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The sky's the limit Why smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world's greatest environmental opportunity	Joseph Romm	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Atlantic Monthly's James Fallows, now living in China, has written a glass-is-half-full (air-is-half-breathable?) article, 'China's Silver Lining.' While I think he is a bit soft on China from a climate perspective, I think it is well worth reading because Fallows is terrific and thorough writer. And you have to like any story on energy that begins with an entrepreneur promoting Recycled Energy. Also, there is little doubt that given the decades-old refu ...
Topics: air pollution, China, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, health (all these topics)

Green Groups Doing a 'Face Plant' Two coal plants given go-ahead by green groups after concessions negotiated		07 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:00 AM on 07 Aug 2008 Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions designed to limit the environmental impacts of the plants. In Texas, power company NRG reached an agreement with Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and the Environment ...
Topics: air pollution, business, climate, coal, Environmental Defense Fund, news, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics)

Crush into you Crusher credit: one of many savvy short-term solutions	David Roberts	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In case you missed it, noted economist Alan Blinder made the case for a crusher credit in the NYT last week. The idea is to pay fair market value to buy up old, polluting cars. (If you read Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker piece from a while back, you'll remember that a fairly small core of very old cars produces most of the air pollution.) This would serve to stimulate the economy, redistribute wealth downward, and reduce air pollution, with a total social benefit that d ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, economy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

If By Clean You Mean Filthy On clean coal	Umbra Fisk	23 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I noticed that several of the presidential primary debates were sponsored by clean coal. This was announced during breaks and several commercials aired. I have since seen several more commercials and online advertisements. Is clean coal an oxymoron? Is this a PR stunt or are there any real environmental benefits to clean coal that rival solar and wind? See www.americaspower.org. Andrew S. Brookline, Mass. Dearest An ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, climate, green living, greenwashing, mercury, shenanigans, toxics (all these topics)

Thank carbon trading for latest defeat to clean air Clean Air Interstate rule struck down because it devalues sulfur trading permits	Gar Lipow	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The court decision striking down the Clean Air Interstate Rule, a major loss for clean environmentalists, can be traced directly to the sulfur trading program often (mistakenly) considered an example of the success of trading over other forms of regulation. Because the new permitting process would have overwritten existing permits, the electric utility industry was able to successfully argue that these regulations would have resulted in economic damage. You won't fin ...
Topics: air pollution, carbon trading, climate, economy (all these topics)

The Smog Days of Summer (and Spring, and Fall) EPA says climate change could worsen smog levels, extend smog season		11 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:38 AM on 11 Jul 2008 In a draft report released Thursday, the U.S. EPA said smog levels could increase significantly in many areas of the United States due to climate change, especially in the Northeast, lower Midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions. Smog is mainly a summer phenomenon in most places, caused by sunlight reacting with nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compo ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, US EPA (all these topics)

A Coal New World Landmark ruling halts Georgia coal plant on basis of CO2 emissions		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:38 PM on 30 Jun 2008 A Georgia coal plant cannot go forward until it receives an air-pollution permit limiting its carbon-dioxide emissions, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore ruled Monday. The ruling marks the first time a judge has used the Supreme Court's classification of CO2 as a pollutant to regulate emissions from an industrial source. Moore's decision overturns a p ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, coal, energy, Georgia, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, progress (all these topics)

White-Out House White House tries to keep EPA from showing how greenhouse gases could be regulated		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 30 Jun 2008 The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases, reports The Wall Street Journal. The draft document, a formal response to a Supreme Court decision that greenhouse gases are pollutants and can thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, must be OK'd by the White Hou ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Unnecessary Evil On short-haul flights	Umbra Fisk	25 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I work in the touring music business, based in the U.K. but touring worldwide. I have noticed recently that the record companies are booking cheap flights for short distances, e.g., London-Manchester, about 200 miles. Over such short distances, there is no saving in time, due to travel to and from airport, checking in, etc. Trains would be quicker, but unfortunately in the U.K., trains are more expensive. I would like t ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, air travel, Ask Umbra, climate, ecological footprint, green living (all these topics)

The human side of global warming Death, disease, and infection, thanks to our friend climate change	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Daniel J. Weiss and Robin Pam of the Center for American Progress have a new article on the health impacts of global warming. As they explain, 'Some of the most severe health effects linked to global warming include the following': More illness and death resulting from heat waves. Worsening air pollution causes more respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Vector-borne disease infections will rise. Changing food production and security may cause hunger. ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change impacts, health, World Health Organization (all these topics)

Them's the Brakes Manhattan congestion-pricing plan kicks the bucket		07 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:06 PM on 07 Apr 2008 Hopes had run high that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious congestion-pricing plan for the Big Apple would move forward, but the measure has died a quiet death. Democratic members of the State Assembly, determining that the measure was overwhelmingly opposed, neglected to even bring it to the Assembly floor, instead shooting it down with a secret vote. The now-dead plan would have cha ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, New York, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics)

