Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:47:34 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- June 24th Clean Air Leadership Talks with the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award Winners From: hchoi@arb.ca.gov Learn about real-world air pollution problems and innovative solutions from three individuals who will be bestowed with California’s premier air quality award for their career contributions. The Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award is named for the late Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit – known as the “father of air pollution science and control.” Awards recognize those who continue Haagen-Smit’s work through perseverance, leadership and innovation in the areas of research, environmental policy, science and technology, public education and community service. Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:30 pm, PST (WEBCAST - link info below) Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California Each of three award recipients will give an abbreviated, 20-minute, talk: Cooking Health & Climate: The Surprisingly Large Impacts of Humanity’s Oldest Daily Task – Donald Blake, professor of chemistry at the University of California Irvine, has carried out internationally acclaimed measurements of atmospheric volatile organic compounds that have provided critical insights into their roles in air pollution and climate change. Learn about his research showing how elevated air pollution in some cities, such as Mexico City, can be attributed to propane use and cooking emissions rather than traffic pollution. Household Air Pollution & Impacts on Women and Children – Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health at the University of California Berkeley, holds visiting professorships in India and China, where he works to bring clean air to all people, particularly those who suffer from high exposures to smoke from traditional cookstoves using biomass and coal fuels. His research was critical to the development of the global burden of disease estimate that 4 million people die prematurely from household fuel combustion each year and in helping trigger the first recognition of the importance of air pollution within health ministries. Advances in Diesel Technologies & Worldwide Implementation – John Wall, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for diesel engine manufacturer Cummins, Inc., has played a leadership role in the development and implementation of all the major technology advancements ultimately leading to the near-zero levels of emissions of particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen from engines. He has consistently taken a proactive environmentally conscious position for the diesel industry throughout his career. Learn about the latest advancements in diesel emissions and what they mean for public health and the world. The public is invited to this free event. 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: coastalrm@calepa.ca.gov For more information about the Clean Air Leadership Talks with the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award Winners, visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/hsawards/hsawards.htm or call Heather Choi at 916-322-3893. 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, 14 Oct 2015 13:40:17 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Draft Medium- and Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Trucks and Buses Technology Assessment Released for Public Comment From: mmagtoto@arb.ca.gov The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) announces the release of the draft document “Technology Assessment: Medium- and Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Trucks and Buses.” This draft technology assessment identifies the status of battery electric vehicle (BEV) technology that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and criteria pollutant emissions from Class 2b through Class 8 vehicles (gross vehicle weight of 8,501 pounds and up). The draft technology assessment discusses BEV components such as motors and batteries, charging systems, costs, and benefits, and discusses trucks and buses that are commercially available or in demonstration stages, including transit buses, school buses, medium-duty trucks and shuttle buses and heavy-duty trucks. Sources of information used in the draft assessment include an extensive list of published reports, research papers, and documented conversations with technology experts. The draft technology assessment can be viewed and downloaded from the ARB’s technology and fuels assessment webpage at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/tech.htm We encourage interested parties to submit comments on the draft technology assessment through the technology and fuels assessment web page for public comments at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/techreport/comments.htm. We request to receive comments within 30 days of the posting of this draft assessment, if possible. ARB staff will provide an informational update to the Board on this draft technology assessment, along with the draft technology assessments for fuel cell and hybrid heavy-duty vehicles, at the November 19, 2015, Board meeting in Sacramento. The public agenda will be available 10 days before the meeting and may be accessed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/meetings.htm If you have questions regarding the draft technology assessment, please contact Dr. Marijke Bekken, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, at 916-322-8987, or at Marijke.Bekken@arb.ca.gov. Background: California has made substantial progress in reducing emissions from mobile sources, but further reductions are needed to meet California’s air quality and climate goals. These goals include: •Meeting 2023 and 2032 ambient ozone air