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Archive of January 1 to April 30, 2008 Events

  • April 25, 2008 - Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Work Group - Morning Meeting
    April 25, 2008 - AB 32 Program Design Technical Stakeholder Work Group - Afternoon Meeting

    Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder
    Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room
    CalEPA Building
    Sacramento

    The white paper which includes the agenda for this meeting is posted at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/meetings.htm

    AB 32 Program Design Technical Stakeholder Work Group
    Time: 1:30 to 5 p.m.
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room
    CalEPA Building
    Sacramento

    The presentation and a white paper which includes the agenda for this meeting is posted at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/pgmdesign-sp/meetings/meetings.htm

    Both meetings will be webcast, and web attendees can email questions during the session to ccplan@arb.ca.gov. We do not guarantee that these webcasts will be archived.

    Webcast links are posted at www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1

    The ARB recommends that you do not run other programs while viewing the webcast, as it may interrupt or lower the quality of the signal.



  • April 21 & 22, 2008 - Joint California Energy Commission and California Public Utilities Commission Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Allocation Issues in the Electricity Sector and Review of Economic Modeling Results

    When:
    MONDAY, APRIL 21
    Beginning at 10 a.m.
    and
    TUESDAY, APRIL 22
    Beginning at 9 a.m.

    Location:
    CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
    505 Van Ness Avenue (Auditorium)
    Corner of Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street
    San Francisco, Californ
    ia (Wheelchair Accessible)

    The California Energy Commission's AB 32 Committee (Chairman Pfannenstiel and Commissioner Byron) and the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) President Peevey will conduct a joint workshop on greenhouse gas (GHG) allowance allocation issues in the electricity sector, and on Energy Environmental Economics, Incorporated's (E3) modeling results on comparing the cost-effectiveness of policy scenarios aimed at achieving GHG reductions in the electricity sector. Other commissioners may also attend this workshop.

    This meeting will be webcast by the CPUC. Details will be available on the CPUC's website and at www.energy.ca.gov/webcast/.



  • April 21, 2008 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger Vehicles "What's Next?"

    Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff invites you to participate in a one-day symposium to discuss policy mechanisms for further reductions in vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The symposium, hosted by ARB and the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) at the University of California, Davis will be held at the CalEPA Headquarters Building, Byron Sher Auditorium.

    The symposium will explore what additional steps can be taken to address the shortfall between currently planned passenger vehicle GHG emission reduction programs and the GHG emission requirements in California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32).

    This meeting will be webcast and can be viewed the day of the meeting at: /www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1

    To locate the symposium notice and agenda, please download this Acrobat PDF file at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ccms/meetings/042108/arb_its-davis_vehghgsymp_042108.pdf

    For more information, please go to: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ccms/ccms.htm



  • April 18, 2008 - From Protection to Empowerment: Policy Solutions to Ensure Equal Access to The Green Economy

    4th Annual Environmental Justice Symposium at UC Berkeley's School of Law, Boalt Hall

    The environmental justice movement is at a turning point. Instead of focusing solely on ways to protect underprivileged communities from environmental harms, today's environmental justice leaders are finding positive, proactive ways to create opportunities to empower communities within the growing green economy and a reinvigorated environmental movement. The UC Berkeley School of Law's Environmental Law Society (ELS) seeks to create a symposium that addresses the nexus between environmental, economic and social justice. This symposium will present a host of cutting edge policy solutions designed to empower communities which have traditionally been victims of environmental injustice.

    Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance.

    For more information, please go to: http://els.boalt.org/symposium.htm



  • April 16, 2008 - Preparing for Sea Level Rise Conference - "Is Your Community Prepared to Adapt to Future Sea Level Rise?"

    Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
    Where: MetroCenter
    101 Eighth Street
    Oakland, California

    Hosted by San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

    Elected officials, city and county managers, planning, public works and park agency directors; and flood control and water agency directors are invited to attend an interactive conference to learn the direct consequences of climate change driven sea level rise in the Bay Area-a region of great ecological and social diversity and economic importance.

    Attendees will learn how to assess their community's vulnerability to the effects of sea level rise including the potential costs of protecting against an increase in sea level. Adaptation strategies for protecting property in threatened areas will be explored.

