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California Air Resources Board News Clips for September 15, 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 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/