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APPOINTMENTS

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Appointments – July 20, 2010.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following
appointments: Stanley Young, 62, of Davis, has been appointed
communications director for the Air Resources Board (CARB). He
has worked for CARB as acting communications director since April
2010 and information officer III since 2009. Previously, Young
was information officer II at CARB from 2008 to 2009 and special
contractor from 2007 to 2008. Posted.
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=81560

AB 32

California's Top Economists Agree: Killing AB 32 Will Be Costly
for California. More than 100 Ph.D. economists with expertise in
California energy and climate issues released an open letter
yesterday warning against any delay in the implementation of
California clean energy policies. A broad array of the nation's
leading economists, including Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow, a
former professor at Stanford University, disagree with those who
support suspending implementation of emission reduction policies.
Posted.
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=print/7970
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/07/19/daily25.html
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/20/5

Former 'Green Jobs Czar' Van Jones Opposes Prop. 23, Lauds
Clean-Tech Sector. 
President Barack Obama's controversial former "green jobs czar"
Van Jones said efforts to roll back California's landmark climate
change law will not only hurt Sacramento's budding clean-tech
sector but also open the door for competing cities and states to
wrest away green jobs and businesses. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/20/2901043/former-green-jobs-czar-van-jones.html

California Democratic Party Votes To Stop Prop 23. The
California Democratic Party (CDP) unanimously voted on Sunday to
oppose Proposition 23, the ballot measure being financed by Texas
oil companies to suspend California's clean energy and air
standards. Posted.
http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=4424&ptid=9

CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S

Obama Calls For More Greenhouse Gas Cuts. President Barack Obama
wants federal government workers to re-think their commuting and
work-related travel in an attempt to further reduce the
government’s greenhouse gas emissions. The White House aims to
cut the federal government’s indirect greenhouse gas emissions by
13 percent from 2008 levels by 2020, said Nancy Sutley, chair of
the White House Council on Environmental Quality, at a clean
energy forum held Tuesday at the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building. Posted.
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/07/19/daily18.html?t=printable

Climate Scientist Stephen H. Schneider Dies. Stephen H.
Schneider, an internationally noted climate scientist at Stanford
University who gathered powerful evidence for global warming that
made him a fierce advocate for policies to combat climate change
for four decades, died Monday while on a flight to London from a
science meeting in Stockholm. Dr. Schneider had apparently
suffered a heart attack, Stanford officials said. He was 65.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/20/BAE71EGMD2.DTL&type=printable
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-stephen-schneider-20100720,0,254147.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/science/earth/20schneider.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071905108.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15551070
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2010/07/great-loss

A Russian Warning on Retreating Ice. Associated Press Russia’s
prime minister, Vladimir Putin, right, visited an Arctic
archipelago in April to help call attention to global warming. He
tagged an anesthetized polar bear so it could be tracked. Sea ice
in the Arctic is again in rapid retreat this summer, putting the
region on pace to match the record lows seen in 2007, the head of
Russia’s environmental agency said Tuesday, according to a
Bloomberg News report. Posted.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/a-russian-warning-on-retreating-ice/?pagemode=print
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-20/arctic-ice-melting-fast-may-reach-all-time-low-russia-says.html

2010 Heats Up News Hype over Global Warming. Morning shows, USA
Today focus on 'record' heat; offer dire predictions about
droughts, floods and snowfall. While some people can't stand the
heat, the news media revel in it. On July 15, USA Today reported
that according the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 2010 is the hottest year on record. ABC
and CBS morning shows have also focused on the "record heat."
Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703724104575379313351584040.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

DOE: Paint Roofs White To Cool The Earth. The Department of
Energy will paint the roofs white on its buildings to save energy
and fight global warming. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ordered
DOE offices to “implement cool roof technologies” (paint their
roofs white or use reflective coatings) and he encouraged the
heads of other federal agencies to give similar orders for their
buildings. Posted.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/07/19/daily6.html?t=printable