    Participants will hear from local governments who are confronting the challenges of sea level rise and the strategies they are pursuing, and hear how they can partner with other agencies and organizations to reduce sea level rise rates by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

    For more information, please go to: www.abag.ca.gov/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1204311722,83976,



  • April 16, 2008 - Western Climate Initiative Dialogue Group Conference Call

    At the Dialogue Group meeting on March 3rd it was proposed, and the Group agreed, that a monthly conference call would be a useful way to update everyone on the activities of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Accordingly, we have scheduled a call for April 16th from 10 to 11:30 a.m. PDT.

    There will be two presentations made during the call with opportunity for questions after each. The first will be an overview of the activities of the WCI since the last meeting, and the second will be an update on Forestry issues as they relate to the WCI.

    This conference call will be open to the public and will be moderated by an operator. We encourage your participation and look forward to your input as we move forward on these issues of regional interest and concern.

    Dial-in information:

    Phone numbers:
    International Callers: 1-210-234-0005
    Domestic Calls: 1-888-889-6570

    Participant Pass Code: 5317921

    Documents for Meeting



  • April 15, 2008 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Goods Movement Sector

    Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room
    Cal/EPA HQ Building
    1001 "I" Street
    Sacramento, CA

    The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff invites you to participate in the first public workshop to discuss concepts for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the goods movement sector. The goods movement sector includes the vehicles and equipment that transport cargo throughout California. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an overview of ARB activity on this sector, and to discuss concepts to achieve the maximum reduction in GHG emissions through strategies that are technically feasible and cost-effective. The concepts discussed at this workshop may be developed into measures that will be included in the AB 32 Scoping Plan, and may ultimately help meet the State's goal of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as required by the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32).

    You can view an Acrobat PDF file of the formal workshop notice at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/transportation-sp/meetings/041508/notice_goods_movement.pdf

    We do not guarantee that these webcasts will be archived. Webcast links are posted the day of the workshop at: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1

    ARB recommends that you do not run other programs while viewing the webcast, as it may interrupt or lower the quality of the signal.

    If you have any questions about ARB's effort to reduce GHG emissions from the goods movement sector, please contact Ms. Peggy Taricco, Manager, Technical Analysis Section at (916) 323-4882, or via email at ptaricco@arb.ca.gov



  • April 14 & 15, 2008 - Low Carbon Fuels Expo 2008

    Location: Sacramento Convention Center
    Sacramento, California

    California is world renowned for its aggressive pursuit of leading edge alternative fuel technology and air quality policies. During the inaugural Low Carbon Fuels 2008, industry experts will be able to showcase the fuels and technologies, policies and actions, and other ongoing efforts that will allow California to meet its policy goals, reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, diversify its transportation fuel supplies, and establish a sustainable market for cleaner-burning fuels. Low Carbon Fuels will be a two-day conference and expo, including presentations, keynote addressees, discussion groups and other sessions for participants to learn and interact while the expo hall will be filled with low-emission alternative fuel vehicle offerings, trade show booths and a Ride and Drive.

    Contact for more info:
    Anne Hellwig
    1-800-993-0302
    E-mail: info@lowcarbonfuelsexpo.com
    www.lowcarbonfuelsexpo.com/



  • April 11, 2008 - Public Workshop on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Oil and Gas Production, Transmission, and Refinery Sector

    Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    On October 25, 2007, the Air Resources Board (ARB) approved an emission reduction strategy to reduce venting and leaks from oil and gas systems as an early action measure. This designation means that the regulation is scheduled to be adopted by the ARB and become enforceable by January 1, 2012. Additional measures for this sector are being evaluated for the overall AB 32 Scoping Plan that the ARB must adopt by January 1, 2009.

    The purpose of this initial workshop is to provide an overview of ARB activity to date and to discuss concepts to achieve the maximum reduction in GHG emissions that is technically feasible and cost-effective.

