Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:25:16 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- ARB Research Seminar: Assessment of the Emissions and Energy Impacts of Biomass and Biogas Use in California From: rding@arb.ca.gov “Assessment of the Emissions and Energy Impacts of Biomass and Biogas Use in California”. Donald Dabdub, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Tuesday, March 17, 2015 1:30 pm, PDT (WEBCAST) Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California Biomass contributes more than 5,700 Gigawatt-hour to California’s in-state renewable power, approximately 19% of in-state renewable power, and 2% of full California power mix. Current operating biopower capacity is about 900 Megawatt (MW), including approximately 550 MW of woody biomass solid fuel combustion, 280 MW of landfill gas-to-energy and 75 MW from wastewater treatment biogas. It is estimated that there is sufficient in-state ‘technically’ recoverable biomass to support another 2,800 MW of capacity or 21 Terawatt-hour of electricity. While most biomass energy is derived from woody material (including urban wood waste, and forest product and agricultural residues), there is a growing interest in using municipal solid waste, food processing waste, animal manure, and wastewater (co-digestion at wastewater treatment facilities) to generate electricity and renewable fuels. Increasing production of bioenergy contributes to energy sustainability while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and also could help reduce criteria pollutant emissions. For more go to the announcement at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/dabdub2/dabdub.htm Main menu: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm For “external” users please check the external webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For “internal” users please check the internal webcast calendar at: http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 Please send your-e-mail for the Q&A participation to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Ralph Propper at (916) 323-1535 or Ralph.Propper@arb.ca.gov For more information on the ARB Research Seminar Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or Peter.Mathews@arb.ca.gov To receive notices for upcoming Seminars please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and sign up for the seminars list serve. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. 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Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org . ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:57:43 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- ARB Research Seminar: Assessment of the Emissions and Energy Impacts of Biomass and Biogas Use in California From: rding@arb.ca.gov “Assessment of the Emissions and Energy Impacts of Biomass and Biogas Use in California”. “Presentation is available for downloading!” Donald Dabdub, Ph.D. and Marc Carreras-Sospedra University of California, Irvine Tuesday, March 17, 2015 1:30 pm, PDT (WEBCAST) Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California Biomass contributes more than 5,700 Gigawatt-hour to California’s in-state renewable power, approximately 19% of in-state renewable power, and 2% of full California power mix. Current operating biopower capacity is about 900 Megawatt (MW), including approximately 550 MW of woody biomass solid fuel combustion, 280 MW of landfill gas-to-energy and 75 MW from wastewater treatment biogas. It is estimated that there is sufficient in-state ‘technically’ recoverable biomass to support another 2,800 MW of capacity or 21 Terawatt-hour of electricity. While most biomass energy is derived from woody material (including urban wood waste, and forest product and agricultural residues), there is a growing interest in using municipal solid waste, food processing waste, animal manure, and wastewater (co-digestion at wastewater treatment facilities) to generate electricity and renewable fuels. Increasing production of bioenergy contributes to energy sustainability while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and also could help reduce criteria pollutant emissions. For more go to the announcement at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/dabdub2/dabdub.htm Main menu: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm For “external” users please check the external webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For “internal” users please check the internal webcast calendar at: http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 Please send your-e-mail for the Q&A participation to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Ralph Propper at (916) 323-1535 or Ralph.Propper@arb.ca.gov For more information on the ARB Research Seminar Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or Peter.Mathews@arb.ca.gov To receive notices for upcoming Seminars please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and sign up for the seminars list serve. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. 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Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org . ====================================================================== Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:09:21 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- August 5: Governors Symposium to discuss Strategies to Secure and Enhance Carbon Storage on Natural and Working Lands From: jraymond@arb.ca.gov SAVE THE DATE: Joint Agency Symposium on the Governor’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals to be Discussed at an August 5 Forum. The California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Air Resources Board will conduct a public symposium to discuss the development of strategies to achieve Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals. Natural Resources Secretary John Laird, Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and Air Resources Board Executive Officer Richard Corey will speak at the event. Additional representatives from these and other state agencies and the Governor’s Office may also attend and participate. WHEN: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. WHERE: Byron Sher Auditorium, Cal/EPA Headquarters 1001 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814 Directions and public transit options: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/epabldg/location.htm Live webcast: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast This symposium will discuss strategies to secure and enhance carbon storage on natural and working lands, including farms, rangelands, forests and wetlands throughout California. Topics include protecting and managing land to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration rates and opportunities to develop synergies that promote resource stewardship and contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions in other sectors. Background This symposium is one of a