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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 of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. 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