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California Air Resources Board News Clips for July 29, 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. AB 32 State Poll Finds Support For A.B. 32 Is Strong But Uninformed. San Francisco -- More than half of a group of Californians surveyed by a public policy group recently said they had no idea the state was moving forward with a cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2012. A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that more than two-thirds of voters support the state's climate change law, A.B. 32, but 54 percent of the same respondents had never heard of the cap-and-trade concept. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/07/29/5 Proposition 23 Backers Sue Over Ballot Language. The suit, filed against Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, says the wording describing the measure is 'false, misleading and unfair.' The ballots will be printed in mid-August. Backers of Proposition 23, a November ballot initiative to suspend California's 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, filed suit in Sacramento County Superior Court on Tuesday against Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown for what they called "false, misleading and unfair" language that would describe the measure on voters' ballots. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-climate-ballot-20100729,0,4161170,print.story Oil Industry Attacks California Greenhouse Gas Legislation. California put greenhouse gas legislation into place in 2006, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions 1990 levels by the year 2020. The law will not be in effect until 2012, but naysayers are hoping to defeat the legislation in this fall's election. California's legislation is under fire from California's industrial barons, most notably the oil industry, who believe the new requirements to curb emissions would cost them profits. Posted. http://www.digitaljournal.com/print/article/295267 CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S California Republicans Shunning One Traditional Path To Victory: The Environment. In previous elections, GOP candidates have been rewarded for responding to voters' environmental concerns. Those concerns continue, a study finds, but Fiorina and Whitman are focusing elsewhere. For decades, Republicans who won statewide office in California found success, at least in part, by showing sensitivity to voters' commitment to protecting the environment. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-20100729,0,7606985,print.story Scientists Say Global Warming Is Continuing. Washington - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation. "A comprehensive review of key climate indicators confirms the world is warming and the past decade was the warmest on record," the annual State of the Climate report declares. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_15622402 Plankton, Base Of Ocean Food Web, In Big Decline. Washington - Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide. And they are declining sharply. Worldwide phytoplankton levels are down 40 percent since the 1950s, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The likely cause is global warming, which makes it hard for the plant plankton to get vital nutrients, researchers say. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_15622137 OFFSHORE DRILLING In Big Shift, Californians Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling. Support For Policies To Counter Global Warming Holds Steady. San Francisco, July 28, 2010— Three months after a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Californians’ support for more drilling off their coast has plunged, according to a survey released today by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). A solid majority of the state’s residents now oppose more offshore drilling (59% oppose, 36% favor)—a 16-point increase in opposition from last year (43% oppose, 51% favor). Posted. http://www.ppic.org/main/pressrelease.asp?p=1037 PPIC: Voters Oppose Offshore Oil & AB 32 Rollback. By large margins, California’s likely voters oppose expanded offshore oil drilling and believe that enforcement of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions law will create more jobs – not kill them – a new Public Policy Institute of California poll shows.. Posted. http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/07/ppic-voters-rejecting-offshore-oil-ab-32-rollback/ Drilling Foes Pose Challenge For GOP Hopefuls. San Francisco -- Californians' opposition to offshore oil drilling has skyrocketed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while two-thirds of residents support the state's landmark climate change law and believe it will create jobs, a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California shows. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/29/MND61EL4B1.DTL&type=printable New Poll Shows Steady Support For State's Climate-Change Law, While Opposition To Drilling Shoots Up. The state’s climate-change law, AB 32, has been a hot topic on the campaign trail this year — with the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate branding it as a “job-killer,” as opponents of the law marshal support for a November ballot measure that would suspend implementation until the state’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5% for a year. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/07/new-poll-shows-steady-support-for-states-climate-change-law-opposition-to-drilling-shoots-up.