Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Greenhouse Gas

Who’s Afraid of Federal Action on Climate Change?

By Elana Schor | Apr 7, 2010 | No Comments

In financial reports that publicly traded companies file to their investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the words "material adverse effect" are often found. Automakers are bracing for new fuel-efficiency standards more than any coming climate bill. (Photo: TreeHugger) Put simply, the phrase is a red flag for any factor that could significantly […]

Study: Clean-Car Subsidies Alone Can’t Meet White House’s Climate Goals

By Elana Schor | Mar 9, 2010 | No Comments

Government subsidies for hybrid and electric cars, while "politically seductive," will fail to achieve the Obama administration’s national pollution-reduction goals if they are not coupled with a significant increase in fuel prices, according to a new study by Harvard University researchers. (Photo: Pop and Politics) The team at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International […]

What Happens to Transportation Reform if A.B. 32 Does Get Repealed?

By Damien Newton | Mar 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

What is California’s future? This? Or more cleaner air?. Photo: Kayveeinc/Flickr Last week, the New York Times broke the news that Texas based oil companies were funding the ballot initiative that would "temporarily" place the Greenhouse Gas reforms required by A.B. 32 on hold until California’s unemployment rate reached 5.5%. When discussing the news with […]

Enviros, Villaraigosa Slam Out of State Oil Companies for Threatening CA Greenhouse Gas Laws

By Damien Newton | Mar 5, 2010 | 4 Comments

Air pollution over the Inland Empire. Photo: DanDC/Flickr (editor’s note: This is Part I of a two part series. Next week we’ll look specifically at how the repeal or delaying of this legislation would effect transportation and Livable Streets. – DN) In 2006, the California Legislature passed, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed, A.B. 32, landmark […]

Obama Adviser: If EPA is Blocked on Emissions, Forget About CAFE Deal

By Elana Schor | Feb 24, 2010 | No Comments

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Lisa Jackson extended an olive branch this week to lawmakers who are pushing to block her from regulating carbon emissions in the absence of a congressional climate bill, but Jackson’s promise to delay action until next year appears to have made no headway with Republicans and coal-state Democrats. Carol Browner, […]

Report: White House Budget Office Helped Weaken EPA Pollution Rule

By Elana Schor | Feb 9, 2010 | No Comments

Pensacola, Florida. Springfield, Missouri. Fort Wayne, Indiana. All three of those metropolitan areas have populations between 350,000 and 500,000, and all three would have been required to install nitrogen dioxide monitoring stations near major roadways under a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule cracking down on the pollutant. Cass Sunstein, chief of the White House […]

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