APCD to hold GHG permitting workshops in April

Several existing facilities may find themselves in the Title V air permit program as the result of new EPA GHG rules. The SJVAPCD will hold workshops next month to provide guidance for affected parties.

APCD to hold GHG permitting workshops in April

HSR business plan to be approved next week - but, when does the public see it?

 When does the public get less than a week to review and comment on a landmark public works project? Apparently when it's about California's High-Speed Rail project.

HSR business plan to be approved next week - but, when does the public see it?

When turnabout isn't fair play for global warming deniers

 This isn't really California news, but, it's interesting nonetheless and speaks volumes about hypocrisy. A representative of Greenpeace writes to (Koch Brothers) Heartland Institute and asks why it is ok for Heartland to use deception to obtain documents from climate scientists but gets bent out of shape when a climate scientist does the same thing to them.


http://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-double-standard-institute-tried-scam-greenpeace-internal-documents

Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Bullet Train Chairman Dan Richard at CSUB tonight

 Town Hall meeting at CSUB tonight.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Bullet Train Chairman Dan Richard at CSUB tonight

More opposition to HSR popping up in affected Bakersfield neighborhoods

Just who is/are High-Speed Boondoggle?

More opposition to HSR popping up in affected Bakersfield neighborhoods

photo by F. Maccioli

The Week Ahead - Hearing Board to rule on requests for environmental relief

San Joaquin Valley APCD Hearing Board has several petitions for relief from air regulations this week.

The Week Ahead - Hearing Board to rule on requests for environmental relief

photo by Matt Cardy / Getty Images

Ca. State Senate to hold HSR informational hearing - budget may be at risk

Will HSR funding be included in the 2012-2013 state budget?

Ca. State Senate to hold HSR informational hearing - budget may be at risk

2012 Living Green Kern River Valley Festival to be held this month, Mar. 11 - 25

A short drive up the mountain to support a worthy cause:

2012 Living Green Kern River Valley Festival to be held this month, Mar. 11 - 25

Fundraiser for the Tree Foundation of Kern at Metro Galleries this week

First ever fundraising event for The Tree Foundation of Kern:

Fundraiser for the Tree Foundation of Kern at Metro Galleries this week

Michael Mann's Counterstrike in the Climate Wars

No, he's not Michael Mann the movie director (Thief, Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral,etc.) This is the Penn State climate change researcher who has been embroiled in controversy over his "hockey stick" graph of global temperature change and controversial e-mails.

Interesting article. Take some time and read it. Let me know what you think.

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2012/02/mann-climate.html

Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong by William D. Nordhaus | The New York Review of Books

 This is a very well written article in response to some folks who had a different opinion.


http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/why-global-warming-skeptics-are-wrong/?pagination=false

SJVAPCD to host CalEEMOD class on Mar. 21, 2012

Free training on a new air pollution emissions model, read all about it here:

SJVAPCD to host emission calculation training class on Mar. 21, 2012