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California Air Resources Board News Clips for October 5, 2010.  


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CLIMATE CHANGE/GHG’S

Courts Likely To Be Next Climate Change Battleground.
Cap-and-trade chronicler and author of the "The Climate War" said
yesterday it could be "several years" before Congress tackles
global warming. "I do think a window has slammed shut in
Washington, and it may be a few more years before we can pry it
open again," Pooley said at a panel near Capitol Hill where
environmentalists and industry analysts tried to take stock of
how climate legislation died in the Senate this year and where
the road ahead may lie. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/10/05/6

Warming Is Accelerating Global Water Cycle. Stream flows into the
ocean have been increasing annually, study finds. Fresh water
evaporates from the oceans, rains out over land and then runs
back into the seas. A new study finds evidence that global
warming has been speeding up this hydrological cycle recently, a
change that could lead to more violent storms. It could also
alter where precipitation falls — drying temperate areas, those
places where most people now live. Posted.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64021/title/Warming_accelerates_global_water_cycle

PROP 23

OPINION: Prop. 23 An Attack On Green Movement. Over the years,
we've gotten used to hearing wild claims about state
propositions, as if their passage or failure will be singly
responsible for changing life as we know it in California. For
November, election, Proposition 23 is the measure attracting the
most hyperbole. Ironically, proponents and opponents are making
the same argument — that it will make or break California's
struggling economy. Posted.
http://www.modbee.com/2010/10/04/v-print/1368731/prop-23-an-attack-on-green-movement.html

TRANSPORTATION

European Automakers Say 'Psychological' Barriers Of Fueling
Electric Cars Can Be Overcome. London -- Development of a public
network of recharging points will be critical to the public's
acceptance of a mass rollout of pure electric vehicles despite
evidence that such networks are not actually needed, according to
automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. With
Nissan poised to start commercial marketing of its Leaf pure
electric family car and Toyota road-testing its plug-in Prius
hybrid, with a rollout planned for 2012, countries around the
world are beginning to work on expensive public urban recharging
networks. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/10/05/1

E-WASTE

Bill Would Cut Dumping Of U.S. Electronic Waste In China, India.
Silicon Valley and some House Democrats are teaming up to stop
the annual export of millions of tons of e-trash to developing
nations. Apple, Dell and Samsung support the legislation,
introduced by Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Gene Green, D-Texas,
which would prohibit the sale of some e-waste to countries such
as China and India. According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, more than 300 million tons of old computer
hardware, mobile phones and other electronic waste was shipped
out of the country in 2007. Posted.
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/bill-would-cut-dumping-us-electronic-waste-china-india-5341

RAILROADS

Peninsula Cities Sue To Derail High-Speed Rail Project. A
coalition of Peninsula cities and organizations Monday sued the
California High-Speed Rail Authority in another bid to derail its
$43 billion bullet train project. The project has been
controversial in some mid-Peninsula cities, where residents and
officials worry the bullet trains will be noisy, divide
neighborhoods by running atop elevated tracks and force the
seizure of dozens of homes along sections of the Caltrain
corridor. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16253228

ENERGY

Here Comes The Sun: White House To Go Solar. Washington -- Solar
power is coming to President Barack Obama's house. The most
famous residence in America, which has already boosted its green
credentials by planting a garden, plans to install solar panels
atop the White House's living quarters. The solar panels are to
be installed by spring 2011, and will heat water for the first
family and supply some electricity. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/green-energy/ci_16258479
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/white-house-goes-solar.html

BLM To License 2 Calif. Solar Plants. Federal land managers are
expected to grant final clearance today for two solar projects to
be built in the arid California desert. The Bureau of Land
Management will issue permits for a 709-megawatt project from
Tessera Solar and a 45 MW photovoltaic plant from Chevron Energy
Solutions, sources said. The Tessera project has been approved by
the California Energy Commission with BLM acting as the lead
agency on the Chevron plant. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/10/05/2

Don't Say 'Retrofit,' Say 'Upgrade' – Study. Give the people what
they want. Know your customer. Make it easy to do the right
thing. These are some of the common-sense recommendations
featured in a new report that highlights just how unprepared many
energy program designers are when it comes to selling efficiency
to the public. In a study of programs aimed at improving
residential energy efficiency, researchers at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory found much to learn from.. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/print/2010/10/05/16

Truck Stops Going Green •  Clean Energy Fuels partners with Pilot
Flying J •  Will supply natural gas fueling facilities. More than
500 truck stops across the country, including the Central Valley,
will offer natural gas filling stations for trucks thanks to a
deal announced Tuesday between Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:
CLNE) of Seal Beach and Pilot Travel Centers LLC of Knoxville,
Tenn., which runs Flying J truck stops. Clean Energy will build,
own and operate public access, compressed and liquefied natural
gas (CNG/LNG) fueling facilities. Posted.
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=16480&ewrd=1

MISCELLANEOUS

New State Law Reduces Copper In Brake Pads. Legislators have
given a red light to vehicle brake pads containing copper, a
chemical harmful to salmon and other aquatic life. After a
15-year fight that surfaced with concerns about the San Francisco
Bay, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB346, which requires
brake pad manufacturers to reduce the use of copper to no more
than 5 percent by 2021 and no more than 0.5 percent by 2025.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/04/BAL11FO3AT.DTL

BLOGS

Prop 23 Would Kill Advanced Biofuel Technology. Hopefully, you've
heard lots of buzz about Prop 23 by now, the ballot measure that
would effectively repeal California's landmark clean energy and
climate law (AB 32). Voting no on 23 sends a clear message that
California does not want to lose its advantage as the country's
cleantech leader. Across California, companies have been
investing and preparing for the cleantech boom created by AB 32,
but Prop 23 would stall this growth indefinitely.  Posted.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/10/prop-23-would-kill-advanced-biofuel-technology/

What's The Best Way To Promote Safer, Cleaner Energy? Dependence
on foreign oil, the energy economy, the environment, new
technology – they all factor into the debate over America's
energy future. So what's the best path forward? Get government
out of the way. The left proposes expensive, unreliable wind and
solar power as our path to cleaner, safer energy. The right has
visions of thousands of expensive nuclear plants in our energy
future. Posted.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/One-Minute-Debate/2010/1005/What-s-the-best-way-to-promote-safer-cleaner-energy

Stop The Dirty Energy Proposition. According to opponents of
Prop. 23, "Two Texas oil companies are spending millions to push
Prop. 23, a deceptive ballot proposition that would kill
California clean energy and air pollution reduction standards.
Four years ago, California passed a clean air law (AB 32) that
holds polluters accountable and requires them to reduce air
pollution that threatens human health and contributes to global
climate change. Posted.
http://blogs.redding.com/dcraig/archives/2010/10/stop-the-dirty.html

Recycler Launches Ecollective To Make Recycling Electronics
Easier. Whether it's cellphones or computers, TVs or iPods, the
average American household contains 23 consumer electronics items
-- items that are so frequently discarded that electronic waste
is now the fastest-growing waste stream in the country, according
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Posted.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/electronic-waste.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29

The Military, Green Energy Champion. United States Marines A
testing ground for a Marine Corps’ solar energy experiment, in
Twentynine Palms, Calif. As I write in Tuesday’s Times, the
United States military has become a proponent of renewable
energy. And there is great hope that some of the renewable energy
technology being developed for battle will double back and play a
role in civilian life. After all, the military has huge
purchasing power, enough to create genuine markets. Posted.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/the-military-green-energy-champion/?scp=2&sq=environment&st=cse