 Stories About: California AND climate AND news
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Pickled Pikas
Climate change endangers American pika, say groups |
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20 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:50 PM on 20 Aug 2008 The American pika should be listed as an endangered species because climate change could cause its extinction, say Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against California and the federal government. The pika, a rabbit cousin characterized by inordinate cuteness and a squeaky call, is "the polar bear of the Lower 48," says Greg Loarie of Earthjust ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, litigation, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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West Foot Forward
Western states unveil draft cap-and-trade scheme |
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24 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:53 PM on 24 Jul 2008 The Western Climate Initiative has unveiled a draft proposal for a regional cap-and-trade program that would kick off in 2012. The 11 states and provinces involved -- Arizona, British Columbia, California, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, Utah, and Washington -- would impose an as-yet-determined greenhouse-gas emissions limit on industries and utilities, then allow laggards ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, business, California, Canada, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, Montana, New Mexico, news, Oregon, Utah, Washington (all these topics) |
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California, California ... Here It Comes
California announces specifics of greenhouse-gas reduction plans |
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26 Jun 2008 |
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| California, California ... Here It Comes California announces specifics of greenhouse-gas reduction plans Posted at 7:30 AM on 26 Jun 2008 On Thursday, California state regulators released specific plans to reduce California's greenhouse-gas emissions 10 percent from today's levels by 2020, the first phase of a scheme to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. The bulk of the outlined reductions are designed to come from programs the state has already begun work on, but have been stalled, most no ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics) |
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Home, Home Outside the Range
Climate change may force California endemic plants to migrate or die |
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25 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:10 AM on 25 Jun 2008 Climate change is expected to significantly affect California's endemic plants over the next century as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns change, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS One. Up to two-thirds of the state's unique plants could be wiped out in their current ranges by century's end and will have to move to cooler areas in order to ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news (all these topics) |
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4.4 Cents and Sensibility
Bay Area initiates first-of-its-kind fee on biz greenhouse-gas emissions |
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22 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:18 AM on 22 May 2008 Businesses in nine San Francisco Bay Area counties will pay 4.4 cents for every ton of greenhouse gases they spew, after the district air-quality board voted 15-1 Wednesday to approve the fee. Set to take effect July 1, the fee will affect more than 2,500 businesses; the district estimates that perhaps seven power plants and oil refineries will have to pay more tha ... |
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| Topics: business, California, carbon tax, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, regulation, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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By Our Power Combined
California utilities scuffle over cap-and-trade |
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21 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:42 AM on 21 Apr 2008 California is well aware that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is easier said than done. The state's attempts to craft an effective cap-and-trade system are causing infighting among public utilities and their privately owned counterparts. Public utilities, which source more of their power from coal, protest that they're going to end up paying out the nose to the state and seeing the money red ... |
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| Topics: business, California, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, regulation, state politics (all these topics) |
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What's the Opposite of Ambition?
Fewer zero-emission vehicles will be required on California roads by 2014 |
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27 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:01 PM on 27 Mar 2008 California's Air Resources Board has voted to reduce the number of zero-emissions vehicles required to be sold in the state by 2014 from 25,000 to 7,500. It's a hefty reduction, though less dramatic than the recommendation by CARB staff that the requirement be cut to 2,500 vehicles. Not-quite-zero-but-still-relatively-less-emissions vehicles, like plug-in h ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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From 60 to Zero
California board to vote on requiring fewer zero-emission vehicles |
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26 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:54 AM on 26 Mar 2008 On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board will vote on whether to require fewer zero-emissions vehicles on the state's roads in coming years. As it stands now, automakers must sell 25,000 zero-emission vehicles by 2014 and an additional 50,000 by 2017. Under the proposed changes, the numbers would drop to 2,500 by 2014 and 25,000 by 2017, with the difference made up by selli ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Pointed Defiance
Bill introduced in House to overturn EPA's California decision |
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07 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:43 AM on 07 Mar 2008 A bill introduced Thursday in the House of Representatives would grant California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and pave the way for 12 other states to do the same. The U.S. EPA's decision to keep California from regulating car GHG emissions "defied the science, defied the states, and defied common sense," said bill cosponsor Peter Welch (D-V ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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The League of Extraordinary Conditions
EPA releases unconvincing justification for denying California waiver |
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29 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:54 AM on 29 Feb 2008 For the long wait that preceded it, the U.S. EPA's just-released justification for disallowing California to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions is rather anticlimactic. The 48-page document argues that California lacks the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" required for special regulatory permission, because the rest of the nation ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Reading, 'Riting, and Roasting
California bill would require climate change to be taught in schools |
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15 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:02 AM on 15 Feb 2008 Science textbooks approved for California public schools would have to cover climate change, and science teachers would be required to put warming in their curricula, under a bill approved by the state Senate and heading to the Assembly. Says state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who introduced the bill, "This is a phenomenon of global importance and our kid ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate science, education, news (all these topics) |
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Dead Mead
Lake Mead could run out of water by 2021, says study |
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12 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:45 PM on 12 Feb 2008 There's a 50-50 chance that the Arizona- and Nevada-bordering, human-made Lake Mead will become Dry Ditch Mead by 2021, according to a study to be published in the journal Water Resources Research. Oh, and that's a conservative estimate, say the study authors, as is this one: By 2017, there's an equally good chance that water levels in the reservoir could drop so low that the Hoover Dam would be inca ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, California, climate, climate change impacts, Nevada, news, scientific research, water crisis (all these topics) |
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Full of Mitt
Romney flip-flops, does not support California CO2 waiver |
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05 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:39 AM on 05 Feb 2008 Remember how Mitt Romney joined with the other GOP presidential candidates in appearing to support California in its quest to gain a waiver from the U.S. EPA to allow it to regulate vehicle CO2 emissions? How Romney said, and we quote, "I side with states being able to make their own decisions, even if I don't always agree with the decisions they make"? Well, the Mittster, a fervent ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Mitt Romney, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Fee Enterprise
California considers |
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29 Jan 2008 |
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| "feebate" bill to make polluting cars more expensive Posted at 7:16 AM on 29 Jan 2008 California is pursuing new ideas to reduce vehicle emissions in the state after the U.S. EPA denied the state a waiver it needed to implement its vehicle greenhouse-gas emission standards. California lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill this week that would set up a "feebate" system for new car purchases. Excessively polluting vehicles would become mo ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Now Where Did We Put That Respirator?