    To workshop notice is available as a PDF file at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/venting-leaks/meetings/workshopnot-4-11.pdf

    An agenda and staff presentation will be posted prior to the workshop at the ARB oil and gas/refining sector website at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/oil-gas-sp/oil-gas-sp.htm

    If you have any questions about the oil and gas production and transmission portion of the workshop, please contact Mr. Jim Nyarady, Manager, Strategy Evaluation Section at (916) 322-8273 or via email at jnyarady@arb.ca.gov

    If you have any questions about the refinery portion of the workshop, please contact Mr. John Courtis, Manager, Alternative Fuels Section at (916) 323-2661 or via email at jcourtis@arb.ca.gov



  • April 7-9, 2008 - Green California Summit and Exposition

    Where: Sacramento Convention Center
    Sacramento, California

    For more information: www.green-technology.org



  • April 7, 2008 - Climate Change and Energy In California: An Informal Seminar

    Time: 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. California Energy Commission
    Hearing Room A
    1516 9th Street
    Sacramento, California 95814

    The Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program has been sponsoring scientific research on the effects of climate change on energy consumption and production in California for several years. The purpose of this meeting is to describe new research activities and present preliminary results of PIER-funded studies conducted by researchers from U.C. Davis, U.C. Berkeley, U.C San Diego, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on this topic. Gary Freeman from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will also discuss the likely impacts of climate change for both hydro operations and generation production for the PG&E units. The topics will range from describing future climate change scenarios in California, to the potential effects of these scenarios to energy demand and hydropower supply.

    For more information, please see the Notice with Link to Agenda.



  • April 4, 2008 - Program Design Technical Stakeholder Work Group

    Time: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: CalEPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California 95814

    The AB 32 Program Design Technical Stakeholder Work Group meets next Friday, April 4, in the morning from 9 am - 12:30 pm in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Building in Sacramento. The specific focus of this meeting will be to consider, in greater detail, how the core measures will be incorporated into the models. The specific focus of this meeting will be to examine the issue of "offsets." The meeting will also include some discussion of how the different policy scenarios will be modeled. The PDF file announcement for this meeting is posted at:

    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/pgmdesign-sp/meetings/040408/AB32_Draft_April_4_Program_Design_Announcement.pdf



  • April 4, 2008 - Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Work Group

    Time: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: CalEPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California 95814

    The AB 32 Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Work Group meets next Friday, April 4, in the afternoon from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Building in Sacramento. The specific focus of this meeting will be to examine issues associated with the economic modeling of an "offset" program. The discussion will build on the topics raised in the program design stakeholder meeting focused on offsets which will immediately precede this economic analysis meeting. The PDF file announcement for this meeting is posted at:

    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/040408/ab32_draft_april_4_economic_analysis_announcement.pdf



  • March 26-27, 2008 - Japanese and California Policy and Technology to Address Climate Change - An International Conference

    Location: Wed. 26th: Capiptol Rotunda
    Location: Thurs. 27th - Secretary of State Building
    Auditorum
    Address: 1500 11th Street
    Sacramento, California 95814

    Please see conference flyer for details.



  • March 25, 2008 - Global Warming Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Meeting

    Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Where: TBA
    Sacramento, California

    For more information: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ejac/meetings/meetings.htm



  • March 24, 2008 - Landfill Methane Control Measure Meeting

    Public workshop to discuss draft proposed control measure for reducing landfill methane emissions.

    Time: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Coastal Hearing Room Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Workshop notice: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/landfills/meetings/032408/landfillworkshop3-24-08.pdf (PDF file)



  • March 17, 20, & 21, 2008 - Land Use Subgroup of the Climate Action Team Meetings

    Date: Monday, March 17, 2008
    Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Pacific Daylighting Saving Time)
    Location: Byron Sher Auditorium
    Address: Cal/EPA Headquarters, 2nd floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento

    Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008
    Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Pacific Daylighting Saving Time)
    Location: Conference Room
    Address: Caltrans District 7 HQ
    100 S. Main Street
    Los Angeles

    Date: Friday, March 21, 2008
    Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Pacific Daylighting Saving Time)
    Location: Auditorium
    Address: Elihu Harris State Office Building
    1515 Clay Street
    Oakland

    The workshops are open to all interested parties, and we encourage your participation.

    Three introductory discussions of land use, transportation and local government measures under consideration for recommendation to the California Air Resources Board's (ARB) statewide plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be held on the above dates.

    The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) requires that ARB develop a Scoping Plan, which identifies strategies to achieve the 2020 GHG emissions target. These workshops will allow participants to hear presentations on AB 32, the Climate Action Team, the role of land use and transportation in climate change, the types of strategies that LUSCAT is considering submitting to the ARB's Scoping Plan process and ask questions of LUSCAT members.

