. Tighter controls on local factories and power plants have also helped. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13809521 http://www.modbee.com/state/story/937678.html Obama: Rally The World For Climate Deal Next Month. Beijing—President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad interim accord at next month's climate conference that he said will lead to immediate action and "rally the world" toward a solution on global warming. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13806215 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/18/world/AP-Climate.html?scp=7&sq=air%20pollution&st=cse Ethanol Makers Push For 15% Blend; Automakers Want More Tests. Months more are needed before the auto industry could endorse higher ethanol blends in the existing car fleet, an industry official said yesterday. Facing saturation of their market at today's allowed level of blends, ethanol producers are lobbying hard for U.S. EPA to allow gas stations to mix more ethanol into petroleum fuels -- from today's E10, or 10 percent ethanol, to E15, or 15 percent. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/11/18/2 AP Poll: Sometimes It Isn't Easy Being Green. Washington - A solid majority of Americans recognize the need to help the environment, although there are some things — like buying a hybrid car or taking mass transit — that people often talk about, but don't necessarily act on. That's shown in a survey of more than 1,000 adults that sought to gauge attitudes about the environment. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/17/national/w114751S99.DTL&type=printable Groundwork Meeting For Copenhagen Summit Concludes. Environment ministers from 44 countries, including China and the United States, wrapped up two days of closed-door talks in Copenhagen yesterday meant to lay out the groundwork needed for a deal at the U.N. climate summit next month. "This was not a decision-making forum, but the ministers realize that we have come very close to the deadline. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2009/11/18/7 107 Counties Exceed Proposed SO2 Limit. People in 107 counties breathe air with sulfur dioxide levels that exceed the lower limits of pollution standards proposed by U.S. EPA. The agency announced plans yesterday to toughen the national ambient air quality standard for SO2, one of six "criteria pollutants" regulated under the Clean Air Act. EPA recommended setting a limit between 50 parts per billion (ppb) and 100 ppb averaged over an hour, which the agency said would help protect against health damage caused by short-term pollution spikes. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2009/11/18/18 SPIN METER: Feds Buy Green Cars, Auction Rejects. If you missed out on Washington's cash incentive program to trade in your old clunker, Uncle Sam still has a deal for you: The government will sell you rejects from its own fleet, even as it makes dealers scrap all those old cars that were collected from the public. The sale of the federal castoffs at auction is nothing new; deals for the consumer mean income for the government. But in swapping out old government cars for new models under the economic stimulus package, officials also are claiming environmental benefits that don't add up. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/18/national/w001358S98.DTL&type=printable UN: Fight Climate Change With Free Condoms. London—The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_13814234 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/18/international/i041035S10.DTL http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/18/un-fight-climate-change-with-free-condoms/ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575608,00.html Redwood City Startup Wins Green Contest. Startup companies with ways to save energy and make plastic from wastewater took top honors Tuesday evening in the 2009 Cleantech Open, an annual contest to find and nurture promising environmental entrepreneurs. The open offers its winners some attention, some cash and the opportunity to work with established businesses and executives to help develop their ideas. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/BU1B1AM5FG.DTL&type=printable Ben Franklin on Global Warming. FEW would argue that the debate on global warming engenders a lot of emotion. What else are we to make of comments that “within the last 40 or 50 years there has been a very great observable change of climate,” that “a change in our climate ... is taking place very sensibly” and that “men are led into numberless errors by drawing general conclusions from particular facts”? Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18gelber.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=air%20pollution&st=cse "Clean Trains" Now Running from Oakland to the Capitol. People who operate the Capitol Corridor train service now say they have the cleanest locomotive on the block, and they expect to put more so-called “clean trains” on the line as time goes on. Posted. http://www.kcbs.com/-Clean-Trains--Now-Running-from-Oakland-to-the-Cap/5705159 What They Really Believe. If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims. One is that the globe has been cooling lately, not warming, and the other is that America simply can’t afford any kind of cap-and-trade/carbon tax. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18friedman.html?scp=4&sq=global%20warming&st=cse U.S., China May Come To Talks With Emission-Reduction Goals. Buried in the text of Tuesday's joint declaration between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao was a hopeful clause about climate talks: The Obama administration is likely to offer emission-reduction targets at next month's climate summit, as long as the Chinese offer a proposal of their own. U.S. reluctance to set a short-term emissions goal has been a sticking point in the U.N.