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Tag Archives: AB 32
Enviros Livid as Brown Diverts Cap-and-Trade Funds
"Totally disappointed." That was Kathryn Phillips' reaction when she read the fine print in Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget. Phillips, state director for the Sierra Club, is one of a chorus of voices from the environmental community howling over Brown's … Continue reading
Air Quality Chief Sees Valero Reversal as Vindication of Climate Law
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This post is updated with a response from Valero, below. California's top air regulator has found a victory of sorts in this week's decision by the nation's largest oil refiner to keep its California refineries. A spokesman for Texas-based Valero … Continue reading
California's Biofuel Rules Rejected by Judge
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(AP) A federal judge on Thursday blocked California from enforcing its first-in-the-nation mandate for cleaner, low-carbon fuels, saying the rules favor biofuels produced in the state. The lawsuit challenging the state regulations, which were adopted as part of California's landmark … Continue reading
AB 32 Negotiations Stalled: Climate Regs in Limbo
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From KQED's Climate Watch blog, a good update by Alison Hawkes on the status of negotiations between environmental justice groups and state officials in the wake of a judge's decision requiring the Air Resources Board to go back to the … Continue reading
What Would You Ask California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols?
Update March 23: Here's the segment from This Week in Northern California in which Craig Miller asked the questions. Update March 18: The questions Craig Miller asked Mary Nichols: A lot of people remain convinced that AB 32 implementation will … Continue reading
Judge's Ruling Could Force Air Resources Board to Look at Alternatives to Cap and Trade
Here's an irony: After last year's bruising battle to save California's comprehensive anti-global warming law from being suspended by an oil industry-backed initiative, it's a lawsuit by environmental groups that could end up throwing a monkeywrench into the state's plans. … Continue reading
Morning Splash: Ruling May Delay AB 32; Caltrain Proposes Halving No. Stations; Castro Fires
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Calif. cap-trade plan dealt blow by S.F. judge (SF Chronicle) The California Air Resources Board violated state environmental law in 2008 when it adopted a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gases and again last year when it passed cap-and-trade regulations, … Continue reading
Court Ruling Could Mean Delay for AB 32 Implementation
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Craig Miller of KQED has a provocative post up on Climate Watch titled Is AB 32 Headed for the Rocks? The post points to Legal Planet, an environmental law and policy blog, where Cara Horowitz, Executive Director of the UCLA … Continue reading
Historic California Air Resources Board Meeting
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UPDATE 12:30 P.M.: California Watch yesterday posted a report saying that the rules under consideration by CARB will create a potential windfall for the timber industry by allowing companies to earn carbon credits from the re-planting of clear-cut trees. The … Continue reading
Exploring California's Proposed Climate Change Rules and the Defeat of Prop 23
Today marks the final day of Gov. Schwarzenegger's Global Climate Summit at UC Davis. (Watch it live here.) Gretchen Weber reports on KQED's Climate Watch blog: …more than 80 regional and local governments have come together for two days to … Continue reading