series of public forums soliciting stakeholder input on five key climate change strategy pillars that Governor Brown identified in his January 2015 inaugural address. The pillars recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet the 2030 target. The five pillars are: (1) reducing today’s petroleum use in cars and trucks by up to 50 percent; (2) increasing from one-third to 50 percent our electricity derived from renewable sources; (3) doubling the efficiency savings achieved at existing buildings and making heating fuels cleaner; (4) reducing the release of methane, black carbon, and other short lived climate pollutants; and (5) managing farm and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon. More information: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: altfuels, aqip, auctionproceeds, biogas, bus-act, capandtrade, ccms, cc, clean_cars, compwood, efmp, ej, ej-prp, forestry, fuels, ghg-rep, ghg-ver, hdghg, lcfs, levprog, localaction, manuremgmt, moyer, ms-mailings, mvac-gwp, offsets, onrdiesel, research, sb375, sfti, tru, waste, zev-program. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org . ====================================================================== Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:32:05 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Solicitation of Comments and Invitation to Natural and Working Lands Listserve From: lgilbert@arb.ca.gov This message is regarding the Climate Change Pillar Symposium on Natural and Working Lands, held August 5, 2015 in Sacramento, CA. Governor Brown set targets for the Natural and Working Lands Sector for management and conservation practices that were discussed in the symposium, and ARB is soliciting comments through August 31, 2015. Please send any comments by electronic submission here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm2/bcsubform.php?listname=pillarsnatworklds-ws&comm_period=1 Written comments sent by mail should be addressed to: Attn: Mr. Michael Tollstrup California Air Resources Board PO Box 2815 Sacramento, CA 95812 ARB also has a new listserver for Natural and Working Lands. If interested in email updates, please join the listserver here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=natandworkinglands For more information, please see the Natural and Working Lands Sector page: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/natandworkinglands/natandworkinglands.htm Thank you, Lori Gilbert Air Pollution Specialist Climate Change Policy Section California Air Resources Board 1001 “I” Street – Sacramento – CA 95814 916-322-2362 – www.arb.ca.gov lori.gilbert@arb.ca.gov California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: ag, cc, forestry. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org . ====================================================================== Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:39:02 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- ARB releases the draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy From: jraymond@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) has released, for public review, a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy (Draft Strategy). Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) include methane, black carbon, and fluorinated gases. They are powerful climate forcers that remain in the atmosphere for a much shorter period of time than longer-lived climate pollutants, including carbon dioxide. Their relative potency, when measured in terms of how they heat the atmosphere, can be tens to thousands of times greater than that of carbon dioxide. Senate Bill 605 (Lara, Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014) requires ARB, in coordination with other state agencies and local air districts, to develop a SLCP Strategy by the end of 2015, to reduce SLCP emissions in California. The Draft Strategy describes ongoing and potential new measures to reduce SLCP emissions from major sources in the State, and describes current and future research needs for improving the SLCP emission inventory and better understanding potential mitigation measures. The Draft Strategy will be discussed at public workshops in October. Comments received on the Draft Strategy will inform the development of a Proposed Strategy, which will be will presented to the Board in late 2015. ARB welcomes broad participation of stakeholders, experts, and interested parties throughout this process. The Draft Strategy can be found at ARB's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/shortlived/shortlived.htm The website also contains a link for submitting written comments on the Draft Strategy. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. 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For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org . ====================================================================== Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:32:01 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Regional Workshops to discuss a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy From: jraymond@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will hold workshops to discuss a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy (Draft Strategy), which was recently released for public comment. The meetings are open to the public and full participation by all parties is encouraged. Locations and dates of the workshops are: Sacramento: October 13, 2015 Diamond Bar: October 14, 2015 Fresno: October 19, 2015 Additional workshop details are included in the notice that is posted here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/shortlived/2015notice.pdf The Draft Strategy can be found on ARB's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/shortlived/shortlived.htm The website also contains a link for submitting written comments on the Draft Strategy. Comments received on the Draft Strategy will inform the development of a Proposed Strategy, which will be presented to the Board in late 2015. An agenda and presentation will be posted before the workshops. Background Short-lived climate pollutants are powerful climate forcers that remain in the atmosphere for a much shorter period of time than major climate pollutants such as carbon dioxide. Their relative potency in terms of how they heat the atmosphere can be tens to thousands of times greater than CO2. Short-lived climate pollutants include methane, black carbon, and fluorinated gases. The impacts of short-lived climate pollutants are especially strong within the near term. Reducing these emissions can have an immediate beneficial impact on climate change. Senate Bill 605 (Lara, Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014) requires ARB, in coordination with other State agencies and local air districts, to develop a strategy by the end of 2015, to further reduce short-lived climate pollutant emissions in California. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. 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