The Pricing Is Right New York's new governor supports congestion pricing		24 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 2:40 PM on 24 Mar 2008 Brand-spankin'-new New York Gov. David Paterson has announced his support for a controversial congestion pricing plan. The proposal, put forward by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and supported by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, would charge $8 to drivers entering Manhattan during peak hours. Said Paterson in a written statement, "Congestion pricing addresses two urgent concerns of th ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, New York, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics)

'Don't Soot': the Messenger Soot pollution a big contributor to climate change, study finds		24 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 8:01 AM on 24 Mar 2008 Soot pollution contributes significantly to climate change and is second only to carbon dioxide as a climate-warming factor, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study estimates that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have underestimated soot's role as a climate-warming factor by about three or four times. If the new rese ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Stickin' it to the <del California vehicles to get global warming stickers	Joseph Romm	10 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- Go shopping in 2009 in California for a new car and you'll notice some new information on the smog index window sticker. Next to the smog score will be a global warming score. The California Air Resources Board is putting the finishing touches on the program. You can see some of the details in the presentation (PDF) from their last meeting. According to CARB, approximately 13 sta ...
Topics: air pollution, California, cars, climate, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Hey, EPA, when are you going to develop that national system for regulating CO2?	David Roberts	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Eh, whenevs.
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

That's Crazy Talk! Fixing environmental problems necessary and doable, says OECD		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:20 PM on 05 Mar 2008 It is not only highly necessary but entirely affordable to tackle climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and other environmental problems, according to a report released Wednesday by some wacko environmentalists the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Summed up OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria: Solutions "are available, they are achi ...
Topics: air pollution, biodiversity, climate, climate change mitigation, news, water crisis, water pollution (all these topics)

California waiver update	David Roberts	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Earlier this year I wrote about a new (EPA-sponsored) study showing that increased CO2 in the atmosphere is directly correlated with increased ozone, particulates, and carcinogens in the air. Since California suffers disproportionately from those traditional air pollutants, it follows that California does have "extraordinary and compelling conditions" in the face of climate change, and the EPA's decision to deny Cali's waiver was bogus. Now the author of th ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Hot, noxious air from Bush administration The EPA's phony explanation of its rejection of California	Frank O'Donnell	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill
After more than two months, the Bush administration today finally articulated its legal case for rejecting California's greenhouse-gas standards for motor vehicles. The argument is here. It reads like something written up in the boardroom of General Motors or a law firm working for car companies. It even cites arguments made by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as justification for the decision!It's a phony argument designed to protect the auto industry -- ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Black Is the New Green NYC unveils new stepped-up emission standards for 'black taxis'		28 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:22 AM on 28 Feb 2008 New York City has unveiled new emission standards for its fleet of 10,000 "black taxis" (aka, limos and town cars) that service mostly corporate clients. The plan effectively mandates shifting to hybrid vehicles by 2009 to meet the increased standards of 25 miles per gallon in 2009, and 30 mpg by 2010. The fleet now averages between 12 and 15 mpg. NYC's new "bla ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, New York City, news (all these topics)

Hackus interruptus EPA staffers warned Johnson he might have to resign if he denied Cali's waiver	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Stephen Johnson. Lordy. Not only did Stephen Johnson's staff at the EPA oppose his decision to deny California's waiver, but they warned him that if he denied the waiver he might have to resign in shame. Boxer's EPW committee has gotten ahold of some internal memos and briefings from the EPA. To pick just one example, check out this extraordinary list of talking points from staff at the Office of Transportation and Air Quality: I know you are under e ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

NBC on ABEC	David Roberts	25 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Via ThinkProgress comes this segment on NBC Nightly News: Obviously I am totally unable to judge these things with any sort of objectivity. All I see is a huge, wealthy, politically connected industry using propaganda techniques to push a dirty facility on a community that is so poor and desperate that it's willing to sell its children's health for a short-term economic boost. Naturally NBC's not going to say that. Still, they do a fairly decent job putting the re ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Smog struggle A view behind the scenes at the EPA and the White House	Frank O'Donnell	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill
It is now less than four weeks until the EPA announces its decision on whether to change current national standards for ozone or smog. And things are getting very interesting behind the scenes. Officially, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget website, the EPA has not yet transmitted its plan to the White House for review. The truth is, the EPA is obviously being picked at by the OMB already. The Bush administration is jus ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, climate, Department of Agriculture, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Holistic climate medicine Our command-and-control air-pollution regulations are working against our climate policy	Sean Casten	04 Feb 2008	Gristmill
With the climate policy discussion now settling into lines of cap & trade vs. carbon tax, and allocation vs. auction, it has implicitly moved beyond the top-down, command-and-control models favored by early plans (and in particular the multi-pollutant, "4P" bills). This market focus is a good thing, on balance. What isn't good is that it's only being applied to greenhouse gas pollution. Our existing air pollution laws create disincentives to GHG reducti ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (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)

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)

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