-sponsored talks for nearly a year. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111702931_pf.html Long Beach Wetlands Found To Be Polluted With PCBs. Long Beach, Calif.—The Environmental Protection Agency says high levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in a Long Beach wetlands—a discovery that could hinder a restoration project. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13807151 Colo. Company Starts Work On Biofuel Facility. Denver -- A Colorado company that has developed a process to convert wood to fuel is starting construction of what will eventually be a commercial-scale production plant. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111801193.html U.S., China May Come To Talks With Emission-Reduction Goals. Buried in the text of Tuesday's joint declaration between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao was a hopeful clause about climate talks: The Obama administration is likely to offer emission-reduction targets at next month's climate summit, as long as the Chinese offer a proposal of their own. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111702931.html San Bernardino County Supervisor Opposes Solar Energy Project In Mojave Desert. Brad Mitzelfelt says the 4,000-acre system would provide jobs in Las Vegas and electricity in San Francisco, but negatively affect the desert's environment. A solar energy project proposed for development on public land in the Mojave Desert would create jobs mostly for Las Vegas and electricity for San Francisco at the expense of the relatively pristine area of east San Bernardino County where it would be built, San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt said. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar18-2009nov18,0,69136,print.story Bay Area Can 'Breathe Easy' as GSC Logistics Aggressively Targets Fleet Exhaust Fumes. As part of its 'go green' efforts, GSC Logistics, Inc., (GSC) the industry's forward-thinking logistics provider, has retrofitted its entire fleet to ensure that the lowest levels possible of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions enter the atmosphere in the Greater Bay Area. Posted. http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/bay-area-breathe-easy-gsc-logistics-aggressively-targets-fleet-exhaust-fumes/ Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions. In 2002 Responsible Travel became one of the first travel companies to offer customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter the planet-warming emissions generated by their airline flights. But last month Responsible Travel canceled the program, saying that while it might help travelers feel virtuous, it was not helping to reduce global emissions. In fact, company officials said, it might even encourage some people to travel or consume more. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print Farmers Reduce Emissions. The results are in from the first year of a new air quality program for farmers: 2,523 applications were submitted for the program to clear Central Valley skies by offering incentives to retire old inefficient engines and adopt cultural practices to improve air quality. Posted. http://westernfarmpress.com/news/emission-reduction-1117/ Port Dominance Slipping Away. As America’s trade with the Far East — principally China — expanded massively during the 1980s and 1990s, California reaped the benefits as the gateway for both exports and imports. With trade emerging as a major component of the state’s very diverse economy, traffic and payrolls blossomed at its major ports. Posted. http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_22c50ea4-d401-11de-adda-001cc4c002e0.html California Earns So-So Grades in Health Survey. Vermont is the healthiest state in the nation, Mississippi is the worst and California is in the middle of the pack, according to a report released Tuesday ranking the overall health of residents in every state. Posted. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/17/california-earns-so-so-grades-in-health-survey/ Calif. May Ban Energy-Hogging TVs. The most power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from store shelves in California as state energy regulators on Wednesday consider a first-in-the-nation mandate intended to lower electricity demand. Posted. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/18/tech/main5696931.shtml EU-Russia Summit to Focus on Energy, Trade. Leaders of the European Union and Russia were holding a summit Wednesday on energy security, climate change, trade and human rights - with both sides hoping the talks would help patch up battered relations. Posted. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/18/eu-russia-summit-begins-in-sweden/ Blogs Copenhagen Climate Change Summit Expectations Slashed. The Obama administration is backpedaling rapidly on the eve of the Copenhagen conference for negotiating a replacement for the soon to expire Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emission controls. Deputy National Security Adviser for Economic Affairs Michael Froman said Monday “It was unrealistic to expect a full, legally binding international agreement to be reached between now and when Copenhagen starts in 22 days.” Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-19285-Chicago-Economic-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Copenhagen-climate-change-summit-expectations-slashed# No Free (CO2) Lunch for Frequent Fliers? Elisabeth Rosenthal has a fascinating story in The Times examining the growing debate over whether there’s a legitimate way to ride an Airbus or 777 without remorse over the resulting emissions of greenhouse gases.. Posted. http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/no-free-co2-lunch-for-frequent-fliers/