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2009 Archive
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2008 Archive

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2007 Archive
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2009 Quick Links

August 26, 2009
link AB 32 Implementation Group's Letter to the California Congressional Delegation 
requesting that Congress advocates that federal climate change legislation be written to enhance the competitiveness of California businesses and industry.

April 8, 2009

LINK Preliminary Review of the CARB Staff Analysis of the Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
The LCFS to be adopted next week by CARB would, by 2020, increase fuel costs by $3.7 billion a year and increase smog-forming chemicals by five tons a day, says a just-released independent economic analysis of the program.

LINK VIDEO: Stakeholder Comments to the California Air Resources Board regarding the AB 32 Scoping Plan.


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2008 What We're Saying

December 1, 2008
link Memo to CARB Regarding Legislative Analyst Office Report on the Scoping Plan Economic Analysis

November 26, 2008
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Comments on Preliminary Draft Staff Proposal on Recommended Approaches for Setting Interim Significance Thresholds for Greenhouse Gases under CEQA (Oct. 24, 2008)

November 4, 2008
link Comments to CARB on the Final Scoping Plan
Specific recommendations for how CARB should proceed

October 24, 2008
link Letter to the California Energy Commission RE: GHG emissions under CEQA

October 23, 2008
link Letter to CARB Chair, Mary Nichols, commenting on the Economic Analysis Supplement to the Draft Scoping Plan and Analysis Group report on CARB’s Economic Analysis.

September 23, 2008
link Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger RE: Principles for Implementing a Successful Low Carbon Fuel Standard

August 15, 2008
link Our comments on the Western Climate Initiative draft design of the Regional Cap and Trade Program
AB 32 IG wants to ensure the Program is developed in a way that helps members manage operating costs by increasing energy efficiency efforts and deploying more renewable energy projects. To do this it is imperative that a robust and fair carbon offset market be created that encourages voluntary participation.

June 9, 2008
letter
Letter to CARB Chair, Mary Nichols, regarding the development of the Scoping Plan and Policy Comments

May 9, 2008
letter
Letter to CARB on Cost Containment for AB 32

April 21, 2008
letter
Letter to CARB Research and Economics Studies Branch commenting on the role offsets should play in the implementation of AB 32.

April 16, 2008
letter Letter to Chuck Shulock of CARB following up on our meeting regarding the low carbon fuel standard.

March 19, 2008
letter Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger urging his continued support of market-based solutions to reducing carbon emmissions.

March 5, 2008
letter Letter to Bay Area Air Quality Management District on proposed fees for district climate change activities

February 27, 2008
Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger and CARB Board on Attorney General's Local Activities
Letter supporting the orderly implementation of AB 32 instead of the chaotic manner in which the AG's recent actions are causing California's climate change strategy to be written.

January 30, 2008
letter Letter to Chuck Schulock of CARB urging that fair and equitable funding and fees be adopted

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2008 Newsroom / News Stories, Editorials & OpEds

Marysville Appeal-Democrat, December 14, 2008
link Our View: Wrong plan at wrong time
ARB global warming plan costly, unnecessary


San Diego Union Tribune, December 11, 2008
link Op-Ed: AB 32 / Combating global warming Addressing change will not be cheap or easy

Orange County Register, December 11, 2008
link Editorial: Wrong plan (greenhouse gases) at wrong time (recession)

Sacramento Bee, December 11, 2008
link Editorial: Time for candor on climate plan

San Diego Union Tribune, December 11, 2008
link Editorial: We're no model
AB 32 fiasco shows state doesn't know best


San Diego Union Tribune, December 8, 2008
link Editorial: Dishonest debate
Credible climate policy skeptics are ignored


Capitol Weekly, December 4, 2008
link LAO criticizes key fiscal points in greenhouse plan

San Diego Union Trubune, November 27, 2008
link LAO to the rescue
It shreds claims climate policy will spur boom


Capitol Weekly, November 6, 2008
link Op-Ed: State’s Rosy Analysis of AB 32 is a Danger to Its Success

Fresno Bee, October 25, 2008
link Emissions plan needs full debate
Reducing greenhouse gases in state will be difficult, but we must make the effort.

