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newsclips -- Newsclips for September 2, 2010.
Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:48:49
California Air Resources Board News Clips for September 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. AB 32 Will Texas Oil Firms Succeed In Undoing California Greenhouse Gas Laws? Texas oil firms are backing a ballot initiative that would repeal the state's landmark 2006 greenhouse-gas reduction law. The mayor of Los Angeles is rallying Hispanic groups against the initiative. Los Angeles - A bit of a propaganda war is heating up in California over Proposition 23, a citizen’s initiative which could suspend the state’s landmark greenhouse gas reduction law. Posted. http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/323364 Proposition 23 Is Needed to Save Jobs. The African American business community has long been wary of California's global warming law (AB 32) because of its potential negative impact on small businesses in the state. A large percentage of African American-owned businesses fall into precisely that category. Unfortunately, our instincts have proven correct. The independent Legislative Analyst has determined that AB 32 will increase energy costs and result in lost jobs. Posted. http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/print/7732 OPINION: Thomas Elias: Prop. 23: Strongest Effort Yet At Climate Change Denial. The Texas oil companies behind Proposition 23 don't call it an attempt to deny the existence of worldwide climate change. They just call the landmark 2006 California law they're essentially trying to repeal a "job killer." But this proposition, which would put AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, in abeyance until unemployment levels drop to 5.5 percent or lower for a full year, amounts to getting rid of the world's strongest effort to do something about climate change. Posted. http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_15966309 CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S Southern California Panel To Consider Greenhouse Gas Targets. Sacramento - Officials with the planning agency that covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties projected earlier this year that the region could cut heat-trapping emissions from passenger vehicle travel by up to 6 percent by 2035. But at its meeting today in Los Angeles, members of the Southern California Association of Governments will consider endorsing state-proposed reduction targets more than twice as high, 13 percent, amid business complaints that the goal is unrealistic and will hurt the economy. Posted. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_growth02.310c4f2.html Climate of Uncertainty. Global warming science is still evolving; will future IPCC reports reflect that? On Monday an independent review found that the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has downplayed uncertainties surrounding climate science. The review also found that the IPCC needs more robust safeguards against conflicts of interest, that it had committed "unnecessary errors" by failing to meet its own standards …Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463433671739148.html?mod=googlenews_wsj EDITORIAL: U.N. Agency Told To Cool Climate Advocacy. A consortium of national scientific academies has scolded the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for downplaying uncertainties about global warming, failing to point out when its claims of catastrophe were based on weak evidence and misrepresenting some findings as peer-reviewed by scientists, when they weren't. The findings of the InterAcademy Council investigation also criticized IPCC management, recommending the organization adopt a conflict-of-interest policy. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/ipcc-264715-warming-evidence.html AIR QUALITY CARB: Fine Particle Pollution Linked to Premature Death. A new California Air Resources Board report based on a U.S. EPA peer-reviewed study concluded that there is a causal relationship between exposure to fine particle pollution and premature death. The report found that about 9,000 people in California die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution. "There is no question particulate pollution is causing premature deaths here in California and nationwide," said ARB Chairman Mary Nichols. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-print.asp?news_id=71543 http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/arb-concedes-error-road-truck-rule-plans/ http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/56257 Railroad yard's Health Impacts Studied. San Bernardino – The BNSF rail yard has been deemed by the California Air Resources Board to pose the worst health risk among the state’s 18 rail yards. A $1 million AQMD grant will fund a study on the health impact of those living near the local yards. The Loma Linda School of Public Health has teamed up with an environmental justice organization for the 2-year study. Posted. http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=15827 COMMENTARY: Junk-Science Debunker Gets Axe. Many politicians and pundits pin the economic travails of California on our tax rates. However, my experience leads me to believe the No. 1 cause for the economic malaise of our once-great state emanates from our regulatory climate. Here is but one example: It is most unfortunate that few Californians are aware of the scandal surrounding the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which has been in the process of establishing a diesel engine rule that will require all engines in the state to be replaced twice in the next 10 years. Posted. http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_4cc28f00-b65b-11df-872a-001cc4c03286.html?print=1 ENERGY/GREEN ENERGY Environmentalists Stunned By Failures Of Key Measures In Legislature. Activists expected big gains, but a ban on plastic grocery bags, another on a chemical used in baby bottles and a bid to boost alternative energy fell short in the face of heavy industry opposition. Environmentalists were counting on big gains in Sacramento this summer, with a governor eager to burnish his green credentials in his final months in office. But by the time the legislative session ended at midnight Tuesday, those hopes had fizzled. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-20100902,0,4985538,print.story FUELS OPINION: Ethanol Scheme Ready To Continue. THE POINT — Political favors shouldn’t be any part of this deal. An ethanol manufacturing company that filed bankruptcy last year is ready to reopen two plants as soon as California’s energy commission comes across with millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies. This is wrong in so many ways. Let’s count a few: >> The struggling corn-ethanol business was founded by a political ally of — and who also has been a large campaign contributor to — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Posted. http://www.oaoa.com/common/printer/view.php?db=odessa&id=52300 VEHICLES GM Announces Pricing for CNG Powered Chevrolet Express & GMC Savana. General Motors (GM) has Tuesday made public pricing details for it’s fully integrated Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) option for Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans. “The comprehensive pricing offers a one-stop shop for a complete CNG system,” says a media report published by GM yesterday. Posted. http://www.nitrobahn.com/news/gm-announces-pricing-for-cng-powered-chevrolet-express-gmc-savana/print/ BLOGS Catalina Ferry From Newport Harbor Might Suspend Operations, Citing State Air Laws. The Catalina Flyer, a popular 500-passenger catamaran that makes daily trips to Santa Catalina Island from the Balboa Pavilion, may halt operations for a few months to buy and install a new engine that complies with a state environmental law. Bob Black, general manager for the tour boat company, said that unless he's able to find a catamaran to lease, he may suspend service to Avalon as early as Sept. 12. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/catalina-ferry-might-suspend-operations-citing-state-air-laws.html Mayor Villaraigosa: 'Go Home, Texas Oil Companies!'. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday rebuked Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., which operate refineries in Wilmington, for bankrolling a measure that would effectively scuttle the state's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/global-warming-prop-23-california-climate-change.html