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newsclips -- News Clips for April 8, 2010

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:02:47
California Air Resources Board News Clips for April 8, 2010.

This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office
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Ports Strengthen Clean Air Plans. The Ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach strengthened their Clean Air Action Plan Wednesday,
setting new goals for curbing pollution over the next decade. 
"This updated Clean Air Action Plan underscores the ongoing
commitment our ports have made toward reducing our impact on
surrounding communities and the region," Port of Los Angeles
Executive Director Geraldine Knatz said. Posted.
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_14838452 

Clean Air Plan Targets Industries from Dairies to Developers.
Bay Area oil refineries could be required to cut fumes from tanks
and pipes. Dairy farmers might have to provide feed that lessens
the gas expelled by cows. Homebuilders could be required to
design housing tracts to minimize residents' car travel. Even
winemakers might have to operate under a rule to limit the
sweet-smelling vapors that escape from fermentation tanks.
Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14824647
 
Air Pollution Fines: Where Is The Line Drawn? Since 1988, the
California Air Resources Board has been required by the
California Clean Air Act to minimize the amount of volatile
organic compounds being released into the atmosphere. A specified
level of VOCs permitted has been decided upon. Recently, however,
Conopco Inc. has decided that this is a regulation with which it
does not feel the need to comply. Posted.
http://media.www.hillsdalecollegian.com/media/storage/paper1270/news/2010/04/08/Opinion/Air-Pollution.Fines.Where.Is.The.Line.Drawn-3901964.shtml


Small-Business Association Wants To Suspend AB 32. Assembly Bill
32 will “create enormous financial burdens” on small-business
owners, especially as many struggle for survival during the
recession, according to the state’s largest small-business
association. NFIB, the National Federation of Independent
Business, favors the California Jobs Initiative, a proposition
that would temporarily suspend AB 32 to protect jobs and
small-business owners in the state, said John Kabateck, executive
director of NFIB/California in Sacramento. Posted.
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/04/05/daily37.html


LAO: A Heavy Hitter in the Fight over Environmental Issues. In
the battlefield that is California’s greenhouse gas emissions
law, the opposing forces have been clearly defined: Industry and
business  interests seek limits or an outright repeal, while
environmental groups, their allies and – thus far – the public
favor the statute. But a third major player has gradually entered
the fray over the past year: the Legislative Analyst’s Office.
For a nonpartisan office that advises lawmakers on the state
budget and myriad fiscal issues, the appearance of the LAO is a
surprise, not only in air-quality issues but in an array of other
environmental questions facing the Capitol. Posted.
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yr7rdqeiu6ttzh&xid=yr62rebqb0x0io&done=.yr7rdqeiu7htzh


Opinion: Greenhouse Gas Law Doesn’t Deal With Pollution. In
recent months, my taking the lead to suspend AB 32 has garnered
the attention of media outlets across the nation and most
importantly that of Californians. I am glad that people are
taking the time to discuss this momentous issue, seeing how it
will affect California for years to come. However, much of what
has been published has been one-sided and at times downright
misleading. It is important now, more than ever, for Californians
to get the facts straight and make an informed decision for their
future and that of our great state. Posted.
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yr7xrdpja3xfta&xid=yr7x902xmutabi&done=.yr7xrdpja4lfta


'Cool-Car' Mandate Killed Just In Time. Sometimes we are spared
the unintended consequences of government meddling. The
California Air Resources Board, which plans to dictate massive
changes to the economy, realized before it was too late how
foolish its plans were to reduce motorists’ carbon footprints by
requiring reflective glaze on vehicle windows. Posted.
http://www.vvdailypress.com/opinion/plans-18467-government-consequences.html


Opinion: California's AB 32 Is a Losing Climate Bet. To say
times are tough is an understatement. California families feel
under siege, with an economy that stays down while housing prices
do the same. So it's entirely reasonable that California's
leaders, including those vying for the state's top executive job
in November, are reconsidering the economically unsound AB 32,
which is a toxic mix of command-and-control efforts to forcibly
limit carbon emissions and pseudo-market functions such as a
troubled cap-and-trade scheme. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_14839819?nclick_check=1 

