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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)

Pick me! Pick me! 100 households to test out plug-in hybrid Pruises in California	Adam Browning	06 Nov 2007	Gristmill
UC Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies and AAA are looking for 100 households willing to drive their plug-in hybrids. I nominate myself for the sacrifice. The more batteries we have plugged into the grid, the more renewable energy we'll get on the grid. I would say I can't wait to buy one of these commercially, but if you read the sad details from Felix at CalCars, you'll see that's exactly what I am going to have to do. It appears Honda is out, Toyota is re ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, innovation, Prius (all these topics)

The blame game Who is at fault for the fires in SoCal?	Kit Stolz	02 Nov 2007	Gristmill
After burning nearly half a million acres, the devastating wildfires of this past week in southern California have been put down. Controversy raged with the flames; now that the air is beginning to clear, it's time to comb through the wreckage for some insight worth remembering. And there's a lot to examine, as experts of all types came forward with reactions -- some to lead, some to offer insight, and some to smear. The San Francisco Chronicle had uncharacteristically ...
Topics: sprawl, urban planning, California, climate, climate change impacts (all these topics)

The Fire This Time Researchers quantify U.S. wildfire carbon emissions		01 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:47 AM on 01 Nov 2007 The estimations are in on the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from Southern California's recent wildfires. And the winner is ... somewhere between about 6 million tons and 8 million tons. Which sounds like a lot, but on average, wildfires in the United States each year spew some 300 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to about 5 percent of U.S. CO2 emissions from ...
Topics: air pollution, California, news, United States (all these topics)

Revenue-neutral emission reduction for cities What if there were more Berkeleys?	David Roberts	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Imagine if more cities started doing this -- neutralizing the upfront costs of solar. It would stimulate competition and innovation in the solar industry (more than there already are). Pretty soon there would be large economies of scale for solar power and the price would drop (faster than it already is). More cities would be lured into the program, stimulating yet more innovation and lower prices. So on and so on, the cycle of smart long-term investment. Tell me again ...
Topics: California, solar voltaic power, energy, renewable energy (all these topics)

Friedman asks the wrong question It's not whether we're responsible, but whether we're prepared that counts	David Roberts	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I've been meaning to write something about the questions prompted by the California wildfires. The Mustache helped me this weekend by picking out what is, in my view, exactly the wrong question: "Did we do that?" Most news stories and blog posts that tried to connect the wildfires with climate change were constructed around that question. Many column inches were expended trying to calibrate the exact degree of responsibility human fossil fuel emissions migh ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, severe weather (all these topics)

Sun Rise Berkeley, Calif., suggests innovative solar scheme		26 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:30 PM on 26 Oct 2007 The Berkeley, Calif., city council will soon vote on an innovative scheme to front the cost of solar panels to homeowners, who would pay the city back over 20 years as a property tax add-on. The amount to be paid back would be roughly what homeowners would save on electric bills by being sun-powered. "This plan could be our most important contribution to fighting global warming," says Berkeley ...
Topics: California, energy, innovation, news, placemaking, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Cities and counties take note Berkeley shows the way to climate change mitigation at a local level	JMG	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The city of Berkeley, Calif., shows how to take serious action on climate disruption by paying up-front costs to help residents switch to solar power. This could be done at any scale, from village to nation. All that is needed is wisdom and an understanding that any "ROI" (return on investment) calculation that doesn't include the risk that failure to respond to climate disruption will bankrupt us (in addition to its moral bankruptcy) isn't worth the paper it's prin ...
Topics: California, solar voltaic power, renewable energy, energy (all these topics)

Getting All Their Trucks in a Row California air regulators adopt emissions-tackling rules		26 Oct 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: business, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, regulation (all these topics)

How much does Dick Cheney care about the Calif. wildfire victims?	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
This much.
Topics: California, politics (all these topics)

Lyin' and Steven Fox pundit blames wildfires on federal government	Kit Stolz	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
60 Minutes ran a spectacularly well-timed feature this past Sunday on wildfires in the Western states, entitled "Expert: Warming Climate Fuels Mega-Fires." Predictably, climate change denier Steven Milloy, who runs a website and serves as a pundit for Fox News, was quick to criticize the news report. His press agent at Advocacy Ink issued a release for him, in which Milloy claimed that, "There's no evidence that man-made climate change is playing any rol ...
Topics: climate, severe weather, dumbassery, California (all these topics)

