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**Amendment** for California Air Resources Board Newsclips for May 13, 2010. California Air Resources Board News Clips for May 13, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE ** Schwarzenegger Backs California As Hub For Green Jobs. California can boost its economy while improving the environment if the state sticks by its law to reduce carbon emissions, said a panel of business and government leaders assembled at UC Davis on Wednesday to discuss the notion that the Sacramento region could become a hub for green jobs. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/13/2746982/greenhub-apoisdfopau-sdiopf-aopsidf.html** Senate Climate Bill Would Create 'Task Force' to Assess Power Plant Rules. A little-noticed provision within the Senate climate bill unveiled yesterday would create a "task force" to explore how federal and state environmental programs would affect the ability of coal-fired power plants to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/05/13/13climatewire-senate-climate-bill-would-create-task-force-t-1622.html?pagewanted=print Climate Bill Has New Drilling Protections. Washington - Coastal states could veto offshore drilling plans under long-awaited legislation to curb global warming unveiled Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would allow states to opt out of federal drilling up to 75 miles from their shores, a concession to lawmakers concerned about offshore exploration in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15070926 New Climate Bill Offers Changes, Compromises. Washington -- Two U.S. senators Wednesday unveiled a new climate and energy bill that makes some concessions to business and would change the way the nation produces and uses electricity in a global drive for cleaner energy and to end climate-damaging emissions. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/05/12/1930991/new-climate-bill-offers-changes.html Venture, Clean-Tech Sectors Brace for $50 Million Attack on Climate Law. San Francisco -- Venture capital interests and political operatives gearing up for a fight this fall over California's climate change law are pressing donors to counter what they fear will be a campaign war chest in excess of $50 million from those looking to delay the measure. A coalition has begun forming among clean-tech companies, venture capital firms, environmental groups and veteran strategists who have fought through presidential campaigns as well as tough proposition battles in California. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/05/13/13climatewire-venture-clean-tech-sectors-brace-for-50-mill-97154.html?pagewanted=print Sens. Kerry And Lieberman Introduce Compromise Climate Bill. Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced a compromise climate bill Wednesday, hoping public concern about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will boost the measure's long-shot chances for passage. While the legislation is different from the House-passed climate bill in several respects -- it seeks carbon reductions from separate sectors of the economy rather than imposing a nationwide limit, and it provides more incentives for new nuclear power and offshore oil drilling -- it still faces a steep hill in attracting the 60 votes needed for passage. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/12/AR2010051202913_pf.html EPA Issues Final 'Tailoring' Rule. U.S. EPA today issued its final "tailoring" rule for greenhouse gas emissions, a contentious policy aimed at shielding small polluters from rigid clean air act permitting requirements. EPA's rule "tailors" permitting programs to limit the number of facilities that would be required to obtain New Source Review and Title V operating permits based on their greenhouse gas emissions. EPA said the threshold would cover power plants, refineries and other large industrial plants while exempting smaller sources like farms, restaurants, schools and other facilities. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/05/13/1 New Climate Bill Adds Offshore Drilling Veto. States could block neighbors; Obama backs, but how much? Washington - Coastal states could veto offshore drilling plans under long-awaited legislation to curb global warming that was unveiled Wednesday. The proposal by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. comes just as the Gulf oil disaster complicates the measure's already slim chances of passage. Posted. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37110916/ns/us_news-environment/print/1/displaymode/1098/ Democratic Senators to Introduce Climate Change-Energy Bill, but Outlook Uncertain. Washington -- After months of negotiations and weeks of delay, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) will finally unveil their plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions and spur clean energy growth on Wednesday – and the biggest challenge will be selling the notion that the bill has any chance of passage. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-climate-change11-20100511,0,6510949.story Ban Urges Canada To Put Environment On G20 Agenda. Toronto — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday urged Canada's Conservative government to champion climate change and the world's poor at next month's G-20 and G-8 summits. Ban said he wants Canada to make climate change a priority when the country hosts the G-20 — the group of leading rich and developing nations — in Toronto. He also urged Canada to live up to its greenhouse-gas reduction targets negotiated under the Kyoto Protocol. Posted. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1MHTEwvhLEhaxmGR_wjEqzg2amwD9FLHCR84 http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15070880 Bill Aimed At Stemming Global Warming, Create Jobs. Washington -- Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that aims to curtail pollution blamed for global warming, reduce oil imports and create millions of energy-related jobs. The 987-page bill, the product of more than seven months of negotiations and tweaked recently in response to the Gulf oil spill, also includes new protections for offshore drilling and for the first time would set a price on carbon dioxide emissions produced by coal-fired power plants and other large polluters. Posted. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/05/12/general-multiutilities-us-climate-bill_7600889.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews California Jobs Initiative, Backed By Out-Of-State Oil, Seeks To Overturn California Global Warming Law. The California Jobs Initiative has submitted over 800,000 signatures, more than twice as many as needed to be on the ballot in November. It seeks, in effect, to overturn the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32) by suspending it unless California unemployment is less than 5.5% for four consecutive quarters, something which rarely happens. AB32 requires that greenhouse gas emissions in California be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, which is roughly what Kyoto Protocol provisions are. Posted. http://caivn.org/article/2010/05/13/california-jobs-initiative-backed-out-state-oil-seeks-overturn-california-global- UC Davis Clean-Tech Forum Shows Support For AB 32. The University of California Davis on Wednesday launched an effort to establish a clean-energy hub in the Sacramento region and Bay Area that would drive innovations out of laboratories and into the marketplace. More than 270 people attended a half-day event to kick off the effort to create a network of researchers, governments, corporations and investors. Posted. http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/05/10/daily32.html?t=printable Environmental Fund Receives Record $4.25B Replenishment. The world’s largest public environmental fund, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), received a record boost from donor countries this week with more than 30 nations pledging US$4.25 billion. GEF said the funding is the first significant multilateral step toward the commitments made in Copenhagen on climate change. Posted. http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.printerfriendly/id/20304 AIR POLLUTION Chico Hourly Particulate Levels For Five Days In December. This chart shows hourly particulate pollution levels as measured at the Chico air pollution monitor, installed and operated by the California Air Resources Board. During the period of Dec. 7-11, 2009, the device recorded spikes, shown on the chart above, that are one reason residential wood burning is assessed the bulk of the blame for Chico's particulate problem. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/news/oroville/ci_15076080 A Burning Issue: Is The Problem Really The Monitor? The real cause of Chico's particulate pollution problem, some skeptics say, is the California Air Resources Board's pollution monitor in town. Why is there only one? Why is it right next to the freeway, where it will surely show higher air pollution numbers? In fact, Highway 99 is about a quarter-mile from the monitor. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_15074756 A Burning Issue: Ozone The Other Pollution: Cars, Trucks Are Culprits. The biggest contributors to air pollution in Butte County are cars and trucks. But they're minor players when it comes to the winter particulate pollution problem, according to air pollution officials. Instead, they're one of the culprits in a summertime pollution that in Butte County also exceeds federal health standards: ozone. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_15074753 A Burning Issue: Heated debate - Does wood smoke health risk warrant regulation? On the evening of Dec. 8 last year, Butte County residents hurried home from work, eager to reach the warmth of their homes. The area was in the grip of a cold snap, with highs in the mid-40s for several days and overnight temperatures in the low 20s. As soon as they arrived home, in thousands of those dwellings fires were lit in fireplaces or wood-burning stoves to drive off the chill. Smoke began drifting out of numerous chimneys. Posted. http://www.chicoer.com/ci_15074766?source=most_viewed CARB Announces Courses on DPFs. The California Air Resources Board has announced upcoming courses on diesel particulate filters and aftertreatment devices. The course will cover diesel particulate matter and their health effects; diesel engine particulate matter and NOx production and control strategies; DPF theory, operation, construction, and application; as well as regulations requiring particulate filters. Other topics include diesel oxidation catalysts; continually regenerating traps; NOx catalysts; ammonia slip; selective catalytic reduction; NOx adsorber catalysts in addition to passive, active, online and offline regenerating strategies. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=70396 OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Opinion: A Bad Bet on Carbon. ON Wednesday, John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman introduced their long-awaited Senate energy bill, which includes incentives of $2 billion per year for carbon capture and sequestration, the technology that removes carbon dioxide from the smokestack at power plants and forces it into underground storage. This significant allocation would come on top of the $2.4 billion for carbon capture projects that appeared in last year’s stimulus package. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/opinion/13bryce.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print Opinion: Struggling For Cleaner Air. The tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico makes it clearer than ever just how costly our dangerous addiction to dirty fossil fuels really is. Los Angeles has better air than it had years ago, all due to clean-air regulation. Now, these greedy oil people want to make things worse again. Bush/Cheney did enough on removing some regulations to make their cronies richer. I moved from Los Angeles nine years ago to come to a cleaner area. Posted. http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_f6542f88-5e4a-11df-b8c6-001cc4c002e0.html Opinion Polls Underestimate Americans' Concern About The Environment, Study Finds. When pollsters ask Americans to name the most important problem facing the country, the environment is rarely mentioned. But this time-honored polling question masks the public's true concern about environmental issues, according to Stanford University researchers. Posted. http://www.physorg.com/print192963851.html MORAIN: Total divorce: The GOP and Arnold. It was a world filled with mutants, prostitutes, double-crossed and diabolical leaders. No, not Sacramento, but the sci-fi thriller "Total Recall." The treacherous femme fatale played by Sharon Stone slowly draws a gun from behind her back as she pleads with the action hero. "Sweetheart, be reasonable," she says, "After all, we're married." The action hero shoots first. "Consider that a divorce," he says in his Austrian accent. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/2010/05/12/v-print/1164931/morain-total-divorce-the-gop-and.html LETTERS Letter To Editor: Ken Cuccinelli And Others Are Overreacting On Global Warming. Regarding the May 7 editorial "Mr. Cuccinelli's witch hunt": The things we don't know about the climate far exceed the things we do. The admitted uncertainties and disclaimers in all climate science attest to the incredible complexity of our global climate. The complete absence of these disclaimers in the popular media and in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's political "Summary for Policymakers" gives the false impression that the science is settled. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/12/AR2010051204707_pf.html Letter to Editor: Boycott Valero. What is going on with this country? California has to fight off companies that are trying to harm it in every way. Ever heard of Enron? Greed will be the end of us. There is now a Texas-based oil company, Valero, that’s hijacking our broken initiatives process in an attempt to rollback our state’s landmark legislation to abate climate change, AB32. AB 32 establishes that California, the planet’s 12th-biggest emitter of CO2, is first in the world for legislated reductions of greenhouse gases. Posted. http://www.newtimesslo.com/letters-to-the-editor/4399/boycott-valero/ MISCELLANEOUS Palo Alto Adopts Landfill Gas Energy. As oil companies search for untapped reservoirs and engineers struggle to develop cheaper renewable energy, usable natural gas seeps daily from the world’s landfills. Now, after a heavily debated decision by the Palo Alto City Council, landfill gas from Bay Area facilities could power local homes. In a 5-4 vote last Monday, the council approved two contracts with Ameresco, a company that plans to generate electricity using gas produced during the breakdown of refuse in landfills. Posted. http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/05/13/palo-alto-adopts-landfill-gas-energy/ County to Offer Incentives For You To Go