    The LUSCAT Workshops will be held at the above times and locations. Please find the PDF file of the agenda at this link:

    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/localaction/meetings/031708/luscatpublicsympagenda.pdf

    If you have any questions please feel free to contact:

    Panama Bartholomy
    California Energy Commission
    (916) 654-4896
    pbarthol@energy.state.ca.us



  • March 17, 2008 - Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Work Group

    Date: Monday, March 17, 2008
    Time: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylighting Saving Time)
    Location: Coastal Hearing Room
    Address: Cal/EPA Headquarters, 2nd floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento

    The specific focus of this meeting will be to consider, in greater detail, how the core measures will be incorporated into the models.

    The meeting will also include some discussion of how the different policy scenarios will be modeled.

    A PDF version of the announcement for this meeting is posted at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/031708/mar_17_econ_analysis_announcement.pdf

    All meetings of the work group are open to the public. There is also now a full schedule (PDF file) of meeting dates available at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/2008_Meeting_Schedule.pdf

    This meeting will be webcast, and web attendees can e-mail questions during the session to ccplan@arb.ca.gov. We do not guarantee that these webcasts will be archived.

    Webcast links are posted at www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1.

    The Air Resource Board recommends that you do not run other programs while viewing the webcast, as it may interrupt or lower the quality of the signal.

    Written questions and comments on either subject can be submitted at any time to ccplan@arb.ca.gov



  • March 17, 2008 - AB 32 Program Design Technical Stakeholder Work Group

    Date: Monday, March 17, 2008
    Time: 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylighting Saving Time)
    Location: Coastal Hearing Room
    Address: Cal/EPA Headquarters, 2nd floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento

    The specific focus of this meeting will be to examine the issue of allocation of allowances in a possible cap-and-trade system.

    A PDF version of the announcement for this meeting is posted at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/pgmdesign-sp/meetings/031708/AB32_Program_Design_3_17_08_wg.pdf

    All meetings of the work group are open to the public. There is also now a full schedule (PDF file) of meeting dates available at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/2008_Meeting_Schedule.pdf

    This meeting will be webcast, and web attendees can e-mail questions during the session to ccplan@arb.ca.gov. We do not guarantee that these webcasts will be archived.

    Webcast links are posted at www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1.

    The Air Resource Board recommends that you do not run other programs while viewing the webcast, as it may interrupt or lower the quality of the signal.



  • March 11, 2008 - Public Workshop to Discuss Development of Local Government Protocols

    Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Location: Byron Sher Auditorium
    Cal/EPA Headquarters
    1001 I Street (2nd floor)
    Sacramento, CA 95814

    The Air Resources Board (ARB) staff, in partnership with the California Climate Action Registry and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), will present initial concepts for developing a Municipal Operations Protocol, the first in a suite of protocols to assist cities and counties in California in establishing baseline greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and methods to quantify GHG emission reductions.

    You can view the public workshop notice at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/protocols/localgov/meet/meet.htm

    A web page for local government protocols is located at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/protocols/localgov/localgov.htm

    For further information, please contact Mr. Webster Tasat, Manager of the Emission Inventory Analysis Section at (916) 323-4950, or via email at: wtasat@arb.ca.gov.



  • March 3, 2008 - Please note date and location change! February 28, 2008 - Dialogue Group Meeting

    Time: 1:30 to 4 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    The next Dialogue Group meeting will continue discussion of regional and international climate change initiatives and have an update on the activities of the The Climate Registry, Western Climate Initiative, and the International Climate Action Partnership. The Secretary for Environmental Protection will preside over the meeting.

    Download Updated Agenda for Meeting (PDF file)

    Presentations (PowerPoint files)



  • February 29, 2008 - Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Work Group Meeting

    Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    The second in an ongoing series of economic analysis technical stakeholder meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on February 29, 2008, in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA building in Sacramento. This series of meetings is being conducted to provide interested stakeholders the opportunity to provide specific technical input concerning various elements of the economic analysis component of the AB 32 Scoping Plan.

