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The Male of the Species Is More Female Than the Female California sewage makes for femme fish, says study		22 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:18 PM on 22 Feb 2008 Chemicals in southern California wastewater are sneaking past sewage-treatment plants and into the ocean, where they can seriously wack out fishy hormone levels, according to preliminary research. Flame retardants, PCBs, residue from long-banned pesticide DDT, and other chemicals from pills and beauty products have all showed up in the water, via human pee. ...
Topics: California, news, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Adventures in carbon pricing California continues to innovate on the climate front, but still gets smoked by perky B.C.	Adam Stein	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill
A national carbon tax in the U.S. appears increasingly unlikely, but all sorts of interesting experiments in emissions pricing are underway regionally. First: the California Assembly this week votes on the California Clean Car Discount Act, a 'feebate' system that imposes a direct charge on sales of gas guzzlers and uses the funds to reward buyers of fuel sippers. The way it works it pretty simple. If you buy a Chevy Tahoe, you'll have to pony up a $2,500 fee, which wi ...
Topics: British Columbia, California, Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

Hell, no, we won't, um, participate in a pollution permit trading system! Cali EJ groups reject cap-and-trade in strong terms	David Roberts	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
A big coalition of environmental justice groups in California just came out with a strong statement opposing a cap-and-trade system and urging "fees" (i.e., taxes) instead. (Here's L.A. Times' coverage.) Their points are fairly familiar. Most of the opposition seems to be based on the well-documented failures of the European trading system -- which, as far as I know, every U.S. legislator is aware of. There's also something about the revenue from auction not ...
Topics: California, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, environmental justice (all these topics)

It's Like the Fog, but More Toxic Aerial spraying of pesticide on Bay Area given OK		15 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 4:03 PM on 15 Feb 2008 The California agriculture department has authorized nighttime aerial pesticide spraying on the San Francisco Bay Area this summer in an attempt to eradicate a potentially crop-destroying moth. Similar spraying was done in two other counties this fall, after which more than 600 residents complained of respiratory problems. Application of the pesticide, called Checkmate, was only ...
Topics: agriculture, California, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics)

Reading, 'Riting, and Roasting California bill would require climate change to be taught in schools		15 Feb 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, climate science, education, news (all these topics)

Dead Mead Lake Mead could run out of water by 2021, says study		12 Feb 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: Arizona, California, climate, climate change impacts, Nevada, news, scientific research, water crisis (all these topics)

Full of Mitt Romney flip-flops, does not support California CO2 waiver		05 Feb 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Mitt Romney, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The downside of high times Drug cultivation in Northern California is a bad trip	Erik Hoffner	04 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Terrain magazine shows how the cozy-sounding northern California agriculture scene is drying up watersheds and poisoning the landscape, all to bring people their drug of choice. Installment one on the boom in illegal water rustling for wineries starts like this: After one of the rainiest years on record -- when parts of the valley had been flooded -- Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Navarro River, was dry. 'It was as if we were in a drought year,' says Hall, ...
Topics: agriculture, California (all these topics)

Jobs, jobs, jobs Green energy projects bloom in California	Adam Browning	04 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Right on the heels of Tappergate, The New York Times comes out with a couple of articles exploring the economic benefits of fighting global warming. As is evident to anyone but a Taphole, the energy business is the largest business there ever is or was or will be, and therein lies not only enormous money-making opportunities but jobs, jobs, jobs. These things, we hear, are good for the economy. So, take California, which decided to get serious about developing a so ...
Topics: California, economy, energy, green jobs, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Here comes the sun California and New Jersey have high numbers of PV installations	Joseph Romm	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The following essay is a guest post by Earl Killian. ----- Cooler Planet looked at the solar photovoltaic (PV) installation data from the California Energy Commission and made it visual to show just how it is growing. A static view of their data is at the right, but go to the site and move the slider to see the growth from only 1,675 grid-connected photovoltaic installations in 2002 to 29,628 installations in 2008. According to SolarBuzz: In 2006, 112 me ...
Topics: California, energy, New Jersey, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

The Greenest of Chem All California hopes to spur development of less-toxic chemicals		31 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, news, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Doing the Waive All four Republican prez candidates express support for California's EPA waiver		31 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics)

