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California Air Resources Board News Clips for January 6, 2010. 

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Top GOP Candidate In Calif. Would Suspend Climate Law. San
Francisco -- The leading Republican candidate to replace Arnold
Schwarzenegger as governor of California is sticking by her
promise to suspend the state's global warming law for one year if
elected in November, a campaign aide said yesterday. Meg Whitman,
former CEO of eBay, intends to make suspension of A.B. 32 a
prominent part of her pitch to focus on job creation heading into
the June 8 GOP primary, when she will face off against state
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former Rep. Tom
Campbell. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/01/06/3/

Schwarzenegger To Propose Spending $500 Million For Worker
Training. The funding is part of a five-pronged plan aimed at
helping recession-battered California. But legislative Democrats
and Republicans may find some parts hard to agree on. Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger today will lay out plans to spend $500 million on
worker training in an effort to create 100,000 jobs, along with
other measures to stimulate the economy, as a centerpiece of his
policy agenda for his final year in office. Schwarzenegger is set
to announce the proposal this morning in his last State of the
State address to lawmakers, in an attempt to stem the bleeding of
jobs in a state that had a November unemployment rate of 12.3%.
Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget6-2010jan06,0,7994393,print.story

Fake Fireplace Logs Can Be Better For The Environment Than Real
Wood. You'll forgive the Lantern for starting this column with a
bit of sensible home-heating advice: A log burning in the hearth
may be festive, but it's a terribly inefficient source of energy.
Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010402838.html

U.S. Scrapped More Cars Than Bought New Ones. Washington
(Reuters) - Americans scrapped more automobiles than they bought
last year as the ragged economy reduced demand and some major
cities expanded mass transit service, according to a new report.
Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010502127.html

No Cap-And-Trade Consensus In Sight, Bingaman Says. A bill to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to pass Congress this
year, the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee said yesterday. There's no agreement on the details of
a cap-and-trade system, said panel Chairman Jeff Bingaman
(D-N.M.). If Congress doesn't move forward, emission reductions
will be forced by federal regulators, ultimately driving up
utility rates, he said. Until consensus is reached, Bingaman is
pushing renewable energy technologies by expanding a $2.3 billion
manufacturing tax credit. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/01/06/7

HECO Inks Contract For Renewable Biodiesel. Honolulu -- Hawaiian
Electric Co. says it has taken an important step in its efforts
to create a clean energy economy for Hawaii. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010502860.html

Letters: Spare the Air Not Worth The Money. I was angered when I
read your article in last Tuesday's Times reporting that 46
people were caught illegally using their fireplaces on Christmas
day. According to your article 16 communities were chosen to be
patrolled by the smoke police. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_14120706

PostCarbon. New research led by the U.S. Geological Survey
provides more evidence that the Arctic will be ice-free in the
summertime within a matter of decades. Former vice president Al
Gore provoked a flap a couple of weeks ago in Copenhagen when he
suggested there was a 75 percent chance summer sea ice in the
Arctic would disappear within five to seven years, and the
scientist whose research he cited said there's no way to predict
that outcome with such precision. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010402845.html

Environmentalists Sue Long Beach Over Truck Deal. Long Beach,
Calif. -- Environmentalists are suing the port of Long Beach over
its decision to settle a federal lawsuit challenging its
authority to regulate trucking in and around the port. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010501308.html

Chico City Council Rekindles Burning-Ban Effort. Chico -- The
Chico City Council will pursue a mandatory no-wood-burning
ordinance, reigniting a Butte County Air Quality District effort
that failed last fall. In September, a proposal came before the
air quality board to prohibit the use of older wood-burning
stoves on days when wood smoke pollution is high. The ordinance
failed, despite studies by the California Air Resources Board
indicating Butte County and Chico fail to meet state and federal
air quality standards. Posted.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_14131798

Blogs

California School District Goes Solar In 2010. Whether or not
you believe that climate change will bring us all to the brink of
extinction or whether or not you think renewable energy is too
complicated or too expensive, renewable energy projects continue
to get funding. Which in my opinion is a good thing. Seriously,
I’m curious as to why the government worries itself over
allegedly monopolistic behavior by the technology industry and
then it turns around and supports policies that reinforce
policies that encourage a veritable monopoly on energy sources by
the oil and gas industry. Posted.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=9600