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Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:33:14
California Air Resources Board News Clips for June 17, 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/GHG’S A Call To Reduce Fossil Fuels, Without Specifics. Obama urges new efforts to reduce U.S. dependence on oil, citing the 'tragedy unfolding' in the Gulf of Mexico. But analysts say major changes in energy policy face old obstacles. President Obama on Tuesday night capped his Oval Office address on the massive gulf oil spill with a call for new efforts to reduce U.S. dependence on oil, saying "the tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean-energy future is now." Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-oil-facts-20100616,0,5199259,print.story Senate Democrats to Discuss Energy Plans Before Obama Meeting. Senate Democrats will debate today whether measures to boost renewable electricity sources such as wind farms and to limit greenhouse gases should be part of legislation that responds to BP Plc's oil spill. The closed-door meeting will gauge Democratic support for these proposals before President Barack Obama brings Republicans into talks on energy legislation next week at the White House. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/06/16/bloomberg1376-L460P40D9L35-1.DTL&type=printable Big Oil’s Hazardous Landscape on Repeal of AB 32. When Texas oil refiners Valero and Tesoro were contemplating whether to buy their way onto the California ballot last winter, they envisioned a ripe environment for their proposition to repeal the state’s clean energy and air standards: skyrocketing unemployment rates, a Tea Party-inspired anti-regulation backlash, and increased skepticism about the science of global warming fueled by the rants of right-wing talking heads Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Posted. http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/06/big-oils-hazardous-landscape-on-repeal-of-ab-32/ Actions Lag Ambitions On Local Greenhouse Gas Plan. When the Coachella Valley's nine mayors signed a pledge in April 2009 to create a greenhouse gas inventory of the region — the first step in a regional effort to improve energy efficiency, sustainability and air quality — they faced a formidable challenge. Perhaps too formidable. More than a year since signing the pledge, the valley still lacks an audit of greenhouse gases: the carbon dioxide and other emissions from fossil fuels that most scientists say are key contributors to climate change. Posted. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100617/NEWS07/6170311/Actions-lag-ambitions-on-local-greenhouse-gas-plan Climate Change Polls. To the Editor: “The Climate Majority,” by Jon A. Krosnick (Op-Ed, June 9), could leave the impression that polls showing a decline in American concern about climate change should be ignored or are incorrect. This would be a mistake. A number of survey questions, conducted by several polling organizations — including Mr. Krosnick’s own recent survey — show demonstrable drops in Americans’ acknowledgment of and concern about global warming. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/lweb17gallup.html?pagewanted=print AIR QUALITY Air Quality Improving, Says Port Of Long Beach Report. Efforts to clean up local air quality are paying off, according to the Port of Long Beach and its recently-released report. The reports shows that in 2009, air pollution fell for the third straight year and some key pollutants saw declines of up to 50-percent. Calculating air quality is always a tricky science, and can be highly controversial when the Port is producing its own study and is a known source of air pollution in the region. Posted. http://www.lbpost.com/ryan/9969 State Launches Kettleman City Environmental Probe. The California Environmental Protection Agency has started testing of the soil, water and air in Kettleman City in the Central Valley following reports of an unusual number of birth defects. State officials are going door-to-door notifying residents of activities that will happen during the next 10 weeks. “This is a matter of urgency for our agency and the people of Kettleman City, and we want to expedite our investigation into potential environmental exposures in this city,” says Secretary for Environmental Protection Linda Adams. Posted. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=15497 Wood Stoves Under Fire As Health Risk. Chico, Calif. — When Darrell McGillis, 82, steps outside to fetch the newspaper on a winter morning, his lungs serve as his personal barometer. If the air is thick with chimney smoke, his nostrils and lungs begin to burn. “If I spend any time out there, I have to take a breath of my inhaler when I get back inside,” said McGillis, a cardiac patient whose lungs are wracked with a chronic disorder. He relies on three separate prescription devices to ease his breathing. Posted. http://www.fairwarning.org/2010/06/wood-stoves-under-fire-as-health-risk/print/ ENERGY Trade Group Questions Climate Law's Ability To Create 'Green' Jobs. San Francisco -- California's chief manufacturing trade group released a detailed report yesterday attacking the state's climate change law and other policies meant to encourage "green" job creation as a way to reverse one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. The "Truth about Green Jobs and California," by economist Bill Watkins of California Lutheran University, attempts to dismantle the reasoning behind those who anticipate an explosion of clean tech jobs under A.B. 32, the climate change law that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/06/17/7 Obama Renews Debate On Energy Bill. The wheels are turning on an issue that was all but dead before the gulf oil spill. Now the president is to meet with senators for broad, bipartisan talks about the legislative path forward. President Obama may not yet have persuaded Congress to approve a sweeping new energy bill, but as Senate Democrats meet behind closed doors Thursday to hammer out a list of proposals, he has clearly rekindled the debate. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-congress-20100617,0,5243021,print.story Drive Over Renewable Energy Picks Up Steam. A landmark agreement requiring California’s utilities to get a third of their power from solar, wind and other forms of renewable power is within striking distance. Negotiations have been under way in the Capitol for months between the Schwarzenegger administration and an array of interests – energy generators, utilities, organized labor, environmentalists. Participants say they are close. At stake are billions of dollars worth of energy production and perhaps 240,000 jobs. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yx5bfsegxuhsgf&xid=yx4hvnklowhgne&done=.yx5bfsegxv6sgf# Catching The Wind: Turbines Play Key Role In Renewable Energy. As California considers boosting its use of renewable energy, wind power is playing an increasingly important role. Wind turbines, which represent a major source of renewable energy, are not to be confused with windmills, which grind stones, cut lumber and pump water. Wind turbines are often placed together in large fields called wind farms, which are large scale green energy producers. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=yx4i1xl09x5htj VEHICLES Obama Stimulus To Pay For 15,000 Home Electric-Car Charging Units. Early buyers of the electric Chevrolet Volt could be eligible to get a free home electric charging station worth up to $2,000 -- paid for with economic stimulus money administered by the Obama administration, General Motors says. The program could give the free electric installation to up to 4,400 Volt buyers from among 15,000 total installations among purchasers of all electric-car brands, according to GM. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/06/obama-stimulus-to-pay-for-15000-home-electric-car-charging-units/1 Battery Supply Could Outpace Electric Vehicle Sales – Analysts. Electric vehicles have a strong future in the United States, but plants producing batteries could outpace vehicle production, analysts warn. Billions of dollars have been invested into battery cell technology and production, according to Michael Crane, managing director of hybrids and electric vehicles for Continental Corp. Crane said he could think of nine battery providers in North America alone, which could result in a large supply-demand gap, as high as 1.3 million units in five years. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/06/17/14 DIESELS Trucking's Carbon Footprint Goes Beyond On-Road Vehicles. A trucking company's carbon footprint goes beyond its on-road vehicle fleet to include other direct emissions, indirect emissions and the optional "life-cycle" emissions, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. ATRI released the findings of its analysis of greenhouse gas reporting tools and emissions models, with the goal of helping carriers quantify potential sources of greenhouse gases within their operations. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-print.asp?news_id=70742 OIL SPILL California Agency Helps With Gulf Oil Cleanup. When the Dubai Star spilled 400 gallons of bunker fuel into the San Francisco Bay in October, the Office of Spill Prevention and Response got right on it, as it does with every spill in California, from the Cosco Busan's 53,000 gallons off the Bay Bridge in 2007, to the 3,000 gallons dumped by an overturned tanker truck east of Donner Summit last month. Currently, 17 staff members of the state agency, a division of the Department of Fish and Game, are helping out in the Gulf of Mexico. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/17/BUBA1DVJ7J.DTL&type=printable BP To Create $20 Billion Compensation Fund. Washington - Under pressure from President Obama, BP agreed Wednesday to set aside $20 billion in a spill recovery escrow account to compensate Gulf Coast fishermen and others who have lost wages and work because of the massive spill from one of the company's deepwater wells. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/17/MNGP1E0COJ.DTL&type=printable BLOGS An Electrifying Vision: 20 Million Plug-in Hybrids in 5 Years (Video). With the backdrop of devastated communities and ecosystems in the Gulf, President Obama took the opportunity to challenge the nation to move our clean energy transition forward--but what would that look like? Marc Spitzer of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) makes his case for a transformation of our vehicle fleet to plug-ins. He is confident that America has the technology to power 20 million plug-in vehicles in the next five years. But is it all that easy? Posted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-sesno/an-electrifying-vision-20_b_615670.html?view=print Air Quality Less Sooty At Port of Long Beach. Airborne contaminants emanating from the Port of Long Beach, one of the biggest pollution producers in the County, dropped for the third year in a row in 2009, reports the Long Beach Post. Some key pollutants dropped by 50 percent, as well. There's reason to be a little skeptical because the numbers come from a report prepared by the port itself, but the number gathering did utilize techniques approved by the California Air Resources Board and the Air Quality Management District. Posted. http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/06/air_quality_less_sooty_in_long_beach.php EPA Should Proceed With Market-Based Regulations. The EPA can and must proceed with new rules--but it must do so using market-based mechanisms that will not clash with possible future congressional actions. It is bound by law to proceed, but it can move wisely by laying groundwork that will come at the lowest possible costs to business and will mesh well with the legislation Congress will hopefully enact someday soon. Posted. http://views.washingtonpost.com/climate-change/panelists/richard_revesz/2010/06/epa_should_proceed_with_market-based_regulations.html Shore Power For Cruise Ships Coming To San Diego. Work crews at the Port of San Diego have begun to install equipment to allow docked cruise ships to plug into electrical power from the shore. The project will mean cruise ships won't need to run their diesel engines to power the ships while docked at the port, reducing the amount of air pollution generated along the shore. The $7-million project should be completed by December but will allow only one cruise ship at a time to plug into the power system, according to port officials. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/06/shore-power-for-cruise-ships-coming-to-san-diego.html Electric Cars: How Far Can They Go — Really? Novi, Mich.-One of the big questions hanging over the string of electric cars that the world’s auto makers are preparing to launch is how far they’ll go before needing a re-charge. Increasingly it seems the answer is not as far as the auto makers would like. Nissan Motor Co. has been saying its Leaf, due later this year, would have a range of about 100 miles on one charge. Well, now it’s clear that depends on a lot of factors. Posted. http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2010/06/16/electric-cars-how-far-can-they-go-really/tab/print/ EPA Awards Half a Million Dollars to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Pollution in New York. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided a half million dollar grant to the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board to fund a project designed to reduce greenhouse gas pollution in Central New York, including Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego Counties. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-37631-NY-Green-Products-Examiner~y2010m6d17-EPA-Awards-Half-a-Million-Dollars-to-Reduce-Greenhouse-Gas-Pollution-in-New-York