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WASHINGTON _ The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it couldn't propose any regulation of greenhouse gases because the issue was too complex and there were too many objections from other federal agencies. The Bush administration consistently has objected to mandatory limits on the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming. The EPA's decision to issue a 588-page report that calls for 120 days of public comment means that any regulatory action will be up to the next...
By Tony Biasotti, Ventura County Star, Calif. Jul. 11--The state of California's pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions could be the most important environmental law the state has ever passed, a planner with Southern California's regional government association told a group of Ventura County's city council members on Thursday. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is still being fined-tuned by other laws and state agencies and will go into effect over the next three years. It calls for...
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Leaders program, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations. The Company also adopted the Carbon Principles, guidelines for banks to evaluate and address climate change risks in the financing of electric power projects and companies. These two actions add to Wells Fargo's achievements in meeting its 10-point environmental commitment issued three years...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Derek Walker, +1-410-980-0939, dbwalker@edf.org, or Sean Crowley, +1-202-550-6524, scrowley@edf.org, both of Environmental Defense Fund Applauds Combination of Market-Based Mechanisms and Regulations SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The release today of the draft scoping plan by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to implement The Global Warming Solution Act (ftp://ftp.arb.ca.gov/carbis/board/books/2008/062608/08-6- 4pres.pdf) is a...
Greenhouse gas emissions will be capped across California and businesses that exceed their allowances will have to buy credits in a new market to open up across Western states, according to a plan to be unveiled today from state regulators. The plan, which is not scheduled to be made final until November, describes the general approach the state will take to implement a landmark 2006 law that requires California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. That amounts to about...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Environmental Defense Fund: WHAT: Policy experts from Environmental Defense Fund, which cosponsored California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), will be present when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) releases the draft scoping plan to implement the law on Thursday morning and will be available to comment on it. CARB will make copies of the plan available Thursday morning online and at...
The Public Service Electric and Gas Company has unveiled a new $45.9 million program filed under New Jersey's regional greenhouse gases legislation, to curb customers' energy consumption, resulting in lower customer bills and a meaningful reduction in CO2 emissions. The filing with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) was made under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) legislation, which encourages utilities to invest in conservation and energy efficiency programs as part...
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Climate Registry announced that it has appointed Denise Sheehan, a former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as its Eastern Director. Sheehan will work with east coast states and companies to support common greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting standards to set a strong foundation for future GHG policies. As Eastern Director, Sheehan will also work closely with the federal government, including the U.S....
By Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jun. 21--Idaho's greenhouse gas emissions grew by 31 percent from 1990 to 2005, nearly twice as fast as the national average, according to the Gem State's first comprehensive look at its contribution to global warming. Rapid population growth, a thriving economy and Idahoans' high per-capita consumption of electricity and gasoline led to the sharp increase. Without reductions, Idaho's emissions could rise by 60 percent from 1990...
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. -- A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country."While we see some improvements, the remaining risk level is way too high," said Jean Ospital, health effects officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which conducted the two-year study.Scientists estimate that about 1,200 of...
