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Against Sprawl Odds
New California law aims to cut CO2 emissions by discouraging sprawl |
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01 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:14 AM on 01 Oct 2008 A brand new law in California, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Tuesday night, aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in the state by discouraging sprawl. The influential California Air Resources Board will develop GHG-reduction goals for different regions in the state within the next two years and then regional planning agencies will compete for billions of dollars in ... |
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| Topics: California, legislation, news, politics, sprawl, state politics (all these topics) |
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The Goods, the Bad, and the Ugly
California enacts new laws to reduce toxicity of consumer goods |
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29 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:06 PM on 29 Sep 2008 On Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law two bills that aim to reduce the toxicity of consumer goods and inform the public about health hazards posed by toxics. Right now, existing law only lets the state regulate the disposal of toxic chemicals, but the new legislation gives the state Department of Toxic Substances Control authority to restri ... |
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| Topics: California, legislation, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Govs Are Off
Schwarzenegger to host climate summit of governors, world leaders |
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29 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:03 AM on 29 Sep 2008 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has announced plans to host a climate-change summit in Los Angeles in November in an attempt to form an international climate alliance of local, regional, and world leaders ahead of United Nations climate talks in Poland in December. The summit invitees include governors from all 50 states, as well as officials from Australia, Canada, Chin ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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It's a Clean Job, But Somebody's Gotta Do It
California air agency says cutting emissions will boost economy |
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18 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:47 AM on 18 Sep 2008 California's 2006 law requiring the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 would help boost its economy and save residents more money in the long term than doing nothing, according to a report by the influential California Air Resources Board. The state's draft plan for reducing emissions focuses on requiring utilities to generate ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, economy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Matter of Import
Palin asks Schwarzenegger to veto bill that would reduce port pollution |
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12 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:25 AM on 12 Sep 2008 One day before being catapulted into the running for GOP vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), urging him to veto a significant pollution-reduction effort. Specifically, she asked the Governator to not sign a bill that would impose container fees on ships entering the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakla ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Alaska, Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, economy, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, state politics (all these topics) |
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Oil Me Once
Santa Barbara County officials give thumbs-up to offshore drilling |
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27 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:18 PM on 27 Aug 2008 Santa Barbara County supervisors on Tuesday voted 3 to 2 in favor of allowing offshore drilling along their coastline -- a move that has no practical impacts, but is rich with symbolism. The southern California county was hit with a devastating 3-million-gallon crude oil spill from an offshore platform in 1969; it coated beaches, killed wildlife, and helped to kick-start the modern en ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, gas prices, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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The Golden-State Touch
California bill aims to curb sprawl |
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21 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:10 PM on 21 Aug 2008 Hopes are high that a bill aimed at curbing California sprawl will pass the state legislature and be signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill, SB 375, would channel transportation funding toward projects that encourage smart growth. Each of California's 17 metropolitan regions would create a "sustainable community strategy" to encourage compact development; projects included in t ... |
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| Topics: California, legislation, news, placemaking, politics, progress, sprawl, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Sip 'n' Skip
California won't ban BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups |
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19 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:58 PM on 19 Aug 2008 With 22 legislators abstaining, the California Assembly voted 31-27 Monday not to ban chemical bisphenol A in baby products. BPA is one of those things you'd like to keep out of your kid; the bill would have banned it from bottles, sippy cups, and other containers for tots. Legislators also voted 36-33 (with 11 abstentions) against a bill that would have banned equally icky chemical PFOA from food ... |
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| Topics: California, food, green living, health, legislation, news, parenting, politics, state politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Don't Count On It
Budget office wants to reduce disaster funds for West Coast fisherfolk |
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13 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:14 AM on 13 Jun 2008 The federal government, having failed to support salmon to the point that California's fishing season was shut down altogether, may now yank support from fisherfolk. The Office of Management and Budget is requesting that the $170 million put aside as disaster funding for the West Coast salmon industry be reduced to $100 million to offset the increased cost of the 2010 census ... |
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| Topics: California, fishing, news, Oregon, politics (all these topics) |
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No contempt for EPA's Johnson, yet
Select Committee and White House reach deal on release of documents |
