November 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
If Californians are going to reach their goal of massive greenhouse gas reductions in the next 40 years, they’ve got their work cut out for them. But the goal is not impossible, according to a team of researchers that has provided a blueprint to get there. In a paper published last...
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May 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
Tackling climate change just got a little bit easier, with some help from federal funding. The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded grants to five local and tribal governments in California for projects that include reducing waste, improving energy efficiency and planting...
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April 22, 2011, 12:05 AM
What is your carbon footprint? Like the real estate slogan, it depends on location, location, location. For a single-person household earning less than $10,000, living in California, the annual carbon footprint is about 16 tons of greenhouse gasses. But for a couple earning $90,000 living in...
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March 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Activists are celebrating a victory in their lawsuit against the state's Air Resources Board, halting the start of the landmark climate change law, at least momentarily. In San Francisco Superior Court last week, Judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled that the board violated the California...
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December 15, 2010, 12:06 AM
California timber firms could emerge as big winners in the state’s fight against global warming, earning millions of dollars through the sale of carbon credits under a new set of rules approved by the Air Resources Board this week. The plan has stoked controversy among environmentalists...
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December 15, 2010, 12:05 AM
If you would like to speak to the officials behind the proposed new climate law, here's how.
Meeting
The Air Resources Board meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 16, from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. Attend the meeting and deliver comments in person to the board. ...
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December 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
State officials are taking a step back from reducing air pollution. The California Air Resources Board is planning on rolling back diesel emission limits for trucks, buses, bulldozers, backhoes and other construction equipment. The move will “extend relief to businesses,...
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October 20, 2010, 7:59 PM
Once again the nation is watching a California environmental law, waiting to see if the vote on Proposition 23 sets the tone for other states, and the federal government, on how to wrestle with the implications and economics of climate change. So far, voters here are skeptical about making...
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October 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
With less than a month until the election, financial contributions opposing a ballot measure that would derail California’s climate legislation have picked up speed. Since October 1, campaigns opposed to Proposition 23 – and therefore supporting California's landmark Global...
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September 15, 2010, 12:06 AM
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. ...
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September 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
The attorneys general of at least four states are preparing to sue California if the state’s landmark law limiting greenhouse gas emissions survives a challenge at the ballot box this November. The attorneys general of Alabama, Nebraska, Texas and North Dakota have been devising a legal...
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September 8, 2010, 12:03 AM
Industrial polluters from outside of California, including Koch Industries, are stepping up the pressure to kill AB 32, California’s landmark climate change law, by flooding millions of dollars into the campaign set to derail the landmark legislation. On Sept. 1, Flint Hills Resources, a...
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August 11, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two of the worst toxic polluters in the state are also the two largest contributors of the campaign for Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would stall the state’s landmark climate legislation. Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, two Texas refining...
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May 13, 2010, 6:54 AM
Environmentalists now face a second fight in their efforts to protect California's landmark global warming law. Beyond a November ballot initiative that would delay implementation of the state's climate legislation, Congress has added "troubling provisions" into the long-...
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