MORE ON: Air Resources Board

Daily Report: Environment

US gas is artificially cheap: What we don't pay for at the pump

June 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
What's the true price of gasoline? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting explores the "external costs" of gasoline use in the U.S. – including pollution and the health problems caused by it. "The Price of Gas" video was reported by Sarah... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Feds follow Calif. on fuel economy labels for cars

June 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
The nation's lead environmental agency is again following in California's footsteps – or tire tracks – when it comes to cars. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation unveiled new fuel economy labels for vehicles last week that resemble those used in... + read more
Electric cars meet California's tough "clean car" standards
Daily Report: Environment

State working with feds on national car pollution standards

May 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
California has been at the forefront of toughening pollution standards for cars, due in part to its dirty air. Now state officials are working with federal agencies to align standards for the rest of the nation, improving fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions. State regulations,... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Lawsuit by low-income groups may delay climate law

February 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
The latest legal challenge to California's landmark climate-change legislation isn't coming from big polluters faced with a series of new regulations. Instead, groups representing low-income residents are challenging the environmental law as unfairly burdening their beleaguered communities... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

State OKs nation's largest carbon-trading market

December 16, 2010, 9:07 PM
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... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Are dust, smoke and exhaust really killing 9,200 a year?

September 24, 2010, 12:20 AM
Less than the width of a human hair, fine particulate matter from smoke, dust, coal and diesel exhaust are so small they slip through the lungs and into the bloodstream, killing a surprisingly large number of Californians. A recent Air Resources Board report estimates that 9,200 Californians... + read more
A new kind of gas nozzle has been implicated in the dousing of more than a dozen customers, one of whom was hospitalized.
Daily Report: Environment, Public Safety

Gas stations fuming about order to remove nozzle latches

September 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
California gas station owners are fuming about new emission-trapping pump nozzles required by the state’s pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, after more than a dozen customers were sprayed with gasoline. The state fire marshal is so concerned about the malfunctioning devices... + read more
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