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22 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| It seems the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has reached some sort of agreement with the White House to obtain documents from the Environmental Protection Agency on their internal workings. The decision preempted the committee's plan to hold a vote today finding EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson in contempt. The Select Committee is after documents that detail the agency's process for denying California's request for a waiver in setti ... |
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| Topics: California, Ed Markey, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, Stephen Johnson, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Bush, whacked
EPW approves legislation calling on Bush to overturn EPA decision he likely forced EPA to make |
Kate Sheppard |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved legislation yesterday that would call on George W. Bush to sign off on California's request for waiver -- the very same waiver he likely encouraged EPA administrator Stephen Johnson to deny. 'The Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008' would require the president to approve the waiver so that California and the 18 other states that have set or plan to set higher limits on greenhouse-gas ... |
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| Topics: California, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (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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Dusk to Spawn
California bars salmon fishing in state waters |
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16 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:29 PM on 16 Apr 2008 California Fish and Game officials voted Tuesday to bar commercial salmon fishing in state waters, in what was, according to one commissioner, "one of the most painful votes I think we've ever taken." Fishing in federal waters off the California coast was banned last week. Next month, state officials are likely to bar recreational salmon fishing in Central Valley rivers as well. Californians ... |
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| Topics: California, fishing, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Highway to Nowhere
California's 'hydrogen highway' runs into roadblocks |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:53 AM on 02 Apr 2008 Despite California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's executive order four years ago that "hundreds of hydrogen fueling stations" be built in the state, nary a station has been built under the program. Depending on whom you ask, the blame for the sputtering "hydrogen highway" lies with: energy companies and utilities, for not stepping forward to take state matching money to bui ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, cars, energy, hydrogen, news, placemaking, politics, 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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The Roads to Know Where?
California sues Forest Service over road building, drilling plans |
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29 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:17 AM on 29 Feb 2008 California sued the U.S. Forest Service this week, claiming that it violated federal environmental laws and ignored state policies prohibiting road building in roadless areas of national forests. At stake are over 500,000 acres in four national forests in the state that the Bush administration plans to open up to road building, as well as 52,000 acres slated for oil drilli ... |
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| Topics: California, litigation, national forests, news, politics, US Forest Service (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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The Greenest of Chem All
California hopes to spur development of less-toxic chemicals |
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31 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:10 AM on 31 Jan 2008 California officials are aiming to spur development of less-toxic chemicals as safer alternatives to widely used toxics and will today unveil their proposals to kick-start the "green chem" revolution. One idea that's not included on the list of over 800 proposals is additional bans or restrictions on the use of toxic chemicals. Instead, ideas range from grants for R&a ... |
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| Topics: California, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Doing the Waive
All four Republican prez candidates express support for California's EPA waiver |
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31 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:16 AM on 31 Jan 2008 Last night's Republican debate spawned at least one memorable surprise: all four GOP candidates appeared to express support for California in its battle with the U.S. EPA to get a waiver it needs to implement its greenhouse-gas emissions standards for vehicles. The Bush administration denied the waiver in December, arguing that recent changes to federal fuel-efficienc ... |
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| Topics: California, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics) |
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Waiver Hello
EPA documents confirm that staff supported California waiver |
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23 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:49 AM on 23 Jan 2008 The U.S. EPA only turned over some documents related to its California waiver decision, but allowed Sen. Barbara Boxer's aides to take notes on the rest. Excerpts of the unrelinquished material have been released -- against the EPA's wishes -- confirming what was suspected: prior to the decision, EPA officials told agency Administrator Stephen Johnson that California had "compelling a ... |
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| Topics: California, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Paper Travail
EPA provides only some documents related to California waiver |
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22 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:17 AM on 22 Jan 2008 The U.S. EPA has given Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) only some documents related to the agency's refusal to allow California to regulate car greenhouse-gas emissions -- not all, as she had asked. Missing or redacted documents include a presentation said to predict that EPA would lose if sued over its recalcitrance (which, of course, it has been). Citing executive privilege, the EPA explained in ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Park Terminator
Schwarzenegger proposes closing some California parks |
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11 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:04 PM on 11 Jan 2008 As part of a plan to slim down the state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to close 48 state parks -- and nature lovers are none too happy. From the Archives If You Build It, They May Not Come. Maldives builds higher-altitude island, can't attract residents. On Spins and Needles. Knitters seek out eco-friendly yarn. Sands Between Your Woes ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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