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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:58:26
California Air Resources Board News Clips for January 22-25, 2010. 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. Asian Smog Is Crossing Over To Western U.S., Study Finds. Ozone from Asia is wafting across the Pacific on springtime winds and boosting the amount of the smog-producing gas found in the skies above the western United States, researchers say in a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature, looks at a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists in the past decade: Ground-level ozone has dropped in U.S. cities thanks to tighter pollution controls, but it has risen in rural areas in the West, where there is little industry or automobile traffic. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/1019557.html CARB Deadline On Drayage Truck Funding Coming Feb. 5; Work Group Held. Oakland, Calif. — Drayage trucks that service the Port of Oakland and which got an extension under the Proposition 1B (eligible for funding) criteria must have a financing option and have a retrofit vendor, with documentation provided by Feb. 5, the West State Alliance reminds port drivers. Posted. http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2010/1/25/CARBdeadlineondrayagetruckfundingcomingFeb5workgroupheld.aspx CARB Says It Has Issued 100 Reefer Citations In New Year. The California Air Resources Board says rumors about further delays of the enforcement for its reefer regulation are untrue. In fact, the air quality agency says it issued about 100 tickets during the first two weeks of January alone. CARB began enforcement of in-use performance standards on Jan. 1, 2010, for all model year 2002 and older reefers – or transportation refrigeration units – as the agency calls them. Posted. http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Jan10/011810/012210-04.htm Opposition Growing to California's Global Warming Law. Sacramento – Survey results released yesterday show increasing opposition to California’s landmark global warming legislation that is currently being implemented by the California Air Resources Board. When initially asked if voters support AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, that aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020, 58 percent of those surveyed were somewhat or strongly in favor of the regulations and 27 percent were somewhat or strongly opposed. Posted. http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/137966 Another Big Speech Looms, But Climate Activists Want Action. A leading congressional Democrat said President Obama needs to "lay the prestige of the presidency on the line" in his State of the Union address Wednesday and in the months to come on climate change. "I think the president needs to underscore that climate and energy reform is a priority for 2010, as specifically as possible," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who has been working to build a global warming compromise in the Senate, where legislation remains stalled after passage in the House last year. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/01/25/25climatewire-another-state-of-the-union-speech-looms-but-86243.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/01/25/2 Editorial: The Clean, Green Desert. It's an environmental catch-22. California needs to meet its aggressive goals for renewable-energy production, but solar and wind farms require lots of space. The farms' land gobbling can conflict with one of Californians' most cherished values: the preservation of pristine wilderness and animal habitat. As the state gets serious about increasing its renewable-energy portfolio, there's going to be tension. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is learning that the hard way. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/25/EDP21BL21N.DTL Senators Want to Bar E.P.A. Greenhouse Gas Limits. Washington — In a direct challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, introduced a resolution on Thursday to prevent the agency from taking any action to regulate carbon dioxide and other climate-altering gases. Ms. Murkowski, joined by 35 Republicans and three conservative Democrats, proposed to use the Congressional Review Act to strip the agency of the power to limit emissions of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/science/earth/22climate.html?ref=todayspaper Past Decade Warmest on Record, NASA Data Shows. Washington — The decade ending in 2009 was the warmest on record, new surface temperature figures released Thursday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration show. The agency also found that 2009 was the second warmest year since 1880, when modern temperature measurement began. The warmest year was 2005. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/science/earth/22warming.html?ref=todayspaper Climate Change Camp Experiencing a Cooling-Off Period. Global warming’s heyday of 2006 and 2007 is long gone. With temperatures dropping recently, skepticism may be rising. To their way of thinking, it’s fine and good to be bellyaching about rising sea levels when it’s 100 degrees outside. It’s easy to remember to carry around your reusable tote bag when drought begets parched hillsides, which beget wildfires, which beget air that smells like rotisserie chicken minus the chicken. Posted. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100124/OPINION/100129772/1042?Title=Climate-change-camp-experiencing-a-cooling-off-period Conditions Improving For Ethanol Producers. Pacific Ethanol, other companies gearing up to boost capacity to meet expected increase in demand. Idled ethanol plants, such as the one operated in Idaho by Pacific Ethanol Inc., are coming back on line as the industry’s survivors bet on a recovery. Sacramento-based Pacific Ethanol and other ethanol firms are placing their bets largely because of improving market conditions as well as the federal renewable-fuel standard, which requires oil companies to expand their ethanol purchases every year for the next dozen years. California’s low-carbon fuel standard also could boost demand. Posted. http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/01/25/story7.html?b=1264395600^2774701&t=printable A New Heavyweight Among Hybrids. TESTED: Caterpillar D7E WHAT IS IT? A diesel-electric bulldozer. HOW MUCH? Base price is $560,000; as tested, $600,000. Loading up with options like a heated seat, rear camera, rock guards, GPS tracking device and autopilot blade controls can run the sticker to $650,000. WHAT MAKES IT RUN? A 9.3-liter 6-cylinder Caterpillar turbodiesel, rated at 235 horsepower and 719 pound-feet of torque, bolts to a 480-volt generator. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/automobiles/autoreviews/24DOZER.html Fremont Considers New Green Requirements. Fremont — Not even global warming can come between Fremont and the automobile, but the city is beginning to debate green initiatives that could affect where residents eat and the resale value of their homes. One idea under consideration would require that homes be brought up to the latest environmental and energy efficient standards at the point of sale. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14241641 Judge Rules Bay Area "Ghost Fleet" Violates Pollution Laws. Sacramento — A federal judge has found that a fleet of rotting warships anchored near San Francisco Bay is in violation of federal and state pollution laws. Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. ruled in U.S. District Court in Sacramento today that the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet was in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14241638 Fight Over Kettleman Landfill Headed To Court. Kettleman City, Calif.—The fate of expansion plans for California's largest hazardous-waste landfill in Kettleman City that some blame for causing birth defects is headed to court. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14240891?nclick_check=1 Port of Oakland Trucker Strike Averted. Oakland — A planned strike Wednesday by frustrated Port of Oakland truckers was narrowly averted when Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums appealed to the drivers for patience. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_14233580 Energy Efficiency To Shine In 2010. Solar and wind power may get the headlines and attention, but green-tech experts say 2010 will be dominated by energy efficiency, the mundane but critical process of cutting the amount of gas and electricity that homes and offices use. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_14241691 China To Rich Nations: Hand Out Climate Money Now. New Delhi—Brazil, China, India and South Africa called Sunday for developed countries to quickly begin handing over the $10 billion pledged in Copenhagen to poor countries to help them deal with the effects of climate change. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_14259061 Scientists Create Model Of Monster 'Frankenstorm'. Los Angeles—Think the recent wild weather that hammered California was bad? Experts are imagining far worse. As torrential rains pelted wildfire-stripped hillsides and flooded highways, a team of scientists hunkered down at the California Institute of Technology to work on a "Frankenstorm" scenario—a mother lode wintry blast that could potentially sock the Golden State. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_14259247 Stop Eating Meat and Save the Planet? Delegates arriving at the gates of the climate conference in Copenhagen last month were met by women in furry animal suits holding placards showing pictures of lambs, cows and pigs and warning, “Don’t Eat Me.” Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/business/energy-environment/25iht-green25.html?scp=2&sq=climate%20change&st=cse Sunflower DNA Map Could Produce Plants For Fuel. Sioux Falls, S.D. -- A $10.5 million research project aimed at mapping the DNA sequence of sunflowers could one day yield a towering new variety for both food and fuel. Researchers envision crossbreeding a standard sunflower with the Silverleaf species out of Texas to produce a hybrid with bright yellow flowers bursting with tasty seeds and thick stalks filled with complex sugars that can be turned into ethanol. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/22/national/a000055S18.DTL&type=printable California’s Burning Secrets. In past years our elected officials have warned that the smoke from the burning of forests in the Amazon and elsewhere causes air pollution, climate change, destruction of our environment, drought, increasing health problems, and other maladies. We decry the decimation while sitting smugly in our own states, counties, towns, and rural communities here in the United States, pretending that smoke pollution only happens in other nations, not our own. Posted. http://www.newswithviews.com/Peterson/rosalind123.htm Feds To Set Government Wide GHG Target. The Obama administration will cut its own greenhouse gases in what a White House official described yesterday an "ambitious" plan to reduce the federal government's emissions by 2020. With more than 500,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles and providing a range of goods and services, the federal government is the nation's single largest energy user. But the total level of emissions is still unknown. The cuts will be measured against a 2008 baseline and, experts said, will mark the first time the government gets a real gauge on its carbon footprint. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/01/22/5 Calif. Nuclear Revival? A French Company Rolls The Dice. Correction appended. San Francisco -- Conventional wisdom says California is a lousy place to bet on new nuclear power. In Berkeley, the city government won't buy services of any kind from a company that refuses to sign a "nuclear free" disclosure. In Sacramento, a moratorium against new reactor construction has held since 1976. And statewide, energy developers have a hard enough time securing permits for massive power plants run by renewable energy, much less finding enough political daylight to launch a multibillion-dollar nuclear project. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/01/22/1 Algae Growth Has Significant Environmental Impact – Study. Growing algae for use in biofuels has a greater environmental impact than sources such as corn, switch grass and canola, researchers found in the first life-cycle assessment of algae growth. Interest in algae-based biofuels has blossomed in the past year, sparking major investments from Exxon Mobil Corp. and Dow Chemical Co., and it has gained steam on Capitol Hill, as well. But the nascent industry has major environmental hurdles to overcome before ramping up production, according to research published this week in Environmental Science and Technology. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/01/22/8 Blogs Global Warming: Ballot Initiative Would Curb California Efforts. So what happens if California delays the implementation of its landmark global warming law, Assembly Bill 32? The state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has done the math on Measure 94, a proposed ballot measure, and assessed the fallout. Its verdict? The measure would cripple but not completely dismantle the state's efforts to slash its greenhouse gas emissions; it could lead to bigger short-term profits for some businesses, but dampen investments in clean technology and green jobs. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/01/global-warming-ab-32-measure-94-climate-change-schwarzenegger.html To Save Sea Life, Power Plants Face Tough New Rules. The massive cooling towers would rise like a row of silos along Intertate 5, the domes of the San Onofre nuclear plant facing them across eight lanes of traffic. That’s the nightmare scenario suggested by officials at Southern California Edison, the nuclear plant’s owners and operators, if they are forced by a state environmental agency to abandon the plant’s ocean-water cooling system. The system’s screened pipe can suck in two billion gallons of seawater a day to condense steam heated by the plant’s two nuclear reactors, though the seawater never makes contact with nuclear material. Posted. http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/23/to-save-sea-life-power-plants-face-tough-new-rules/18929/