U.K. Government Must Guarantee Green Spending Or Miss Carbon
Targets – Report. London -- The U.K. government must maintain its
current spending on low-carbon energy technologies or risk
missing its carbon emission cut targets as well as the
opportunity to build a green economy, a special report by the
independent Committee on Climate Change says. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/20/6

Climate Change Is Bad For Your Health. While we've been
"enjoying" a foggy summer here in San Francisco, the East Coast
has been sweltering under some record breaking heat waves. And
climate change models show such heat waves will occur more often
and last longer, according David Easterling, a climatologist with
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National
Climatic Data Center. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?&entry_id=68191#ixzz0uFRQjS6X

Study: Climate Change Grasped Better As Health Issue. Framing
climate change as a public health problem helps people, even
skeptics, better understand the issue's significance, reports
George Mason University researchers. Most of the 74 adults
surveyed, who varied in both their demographics and views on
climate change, reacted favorably to a short essay on the human
health implications of global warming, according to an
exploratory study released Monday by the university's Center for
Climate Change Communication.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/07/climate-change-health-problems/1

With Carbon Cap Efforts Stalled, Focus Shifts To RES, Low-Carbon
Fuels. With ongoing Senate efforts to price carbon currently
sputtering, a number of lower-profile proposals to curb
greenhouse gas emissions are drawing the attention of lawmakers
and lobbyists. Two of the larger issues under debate as Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) inches closer to unveiling a broad
energy package are the strength of the renewable electricity
standard that is expected to be included in the bill and whether
the legislation will include a controversial low-carbon fuels
standard. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/print/2010/07/20/1

BP's Secret Ticket Request Line. For more than a decade, BP has
operated a hush-hush phone line that California lawmakers can
call to request box seats to NBA games and concerts at the
Sacramento stadium named after its West Coast subsidiary. Posted.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/07/bp-secret-ticket-request-line-california

Report accounts for military GHG contributions. A paper to be
published Tuesday in Environment Magazine found that the military
activities related to acquiring and protecting oil imports from
the Middle East generate significant greenhouse gas emissions
that have, so far, been unaccounted for in fuel and climate
regulations such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s
Renewable Fuels Standard and California Air Resources Board's
(CARB) Low Carbon Fuels Standard. Posted.
http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F4D1A9DFCD974EAD8CD5205E15C1CB42&nm=Breaking+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=A3D60400B4204079A76C4B1B129CB433&tier=3&nid=794ACDBEF5C6404EB2B1B5AEEE87C72D

GAS NOZZLES

Nozzle Puzzle: Pumps Becoming More Hands-On. So-called
“hold-open clips” can make pumping gas a breeze, but they’re
quietly becoming a thing of the past at many service stations
statewide. The devices, which lock a gas nozzle’s handle open
while fueling, are being removed from pumps at several stations
under an agreement between the state and a nozzle manufacturer.
The California Air Resources Board, state fire marshal and
Dayton, Ohio-based Vapor Systems Technologies in mid-June issued
letters to 3,000 stations encouraging the clips’ removal. Posted.
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/20100720100557/News/Local-News/Nozzle-puzzle-Pumps-becoming-more-hands-on

AIR QUALITY

New Air Quality Rules Create A Stink. Developers worry that new
air quality guidelines could delay or kill urban housing projects
by adding costs and time to the approvals process and exposing
developments to more lawsuits. Posted.
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/07/19/story2.html?b=1279512000%5E3653611

ENERGY/GREEN ENERGY

U-T Editorial: A Different Democrat? ELECTION 2010: Brown's
Focus On 'Green' Jobs Won't Revive State Economy. Jerry Brown
bills himself as a different sort of Democrat. The attorney
general’s unconventional biography certainly backs that up. Over
the past 40 years, while secretary of state, governor,
presidential candidate, radio host and mayor of Oakland, Brown
has variously seemed like a conventional liberal, a rowdy
populist and a pragmatic moderate. Posted.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/20/u-t-editorial-different-democrat/

