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The Park Terminator Schwarzenegger proposes closing some California parks		11 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

What does California's climate bill mandate? Does AB-32 call for maximizing emission reductions or minimizing costs?	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
California's pioneering climate legislation, the Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB 32, caps the state's emissions at 1990 levels by 2020. That's the headline, anyway. But the bill contains other interesting statutory language. For one thing, 1990-levels-by-2020 is referred throughout the bill as a limit, not a target. The implication would seem to be that it's a floor on emissions reductions, not a ceiling. What's more, Sec. 38560 says this (my emphasis): The ...
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Another reason EPA's denial of Cali's waiver is bogus Increased CO2 in the atmosphere exacerbates the effects of air pollution	David Roberts	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The primary reason EPA head Stephen Johnson rejected California's waiver request is that the state did not face "extraordinary and compelling conditions" as defined under the Clean Air Act. The idea is that CO2 affects the entire atmosphere equally, so California didn't face any particular dangers from it. Turns out, not only is that shoddy legal reasoning, it's straightforwardly false, at least if a new study out of Stanford holds up. Forthcoming in Geoph ...
Topics: air pollution, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Now Where Did We Put That Respirator? For every 1 degree Celsius globe warms, some 21,000 people could die, says study		04 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate change impacts, health, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Rebuttal? California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law		04 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Runaway Sue California, 15 other states, and five nonprofits sue EPA over waiver decision		02 Jan 2008	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

As States Would Have It Multiple states will sue over EPA decision to not let California regulate vehicle emissions		21 Dec 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson's staff	David Roberts	21 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Reporting in the L.A. Times, Janet Wilson confirms (as Juliet Eilperin did earlier) that EPA staff unanimously recommended granting California's waiver, and that they were shut out of the final decision: [EPA staff] advised him to either grant the waiver outright or give California a temporary one for three years. Instead, three sources said, Johnson cut off any consultation with his technical staff for the last month and made his decision before having the ...
Topics: air pollution, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Waxman investigates	David Roberts	20 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Per his threat yesterday, House Oversight Committee chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has initiated an investigation into the EPA's decision to deny California's waiver.
Topics: US EPA, California, politics, air pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

More on EPA's waiver decision	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Juliet Eilperin's got a really crackerjack story on the California waiver in the WaPo. It's devastating to Johnson. It also confirms a lot of stuff that I, a mere blogger, could only speculate about irresponsibly. First of all, the EPA staff was foursquare against this decision: EPA's lawyers and policy staff had reached the same conclusion [that the decision is 'legally and technically unjustified and indefensible'], said several agency officials familiar with the ...
Topics: US EPA, California, air pollution, fuel efficiency, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Johnson's nuts Analysis of the EPA's decision to deny California's waiver	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
As I mentioned below, today the U.S. EPA denied California's request for a waiver exempting it from federal fuel economy standards, allowing it to implement its own standards. EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced the decision in a rushed press conference following President Bush's signing of the energy bill. The announcement came with a veritable torrent of dishonest spin. Let me try to disentangle some of it. 1. Johnson leaned heavily on today's passage of t ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

EPA: Nay U.S. EPA won't let California enact vehicle greenhouse-gas limits		19 Dec 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Breaking: EPA announcing ruling on California waiver at 6:30 Eastern	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The EPA just sent out an email advisory saying that Administrator Stephen Johnson will announce the agency's decision on the California air standards waiver ... in about 30 minutes. (Background on the waiver issue here, here, and here.) The lack of lead time might lead one to believe that they want to bury this news. Which might lead one to believe that they're going to deny California the waiver. Boxer and Waxman have both said they expect that outcome. That would ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

How can California become more energy efficient? California looks for yet more clean energy	Joseph Romm	17 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The following essay is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- The California Energy Commission (CEC) has released its biennial integrated energy policy report (PDF). The 301-page report looks at various issues confronting California and makes recommendations on how to address them. The issues include: Rising population leading to greater demand for energy (natural gas, petroleum, and electric power). Rising natural gas demand while pr ...
Topics: energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy, California (all these topics)

