Latest California Air Resources Board Stories
Power plants are the biggest American producers of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, according to a study released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday. According to Dina Cappiello of the Associated Press (AP), those power plants released 72% of all greenhouse gases reported to the EPA last year. The data comes from the agency's comprehensive greenhouse gas or GHG Reporting Program, and which Cappiello refers to as "the first catalog of global...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EOS Climate, the market leader in delivering verified emission reductions from destruction of ozone depleting substances (ODS), has won the 2011 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor. The GEELA program, administered by the Governor's Office, California EPA and other state agencies, recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses who have...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a diverse group of business leaders from across the state, representing tens of thousands of California workers - including the state's largest electricity and natural gas providers and two of the world's leading carmakers - released a new advertisement supporting California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard requires transportation fuels to be 10 percent lower in "carbon intensity" by 2020 - by...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses in the South Coast Air Basin who operate stationary natural gas engines for heat and power may soon have in their toolbox new technology that will make it easier and more efficient to monitor and auto-correct air emissions in order to meet strict air quality regulations. Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the successful field trial of ultra low-emission control technology for gas engines at Fontana...
Operators Face March Deadline to Return Information HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection this week alerted companies involved in unconventional natural gas development across Pennsylvania that they must submit to the agency data on their facilities' air emissions for 2011. The reports are due March 1, 2012. "The use of natural gas for fuel will have very beneficial impacts on air quality, and we want to ensure we are...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection today issued technical guidance clarifying that natural gas conversions are authorized under the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program. New passenger car or light-duty truck conversion systems certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the California Resources Air Board may be installed on vehicles in Pennsylvania. "Using affordable domestic natural gas for...
Group Says State Response is "Inadequate and Unacceptable" PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Clean Air Council (CAC) today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to intervene as a result of the failure of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PA DEP) to properly regulate fracking and gas processing pollution that contributes to climate change. Clean Air Council is a non-profit environmental organization...
New EPA Rulemaking also requests comments on life cycle assessment for vehicle emissions WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Automakers' use of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) is the fastest growing automotive lightweighting material, according to a recent study conducted by Ducker Worldwide on behalf of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). These new steels will be the key for...
CO(2) Solution's Technology, Patented in the United States & Canada, is Positioned to Help California Electric Utilities Meet New Emission Reduction Targets TSXV: CST Outstanding shares: 79,187,836 QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - CO(2) Solution Inc. announced today that it applauds the announcement made on October 20, 2011, by the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board (ARB) confirming adoption of its proposed cap-and-trade regulations -...
FARMINGTON, Ark., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highline Technical Innovations, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HLNT) announced today that it has submitted supporting documentation to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to its acceptance of HTI's application to verify its technology with the National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC). HTI stated the documentation was submitted in accordance with the Clean Diesel Verification Process seeking status as an approved technology under the EPA's...