    For more information please download the meeting announcement (Acrobat PDF file), posted on ARB's climate change website at:

    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/economics-sp/meetings/022908/feb_29_econ_analysis_announcement.pdf



  • February 29, 2008 - AB 32 Program Design Technical Stakeholder Meeting

    Time: 1:30 to 5 p.m.
    Where: CalEPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    The second in an ongoing series of program design technical stakeholder meetings will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on February 29, 200,8 in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA building in Sacramento. This series of meetings is being conducted to provide interested stakeholders the opportunity to provide specific technical input concerning various elements of the program design that will become part of the AB 32 Scoping Plan.

    For more information please download the meeting announcement (PDF file), posted on ARB's Climate Change website at:

    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/pgmdesign-sp/meetings/022908/AB32_Program_Design_2_29_08_WG.pdf



  • February 27, 2008 - ARB Chairman's Seminar Series

    Topic: "Progress Report on North America's First and Only Legally Binding Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Trading System"

    Speaker: Michael J. Walsh, Ph.D., Executive Vice-President, and Paula DiPerna, Executive Vice-President, Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc.

    When: 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
    Where: Cal/EPA Building
    Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Announcement and Presentation can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/ccx/ccx.htm

    For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • February 27, 2008 - ARB Chairman's Seminar Series

    Topic: "The World's Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It"

    Speaker: Steven Chu, Ph.D., Director and Nobel Laureate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

    When: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
    Where: Cal/EPA Building
    Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Announcement and Presentation can be viewed at: www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    For "external" users please check the external webcast calendar at: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at: www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Your e-mail questions will be aired during the question & answer period following the presentations.

    Webcast Viewers, e-mail your questions to: auditorium@calepa.ca.gov

    For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • February 26, 2008 - Agriculture Stakeholder Working Group Meeting on Scoping Plan Measures

    When: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Where: Cal/EPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    PDF of announcement can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/agriculture-sp/meetings/022608/feb26agwrkgrpmtg.pdf

    This meeting will also be webcast: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1



  • February 15, 2008 - Mitigating Emissions From High-Global Warming Potential (GWP) Greenhouse Gases From Stationary Sources

    Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time)
    Where: Cal/EPA Headquarters Building
    Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Additional information on the ARB climate change web page at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm

    Announcement for this meeting (PDF file): www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6nonelec/meetings/021508/2_15notice.pdf



  • February 14, 2008 - California Climate Action Registry Board of Directors Meeting

    When: 1 to 4 p.m.
    where: Cal/EPA Headquarters
    1001 I Street - Room 230
    Sacramento, CA

    The California Climate Action Registry's Board of Directors meets four times a year. Board meetings are open to the public.

    More information at: www.climateregistry.org/Default.aspx?Alias=Rainbow&TabId=3367&mid=10286#BoardMeeting



  • February 13, 2008 - ARB Chairman's Speaker Series

    "Carbon Emission Reduction Opportunities in California Transportation"

    Zack Subin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

    When: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
    Where: Cal/EPA Building
    Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    1001 I Street Sacramento, California

    Announcement and Presentation can be viewed at: www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    For "external" users please check the external webcast calendar at: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at: www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • February 13 (Sacramento) & February 14 (Los Angeles), 2008 - Carbon Capture & Sequestration Public Workshops

    RSVP Required
    No Tickets to be Required or Distributed

    Where: SACRAMENTO - FEBRUARY 13, 2008
    8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
    Gardenia Room
    1230 J Street
    Sacramento, CA 95814

    Where: LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 14, 2008
    8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    The University of Southern California
    Town & Gown Ballroom
    665 Exposition Blvd
    Los Angeles, CA 90089

    The Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense invite you to two Public Workshops on Carbon Capture & Sequestration.

    They are approaching fast, and space is filling up fast. Please join us on February 13th in Sacramento or February 14th in Los Angeles for review with some of the foremost CCS experts in the nation regarding this emerging climate change mitigation technology.

