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newsclips -- Newsclips for September 15, 2010.

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:39:48
California Air Resources Board News Clips for September 15, 2010.
 


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AB 32

Prop. 23: Oil Giants Are Divided. Are the big oil companies
really backing Proposition 23? Maybe not. Among California's
major oil refiners, Shell Oil opposes the November ballot
initiative to suspend the state’s global warming law. Chevron
Corp. is officially neutral. Exxon Mobil and BP have decided not
to get involved. ConocoPhillips has yet to contribute. On
Tuesday, Charles Drevna, president of the National Petrochemical
and Refiners Assn., issued an urgent appeal for funds to back the
measure. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/prop-23-big-oil-chevron.html

Whitman Backs Prop. 22 But Still Won't Take A Stand On Prop. 23.
In the hailstorm of news Tuesday in the governor’s race about a
presidential endorsement and attack advertising, Meg Whitman made
some news of her own on the campaign trail. The Republican
gubernatorial nominee came out in support of Proposition 22,
which would forbid the state from raiding county and city coffers
at times of fiscal crises. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/09/whitman-backs-prop-22-continues-to-refuse-to-take-a-stand-on-prop-23.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Supervisors Vote For Resolution Supporting Prop 23 Suspending
"Global Warming Solutions Act". Riverside - Despite strong
dissent by one member, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors
today approved a resolution supporting Proposition 23, an
initiative to suspend the California "Global Warming Solutions
Act," which opponents say will damage the state financially.
Posted. http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/50819/

Sempra Supports Global Warming Regulatory Law. Sacramento -The
parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric has come out against a
November ballot measure to suspend California’s landmark law to
curb global warming. In doing so, Sempra Energy joins some of the
state’s largest power providers in opposing Proposition 23. Most
prominently: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the Sacramento
Municipal Utility District. Posted.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/14/sempra-supports-global-warming-regulatory-law/

Prop. 23 Author, Who Argued For Its Tax Benefits, Once Owed Back
Taxes. Among the many arguments floated in support of Proposition
23, which would suspend the package of greenhouse gas regulations
known as AB 32, the measure's supporters have often made the case
that implementing AB 32 would stifle job growth, and with it tax
revenues for local governments. Posted.
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/prop-23-author-who-argued-its-tax-benefits-once-owed-back-taxes-4718

Supervisors Vote 4-1 To Back Prop. 23. Despite strong dissent by
one member, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday
approved a resolution supporting Proposition 23, an initiative to
suspend the California Global Warming Solutions Act. Opponents
say the state law will financially damage California.
“Proposition 23 provides a temporary reprieve from some very
onerous regulations until such time that California can get back
on track,” said Supervisor Jeff Stone, who authored the
resolution. Posted.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100915/NEWS01/9150324/Supervisors-vote-4-1-to-back-Prop-23

Business Interests Chop Down 'Job Killers'. Regulation Watch:
Eleven such bills now face likely veto from governor. Business
interests were largely successful in stopping bills they labeled
as anti-business in the recently concluded legislative session.
They were less successful in getting “business-friendly” bills
through, however. Of the 42 bills the California Chamber of
Commerce targeted as “job killers,” only 11 have made it to Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk for his signature or – more likely –
his veto. Posted.
http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/sep/13/business-chops-down-job-killers-sacramento/?print

Secret Out-of-State Oil Industry Memo: Prop. 23 About Their
“Self-Interest” and Valero's. Summary: The National Petroleum
Refiners Association, led by Valero CEO Bill Klesse, is pressing
more of its out-of-state oil companies to contribute millions to
Prop. 23 for the industry’s “self-interest,” according to an
internal e-mail.  “A defeat for Proposition 23 in California
could energize environmental fanatics around the country and in
Washington to match California’s destructive policies with their
own versions of AB32,” notes the email. Posted.
http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=4512&ptid=9&theme=print

Health Or Wealth? The Prop. 23 battle is between environmental
activism and big money. It’s easy for a layperson to get lost in
AB 32 - California’s aggressive, yet complex, anti-global-warming
law that seeks to roll back greenhouse-gas levels in the state to
what they were in 1990. Posted.
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/print-article-8174-print.html

Here's Texas Again Trying to Impose Its Views on California.
Apparently, it’s not enough that fossil fuel conglomerates are
fighting implementation of AB 32, California’s landmark clean
energy bill that will create thousands of jobs, pump up R&D on
cleantech, slash global warming pollution, and put the state on
the cutting edge of the global clean energy economy.  Now Texas
and three other states with Attorneys General beholden to Dirty
Oil and Big Coal have jumped on the high carbon bandwagon, vowing
to sue California as a last-ditch effort to kill AB 32. Posted.
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=print/8160