U.S. Should Have Clear Policy On Clean Energy – Locke. The
United States should follow the example of Colorado and invest
immediately in the new-energy economy, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Gary Locke said yesterday during a visit to Denver. The state has
aggressively pursued renewable energy by requiring utilities to
get 30 percent of their supply from renewable sources by 2020.
Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/07/20/17

Marin Voice: Clean Energy's morphing promises. The Marin Energy
Authority started electricity deliveries in May, promising to
deliver green energy that meets or beats PG&E prices to
municipalities, businesses and high-use residential customers.
But cracks immediately appeared in MEA. How green is the power?
What are the costs and risks? Posted.
http://www.marinij.com/ci_15548903?source=most_emailed

The Newest Green Classroom is Ready For California Students. As
we first reported a few months ago, the Gen7 line of modular
classrooms have gained attention in the state of California due
to both their eco-friendly features and a commitment to improving
student performance. Posted.
http://earth911.com/news/2010/07/20/the-newest-green-classroom-is-ready-for-california-students/

VEHICLES

Toyota Settles Suit Alleging Hybrid Patent Infringement. Toyota
Motor Corp. has settled a patent-infringement dispute that
threatened to derail U.S. imports of its hybrid vehicles,
including the Prius. The settlement ends six years of litigation
with Paice LLC. Alex Severinsky, a Soviet emigrant who founded
Paice, claimed Toyota had used his 1994 patented system for
gas-electric hybrid cars without his permission. The terms of the
settlement were not disclosed. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/20/8

Industry Groups Urge Obama To Form Electric-Vehicle Task Force.
Four automotive and electric alliances are urging President Obama
to form a federal task force to help launch electric vehicles and
meet the administration's goal of getting a million electric
vehicles on the road by 2015. The groups said in a letter to
Obama that the proposed public-private task force could
coordinate government policy with industry needs, make it easier
for consumers to buy and use electric vehicles and reduce the
country's reliance on oil. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/07/20/12

Honda Plans 2012 U.S. Launch For New Electric Vehicle. Honda
Motor Co. announced plans to sell an electric vehicle as well as
a plug-in hybrid starting in 2012 in the United States and Japan,
though no other details were released. "Honda has no future
unless we achieve significant reduction in CO2 emissions," said
Honda President Takanobu Ito. "The next 10 years will be a true
test for Honda's survival." Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/07/20/13

Volkswagen Hopes To Lead Electric Vehicle Market. Volkswagen AG
CEO Martin Winterkorn is "deeply convinced" that the German
automaker will become a leader in the battery-powered electric
car sector. Winterkorn spoke yesterday at the launch of the
sixth-generation VW Jetta compact at the automaker's Electronics
Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif. Volkswagen, Europe's
largest automaker, has already been a leader in diesel technology
and fuel-efficient gas engines and is working on electric cars.
Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/07/20/14

BLOGS

Clean Energy Options: In the Wake of the Oil Spill, Energy
Alternatives That Will Create Jobs. With less than 5 percent of
the world’s population, the United States produces 25 percent of
greenhouse gases, making it the second largest emitter in the
world after China.  The American public is well-aware of this
issue; according to a Pew Research Center Poll, three-fourths of
Americans described climate change as a serious problem. Posted.
http://www.progressivestates.org/node/25318

As Exxon Continues Climate Denial Crusade, Raw Story Fighting
Back. I've decided it's time for us to do our part to ameliorate
the coming climate catastrophe -- but let's please stop using the
phrase "climate change." In an effort to offset carbon emissions
produced by Raw Story and everyone who visits our site (our
energy costs and yours), we will begin purchasing carbon credits
through Terrapass.com. Posted.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0719/raw-story-carbon-neutral/