Competing for the Governator's endorsement? All four Republican candidates support California's right to a waiver from the Bush EPA	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In tonight's debate, much to my surprise, the Republican candidates got a direct question about the California waiver. Also rather to my surprise, all four said they support California's right to a waiver. It's amazing how isolated Johnson (coughCheneycough) is on this. Not one of his party's standard-bearers will back him up. That is some sad sht. Here's the portion of the debate on Pavley and climate change: [L.A. TIMES' JANET] HOOK: This is for Senator ...*
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, elections, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08, US EPA (all these topics)

No such thing as a feebate lunch	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Remember that cool experiment in feebates that was about to pass through California's Assembly? Guess not.
Topics: California, cars, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Why are American automakers special? The Big Three attempt to persuade other states of the danger of fuel efficiency standards	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Automakers are ramping up their PR effort to persuade states not to adopt California's auto emission standards, which they fear will survive the Bush administration's latest monkey wrench. But their arguments are as silly as ever: Dave McCurdy, chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers ... said the California-inspired initiative would result in a "patchwork quilt of inconsistent and competing fuel economy programs" that would lead t ...
Topics: California, state politics, business, Big Auto, cars, politics, air pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate (all these topics)

Fee Enterprise California considers		29 Jan 2008	News
"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 ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, news (all these topics)

Feebate watch California mulls nation's first feebate bill	David Roberts	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Feebates are one of the most promising strategies for lowering vehicle fleet emissions. This week, the California Assembly will vote on the nation's first feebate bill, the California Clean Car Discount Act. It would levy a fee of up to $2,500 on gas guzzlers, with commensurate rebates for fuel efficient cars. The L.A. Times has some good analysis. Opposition to the bill comes from about where you'd expect -- the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the California Mo ...
Topics: air pollution, California, cars, climate, elections, energy, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Navy Been Navy resumes sonar training off California coast		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:16 PM on 28 Jan 2008 As a legal battle rages on over the U.S. Navy's use of whale-addling sonar, the military maritimers have resumed sonar training off the California coast. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Take Me Down to Paradise City. U.S. sets low expectations for this week's climate meeting. 3-2-1 ... Blast Offsets! Efficacy of House of Reps' carbon offsets questioned. 'Paign and Su ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Water We Waiting For? Orange County opens recycled-water plant		25 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:57 PM on 25 Jan 2008 A sewage reclamation plant officially opened today in Orange County, Calif., and will, sure enough, reclaim treated effluent and turn it into drinking water. Recognizing that its growing population -- currently 2.3 million -- is likely to outpace its supply of fresh water, O.C. is relying on the facility to turn 70 million gallons of water from disgusting to drinkable every day. Officials hope that t ...
Topics: California, food, news (all these topics)

Schwarzenegger's response Details on the EPA chief overruling his staff on California tailpipe emissions	Joseph Romm	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
We have known for weeks that the EPA administrator overruled his staff when announced late last year that the EPA was denying California's application to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions. Now we have the details of the PowerPoint presentation that the EPA's legal and technical staff made to Johnson, thanks to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). At the end, I'll reprint a letter from the Terminator (and 13 other governors) sent to the EPA. As reported today by the ...
Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Waiver Hello EPA documents confirm that staff supported California waiver		23 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Peeling away the covers Boxer releases notes on secret EPA material	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This just in: Sen. Barbara Boxer today released notes her staff took on some of the materials the Bush administration has tried to suppress regarding the decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles. These documents back up published reports that EPA chief Steve Johnson rejected the advice of his staff. More here.
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Testing the limits of coverup and privilege More shenanigans from the EPA on the Cali waiver	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Thurday will be an interesting test of the ability of Congress to crack a Bush administration coverup of a rotten and likely illegal action: its decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for motor vehicles. Sen. Barbara Boxer will put EPA Administrator Steve Johnson in the box to explore not only his indefensible decision, but his efforts to withhold information from Congress and cover up the truth about his pro-car company ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Paper Travail EPA provides only some documents related to California waiver		22 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Taking Heat California withdraws proposal to potentially override private thermostats		16 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 9:55 AM on 16 Jan 2008 Strenuous public objection has forced the California Energy Commission to withdraw a proposal that new buildings in the state have radio-controlled thermostats that would allow utilities to override customers' temperature settings in the case of a power emergency. Some saw the plan as way too Big Brother; energy commission member Arthur Rosenfeld described it as minor private s ...
Topics: California, electricity grid, energy, news (all these topics)

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