AIR POLLUTION

ARB: Fine Particle Pollution Kills 9,200 Per Year. More than
9,000 Californians are dying prematurely every year because of
the health effects of the kind of pollution emitted by diesel
trucks and heavy equipment, according to a new study by the Air
Resources Board, the state’s air quality regulator. The study is
the first released by the state to claim that the microscopic
particles emitted by engines burning diesel fuel actually cause
early deaths, rather than simply being correlated with them.
Posted.
http://www.healthycal.org/arb-fine-particle-pollution-kills-9200-per-year.html/print/

Pace of EPA's Clean Air Act Rulemakings Turns Heads, Draws
Lawsuits. The Obama administration is in the midst of a landmark
series of Clean Air Act rulemakings. In 18 months, U.S. EPA has
-- among other things -- stiffened standards for sulfur dioxide
and nitrogen dioxide for the first time in decades, revamped the
George W. Bush administration's smog regulations and issued the
first climate rules under the Clean Air Act. And that is just the
beginning. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/14/14greenwire-pace-of-epas-clean-air-act-rulemakings-turns-h-75200.html?pagewanted=print

Feeling Heat On Climate, Agency Celebrates Its Past. If the Clean
Air Act were human, it would now be entering middle age. But
while the statute has moved into a strange new phase of life with
the Obama administration using it to take on the daunting
challenge of climate change, there's no reason for a midlife
crisis, current and former U.S. EPA officials said yesterday
during a symposium honoring the statute's 40th birthday. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/09/15/1
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=71660

CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S

Oil Companies Cower Before The Terminator. In California's fight
against global warming, evil villains intent on destroying
civilization abound! The New York Times' Adam Nagourney got his
hot hands on a fundraising e-mail that draws the fight over
Proposition 23 in California in the starkest possible terms. One
on side, "environmental zealots" led by the Dark Lord himself,
Arnold Schwarzenneger. Posted.
http://www.salon.com/news/california/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2010/09/15/terminator_versus_the_oil_companies

States Are Climate Battlegrounds. The nation’s premier state-led
climate programs are under attack by a growing coalition of
industry, tea party and conservative activists. Opponents to
limits on greenhouse gas emissions see the fights in California
and New Jersey as the next step in the fight over global warming
policy after the demise of federal cap-and-trade legislation on
Capitol Hill. Posted.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=126B4702-18FE-70B2-A8C07BD37FE94A2B

80% Of States On Track For GHG Permitting, Enforcement – Report.
Most states are preparing to implement U.S. EPA's climate rules
in January, according to an analysis released today, but
uncertainties remain as some states hustle to change their
regulations in time and others flatly refuse to. Nearly 80
percent of states have indicated that they will be ready to issue
greenhouse gas permits for large industrial sources by Jan. 2,
when EPA's climate rules formally kick in, according to a survey
from the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/09/15/2

New Map Shows Measuring Carbon in Amazon Is Feasible. Calculating
how many acres of Amazon forest are cleared each year is
relatively easy thanks to satellite imaging. Determining how much
carbon is stored in that forest is another matter. Unlike forest
cover, carbon cannot be seen from satellites in space. Scientists
have to physically measure tree trunks in order to calculate how
much of the greenhouse gas is stored in their woody limbs and
green leaves. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/09/14/14greenwire-new-map-shows-measuring-carbon-in-amazon-is-fe-47577.html

GREEN ENERGY/ENERGY

Brown Pledges 'Green' Jobs, But Costs Loom. On Labor Day,
Democrat Jerry Brown finally kicked off his campaign for governor
with an expected pledge: to create 500,000 jobs. But, just as
they did with Republican candidate Meg Whitman's plan, some
economists cautioned voters expecting immediate results from
Brown's pledge. "Politicians can't create jobs. I get so tired of
hearing them say they can," said Brad Kemp, director of regional
research at Beacon Economics, an economic forecasting firm.
Posted. http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_16076526?source=rss

L.A. Port Is Hatching A Revitalization. PortTechLA, a business
incubator run by a group that includes the port and city, will
nurture start-ups that make products that reduce pollution and
shippers' dependence on fossil fuels.  Alex Weil's football-sized
invention ranks high on the improbability scale: a filter that
cleans an engine's oil so long that after three years of testing
on 17 Idaho tour buses, financed by the Energy Department, the
filters were still going strong. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-fi-port-tech-20100915,0,7772552,print.story

