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AB 32

Opinion: Environmental Regulations Threaten Minority Community
Jobs. California is known as a leader, a progressive state that
is regularly in the forefront on a wide variety of issues. Taking
this leadership role, however, comes with a great responsibility
to make sure that our forward-thinking policies don't negatively
affect minorities, lower-income families and other at-risk
Californians. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_15608169

No on Prop 23 Campaign Gets Big Backing from Major Democratic
Donor, Releases Report on Valero's $9 Billion Export of
California Energy Dollars. Tom Steyer, a major Democratic donor,
has been named co-chair of No on 23, Californians to Stop the
Dirty Energy Proposition. He joins former Secretary George
Schultz in leading the effort to defeat the ballot measure
bankrolled by two Texas oil companies that will kill California's
clean energy and clean air standards. Posted.
http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=4443&ptid=9
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/147893190

Fiorina Backed By Coal-Mining Firms. Republican U.S. Senate
candidate Carly Fiorina has received about $63,000 in donations
this year from Appalachian coal-mining interests, much of the
money from an outspoken Ohio mine owner who dismisses global
warming as "hysterical global goofiness." Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/27/MNUA1EK2FC.DTL&feed=rss.news

AIR QUALITY

Dry Lightning Hits State; Most Wildfires Small. More than 4,000
lightning strikes lashed California over the past three days in
an unusually intense midsummer electrical storm that sparked
dozens of fires and sent crews rushing to beat back flames from
Yosemite to Oregon. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/MN551EK4IP.DTL

CLIMATE CHANGE

Study: Climate may push more Mexicans to U.S. Los Angeles —
Climbing temperatures are expected to raise sea levels and
increase droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires. Now,
scientists are predicting another consequence of climate change —
mass migration to the United States. Posted.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012456277_climate27.html

Cap-And-Trade Advocates See Tougher Battle After Elections. With
Republicans expected to pick up seats in both the House and
Senate on Election Day, most advocates of carbon caps say they
face a tougher playing field in 2011. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/07/27/27climatewire-cap-and-trade-advocates-see-tougher-battle-a-78288.html

Opinion: Ball dropped. There are two questions flying around
Washington, now that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has
officially declared the demise of a climate-change bill: Who
killed the bill? And what does this mean for President Barack
Obama’s energy plan? Posted.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/49994840-82/bill-energy-senate-climate.html.csp

Kerry's Lonely Push On Climate Change. He fell just short of
winning the White House in 2004. Four years later, he was rumored
to be a leading contender to be secretary of state, until
President-elect Barack Obama stunned everyone by tapping his
former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072605538.html

Report: U.S. Faces Climate Change-Driven Water Shortages. As
global warming accelerates, the world will become not only
hotter, flatter, and more crowded but also thirsty, according to
a new study that finds 70 percent of counties in the United
States may face climate change-related risks to their water
supplies by 2050. Posted.
http://theenergycollective.com/toddwoody/40554/report-us-faces-climate-change-driven-water-shortages

U.K. Carbon Calculator Shows 80% Emissions Reduction Is
Achievable By 2050. The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate
Change announced a “carbon calculator” that shows the country’s
goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in the
six decades through 2050 is achievable. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-27/u-k-carbon-calculator-shows-80-emissions-reduction-is-achievable-by-2050.html

Spread of Deadly Cryptococcal Disease in Northwest Linked to
Global Warming. A deadly infectious disease once thought to be
exclusively tropical has gained a toehold in the Pacific
Northwest, and health experts suspect climate change is partially
to blame. Posted. 

ENERGY

Giant Wind Farm Unveiled In Mojave Desert. Mojave, Calif.—One of
the world's largest wind farms is being unveiled on a gusty ridge
in the Mojave Desert. Terra-Gen Power plans a ceremonial
groundbreaking Tuesday on the Alta Wind Energy Center in Mojave,
about 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Dozens of wind turbines
already are operating near the Kern County site. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15612800?nclick_check=1
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2622761620100727
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-windfarm-20100727,0,7972223.story?track=rss

GAS PUMPS

State: 1/3 Of Gas-Pump Clips May Leak Fuel. Sacramento (KABC) --
Many people use the locking clip on the gas pump while fueling
their vehicles so the nozzle doesn't need to be continuously
held. State lawmakers say "no more," and want to do away with
those clips. Posted.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7576541

TIRE INFLATION

Revised CARB Inflation Rules Still Set for September. The
California Air Resources Board has resubmitted final rules that
will force California repair shops to check and reinflate tires
on customer vehicles. The Regulation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Emissions from Vehicles Operating with Underinflated Tires takes
effect on Sept. 1. The resubmittal featured minor changes from
the previously announced scheme. Posted.
http://www.tirereview.com/Article/77665/revised_carb_inflation_rules_still_set_for_september.aspx

DIESEL

Port Trucks Test The Limits of Emission Rules. Oakland, CA –
While more than a thousand Oakland port trucks were replaced with
taxpayer assistance or cleaned up to meet federal engine emission
standards, companies serving the port say that non-compliant
vehicles known as “dirty trucks” are still rolling through
Oakland to pick up cargo. Posted.
http://www.oaklandvoices.us/2010/07/port-trucks-test-the-limits-of-emission-rules/

Navistar Says SCR Systems Can Be Defeated. Navistar Inc.
recently attacked competitors’ 2010 selective catalytic control
engines on two fronts, telling environmental regulators that
pollution controls on the engines could be easily defeated, and
telling fleet managers that every gallon of diesel fuel an SCR
engine saves will come at the cost of at least that much diesel
exhaust fluid consumed. Posted.
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/lmtbase.aspx?storyid=953

VEHICLES

Hybrid Car Sales Fueled By Affordability. Buyers of hybrids and
first-generation plug-in electric cars are driven more by
affordability and reducing gasoline consumption than recapturing
the performance of a traditional gas-only car, said a California
expert on future trends in transportation. Posted.
http://www.freep.com/article/20100727/BUSINESS01/7270306/Hybrid-car-sales-fueled-by-affordability

GM Prices the Chevy Volt at $41,000. Will Buyers Plug In?
General Motors finally has the answer for how much the Chevy Volt
will cost: $41,000. That's been the big -- and lingering --
question consumers have had about GM's first plug-in hybrid
electric car. Posted.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/gm-prices-chevy-volt-electric-car-41000/19569806/#

BLOGS

$100,000 In CARB Settlement Funds Go To Colleges, Clean-Air
Fund. The California Air Resources Board announced that it
distributed more than $100,000 to community colleges and a state
clean-air fund last month as a result of settlements with 16
companies that violated clean air laws. Posted.
http://www.ccjdigital.com/100000-in-carb-settlement-funds-go-to-colleges-clean-air-fund/

The Senate Punts Recklessly on Energy and Climate. Even in
hyper-partisan modern Washington one would have thought that, in
the end, the Senate would have more plain sense than to turn its
back on comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year.
But that's exactly what it did last week. Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mindy-s-lubber/the-senate-punts-reckless_b_659753.html

They've Failed -- And We Must Hold Them Accountable. I am
furious and frustrated. We're sweltering here in Washington DC --
living on a planet that just survived the hottest six months in
recorded history -- and yet last week the Senate announced it
plans to do absolutely nothing for the foreseeable future about
our climate crisis. Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gillian-caldwell/theyve-failed----and-we-m_b_660623.html