Texas Oil Firms Oppose California Climate Law. Several Texas oil
companies are bankrolling a petition drive to suspend
California’s path-breaking climate change law in a move that may
prove a bellwether for national efforts to address global
warming. The Valero Energy Corporation, a San Antonio-based
company that is one of the nation’s largest independent oil
refiners and retailers, has contributed $500,000 to a ballot
initiative that would halt the carrying out of the California
climate law known as Assembly Bill 32, which Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger, a Republican, signed in 2006. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/earth/08energy.html 

Climate Talks Could Pick Up From Failed Summit. Climate change
negotiators convening this weekend are hoping to renew momentum
on a new global warming treaty after setbacks at the Copenhagen
summit four months ago — but the talks could easily turn into a
round of recriminations. Delegates from 175 countries begin a
three-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, on Friday with an open
session meant to be a stocktaking. But it could turn bitter over
blame for the failure to deliver a firm agreement in the Danish
capital on limiting manmade emissions of greenhouse gases, the
cause of the Earth's rising average temperatures. Posted. .
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14843623
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9TuMrvrknh-ZXwqmZ2N-48kff3wD9EUSVK00


Viewpoints: Curtis Park Plan Must Meet Toxics Law. Judging by
its editorials, The Bee seems to think that Curtis Park Village
is primarily a test of the city's ability to do an infill
project. It's not that simple. The Curtis Park railyard is a
state Superfund site. Its soil is laced with lead, arsenic and
other cancer-causing pollutants. The central issue that's haunted
this piece of property for 23 years is that every time someone
sticks a shovel into the ground, more hazardous waste turns up.
That's because this property was more than a "railyard." For
decades, it was a large, very dirty, locomotive repair shop and
unlicensed, unlined industrial landfill. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/08/2663002/curtis-park-plan-must-meet-toxics.html#ixzz0kWlX7UWB

S.F. Program To Help Homeowners Go Green. One of the nation's
largest and most ambitious home-retrofit and alternative-energy
programs is being launched right here in San Francisco next week.
GreenFinanceSF is a $150 million, privately funded program
enabling San Francisco property owners to have money-saving
energy-efficiency measures - like low-flow toilets and
double-paned windows - and noncarbon energy sources, like solar,
installed in their homes and businesses.  Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/08/BUJ31CQMF5.DTL#ixzz0kWvLO8VO

California searches abroad for partners before saying all aboard
on high speed rail. As California's High Speed Rail Authority
meets in San Jose today to concentrate on the touchy subject of
where to run the tracks that will whiz bullet trains through the
Bay Area, it is looking much farther for a partner to help
engineer and pay for the $43 billion project: China and a few
other countries with money and expertise. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14840092

Blogs

Aw, Why Bother Pricing The Global Warming Law? A bill that would
have required economic analysis of any significant regulations
dictated by the California Air Resources Board died in committee
yesterday on a strictly partisan vote. (Guess which party voted
against) SB 960 by Bob Dutton, who isn’t in that party, would
have required oversight and accountability of the state air
police by mandating a thorough economic analysis of any
regulations those unaccountable bureaucrats decide to foist upon
us. But heck, why consider cost benefit analysis and
technological feasibility of regulations? What good could that
do? Posted.
http://orangepunch.freedomblogging.com/2010/04/07/aw-why-bother-pricing-the-global-warming-law/20487/


Climate Change Could Be GOP Downfall. California Republican
candidates, led by Meg Whitman, are running on a platform this
year to rollback the state’s landmark climate-change legislation,
but a new poll reveals that the GOP’s move could prove
disastrous. The Field Poll shows that AB32, the 2006 law that
Whitman and Republicans want to suspend because they claim it
will harm the economy, is supported by 58 percent of state
residents, the Sacramento Bee reports today. Posted.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/04/07/climate-change-could-be-gop-downfall


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