And to all a good fright ... California yanks kids' jewelry from stores	Katharine Wroth	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Bangles and baubles may make fun stocking stuffers, but beware: the California Department of Toxic Substances Control has yanked a dozen types of kids' jewelry from 11 retailers -- including Macy's, Marshalls, and the Gap -- after finding lead levels measuring approximately in the skazillions. 'The problem is much more pervasive than we would like to be seeing,' said Department Director Maureen Gorsen. Who deserves a tiara for being Queen of the Understatement -- ...
Topics: California, consumerism, green living, toxics (all these topics)

It's a Christmas Miracle! Judge tosses out Big Auto's suit against California		12 Dec 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: Big Auto, California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news (all these topics)

What gets measured gets fixed	David Roberts	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The first thing you have to do if you decide to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by a certain date is ... figure out 1990 levels. That is not an easy or uncontroversial undertaking, and as usual, California is showing the rest of us how to do it.
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

On Track California declares emissions-reduction target, requires industry to track emissions		07 Dec 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: business, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Los Angeles, news, progress (all these topics)

Crop Phooey Pesticide use on crops drops in California, but fumigant use up		30 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:23 PM on 30 Nov 2007 Agricultural pesticide use dropped by 10 million pounds in California last year -- a bit of progress offset by an increased use of fumigants by strawberry growers. In addition, application of commercial pesticides for uses such as landscaping and mosquito control increased. California "works hard to promote least-toxic pest management" says Mary-Ann Warmerdam of the state Depar ...
Topics: agriculture, California, news, toxics (all these topics)

The inaugural California Green Innovation Index New report summarizes clean tech in California	Joseph Romm	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Everything you could possibly want to know about clean technology in the Golden State can be found in an excellent new report, the California Green Innovation Index, published by Next 10, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. The report tracks the state's economic and environmental performance and analyzes key indicators to better understand the role green innovation plays in reducing emissions and growing the economy. California is a state where growth has alwa ...
Topics: California, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, tech (all these topics)

A Toy Named Sue California sues over lead-tainted toys		19 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:00 PM on 19 Nov 2007 The state of California, which never met an environmental fustercluck it didn't want to litigate, has filed a lawsuit accusing 20 companies -- including Mattel and Toys R Us -- of making or selling products containing "unlawful quantities of lead." source:� Los Angeles Times see also, in Grist:� An illustration and explanation of tainted toys From the Archives They Were Co ...
Topics: California, green living, litigation, news, toxics (all these topics)

Where It Stops, Nobody Knows Navy must adopt safeguards for whales in 2008, says court		14 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:54 AM on 14 Nov 2007 Update on the seemingly endless saga of whether the U.S. Navy should restrict underwater sonar use in the interest of whale health: A federal appeals court has ruled that while the Navy may continue its current training exercises in southern California as is, exercises that begin in January must operate under better safeguards for marine mammals. The plan will have to be appro ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, litigation, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The Suit of Damocles California sues feds over vehicle-emissions rule		08 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 2:04 PM on 08 Nov 2007 After months of tough talk and finger-wagging, the state of California on Thursday filed suit against the U.S. EPA to force a decision on a contentious greenhouse-gas emissions rule. At issue is whether California can enact its own regulations for vehicle emissions, bypassing the feds; it filed a waiver in late 2005 asking for permission to do so, and the EPA has been kicking the idea around e ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, cars, US EPA (all these topics)

Cool things happening at the local level California 'cool cities' are taking the lead on climate change	Rep Jane Harman	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Now in her seventh term, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) represents California's 36th Congressional District. Jane Harman. Even sunny skies and pleasant ocean breezes over much of our state can't mask the fact that Californians breathe some of the most polluted air in the nation. California is the world's 12th largest source of carbon dioxide, the chief heat-trapping gas that causes global warming. As dirty as our air is, we are taking the lead nati ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Gnarly Sheen Ship crashes in San Francisco Bay, leaks 58,000 gallons of oil		08 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 12:46 PM on 08 Nov 2007 A container ship larger than the Titanic collided with San Francisco's Bay Bridge on Wednesday, tearing a 160-foot gash in its hull and spilling at least 58,000 gallons of oil. The leak nauseated some bystanders, closed down beaches and fishing, and could threaten the health of seals, birds, and other wildlife. The spilled substance, known as bunker oil, "tends to be rather heavy, a ...
Topics: California, news, oil, San Francisco, water pollution (all these topics)

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