    The agenda for both workshops can now be found on the event registration website. As you will see from the agenda, in addition to assembling top experts on CCS technology, we also will hear from key participants in the policy making process. Attendance is limited. If you have not already done so, please register ASAP on the website to reserve your spot. Please note that a continental breakfast and buffet lunch will be provided.

    http://ccsworkshop-emailinvite.eventbrite.com/



  • February 11 - The AB32 Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee Meeting

    Where: Cal/EPA Headquarters Building in Sacramento
    1001 I Street Sacramento, California

    Further information about ETAAC and these meetings can be found at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/etaac/etaac.htm

    The agenda for the meeting is available at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/etaac/021108pubmeet/021108pubmeet.htm

    For additional information, please contact Steve Church at schurch@arb.ca.gov



  • February 7, 2008 - Air Resources Board Chairman's Seminar Series

    Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

    Where: Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    Cal/EPA Building
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Topic: "Motivating, Assisting and Recognizing Small Businesses that Conserve Resources, Prevent Pollution and Address Climate Change"
    Ceil Scandone
    Bay Area Green Business Program
    Association of Bay Area Governments

    This meeting will be webcast. Please check the external webcast calendar at:
    www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Your e-mail questions will be aired during the question & answer period following the presentations. Webcast Viewers, e-mail your questions to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • February 6, 2008 - Air Resources Board AB 32 Scoping Plan Program Design Technical Stakeholder Working Group Meeting

    Time: Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd floor
    Cal/EPA Headquarters Building
    1001 "I" Street
    Sacramento, CA

    The first in an ongoing series of program design technical stakeholder meetings will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on February 6, 2008 in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA building in Sacramento. This series of meetings is being held in order to provide interested stakeholders the opportunity to provide input concerning various elements of the program design that will become part of the AB 32 Scoping Plan.

    AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prepare a Scoping Plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Development of the Scoping Plan will include an analysis of potential emission reductions across all sectors.

    The February 6 meeting will provide a description of the set of policy scenarios that are being developed for the initial round of modeling using Energy 2020 and E-DRAM. CARB is developing these scenarios to describe a range of possible approaches to implementing AB 32, such as use of a carbon fee, use of a cap and trade program, or reliance on direct regulations on emission sources or industrial sectors. After input from stakeholders at this meeting, CARB will finalize a small set of policy scenarios to model in time for discussion at the planned April 4 Scoping Plan scenarios workshop.

    Workshop materials and an agenda will be posted prior to the meeting at ARB's Climate Change website www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm



  • February 5, 2008 - Public Workshop to Discuss the Concepts for Reducing HFC-134a Emissions from Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC).

    Time: 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room
    Cal/EPA Headquarter Building
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California 95814

    The purpose of this initial workshop is to provide an overview of ARB activities to date and to discuss regulatory concepts to achieve the maximum reduction in HFC emissions that is technically feasible and cost-effective.

    For more information, go to: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ccea/hfc-mac/hfc-mac.htm



  • January 31, 2008: Climate Change 101 - Climate Change and its Impacts on California.

    A seminar series presented by the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis, John Muir Institute of the Environment, UC Davis Air Quality Research Center, the UC Institute for Research on Climate Change and its Societal Impacts.

    Time: Every other Thursday at noon, starting January 17, 2008

    Where: CalEPA Building
    1001 I St.
    Sacramento, California

    Download Seminar Schedule (Acrobat file)



  • January 30, 2008 - Air Resources Board Chairman's Seminar Series

    Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

    Where: Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    Cal/EPA Building
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Topic: "Reducing Emissions in California Through Carbon Capture and Sequestration"
    S. Julio Friedmann, Ph.D.
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

    This meeting will be webcast. Please check the external webcast calendar at:
    www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Your e-mail questions will be aired during the question & answer period following the presentations. Webcast Viewers, e-mail your questions to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • January 29, 2008 - Air Resources Board Chairman's Seminar Series

    Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

    Where: Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    Cal/EPA Building
    1001 I Street
    Sacramento, California

    Topic: "Science and Policy for Deep Cuts in Carbon Emissions"
    Daniel M Kammen, Ph.D.
    Class of 1939 Distinguished Chair in Energy
    University of California, Berkeley

    This meeting will be webcast. Please check the external webcast calendar at:
    www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Your e-mail questions will be aired during the question & answer period following the presentations. Webcast Viewers, e-mail your questions to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • January 28, 2008 - Global Warming Environmental Justice Advisory Committee

    The public meeting notice and agenda for the Global Warming Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) has been posted at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ejac/ejac.htm

    Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd floor Cal/EPA Headquarters Building 1001 "I" Street Sacramento, CA

    This meeting will be webcast and can be viewed the day of the meeting at: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?BDO=1

    For further information, please contact the EJAC Liaison, Johnnie Raymond at (916) 445-8279, or via email at: jraymond@arb.ca.gov