Orange County Register, October 22, 2008
link Putting the heat on faltering economy
Here's a reality check for California's global-warming bureaucrats

Bloomberg.com, October 15, 2008
link California Unveils Final Version of Climate-Change Regulations

Associated Press, October 15, 2008
link California releases plan to cut greenhouse gases

Monterey County Herald, September 18, 2008
link Tour touts green message to business

Riverside Press Enterprise, September 9, 2008
link EDITORIAL: Climate Affront

Riverside Press Enterprise, August 22, 2008
link EDITORIAL: Climate Cost?

San Diego Union Tribune, August 18, 2008
link OPINION - Meeting California's Energy Needs

KRCR-Channel 7, August 4, 2008
link Global Warming Solutions Act

San Diego Business Journal, July 7, 2008
link Hidden Tax on Carbon Trading Is a Bad Idea

San Diego Union Tribune, June 25, 2008
link Op-Ed: Global warming solutions: do your homework

Capitol Weekly, June 12, 2008
link Op-Ed: Global warming solutions: do your homework

The New York Times, May 14, 2008
link The Post-Bush Climate Editorial

The New York Times, April 13, 2008
link Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold

Sacramento Bee Story, April 12, 2008
link Jack M. Stewart: Caution needed on road to new fuels

Sacramento Bee Editorial, March 28, 2008
link Cap-and-trade system needs a chance to work

San Jose Mercury News Op-Ed, March 19, 2008
link David Yarnold: Cap-and-trade can help fight global warming

Sacramento Bee Op-Ed, March 16, 2008
link Lawrence Goulder and Robert Stavins: State fight against climate change benefits everyone


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2008 Newsroom / News Releases

December 11, 2008
newsrelease CARB Approves AB 32 Plan Costing Billions Despite Flaws in Economic Analysis

October 23, 2008
newsrelease Coalition Asks for Honest Economic Assessment of State’s Climate Plan Economic Concerns Prompt European Union to Reconsider Costs of Climate Policies

October 15, 2008
newsrelease Now More Than Ever We Need a Climate Change Plan That Delivers Emission Reductions at the Lowest Possible Cost

September 26, 2008
newsrelease Rosy State Report on AB 32 Costs Gets Thorny Review Coalition warns: ‘Climate change plan includes tens of billions in hidden cost increases for electricity, gasoline, and food.’

September 25, 2008
newsrelease Principles for Low Carbon Fuels Outlined in Letter to the Governor

September 17, 2008
newsrelease Fiscal Analysis for AB 32 Ignores Near Term Costs
Long-awaited projection fails to provide objective, accurate picture of multi-billion dollar hit to California’s economy in the early years of implementation

August 27, 2008
newsrelease Rates would increase to fund new climate change institute

August 21, 2008
newsrelease Poll Finds Voters Concerned About Costs of Climate Change Law

June 26, 2008
newsrelease Next Steps in the AB 32 Scoping Plan are Critical

May 20, 2008
newsrelease Bay Area Air Quality Management Proposal Will Make Bay Area Businesses Less Competitive

April 14, 2008
newsrelease Using Markets to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Forum Brings Together Bay Area Businesses

January 16, 2008
newsrelease Coalition Urges State to Unlock Innovation and Job Growth Needed to Reduce Global Warming

September 17, 2007
Business Group Says, Adopt Voluntary Early Action Program

August 8, 2007
Ill-Conceived Litigation Threatens Critical Infrastructure, Jobs
Urgent Action Needed Before Improvements Come to Standstill


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2008 Downloads

Advocacy Work Plan for 2008


December 10, 2008
link Open Letter to CARB
This letter, representing 65 California business and taxpayer organizations, expresses concern regarding the economic analysis of the AB 32 Scoping Plan, stating the Plan as currently written seriously underestimates the cost AB 32 implementation will have on consumers and business and the negative impact it will have on jobs and the economy. The letter asks CARB to conduct a new economic analysis to make sure the plan is the right way to protect California jobs and the economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

September 30, 2008
white paper download Green Building Carbon Credit Proposal submitted to ARB.