Government Printer Cleans Up, Expands Green Options. The
Government Printing Office isn't included in President Obama's
sustainability plans, but the legislative branch agency may be
helping its executive brethren reach their greening goals. Public
Printer Robert Tapella has launched a slew of environmental
initiatives since taking over the helm of the agency in 2007. He
has bought alternative flex-fuel delivery vehicles, installed a
green roof and initiated several in-house recycling efforts.
Posted. http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/09/15/4

China Rejects US Trade Complaint over Clean Energy. China
rejected a U.S. union's trade complaint over Beijing's support
for clean energy industries and said Wednesday such criticism is
hypocritical at a time when China is under pressure to cut
greenhouse gas emissions. The Sept. 9 complaint by the United
Steelworkers said Chinese producers of wind and solar equipment
receive improper subsidies in violation of Beijing's free-trade
commitments. Posted.
http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/15/1339636/china-rejects-us-trade-complaint.html#ixzz0zcJKWHiG

OPINION: WALTERS: Energy Bill Left On Session Back Burner. The
most conspicuous casualty on the chaotic final day of the 2009-10
legislative session last month was an extremely complex measure
to increase California's use of so-called "renewable" electric
power and reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions. Many months in the
making, a final version of Senate Bill 722 emerged from the
cloisters of the Assembly, where it had been secretly massaged by
a few insiders, just hours before the midnight deadline for
action. Posted.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/walters/article_994d9cab-be80-5488-b2ac-94219df46a2e.html?print=1

DIESEL

2,000 Construction Letters Urge CARB to Repeal Rule. The
Associated General Contractors of America said its California
members sent that many letters to the board seeking repeal of the
off-road diesel rule, saying it is unnecessary and threatens
contractors across the country. Saying the off-road rule adopted
in July 2007 by the California Air Resources Board, also known as
CARB, must be repealed … Posted.
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/09/15/10-2000-construction-letters-urge-carb-to-repeal-rule.aspx?admgarea=news

VEHICLES

Livermore Lab Licenses ‘Zinc Air’ Fuel Cell. A company in
northern Montana licensed “zinc air fuel cell” technology from
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Zinc Air Inc., of
Kalispell, north of Flathead Lake near the Canadian border,
licensed the technology for use in electric vehicles,
particularly those that are in nearly continuous use -- buses or
fleet vehicles, for example. Posted.
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/09/13/daily20.html


Toyota And Tesla's First Electric Car: A RAV4 EV. Ever since
Toyota signed a deal with Tesla Motors to jointly develop an
electric car, speculation has run rampant about what the first
collaboration will be. A Yaris subcompact? A version of the Tesla
roadster? Well, get ready to be underwhelmed. The pair's initial
effort will be an all-electric drivetrain version of the RAV4,
which will debut at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show in November.
Posted.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/09/toyota-and-teslas-first-electric-car-a-rav4-ev/1

BLOGS

Ford, Nissan, Chevy: Charging into the EV Era? Or is it more like
slouching towards Bethlehem? But no matter their speed or range a
battery of all-electric vehicles are coming soon to a charging
station or electric outlet near you. Not only is the gas-free
option arriving, there are some interesting and attractive
choices hitting the road. The all-electric Nissan Leaf will make
its market debut this year as will the Chevy Volt. Meanwhile, the
Ford Focus EV is slated to roll late next year and BMW reportedly
is working on a small electric car that might launch in 2012.
Posted.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/09/charging-into-the-ev-era/comment-page-1/

Golden State Follies - Fun and Games in California's Capitol.
California is one of only ten states that has a full time
legislature and its two-year sessions wind up during the hottest
time of the year when temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees.
The end of August was no exception. Our legislative session still
tracks the agricultural calendar, ending in time for harvest,
reflecting the agrarian economy of 19th century California. The
calendar is not the only thing that needs to be modernized to
reflect the way we live today.  Posted.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/anotthoff/golden_state_follies_-_fun_and.html

Up, Downs of County Emissions Standards Emerge at Workshop. SBCAG
outlines challenges of mandated reductions, attempts to explain
reasons for projected increases. Santa Barbara County’s emission
targets were the subject of a public workshop Tuesday, and
whether a regional governing body should press for stricter
emissions standards than the state has recommended. Posted.
http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/091410_emissions/

Oil Industry Targets Schwarzenegger. The oil industry is going
after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Republican. The
issue is Mr. Schwarzenegger’s strong opposition to a proposition
on the ballot this November that would suspend a landmark
greenhouse gas bill passed by the Legislature in 2006 mandating
that carbon emissions be rolled back to 1990 levels by 2020.
Posted.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/oil-industry-targets-schwarzenegger/

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