A.B. 617: Plans for Monitoring, Improving Local Air Quality Move Along – at a Glacial Pace
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Meetings tomorrow will consider emission reduction plans for Long Beach, San Bernardino, and East L.A. areas.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Air Resources Board
Moreno Valley Hopes to Buy Its Way Out of Reducing Emissions from Proposed Megawarehouse
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The developer and city have claimed variously that: they do not have to estimate, analyze, or manage emissions because CA cap-and-trade program is responsible; then, that they would buy offsets through CA's cap-and-trade program; then, that they would buy offsets on the international market.
New Federal Fuel Economy Standards Are Trash
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The federal government just finalized its weakening of fuel efficiency standards, despite knowing that they will be sued by states and environmental organizations. The weaker standards call for an increase in fuel efficiency of 1.5 percent per year, instead of the more stringent standards established under the Obama administration of five percent every year. Automakers–some […]
Tackling Transportation Emissions in California–or Ignoring Them
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Two California Senate committees, Transportation and Environmental Quality, held a hearing yesterday to talk about "Putting the Brakes on California's Rising Transportation Emissions."
Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects
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A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips
STEP: New State Program Aims for Transportation Equity, Community Building
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Cap-and-trade program will fund grants to build community capacity to plan and address local accessibility needs to help lower greenhouse gas emissions