You're Getting Warmer, Warmer ... Sprawling homes susceptible to flames in California		24 Oct 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, news, placemaking, severe weather, sprawl (all these topics)

A taste of what's to come Global warming and the California wildfires	Joseph Romm	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Global warming makes wildfires more likely and more destructive -- as many scientific studies have concluded. Why? Global warming leads to more intense droughts, hotter weather, earlier snowmelt (hence less humid late summers and early autumns), and more tree infestations (like the pine beetle). That means wildfires are a dangerous amplifying feedback, whereby global warming causes more wildfires, which release carbon dioxide, thereby accelerating global warmin ...
Topics: climate change impacts, severe weather, California, climate (all these topics)

In the Line of Fire California delays lawsuit against EPA due to wildfires		24 Oct 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, litigation, news (all these topics)

Char for the Course California wildfires continue to rage		23 Oct 2007	News
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 ...
Topics: California, climate, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Catch a Waiver and You're Sittin' on Top of the World California to sue EPA to force decision on vehicle-emissions waiver		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 8:26 AM on 22 Oct 2007 California is expected to follow through on its threat to sue the U.S. EPA this week for not yet deciding whether to give the state the waiver it needs to implement its 2002 law limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from cars. The state's law requires a nearly 30 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2016, which experts say can only r ...
Topics: California, climate change mitigation, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Taking 'Cides Fight over disclosure of pesticide ingredients heats up in California		19 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:57 AM on 19 Oct 2007 In California, a battle is raging over a pesticide that critics say is sickening hundreds of residents as it's being sprayed over large swaths of Monterey County to battle a crop-destroying moth. Residents who became ill after the first application of the pesticide want to know what's in it that could cause asthma-like symptoms, rashes, stomach pains, and burning eyes. But regula ...
Topics: agriculture, California, litigation, news, toxics (all these topics)

Strike Up the Banned California OKs bills to ban phthalates in kids' products, and lead bullets in condor country		15 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:13 AM on 15 Oct 2007 In an orgy of legislative activity, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed and vetoed a bunch of environmental bills this weekend. Among the most significant bills that got the Governator's OK is one banning the chemicals phthalates in toys and other products intended for children 3 years old and younger. "These chemicals threaten the ...
Topics: California, news, state politics, toxics (all these topics)

Carrion Baggage California condor still endangered by lead bullets		12 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:52 PM on 12 Oct 2007 California condors came to the brink of extinction in the 1980s, largely from eating game felled by toxic lead bullets. A recovery effort has proved successful, but attempts to bring condors back into the wild have been frustrated by the birds' continuing poisoned-carrion habit. More than one-third of condors released into the wild in California over the past two decades have died; last year, 14 ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, endangered species, legislation, news, politics, state politics, toxics (all these topics)

Berry Bad News EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide		08 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:45 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists' warnings that "pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farmworkers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk." As a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide, California and Florida strawberry growers and other farmers will w ...
Topics: agriculture, California, Florida, health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Cause for humility	JMG	07 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Paul Gipe opens one of his books with a story about a big celebration of a new wind project in So. California that was marred when, a few hours beforehand, the turbine oversped and destroyed itself. An executive with the company building the project said something like, 'I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that the wind turbine destroyed itself. The good news is that we didn't have to evacuate Los Angeles.' Popped into my head when I read this: 'Huge nuclea ...
Topics: California, energy, wind power (all these topics)

Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus -- Part III What Californians know that Shellenberger & Nordhaus don't	Joseph Romm	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'The kind of technological revolution called for by energy experts typically does not occur via regulatory fiat' claim Shellenberger & Nordhaus. Actually, that is typically the only way it occurs. I defy anyone to name a country that has successfully adopted alternative fuels for vehicles without employing some kind of regulatory mandate. This is also true in the electricity sector. Consider that in terms of electricity consumption, the average Californian gen ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

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