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California Air Resources Board News Clips for December 17, 2010. We apologize for today's delay with the newsclips which was due to technical problems. Thank you for your patience. 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. CLIMATE CHANGE California Air Regulators Approve Carbon-Trading Plan. The cap-and-trade system will limit emissions from 600 major industrial plants in the state, starting in 2012. Firms could buy pollution offsets from timber companies that preserve carbon in forests. California regulators Thursday voted to cap the greenhouse gas emissions of the state's major industries and establish the nation's first broad-based carbon trading program. The move marks another bellwether moment for a state that has led in environmental policy, coming as national climate legislation to regulate greenhouse gases and curb climate change has stalled in Congress. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1217-climate-cap-trade-20101217,0,7038845,print.story State Regulators Approve the Nation's Biggest Cap-And-Trade Plan. Sacramento, Calif. -- California regulators voted yesterday to approve the most comprehensive U.S. cap yet on greenhouse gases and create the biggest carbon market in the country. The California Air Resources Board voted 9-1 to approve the state's cap-and-trade plan, the keystone of its effort to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 under A.B. 32 and the nation's first economywide, market-based greenhouse gas scheme in the absence of federal action. California has the world's eighth-largest economy and the highest gross state product in the United States, at $1.7 trillion in 2009. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/12/17/17climatewire-state-regulators-approve-the-nations-biggest-84198.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2010/12/17/1 California Adopts Cap-And-Trade Program. Sacramento - The California Air Resources Board has approved the creation of the nation's first broad-based program to put a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and to begin charging large emitters for the excess carbon dioxide they put in the air. After an all-day meeting on Thursday, the board voted 9-1 for the proposal, which will take effect in 2012 and means California is once again moving forward with climate-change policy while efforts on the national level have stopped. "The comment 'the world is watching' is sometimes an idle comment. Posted. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/17/MN6B1GRO7F.DTL&type=printable California Air Resources Board Oks Cap-And-Trade Rules. The state took a major step toward the development of a low-carbon economy by approving a cap on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by refiners, utilities and other energy companies. After a 10-hour meeting Thursday, the California Air Resources Board voted 9-1 to approve the rules for a cap-and-trade program, which will reduce the amount of carbon emissions from the state's 500 largest polluters. "This is a historic venture," said Mary Nichols, the air board's chairman. "The step we are about to take is one that we will all look back as a capstone of this (Schwarzenegger) administration's work." Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/17/3264543/california-air-resources-board.html#mi_rss=State%20Politics California Approves Stringent Pollution Curbs. San Francisco — California regulators on Thursday adopted the nation’s most comprehensive rules to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases, a move that will put the state far ahead of the rest of the country in energy reform. The regulations, which reward industries most effective in achieving the cuts by allowing them to sell credits to polluters, will create the largest market for carbon trading in the country. Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/science/earth/17cap.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=print California Adopts Cap And Trade. San Francisco --California regulators late Thursday adopted the first large-scale cap-and-trade program in the U.S., in a move officials say will protect the environment without hurting the state's still-struggling economy. In a 9-1 vote, the state Air Resources Board voted to adopt rules, scheduled to start in 2012 that place a limit on greenhouse-gas emissions for the state that will decline over time. Power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities that emit carbon dioxide and can't cut their emissions by the required amount will be able to obtain pollution allowances from the state or buy them from other emitters with excess allowances. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576024650186378260.html California Oks Rules To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Despite Congress' failure this year to pass a climate law, California regulators have approved the nation's largest system of financial incentives to get the owners of power plants, refineries and other major polluters to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The state's Air Resources Board voted overwhelmingly, 9-1, late Thursday to pass the key piece of California's pioneering 2006 climate law, which had a Jan. 1, 2011, deadline for enacting the so-called cap-and-trade system. In November, Californians defeated a ballot proposition to suspend the law. Posted. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/12/california-greenhouse-gas-rules/1 Calif. Regulators OK Major Greenhouse Gas Rules. Sacramento, Calif. (AP) — Hoping other states will follow suit, California regulators overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system giving owners of power plants, refineries and other major polluters financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases. The Air Resources Board voted 9-1 Thursday to pass the key piece of California's 2006 climate law — called AB32. "We're inventing this," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the state's air quality board. "There is still going to be quite a bit of action needed before it becomes operational." Posted. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRiu-0wi41fco8ZFE5dwmiTwhZyg?docId=f029f62fa02e4e8381f3a23110165abd Calif. Regulators OK Major Greenhouse Gas Rules. Sacramento, Calif. California regulators have approved the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases. The Air Resources Board voted 9-1 Thursday to pass the key piece of California's 2006 climate law -- called AB32 -- with the hope that other states will follow the lead of the world's eighth largest economy. California's new rules will set up the largest U.S. carbon trading market as the way to enforce the state's gradually tightening emissions cap. Posted. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9K5D9901.htm Air Board Caps State Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Sacramento — California air regulators on Thursday adopted a plan that places a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and establishes carbon allowances that large polluters can buy and sell to meet their operational needs. The cap-and-trade program is a key component in the overall strategy to reach the emissions-reductions goal spelled out in AB 32, the state’s landmark climate-change legislation. The bill calls for greenhouse-gas emissions to be rolled back to 1990 levels by 2020, about a 15 percent reduction from today’s levels. Posted. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/dec/16/air-board-caps-state-greenhouse-gas-emissions/#ixzz18OLiBLaY California Emissions Trading Program Cleared To Start. The California Air Resources Board Thursday endorsed the state’s cap-and-trade regulation under the state’s greenhouse gas reduction law, AB32. The cap-and-trade regulation, along with several complementary measures, will drive the development of green jobs and set the state on track to a clean energy future, CARB predicts. “This program is the capstone of our climate policy, and will accelerate California’s progress toward a clean energy economy,” says CARB Chairman Mary Nichols. Posted. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=17128 State: Yes On Cap-And-Trade Climate Rule. California's smog agency approved new "cap and trade" rules late Thursday to help curb global warming, the first of their kind in the nation. The rules, opposed by some business and industry groups, would place a cap on overall emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, which climate scientists say is the main driver of global warming. The cap would shrink over time, and the businesses under it would be allowed to trade allowances for emissions among themselves -- those with unneeded allowances because of lower emissions able to sell them to those needing more. Posted. http://www.ocregister.com/news/cap-280656-trade-state.html CARB Passes Landmark GHG Trading Regulation. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed a landmark regulation today. Known as the Cap and Trade regulation, the rulemaking is key to the state's success in implementing the greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions mandated by AB32, the climate change law implemented in 2006. Under the regulation, facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes per year of CO2 equivalent emissions will be issued allowances (equal to one metric tonne of CO2 equivalents) by the state, the total of which from all affected sources equals a statewide cap. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/environmental-news-in-bakersfield/carb-passes-landmark-ghg-trading-regulation California Passes Nation's Most Extensive Cap and Trade Rules Against Pollution. California now has the nation’s most extensive cap and trade rules to regulate carbon emissions. The Air Resources Board voted to approve the new rules last night after hearing hours of often contentious testimony. The A-R-B voted nine to one to approve the measure after a day of testimony from nearly 200 witnesses. Before the vote, A-R-B Chair Mary Nichols reminded everyone about the program's significance. "We know that it is a historic venture and we know that we will not have gotten everything right." Posted. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2010/12/16/california-passes-nation's-most-extensive-cap-and-trade-rules-against-pollution- Schwarzenegger Applauds Greenhouse Gas Proposal. Sacramento, Calif. (KGO) -- California is about to lead the nation again -- this time on the issue of global warming. But there is concern that the state's cap-and-trade regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions could drive business out of the Golden State. The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of Gov.'s Schwarzenegger's landmark global warming law which mandates that California reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels in 10 years. "This is not just about global climate change. That's one of the reasons why I believe in it. Posted. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=7848563 State Oks Nation's Largest Carbon-Trading Market. After a personal plea from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and more than six hours of testimony from environmentalists and business groups tonight, state pollution regulators approved sweeping rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gases in California and controlling climate change. The 9-1 vote by the Air Resources Board now places California – with an economy roughly the size of Italy – alongside a host of nations that have enacted a market-based system to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-oks-nations-largest-carbon-trading-market-7541 DIESEL EMISSIONS Calif. to Give Industry More Time for Diesel Rules. California air regulators to give business more time to comply with diesel emission standards. Businesses will have more time to comply with California's tough diesel emissions standards for trucks, buses and construction equipment under new, relaxed rules expected to be adopted by air quality officials. The Air Resources Board was expected to vote on Friday on amendments to its on-and-off-road diesel emissions standards, giving businesses more time to replace or upgrade aging equipment with filters, and exempting more vehicles from coverage under the rules. Posted. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12419926 Companies Dependent On Diesel Fuel Worry About What California Will Decide On Limit Rules. Two very different industries are interested in what happens with state rules that limit diesel air pollution from heavy machinery. KPCC’s Molly Peterson reports on an issue before the Air Resources Board. Air quality officials have targeted diesel engines – the soot and chemicals they spew can harm human health and warm the climate. In a slow economy, the companies that make and use bulldozers, backhoes and other heavy trucks – all with diesel engines – worry that the present deadlines for cleanup could eviscerate their businesses. Posted. http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/12/17/arb-scrubbers/ Senate Passes Diesel Clean-up Bill - House Action Expected Soon. Great news from Capitol Hill today: Today, the Senate passed, by unanimous consent, a bill that could lead to cleaner school buses, less pollution from trucks serving our ports, and the introduction of new, cleaner technologies into the construction and farm equipment world. The bill is the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (S. 3973), which authorizes $500 million in diesel clean-up funds over the next five years. Now the action moves to the House, where we are hopeful that the House will pass its version of DERA (H.R. 6482) before the end of the current session. Posted. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkassel/senate_passes_diesel_clean-up.html LA Harbor Commission Closes Clean Truck Class-7 Loophole. The Los Angeles Harbor Commission voted Thursday to include Class 7 trucks in the same emissions rules that already apply to Class 8 trucks. The move will prevent carriers from using the smaller trucks to move empty chassis and lighter containers through the Port -- a carrier tactic seen as a way of thwarting the strict emissions requirements imposed on Class 8 trucks. As well, the harbor Commission has banned the practice of "dray-offs" within the Harbor District or adjacent public streets. Posted. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72478 AIR POLLUTION Proximity To Freeways Increases Autism Risk, Study Finds. More research is needed, but the report suggests air pollution could be a factor. Children born to mothers who live close to freeways have twice the risk of autism, researchers reported Thursday. The study, its authors say, adds to evidence suggesting that certain environmental exposures could play a role in causing the disorder in some children. "This study isn't saying exposure to air pollution or exposure to traffic causes autism," said Heather Volk, lead author of the paper and a researcher at the Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles. "But it could be one of the factors that are contributing to its increase." Posted. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/16/health/la-he-autism-20101217 http://www.examiner.com/children-s-health-in-providence/highway-air-pollution-and-autism-could-where-you-live-cause-the-disorder http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20025991-10391704.html http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/12/17/study-finds-link-autism-air-pollutants/ OPINION Work Is Not Complete On California’s Cap-And-Trade Plan. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted a cap-and-trade system in time to meet the December 31, 2010 deadline for regulatory action under AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Yet much remains to be done. Instead of a complete regulation that companies and the public can fully understand, there are “placeholders” for missing pieces and CARB staff will be adjusting other elements as work progresses next year. Posted. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zcr2qqwcx7th6i&xid=zcr1jj8tbb97to&done=.zcr2qqwcx8gh6i# Cool the Planet With Natural Gas. Existing gas-powered generators can reduce CO2 emissions in the electricity sector by 10%. What if the near-term solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions actually began with the increased use of fossil fuels? This is a real possibility because using natural gas to generate energy results in much lower emissions of carbon dioxide than does using coal or oil. And in recent years we've unlocked vast new supplies of natural gas. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576023441488023236.html?mod=googlenews_wsj BLOGS One Small Step for CARB, Many More Steps to a Clean Energy Economy Remaining. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today voted to approve California’s first-of-its-kind carbon market to reduce pollution across the California economy. While we will continue to work with CARB to ensure the program is implemented effectively, the program as designed will position California to make good on its AB 32 pledge to reduce GHG emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020. In the meantime, much work remains to finalize and implement the suite of policies developed under AB 32 to steer California towards a clean energy future. Here are some key developments to keep your eye on. Posted. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ajackson/one_small_step_for_carb_many_m.html It's (Sort of) Official: Cap Trade Is (Almost) Here. After a ten-hour hearing in which board members endured more than 170 speakers, the California Air Resources Board voted to "endorse" a 200-page set of rules for what will be the world's second largest cap & trade program (after Europe). "It's an exciting program," said Board chair Mary Nichols. "It's a very big step forward." Not that the job is done. Several facets of the regulation will now undergo a fine-tuning process, with another report back to the board in July of next year. Eventually it will find its way to the state's Office of Administrative Law for review, and finally to the governor's office, to be signed as an executive order. Posted. http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/12/16/its-sort-of-official-cap-trade-is-almost-here/ California Establishes Carbon Market. While cap and trade may be dead in Washington, it's alive and well in California. Late Thursday the California Air Resources Board approved the establishment of a carbon market that will allow the state's greenhouse gas emitters to buy and sell emission allowances. The new regulation will cover 360 businesses representing 600 facilities. It has two phases: in 2012 all major industrial sources and utilities will be covered; by 2015 distributors of transportation fuels, natural gas and other fuels will also be included. Posted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/12/california_establishes_carbon.html Air Board Oks California Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Plan. It looks like California will have a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions after all. The California Air Resources Board approved cap-and-trade regulations Thursday and now the state has until 2012 to implement the scheme. The trading program puts a limit on the amount of greenhouse gasses that can be released. Businesses that exceed the cap in a given year must reduce emissions or buy credits or allowances to offset emissions above the cap. Posted. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2010/12/agency-approves-ca-cap-and-trade.html California Launches Cap-and-Trade. California moved ahead with its groundbreaking 2006 climate law on Thursday when the state's Air Resources Board voted overwhelmingly to institute policies encouraging major polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reports AP. Officials said they hoped to set a good example for other states by setting up a cap-and-trade system that would limit greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2012. California is attempting to "fill the vacuum created by the failure of Congress to pass any kind of climate or energy legislation for many years now," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the board that voted 9-1 for the measure. Posted. http://slatest.slate.com/id/2278355/ Climate: California Approves Carbon Cap-and-Trade. OK, so a national carbon cap-and-trade program is, as we've said many times before, extremely dead. And at this point, no one has any idea what form energy and climate legislation might take over the next couple of years, or whether anything's really possible. Climate change hasn't gone away, even if many people are pretending that it has—NASA has reported that 2010 will likely be the hottest climate year on record. But that's not translating to national action any time soon, even if the international climate process has come back from the dead. Posted. http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/12/17/climate-california-approves-carbon-cap-and-trade/#ixzz18OSDx7aP California Passes Cap & Trade Bill - Creates World's Second Largest Emission Trading Scheme. The California Air Resources Board yesterday passed a statewide cap and trade bill for greenhouse gas emissions, creating the second-largest emissions trading scheme in the world after Europe's. A 9-to-1 vote brings into effect what CARB chairman Mary Nichols calls the capstone of the state's climate policy, which aims to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Posted. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/california-passes-cap-and-trade-bill.php The Golden State Green Lights Cap and Trade. California’s carbon market is on its way. The state’s Air Resources Board on Thursday approved rules for the country’s first large-scale cap-and-trade program. The program represents a capstone in the state's efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions as mandated by the 2006 California Global Warming Solutions Act. Commonly known as AB 32, the law requires California to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Posted. http://sustainableindustries.com/print/8443 California Approves Cap and Trade. Yesterday California regulators voted to cap the greenhouse gas emissions of the state’s major industries and establish a carbon trading program. California’s 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act requires the state to reduce emissions by 15% from today’s levels by 2020. “This is an historic venture,” said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board. Posted. http://greenbuildingelements.com/2010/12/17/california-approves-cap-and-trade/ California Blazes a Trail With the First U.S. Carbon Trading Program. Cap-and-trade is coming to California. The market-based system intended to cut greenhouse gas emissions is the key part of the Golden State’s effort, set into law four years ago, to cut its emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Yesterday the California Air Resources Board finally approved the complex set of rules, which will go into effect in 2012. Posted. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/17/california-blazes-a-trail-with-the-first-u-s-carbon-trading-program/ Cali Dons Emissions Cap (and Trade). While Congress failed miserably in the past year to pass new energy regulations or curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, California voters resoundingly voted for measures to boost alternative energy use in the biggest state, and now regulators are charging ahead with rules for a system to make California law a reality. California voters in November defeated by a nearly two-to-one margin an oil-industry backed referendum aimed at putting off a 2006 law that requires utilities to get much of their power from renewable sources like wind and solar. Posted. http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/capital/2010/12/17/california-air-board-approves-emissions-cap-and-trade-rules#ixzz18OKCByF2 California Approves First US Carbon-Trading Scheme. California has become the first US state to approve a carbon-trading plan aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. State regulators passed a "cap-and-trade" framework to let companies buy and sell permits, giving them an incentive to emit fewer gases. The aim is to create the second-largest market in the field, after Europe's. State officials hope the scheme will be copied across the US, but opponents warn it may harm California's growth and lead to higher electricity prices. Posted. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12016137 The Energy Future Ain’t What It Used To Be. The price of natural gas and electricity will be low over the next quarter-century, and crude oil will become more expensive but not radically so, the Energy Department predicted on Thursday, in a report that contradicts widely held notions. And even without a national global warming law, American carbon dioxide emissions will not inexorably set new records; they will stay below the rate of 2005 for the next 15 years because of economic forces, the forecast said. Posted. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/the-energy-future-aint-what-it-used-to-be/?partner=rss&emc=rss