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newsclips -- Newsclips for July 2, 2010
Posted: 02 Jul 2010 10:07:51
California Air Resources Board News Clips for July, 2, 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 Top 5 Pieces of Environmental Legislation. Despite the gushing nudge provided by the Gulf oil spill, the Waxman-Markey climate bill passed last year by the House of Representatives languishes in the Senate. The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act looks to be DOA. All this D.C. gridlock got us thinking: Let's remind our elected officials and their constituents of the major pieces of environmental legislation that Congresses Past were able to pass. Posted. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11067662 After White House Meeting, Obama Encourages Carbon Emissions Price. Momentum for a cap-and-trade plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions seems to have changed with the seasons since the U.S. House approved its version of the plan shortly before Independence Day 2009. Different Senate versions of a climate/energy bill were cussed and discussed through the fall, and interest seemed to cool this past winter before picking back up again this spring, as lawmakers grapple with the Gulf coast oil spill. It appears summer may offer another heated round of cap-and-trade debates, even as Congress enters the final months leading up to this fall’s midterm elections. Posted. http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/June10/062810/070110-02.htm Manufacturers Worry of Pitfalls from Utility-Only Climate Bill. Capping greenhouse gas emissions from only the electric utility sector may present a possible political compromise on Senate climate legislation but that approach raises some concerns for industries that would be left out from the cap. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/07/02/02climatewire-manufacturers-worry-of-pitfalls-from-utility-3804.html AIR POLLUTION/AIR QUALITY Station to Monitor Air Pollution in the Temecula Valley. The Temecula Valley is getting its first permanent air quality monitoring station to measure microscopic particles that can harm lungs and cause other ailments. Located in the heights above Lake Skinner, the station is being run by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, a Diamond Bar-based agency that monitors air pollution in Orange County and the non-desert areas of Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_smonitor02.22bc70f.html Air Force Awards $8.5 Million Contract for Mather Field Cleanup. The Air Force announced that an $8.5 million contract has been awarded for continued pollution cleanup and monitoring at the former Mather Air Force Base.The contract, which runs through 2015, was awarded to San Francisco-based URS Corp. Mather closed in 1993 but cleanup has been ongoing at the base since the 1980s, according to the Air Force. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/2010/07/01/1235070/air-force-awards-85-million-for.html#ixzz0sXYv4Ehm Secondhand smoke is dangerous. As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, I know about the harmful effects of tobacco. Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 known human carcinogens and has been identified to be cancer-causing in humans. Each year, more than 3,000 non-smoking adults in the United States die of lung cancer as a result of breathing the smoke of others' cigarettes. Posted. http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_15427228 Shepherd Bliss: No Blow Movement Grows. Peter and Susan Kendall of Orinda, Northern California, are not your typical political activists. This couple really wants some peace and quiet, so they can be comfortable within their suburban home and with their backyard chickens, berries and tomatoes. But wait! While at their home recently a siren-pitched, shrieking scream interrupted that serenity—a leaf blower, which some call a debris blower, since it kicks up far more than leaves. The couple had bought three different kinds of leaf blowers, not to use, but to demonstrate how much noise and air pollution they make, even the allegedly quieter ones. Posted. http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1-/13476-shepherd-bliss-no-blow-movement-grows.html DIESEL Worth Noting: Tilted Kilt Closing, Funds To Reduce Truck Emissions And More. The northwest Bakersfield location of Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery will close Saturday after a two-year run. The Bakersfield franchise of the Tempe, Ariz., based chain occupies a 6,000-square-foot store at 2900 Calloway Drive. Co-owner Jeremy Helper said another restaurant will take the Tilted Kilt’s place. “The owners (Helper and his brother Ian) have other businesses and jobs that they’ve chosen to focus on,” he said. Posted. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x457515342/Worth-Noting-in-the-community-Funds-to-reduce-emissions-and-more More for Diesel Retrofits, Replacements. By Margaret Carrero Valley truckers will soon have another chance to secure some extra cash to retrofit or replace their old Polluters. Air officials says a new allocation of $45.5 million in Prop. 1B funds will be made available in the coming months. The state Air Resources Board approved the funding last week. The first round -- distributed last year -- was quickly depleted due to overwhelming demand. Posted. http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/More-for-Diesel-Retrofits-Replacements-2889032.html Clean Energy to Provide LNG to California Solid Waste Fleets. In a new contract with solid waste operator Republic Services, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. will provide liquefied natural gas fuel to Republic Waste Services of Southern California, Consolidated Disposal and Solano Garbage through April 2015. These truck fleets service residents and businesses in 55 California cities and communities, and it's expected they'll need over 3.5 million gallons of LNG per year. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=70892 DRY CLEANERS Bariteau's Dry Cleaners Making a Switch. - A state law phasing out a toxic solvent used in dry cleaning machines is having an impact, with three local businesses meeting a July 1 deadline to replace their equipment. Bariteau's installed a new hydrocarbon system May 24 at 620 Water St., replacing two smaller machines that used perchloroethylene, or "perc," an air contaminant and potential carcinogen. Posted. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_15426296 PROP 23 Letter: Clean energy will help California. In response to the June 25 editorial on AB 32: Assemblyman Dan Logue said in January that oil companies were not behind his deceptive proposal to kill California's clean energy and clean air standards. Yet $3 million in contributions — 80 percent from out-of-state and 78 percent from oil companies (including more than $1.1 million from Texas-based Valero) — show who's really behind this special-interest ballot measure. Posted. http://www.orovillemr.com/opinion/ci_15426136 Oil Declares War on Solar. How You (and Twitter) Can Help Defeat Prop 23 for Free. Yes, free. I’m writing this post quickly, so forgive my cross outs and typos. For those of you who want to say “Up yours!” to two polluting oil refinery companies experience the power of social media in action and would like to finally learn how to use Twitter, here’s your chance. It’s for a good solar cause, plus, it’s dirt cheap free! Posted. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/07/oil-declares-war-on-solar-how-you-and-twitter-can-help-defeat-prop-23-for-free-yes-free- CALNEX Something in the air. Radar planes that typically track hurricanes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been flying over the San Gabriel Valley in recent weeks in a multi-agency project involving Caltech called CalNex aimed at determining the nexus of pollution and climate over California. Posted. http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/something_in_the_air/8954/ SOLAR ENERGY Agri Businesses Can Achieve Big Benefits from Solar Energy. While a fruit packing and storage company in California is eliminating its entire utility bill with a 622 kW solar power system, a Georgia pecan farmer is selling all of the power generated by its 200 kW system back to the utility company under a five-year power purchase agreement. Venida Packing, a packing and cold storage operation for California fruit farms, has cut its entire utility bill with a 622 kW dual-axis solar power plant from PV Trackers. Posted. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/06/28/agri-businesses-can-achieve-big-benefits-from-solar-energy/ Developer Ditches PG&E Solar Project. Here’s the big risk for utilities trying to meet California’s renewable portfolio standard, which calls for utilities to deliver 20 percent of their electricity from clean power by the end of 2010 and 33 percent by 2020: The clean power projects sometimes fall through. This week various news reports (New York Times, Business Journal) are reporting that Portuguese solar project developer Martifer Renewables has canceled a project that would have sold 106.8 MW of solar power to utility PG&E. Posted. http://earth2tech.com/2010/07/02/developer-ditches-pge-solar-project/ ELECTRIC VEHICLES Toshiba to Develop Batteries for Electric Vehicles. Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Friday it's jumping into the battery business for electric vehicles in a development deal with Mitsubishi Motors. It's the first EV battery deal with a major automaker for Toshiba, which already makes batteries for laptops and cell phones, said company spokesman Ken Shinjo. Production will start sometime next year, in a new facility in Niigata, northern Japan, according to Toshiba. Posted. http://www.mercurynews.com/green-energy/ci_15428586?nclick_check=1 BLOGS Hybrid Plant Shelved in California. The developer of a hybrid biomass solar power plant to be built in California has abruptly canceled the project, underscoring the challenges the state faces in meeting its ambitious renewable energy goals. California Energy Commission Design for the canceled hybrid generating plant. Martifer Renewables, a Portuguese company, had signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the California utility PG&E for 106.8 megawatts. Posted. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/hybrid-plant-shelved-in-california/ California's New Energy Divide. From a nondescript office park here, Solaria, a solar energy company founded in 2000, is planning its move this fall to a much larger facility nearby as it progresses from research and design to full-scale production of its innovative photovoltaic panels. Solaria's growth symbolizes an economic transformation that is reshaping the state's political landscape as California approaches a showdown over climate policy that could rattle the national energy debate. Posted. http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20100703_3065.php Global CO2 Trends Show Scope of Climate Challenge. There’s still thinking in many quarters that if the United States acts to restrict its emissions of carbon dioxide, the long-lived greenhouse gas at the heart of the climate challenge, the fast-growing developing countries of the world will voluntarily follow. Global data on emissions of carbon dioxide vividly illustrate the wishful nature of such thoughts when considered against powerful underlying trends. Posted. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/global-co2-trends-show-scope-of-climate-challenge/