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Tag Archives: global warming
New Lawsuit Opposes California's Cap-and-Trade Carbon Market
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California's quest to reduce global warming hit another obstacle on Tuesday. A conservative legal group filed suit to block California's new cap-and-trade carbon market. The Pacific Legal Foundation alleged that the market's charge for carbon emissions violates California law because … Continue reading
NASA's Hansen: California's Cap & Trade Doomed to Fail
As climatologists go, James Hansen is a legend. In 1988, he was already warning Congress about the dangers of global warming. The scientist normally speaks in measured tones, but he evoked nervous laughter from the crowd at the Commonwealth Club … 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
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
Blogging and Tweeting the Cancun Climate Talks
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KQED's Gretchen Weber is in Cancun, blogging and Tweeting the U.N. Climate Talks. In today's opening post, she describes what appears to be a rather unambitious agenda. After the hype and subsequent disappointment surrounding last year's UN climate talks in … Continue reading