For every 1 degree Celsius globe warms, some 21,000 people could die, says study |
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04 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:06 PM on 04 Jan 2008 For every 1 degree Celsius of anthropogenic global warming, some 21,000 people worldwide could die, including more than 1,000 in the U.S., says a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. According to computer modeling by researcher Mark Jacobson, increased air pollution due to rising carbon-dioxide levels will lead to more fatalities. "Th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate change impacts, health, news, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Rebuttal?
California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law |
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04 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:04 PM on 04 Jan 2008 When the U.S. EPA denied California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, the agency reasoned that the just-passed energy bill's boost to national fuel-economy standards would be stronger emissions-reduction policy than the state's plan. California, which has sued, would beg to differ, and has released statistics refuting the EPA's claim. For ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Runaway Sue
California, 15 other states, and five nonprofits sue EPA over waiver decision |
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02 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:47 AM on 02 Jan 2008 California has made good on its promise to sue the U.S. EPA over the agency's refusal to allow the state to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and 15 other states have made good on their promise to join in on the litigation. The swarm of states, along with five nonprofit groups, filed suit today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The presu ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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As States Would Have It
Multiple states will sue over EPA decision to not let California regulate vehicle emissions |
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21 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:10 PM on 21 Dec 2007 Riled up about the U.S. EPA's decision not to allow California to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions, Golden State Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared he will sue the agency "within the next three weeks." At least eight other states that would have adopted the stricter emissions standards had the EPA allowed it have said they'v ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics) |
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EPA: Nay
U.S. EPA won't let California enact vehicle greenhouse-gas limits |
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19 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:54 PM on 19 Dec 2007 The U.S. EPA has denied California the waiver it needed to enact a state law requiring a 30 percent reduction in vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions by 2016. Said EPA chief Stephen Johnson, "The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution -- not a confusing patchwork of state rules -- to reduce America's climate footprint from vehicles." But that decision w ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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It's a Christmas Miracle!
Judge tosses out Big Auto's suit against California |
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12 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:02 PM on 12 Dec 2007 Automakers must have been bad this year, because Santa has given them a big holiday disappointment. And by Santa we mean U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii, who today declared that California has the authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and tossed out automakers' lawsuit against the state. Automakers had sued in 2004 when California passed a law requiring vehicl ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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On Track
California declares emissions-reduction target, requires industry to track emissions |
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07 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:20 PM on 07 Dec 2007 As California's landmark global-warming law requires the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, the state Air Resources Board has determined just what that goal will be: 427 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. The number was devised from some 13,000 separate calculations, from the impact of the aviation industry to the number of cows and h ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Los Angeles, news, progress (all these topics) |
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Getting All Their Trucks in a Row
California air regulators adopt emissions-tackling rules |
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26 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:41 AM on 26 Oct 2007 As part of its groundbreaking plan to tackle air-polluting, climate-warming emissions, the California Air Resources Board has adopted six new rules for manufacturers, shippers, and truckers. Starting in 2010, vehicles that go in for a tune up or oil change will be required to fully inflate their tires; trucks and trailers must be fitted with fuel-saving devices; cargo ship ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, regulation (all these topics) |
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You're Getting Warmer, Warmer ...
Sprawling homes susceptible to flames in California |
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24 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:27 PM on 24 Oct 2007 The impact of the still-raging California fires on humans and their homes is tragic and lamentable -- but far from unexpected, thanks to homeowners' tendency to sprawl out and nestle right up to the fire line. Some two-thirds of new building in southern California in the past decade was on tinder-dry, fire-susceptible land, says historian Mike Davis. "You might as well be ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, news, placemaking, severe weather, sprawl (all these topics) |
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In the Line of Fire
California delays lawsuit against EPA due to wildfires |
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24 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:26 AM on 24 Oct 2007 Photo: Kevin Labianco The lawsuit California threatened to file against the U.S. EPA for delaying a pending decision on the state's 2005 vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions law was not filed today as expected. It's been stalled due to raging wildfires. sources: Reuters, The New York Times From the Archives Those Who Repeat the Past Are Doomed to Know It. Study of f ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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Char for the Course
California wildfires continue to rage |
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23 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:59 PM on 23 Oct 2007 In case you haven't heard, there are some crazy fires going down in southern California. At the time of this posting, some 400,000 acres have burned, igniting more than 1,500 structures, including some 1,000 homes. An estimated 700,000 people have been evacuated; two have died. The White House has declared a state of emergency, and health officials are urging children, the elderly, and the sick to stay in ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, news, severe weather (all these topics) |
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