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California and China expand partnership on climate change

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and China’s top climate official, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, signed an agreement on climate change—the first between the NDRC and a subnational entity. The NDRC oversees China’s efforts to address climate change and much of the government’s economic strategy.

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Electric Company Too Scared To Tell Truth About Climate Change

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If SCE Won’t Tell The Truth About Climate Change Why Should We Trust Them About Anything? After my volunteer stint was over I stayed for the presentation and workshop. The workshop was very well attended with over 130 local people showing up.

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California ARB to Hold Public Workshop on LEV III Technologies; Criteria Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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ARB will hold a one-day workshop to discuss ARB staff’s preliminary thoughts and sources of information upon which to base the proposed standards and test procedures on 18 May, 2010, in El Monte, California. This is the second technical workshop for the LEV III rulemaking. The workshop will be webcast.

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Nevada launches “Clean Cars Nevada” effort; adopting California LEV and ZEV

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Through 2021, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) will engage with stakeholders and convene public workshops to gather comprehensive input and feedback across all impacted sectors of our economy and throughout every community in Nevada.

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Population Growth, Land and Water Limits and Climate Change Forcing a Radical Rethinking of Agriculture; GM Crops, Aquaculture, Drylands and Saline Agriculture

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Population growth, limits to arable land and fresh water, and climate change have “ profound implications ” for the ability of agriculture to meet this century’s demands for food, feed, fiber, and fuel while reducing the environmental impact of their production. ” —Federoff et al. —Federoff et al.

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ARB Holding Workshop on Regulatory Concepts for Prohibiting ICE-Powered TRUs

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop 23 March in Sacramento (and via webcast) to discuss regulatory concepts for prohibiting the use of internal combustion engines to power transport refrigeration units (TRU) on trucks, trailers, shipping containers, and railcars for extended cold storage.

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Open Letter by Netherlands Scientists on IPCC and Errors in 2007 Climate Change Report

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In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Errors in the IPCC climate change report are being seized by some to discredit climate science.