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[Big Government] The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is known for its relentless pursuit of initiatives to combat pollution and emissions it deems harmful, including carbon dioxide. However, one of its efforts designed to counter climate change has the agency attracting incoming fire, with critics charging that CARB is more concerned about the prospect of global warming than protecting the public from felons.

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[Obama Snafu] California Regulators: Climate Change a Bigger Threat than Felons ...: What is certain in the debate over this mandate is that CARB’s action has a lot of people hot under the collar: While the glaze ostensibly prevents excess solar heat from entering cars, critics say it also seriously degrades the signal sent by a whole host of electronic devices, including GPS navigation systems, cellular phones and””perhaps most critically”” ankle monitoring bracelets worn by felons, which utilize GPS technology. On that point, which regulators and legislators have to-date not acknowledged, law enforcement groups and victim rights advocates have been expressing “grave concerns”

[Timberati] Governor Schwarzenegger, AB 32, and Global Warming: Code Redd ...: He told a crowd of dignitaries that due to ongoing climate change, “We have to adapt the way we work and plan make sure the state is prepared when heavy rains cause flooding and the potential for sea level rise increases in future years.” I am skeptical of lowering carbon is the best way .So, in 2007, Carb embraced the California Climate Action Registry protocols for determining the climate benefits of forest carbon sequestration as part of a Cap-and-Trade system.

[Autoblog] Report: California to amend 'Cool Cars' legislation over ...: Well I'd sure love to wish away man-made climate change as if it were a monster under the bed, but it's still there, right on our children's backs. All the "debunkers" have done is drag up less than a handful of minor errors, equate them with "faking", and conflate the lot into a "conspiracy".

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[Green Inc.] California to Regulate 'Most Potent' Greenhouse Gas - Green Inc ...: The gas sulfur hexafluoride is commonly used in high-voltage transmission equipment. Starting in 2011, California will regulate emissions from electric .

[Aprilbaby's California Life] Aprilbaby's California Life: Tie Me Up in Climate Chains!: But if the federal stalemate over climate-change legislation continues and California goes it alone, refineries in the state would be at a disadvantage, said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association, an oil industry lobbying group.

[Climate Crossroads Blog] Crossroads's Blog | Auto Dealers - Nada!: An alternative definition for NADA is National Automobile Dealers Association and nada (the Spanish definition here) is what they want to have happen when it comes to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action on climate change. California and the nation have a reason to celebrate.

[Union of Concerned Scientists] California Moves to Finalize Cap-and-Trade Program | Union of ...: Draft rules for a cap-and-trade system released this week by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) would keep California at the forefront in addressing climate change, but the proposed rules include some troublesome loopholes that the agency should close before finalizing them, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

[Mises Economics Blog] Say No to the Hideous Light Bulbs ”” Mises Economics Blog: I’ve partnered with the governors of Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona to create the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, a joint strategy to combat global climate change. Like AB 32, the agreement establishes a regional cap and reduction program for GHG emissions, as well as a framework for developing a similar national program.

[Climate Change and Clean Technology Blog] A Brief Overview of the Recent Amendments to CEQA Guidelines ...: Reductions in emissions not otherwise required may constitute mitigation pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines. Such mitigation measures may include: (1) mitigation measures in an adopted plan, (2) reductions resulting from project implementation including measures identified in Appendix F, (3) off-site measures including carbon offsets, community energy conservation projects, and forestry projects, (4) greenhouse gas sequestration, and (5) development of measures that can be implemented at the project level. 

[KQED's Climate Watch Blog] On the Road to a National GHG Auto Standard | KQED's Climate Watch: The new regulation adopted Thursday contains what CARB spokesman Stanley Young called "largely technical fixes," including a change that will allow cars that meet the federal standard in the years 2012 to 2016 to be counted as compliant with the stricter California standard.  (The federal standard goes into effect in 2012.  It differs from the California standard until the two reach the same levels in 2016.)

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[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Climate Issues; EPA Pesticide ...: Ian Talley and Stephen Power reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the agency would delay subjecting large greenhouse-gas emitters such as power plants and crude-oil refiners to new regulations until 2011, and would raise the threshold for using the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

[The AirZone Blog] CARB Asks EPA to Reconsider Denial of Waver on GHG Emissions - The ...: The letter points out that the decision by the previous EPA administrator improperly evaluated California’s need for greenhouse gas standards in complete isolation, without also considering the context of California’s complete motor vehicle emission control program. This created a new set of hurdles and test that no other waiver request had triggered.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Low-fat or low-carb? Gene test claims to show which diet works ...: University announces new review of climate scienceLONDON ”” The University of East Anglia says it will conduct a new review of the science published by its scandal-hit Climate Research Unit. The university says the presitigious Royal Society science academy will help find independent scientists to run the new inquiry.

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