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29 Brown Holds Edge Among Environment-Minded Voters In Survey. If the environment is a very important issue to you, you’ll probably be voting for Jerry Brown this November. If it’s just kind of important to you, Meg Whitman is your candidate. At least, that's what the Public Policy Institute of California is saying. The institute released a statewide survey yesterday that analyzed Californians’ opinions on a variety of environmental issues. Posted. http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/3survey-reveals-59-californians-opinions-environment 59% In State Oppose Offshore Drilling. Support for offshore oil drilling took a steep dive in California after the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico: 59 percent of Californians now oppose offshore drilling, up 16 percentage points from last year, according to a just-released survey. “There was a dramatic shift in attitudes about expanding offshore oil drilling,” said Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California — which calls itself a nonpartisan, independent research organization. Posted. http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2010/07/28/59-in-state-oppose-offshore-drilling/106737/ Most Californians Support Tougher Pollution Standards For New Vehicles. For Californians, The Most Important Environmental Issue Facing The State Is Air Pollution, According To A New Statewide Survey By The Nonpartisan Public Policy Institute Of California. Air pollution is most often mentioned, as it has been since 2000. But it has declined in importance to residents from 33 percent in 2000 to 23 percent today, says PPIC. Posted. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=15856 Ocean Drilling Losing Support In California. Californians' support for new offshore oil drilling has plunged following the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a new poll shows. The results reverse a two-year flirtation in which a slim majority of residents said they supported new oil rigs off the state's coast. Posted. http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_15625989?nclick_check=1 AIR QUALITY Florez, Valley Air District Leader Debate Ag Burning. Sacramento -- State Sen. Dean Florez held what could be his last legislative hearing Wednesday doing what he has done for most of his Capitol tenure -- grilling Valley air regulators over their pollution-fighting policies. Florez, D-Shafter, who terms out after this year, spent more than two hours arguing with the head of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District over how the district is enforcing a ban on farm burning. Posted. http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/07/28/v-print/2022300/florez-valley-air-district-head.html EPA Reviewing Air Pollution Rules For Oil, Gas. Denver -- Federal air pollution standards for the oil and gas industry are sorely outdated amid ramped up drilling, leaving thousands of emissions sources "under the radar," citizens groups said Wednesday. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072805104.html ENERGY Sonoma County Resists Feds On Home Energy Loans. Renee Hyde, an insurance agent who lives in Sonoma County, could not afford to have solar panels installed on her home until a local program provided $30,000 and allowed her to repay the funds gradually through her property taxes. California and 21 other states have backed such programs because they help solve pressing national problems by cutting homeowner costs, reducing carbon emissions and creating construction jobs, and are easy to finance. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/29/MNBH1EK5HM.DTL&type=printable DIESELS CARB Could Ease Reefer Rules For '03 Model Trucks. Sacramento -- The California Air Resources Board is considering easing emission standards for model-year 2003 transport refrigeration units, set to take effect Dec. 31, 2010. As it stands, model-year 2003 engines are required to meet the ultra-low emission TRU (ULETRU) in-use standard requirement, but the proposed amendment would require these engines to meet the low emission TRU (LETRU). Posted. http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=24393 LOW CARBON FUELS CARB Proposes LCFS Soil Sustainability Provisions. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is far from over on discrediting biofuels as part of their mandated policy known as the Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS). For the past year, the ethanol industry has been embroiled in a fight for proper reflections of biofuel’s indirect greenhouse gas emissions, aka indirect land use. Now, CARB has created a working group to study soil sustainability provisions of biofuels. The specific crops under review at this time include corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, wood based fuels, palm oil, and soy biodiesel. Posted. http://domesticfuel.com/2010/07/28/carb-proposes-lcfs-soil-sustainability-provisions/ GAS STATIONS Gas Stations: Latest Fight Of Tribes Against The Locals? At a Porterville City Council meeting last week, a group of gas station owners got up and spoke out against a plan by the Tule River Tribe to open up a 40-acre retail complex near that town’s airport. They said they were afraid that the tribe would open up a gas station and put them out of business because it wouldn’t be required to pay state and local taxes. The tribe hasn’t proposed building a gas station on the site. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=z0pont7hqyl09o&xid=z0p6snufsp1rtc&done=.z0pont7hqza09o# MISCELLANEOUS Study: S.F. Compost No More Toxic Than Others. Compost made from the effluent that San Franciscans flush down their toilets does not contain any more toxins than the soil treatments and animal excrement available in garden stores, according to a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission study released Tuesday. The $25,000 study found that the biosolid compost that until recently had been given out free to San Francisco residents once a year is not, as critics contend, a stew of toxic excrement. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/28/BAC31EKITQ.DTL&type=printable FURLOUGHS Schwarzenegger Orders Government Worker Furloughs. Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on today brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget that addresses a $19 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger released a new executive order requiring state workers to take three unpaid days off per month starting in August. State workers were furloughed a total of 46 days when Schwarzenegger issued a similar order in February 2009, which translated to a pay cut of about 14 percent. Posted. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15623222