quality standards, which staff estimates will require a 90 percent reduction in NOx emissions below the 2010 baseline emission inventory in the South Coast air basin, with substantial reductions needed in the San Joaquin Valley and other non-attainment areas of the state as well; •Meeting the newly proposed federal ozone standard, which staff estimates will be even more challenging to attain than the 2032 standard; •Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020; •Achieve a 40 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2030; •Achieving an 80 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2050; •Reduce petroleum use in cars and trucks by up to 50 percent by 2030; and •Produce at least 50 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Heavy-duty vehicles greater than 8,500 pounds emit about a fifth of the total GHG emissions associated with transportation sources in the State, which is about eight percent of the statewide total. In addition, these vehicles account for 33% of NOx emissions from all statewide sources. Because trucking emissions are such a significant source of GHG and criteria pollutant emissions, achieving reductions within the trucking sector is a key component in the strategy to meet California’s climate and air quality goals. The technology assessments were prepared by staff from ARB, along with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) staff. They were discussed at workshops in September 2014 and at the December 2014 ARB board meeting. More information on the assessments is available at ARB’s website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/tech.htm. An overview of the technology assessments was released in April 2014 and is available on ARB’s website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/report.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: bus-act, caphase2ghg, ccms, gmbond, hdghg, icat, ms-mailings, onrdiesel, phaselghg, porttruck, truck-idling. ====================================================================== 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. 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This draft technology assessment identifies the status of fuel cell electric vehicle technology for Class 2b through Class 8 vehicles (gross vehicle weight ratings of 8,501 pounds and up). The draft assessment describes the potential for emission reductions, the market penetration of fuel cell electric drivetrain in medium-duty and heavy duty trucks and buses, and the next steps for achieving these emission reductions from fuel cell electric vehicles. Sources of information used in the draft assessment include an extensive list of published reports and research papers. The draft technology assessment can be viewed and downloaded from the ARB’s technology and fuels assessment webpage at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/report.htm. We encourage interested parties to submit comments on the draft technology assessment through the technology and fuels assessment web page for public comments at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/techreport/comments.htm. We prefer to receive comments within 30 days of the posting of this draft assessment, if possible. ARB staff will provide an informational update to the Board on this draft technology assessment, along with the draft technology assessments for hybrid and battery electric heavy-duty vehicles, at the November 19, 2015, Board meeting in Sacramento. The public agenda can be accessed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/meetings.htm. If you have questions regarding the draft technology assessment, please contact Dr. Marijke Bekken, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, at 916-322-8987, or at marijke.bekken@arb.ca.gov. Background: California has made substantial progress in reducing emissions from mobile sources, but further reductions are needed to meet California’s air quality and climate goals. These goals include: •Meeting 2023 and 2031 ambient ozone air quality standards, which staff estimates will require an overall 80 percent reduction in NOx emissions below today’s levels in the South Coast air basin, with substantial reductions needed in the San Joaquin Valley and other non-attainment areas of the state as well; •Meeting the newly proposed federal ozone standard; •Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020; •Achieving a 40 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2030; •Achieving an 80 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2050; •Reducing petroleum use in cars and trucks by up to 50 percent by 2030; and •Producing at least 50 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Heavy-duty vehicles greater than 8,500 pounds emit about one-fifth of the total GHG emissions associated with transportation sources in the State, which is about eight percent of the statewide total. In addition, these vehicles account for 33 percent of NOx emissions from all statewide sources. Because trucking emissions are such a significant source of GHG and criteria pollutant emissions, achieving reductions within the trucking sector is a key component in the strategy to meet California’s climate and air quality goals. The technology assessments were prepared by staff from ARB, along with staff from the South Coast Air Quality Management District. They were discussed at workshops in September 2014, and at the December 2014 ARB board meeting. More information on the assessments is available at ARB’s website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/tech.htm. An overview of the technology assessments was released in April 2014 and is available on ARB’s website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/report.htm. 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 . ======================================================================