LINK Why CARB Needs to Take the Time to Implement AB 32 Correctly
State decision-makers should require that CARB take the time necessary to satisfy all of the AB 32 criteria. Before proceeding with adoption of any regulations, CARB should redo its AB 32 scoping plan economic analysis to address the major flaws identified by its peer reviewers, the LAO and stakeholders.


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2007 What We're Saying

December 10, 2007
letter Comments on AB 32 Scoping Plan

December 5, 2007
letter Comments on the CARB’s Draft Mandatory Reporting Regulation

July 24, 2007

Comments on Market Advisory Committee Report
When developing a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas, we recommend that CARB recognize the costs savings a cap-and-trade system has over a command-and-control rule.

July 24, 2007

Letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Request that all information submitted to CARB regarding AB 32 implementation be made public.

June 29, 2007
Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger and other state leaders regarding CEQA Lawsuits
Over 40 organizations joined AB 32 IG in asking state leaders to remedy the problem of project-delaying lawsuits that claim CEQA requires an analysis of climate change impacts.

June 7, 2007
Letter to CARB regarding greenhouse gas fees
Fees charged for greenhouse gas programs managed by the state should be appropriately balanced between emitters and capped at a level adequate to cover the mandated regulatory program of AB 32, said the AB 32 Implementation Group in a letter to the California Air Resources Board.

May 8, 2007

Comments on CARB DEAComments to CARB on Discrete Early Actions draft
In written comments to CARB regarding proposed Discrete Early Actions to reduce emissions, the AB 32 Implementation Group focused on whether the draft actions are cost-effective. The submitted letter states, “Staff did not provide any guidance on their definition of cost-effectiveness nor was any information provided on the methodology or legal basis for such a definition. We hope that such information will be forthcoming …”

April 24, 2007
Recommendations to MAC on market mechanism to accompany California's greenhouse gas program
In addition to suggesting specific principles and guidelines for the MAC to follow, we argued that a well-designed market mechanism – one with high transparency, depth of trade and low transaction costs – will speed new technologies to the market and minimize the cost of compliance to achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions envisioned by AB 32.

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2007 Newsroom / News Stories and Op-Eds

San Jose Mercury News, August 31, 2007
Western states show the way with climate initiative

Los Angeles Daily News, August 14, 2007
Emissions cuts costly

San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2007
Making sense of pollution markets

San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 2007
'Cap and trade' gaining favor

   

San Jose Business Journal, March 19, 2007
Eco-fight looms on gas credit

Contra Costa Times, January 23, 2007

Firms seek clarification on new emissions laws

San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2007
State starts work on plan to curb greenhouse gases

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2007 Newsroom / News Releases

July 31, 2007
AB32IG: To Reduce Greenhouse Gas, Market-Based System Best

June 12, 2007
AB 32 IG Supports Cap-and-Trade Recommendation

June 1, 2007
AB 32 IG: To Cut Greenhouse Gas, Use Market Mechanisms

May 30, 2007
To Cut Greenhouse Gases, Coalition Favors Market, Not New Taxes

April 23, 2007
Coalition Urges Full Investigation of Early Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

April 5, 2007
Coalition Launches Website About Greenhouse Gas
Reductions

January 23, 2007

Coalition Proposes Greenhouse Gas Cuts
Quicker Than Required

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2007 Downloads

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Upcoming Meetings & Workshops



March 11 – Climate Action Team (CAT) Meeting

March 15 – Workshop Greenhouse gas

March 18 – Renewable Energy Standard Public Workshop

March 23 – Mandatory Green House Gas Reporting Workshop


March 25 – ARB Board Meeting for March

March 29 – Program Design


April 1 – Renewable Electricity
Standard Public Workshop


For details of these events and more calendar listings,
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