12.11.08
California Air Resources Board Approves Scoping Plan for Implementation of AB 32
The California Air Resources Board unanimously adopted its Scoping Plan to implement the sweeping changes in greenhouse gas emission dictated by AB 32.
As envisaged by the Scoping Plan, the state’s greenhouse gas emissions would be cut by 15% over the next 12 years. Although it seems to lay out targets for most sectors of the economy, there are some sectors that are missing, like aircraft and airports. All told, it amounts to an average cut of four tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases for every person in the state.
The Scoping Plan, which will be implemented over the next two years, puts California at the forefront of national climate policy at a time when President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to put control of greenhouse gas emissions at the top of his environmental agenda.
Past posts on this topic:
Breaking: California Adopts Nation’s Most Comprehensive Global Warming Plan - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com said,
December 11, 2008 at 2:31 pm
[...] – Blog reactions from some environmental watchers are starting to roll in. The folks from the Environmental Law and Climate Change Law blog write that California’s new policies put the state “at the forefront of national [...]
California Passes Landmark Climate Plan, Adopts Cap-and-Trade « Earth2Tech said,
December 11, 2008 at 5:18 pm
[...] just electric car startups hoping to fill those showrooms, but also wine and finance — and environmental watchdogs have largely registered support for the board’s [...]
California Passes Landmark Climate Plan, Adopts Cap-and-Trade said,
December 12, 2008 at 2:35 am
[...] not just electric car startups hoping to fill those showrooms, but also wine and finance — and environmental watchdogs have largely registered support for the board’s [...]
California Says Yes To Tougher GHG Rules, Cap-and-Trade · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives said,
December 12, 2008 at 1:43 pm
[...] York Times reported that the Environmental Law and Climate Change Law blog says some sectors, such as aircraft and airports, are missing from the plan’s reduction [...]