Green. MARINA, Calif. At first AB32 sounds like a new blood type right? It has nothing to do with that but everything to do with electric vehicles and environmental living. AB32 is a new climate change bill which aims to better the health of Monterey County. First drafted back on April 19th, like every other county in California, the bill requires that Monterey County lay out it's plans to lower green house gas emissions. Posted. http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?s=12473093&clienttype=printable Fremont Latest Bay Area City To Ban Plastic Foam. Fremont — Starting Jan. 1, the only plastic-foam food packaging you'll find in Fremont will be on supermarket shelves. The city on Tuesday joined about 40 state jurisdictions in prohibiting food vendors — from taco trucks to fancy restaurants — from using the once ubiquitous plastic-foam takeout containers, which do not decompose in landfills. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15070617 Infineon Raceway To Host A First In U.S.: A Zero-Carbon Motorcycle Race. The question came early and often: "Excuse me, is this thing on?" The answer was simple and silent as Kenyon Kluge sped his motorcycle down the straightaway at Infineon Raceway this week. There was hardly a sound from the engine nor a sign of exhaust. Look closely at the back of the bike and there's something missing. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_15076149?source%253Dmost_emailed.26978592730A3B8C7F471EACE0DA4EF2.html BLOGS Climate Change Bill In A Tough Spot. Last night, John Kerry and Joe Lieberman appeared on John King's CNN program to promote their climate bill, the American Power Act. The transcript is fairly lengthy, but at no point does King ask them to explain the provisions of their bill. Instead, he begins by asking whether they have 60 votes, tries to get them to explain why John McCain isn't on the legislation, and then asks them to comment on the Sestak-Specter race in Pennsylvania. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/john_kerry_and_joe_lieberman_h.html Gulf Oil Spill: Environmentalists Stage Protests Around The Country. A coalition of environmental and social justice groups organized a 20-city protest Wednesday, including one in Los Angeles, urging consumers to gather at nearby BP gas stations advertised by the company as “eco-friendly.” The so-called Seize BP National Day of Action protest was scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. at BP’s Green Curve gas station at 8770 W. Olympic Blvd., said Ian Thompson, a spokesman for the group called Answer Coalition. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/05/gulf-oil-spil-environmentalists-stage-protests-around-the-country.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29 EVs Will Fail in the Marketplace, Says a Battery Insider. The debate about battery cars should be a big tent, with room for plenty of contrary opinions. I believe in giving these folks a say, even if think they’re off base. My own views are sharply different, and much more sanguine about the plug-in future. Yesterday, I looked at some very negative conclusions from Janney Capital Markets. Posted. http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10004948/a-battery-car-insider-offers-negative-prospects/ Could the Climate Bill Undermine Existing Air Rules? Health groups are raising concerns about a provision buried in the 987-page American Power Act unveiled yesterday [1] that they believe might undermine existing clean-air standards. On page 182 of the bill from Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is directed to "establish a task force" that would examine "existing programs" at the state and local level to curb pollutants from power plants. Posted. http://motherjones.com/print/59441 A Tough Observer of Climate Prescriptions. The latest online column from Richard Black of the BBC demonstrates why he’s at the top of the heap among those of us trying to make sense of global climate trends and diplomacy. He deconstructs the merits and drawbacks of the Hartwell Paper, an endeavor by a variegated crew of economists, political scientists and others to chart a reality-based path toward limiting risks from climate extremes while, in the long haul, curbing emissions of greenhouse gases. Posted. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/a-tough-observer-of-climate-prescriptions/?pagemode=print The American Power Act: A View from California. Today's release of the long-awaited climate bill by Senators Kerry and Lieberman has set D.C. abuzz. As everyone delves into the details of this initial proposal (aka the "American Power Act"), it's clear that this announcement marks real progress in the fight against climate change. Most importantly, the formal proposal reignites the prospect that our country will take real action this year to reduce our dependence on oil and produce more American-made power and clean energy jobs. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dfesta/detail??blogid=168&entry_id=63435#ixzz0npaPFdc0