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Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:17:52
California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 9, 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. Researcher's Lie Could Threaten Diesel Rules. Sacramento - A sweeping California regulation aimed at cutting hazardous pollution from diesel engine exhaust could be derailed after a key state researcher on the project was caught in a lie about his academic credentials. The California Air Resources Board is scheduled to meet today to discuss whether to delay the implementation of the regulation because of the weak economy, which some experts claim has led to a drop in diesel emissions. But that discussion has been overshadowed by revelations about the researcher's trumped-up resume. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/09/MNQR1B123E.DTL&type=printable State Air Board Will Debate A Recession Break On Diesel Rules. The California Air Resources Board must decide today whether the bad economy justifies giving truckers and construction firms more breathing room on the state's toughest-in-the-nation diesel pollution regulations. By cutting diesel consumption, the recession has likely improved the state's air quality, air board staff say. Fleet owners hope to use that evidence to convince the agency that it should delay mandated retrofits and upgrades they say the recession has made them unable to afford. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/politics/v-print/story/2381292.html California Diesel Rules Generate Debate In Wisconsin. Builders nationwide are rallying against California’s rules requiring diesel emission cuts in construction equipment. Although the fear is that California’s rules will become the standard for other states to adopt, regulators in Wisconsin are still content to partner with builders, rather than police them. Rule makers at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are not drafting or considering any diesel emission rules, said Jessica Lawent, DNR air management specialist. Posted. http://dailyreporter.com/wp-content/plugins/dmc_sociable_toolbar/wp-print.php?p=36537 Letters To The Editor: Stolen E-Mails On Global Warming; Air Board’s Deception. We’ll look past the misinformation conveyed by your Dec. 3 editorial “Tainted science” and attempt to put the matter in perspective. Since a hacker stole and publicized the private e-mails of a handful of scientists, many of the subsequent charges made have already fizzled. The most serious charge by far against the e-mailing group is that they blocked publication by scientists with whom they disagreed and prevented the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from considering the findings of those scientists in its assessment report. Posted. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/09/stolen-e-mails-global-warming-air-boards-deception/ CARB Under Fire For Covering Up Scandal Involving Diesel Reg Vote. The California Air Resources Board and specifically CARB’s rules governing diesel emissions approved on Dec. 12 last year have come under fire off and on, but some of the most noteworthy criticism is from Dr. John G. Telles, an air board appointee who said recently that the board’s staff failed to meet its “ethical if not legal obligation” to provide all board members with pertinent data before they voted on the emissions regulation. Posted. http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2009/12/8/CARBunderfireforcoveringupscandalinvolvingdieselregvote.aspx Contractors Ask CARB To Retrofit Their Own Retrofit Rules. The latest data on off-road construction equipment currently in use in California indicates that the construction industry will exceed state diesel emission targets for 2010, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), making the diesel retrofit regulations scheduled to go into effect next year unnecessary to meet state emissions targets after all. Posted. http://fleetowner.com/green/archive/contractors-carb-retrofit-1209/ CARB Reviews Truck Upgrade Rule. This week, the California Air Resources Board will discuss economic factors affecting implementation of major truck rules, but a scandal over a key employee’s credentials related to these regulations will not be among these considerations. On Dec. 4, a statement was published from Ron Roberts, a longtime board member. He said he and fellow board member Dr. John Telles, a Fresno cardiologist, would call for suspension of the Statewide Truck and Bus Rule.http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=83764 Central Valley A ‘Leader’ In Wind Power, Alternative Fuels. • Green jobs and business growth outpace rest of state’s economy. • ‘Green sector businesses are taking root across every region of California’. New data released Wednesday shows that California green businesses have increased 45 percent in number and 36 percent in employment from 1995 to 2008 while total jobs in California expanded only 13 percent. Posted. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=13825 Job Growth In California Is Going Green. From January 2007 to January 2008 green jobs increased 5% while total jobs declined 1%. Green businesses are blooming in California, creating jobs at a faster pace than the broader economy, a new study has found. The report from Next 10, a nonprofit research group in Palo Alto, explores California's "core green economy," including areas such as research and advocacy, finance and investment, energy efficiency, recycling and building. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-jobs9-2009dec09,0,5169502,print.story Pressure for a Climate Draft Accord Grows. Copenhagen — Delegates to the international climate talks accelerated their negotiations on Wednesday, racing among the booths and offices of countries large and small, comparing competing “nonpapers” — sections of the proposed text with no official existence — in the quest to hash out a realistic draft of a new climate agreement by the weekend. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/science/earth/10climate.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print EPA Chief: Obama To Work With Congress On Climate. Copenhagen—The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional action and wasn't intended to bypass recalcitrant lawmakers. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_13958585 EPA Agrees To Review Oil, Gas Pollution Standards. Denver -- Federal officials have agreed to review air pollution standards for oil and gas operations to decide if they need to be updated. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120803902.html The Copenhagen Concoction. For months, the U.N. climate change summit that began Monday in Copenhagen has been billed as the world's last best hope to match the scientific consensus on global warming with a policy consensus. But now it turns out there is little of either, and Copenhagen looks like it will go down as one of the more remarkable cases of political hubris in recent memory. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052748704007804574574053846536712.html Global Warming Is A Hot Topic. 2000-2009 is "on-track to become the warmest decade on record", according to a statement issued by Michael Jarraud, secretary-general of the World meteorological Organization during the 192 nation climate conference in Copenhagen this week. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-11270-Hartford-Wellness-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Global-warming-is-a-hot-topic Copenhagen's Political Science. With the publication of damaging e-mails from a climate research center in Britain, the radical environmental movement appears to face a tipping point. The revelation of appalling actions by so-called climate change experts allows the American public to finally understand the concerns so many of us have articulated on this issue. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120803402.html EPA Chief: US Will Regulate CO2 With Common Sense. Copenhagen — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says she will take commonsense steps to regulate carbon emissions to protect the health of Americans. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said her newly declared power to regulate greenhouse gases will be used to complement legislation pending in Congress, not replace it. She said "this is not an either-or moment. It's a both-and moment." EPA declared Monday that carbon emission could endanger human health and would be subject to federal regulation. Posted. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9TuMrvrknh-ZXwqmZ2N-48kff3wD9CFPT500 Big Utility Turns Bullish on Carbon Capture. The head of American Electric Power Co., the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the U.S., said advances in technology would allow the company to eliminate the emissions from its coal-fired power plants by 2025. Mike Morris, chief executive of Ohio-based AEP, said his company's early experience with a carbon capture and storage project at its Mountaineer power plant in West Virginia had exceeded expectations. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126032092489782773.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag. If negotiators reach an accord at the climate talks in Copenhagen it will entail profound shifts in energy production, dislocations in how and where people live, sweeping changes in agriculture and forestry and the creation of complex new markets in global warming pollution credits. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/science/earth/09cost.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=carbon%20emissions&st=cse Lawmakers Reject Attempt to Handcuff EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules. House and Senate conferees last night rejected an attempt to block U.S. EPA's work on regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The vote came as part of the conference on a $446.8 billion omnibus spending bill that also sets the largest-ever budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/12/09/09greenwire-lawmakers-reject-attempt-to-handcuff-epa-green-33097.html Copenhagen Climate Summit a Wild Ride. The calls for climate action begin at the airport, where the thousands of arriving journalists, negotiators and observers are greeted by billboards showcasing eco-friendly hotels, drowning polar bears and stern warnings of impending climate catastrophe. One features a polar bear alone on an ice floe. "The Arctic can’t wait: climate deal now." Posted. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/09/copenhagen-climate-summiteers-face-wild-ride/ 'Green Economy' Growing In California Despite Recession. With California's unemployment rate at 12.3 percent, there's more job loss than growth these days. But a new report cites a surge of jobs being created in the state's young "green economy." Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_13957800 South San Francisco Biofuel Firm Awarded $22 Million Federal Grant. South San Francisco — A bioproducts company has earned a federal grant of nearly $22 million to build a refinery that will produce alternative, algae-based fuel for vehicles on a large-scale basis. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13946433 Tests Link Cancer To Snarled Freeway Air. In as little as three months, the brains of laboratory rats begin to change after being exposed to the air around congested Southern California freeways. "The evidence we are clearly seeing is the molecular cascade that can lead to the development of cancer," said Dr. Keith L. Black, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Black is a world-class surgeon who pioneered research on ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling medicines to be used in the fight against brain cancer. Posted. http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_13955712?source=rss The Earth Is Crying Out for Help. As national leaders and others assemble in Copenhagen for the climate change negotiations, the whole subject must seem a mystifying cloud of acronyms, numbers and data. But as important as all these are in crafting an action plan, they completely obscure the fact that the planet works as a biological as well as a physical system. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09iht-edlovejoy.html?sq=climate%20change&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=10&adxnnlx=1260378189-Qyj/lAha7uwdP7XfC+moqg Larry Wilson: Cold Weather Heats Up Debate Over Global Warming. SURE is cold here. Wednesday it was still just 2 degrees Celsius - which system I'm trying to get a feel for, even though it is a Commie plot - in my driveway at 8:30 a.m. The snow high on the mountains seen through the clearest almost-winter air was, as always, stunning to behold. Earlier, on a trail run, frost glinted everywhere on the Arroyo Seco floor. Posted. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13956918 Blogs Using Fire to Reduce Carbon Emissions. That's what the people at the Association of Fire Ecology believe. They are talking long range forecasts and they also assume that all forests are susceptible to stand replacing fires if left untreated which would negate any carbon sequestration efforts. This association has put out a "carbon position paper", based on this recent Executive Order. Posted. http://blogs.redding.com/lwinter/archives/2009/12/using-fire-to-r.html