  • January 28, 2008 - Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Working Group Meeting

    The public meeting notice and agenda for the Economic Analysis Technical Stakeholder Working Group has been posted at: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/eats/meetings/012808/jan_28_announcement.pdf (PDF file)

    Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd floor Cal/EPA Headquarters Building 1001 "I" Street Sacramento, CA

    The first in an ongoing series of Economic Analysis technical stakeholder meetings will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on January 28, 2008, in the Coastal Hearing Room at the CalEPA building in Sacramento. This series of meetings are being held in order to provide interested stakeholders the opportunity to provide input concerning the economic analysis being undertaking to support development of the AB 32 Scoping Plan.

    AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prepare a Scoping Plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Development of the Scoping Plan will include an analysis of potential emission reductions across all sectors.

    The January 28th meeting will provide a broad overview of the economic modeling efforts being undertaken at the Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission to support the Scoping Plan, allow opportunity for questions and comments on these efforts, and lay out the schedule for future meetings on this topic.

    Workshop materials and an agenda will be posted prior to the meeting at ARB's Climate Change website (www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm and made available in hard copy at the meeting.

    Future economic analysis technical stakeholder meetings have been tentatively scheduled for February 29 and March 17. More information about those meetings will be made available at the website above as the details are finalized.



  • January 25 - The AB32 Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee Meetings

    Where: Cal/EPA Headquarters Building in Sacramento
    1001 I Street Sacramento, California

    Further information about ETAAC and these meetings can be found at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/cc/etaac/etaac.htm

    For additional information, please contact Steve Church at schurch@arb.ca.gov



  • January 23, 2008 - Stanford Scientific Magazine Public Lecture Series, IPCC, Kyoto, and the Next Steps to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change

    Join IPCC coauthor and prominent climate change scholar Chris Field for a lecture and audience Q&A.

    Time: 7:30 p.m.
    Where: Cubberley Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Campus Map http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-300
    Parking info: http://publiclectures.stanford.edu/maps.htm

    The lecture is free and open to the public.

    The strong historical link between carbon emissions and economic activity highlights the dual economic and ecological nature of the looming challenge. Our challenge is cutting emissions while powering a global economic engine likely to grow more than 10-fold in the 21st century. Many low-emitting technologies are available today, but moving them from the laboratory scale to global energy system is the grand challenge of our era.

    Prof. Chris Field is the founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. He was the coordinating lead author on the 2007 IPCC chapter on impacts of climate change on North America. A member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Field has appeared recently on BBC's "The World Today," CBC's "Quirks and Quarks," and NPR's "Science Friday."



  • January 22, 2008 - ARB Chair's Seminar Series

    "Advances in Our Understanding of the Major Sources Contributing to Ambient Particulate Matter in California"

    Kimberly A Prather, Ph.D. - University of California, San Diego.

    Where: Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street Sacramento, California

    Announcement and Presentation can be viewed at: www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Webcast can be found at: www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov



  • January 16-18, 2008 - 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment

    Where: Washington, D.C.
    Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

    THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT invites you to participate in the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment to develop and advance science-based solutions to climate change.

    Join us in the dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, educators, and other solutions-oriented innovators to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change.

    The three-day conference will be held January 16-18, 2008, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. An interactive agenda features skill-building workshops, targeted breakout sessions, plenary sessions, and symposia to provide participants with an expansive understanding of climate change solutions-and how we can achieve them.

    More information at: http://www.ncseonline.org/2008conference/



  • January 16, 2008 - Public Workshop on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scoping Plan

    This workshop will discuss the process that Air Resources Board (ARB) will use in evaluating policy mechanisms for achieving the GHG emission reductions called for in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32).

    The mechanisms under consideration include direct emission reduction measures, alternative compliance mechanisms, market-based compliance mechanisms, potential monetary and non-monetary incentives, and voluntary reductions for various sources and categories of sources.

    The ARB is seeking input into the range of mechanisms being considered for inclusion as part of the overall AB 32 program, and the process ARB will use in evaluating the options for inclusion in the Plan.

    The workshop is open to all interested parties. It will be held at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in Oakland and will also be webcast.

    Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Where: Auditorium
    Address: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
    101 Eighth Street
    Oakland, CA 94607

    Directions to MTC can be found at:

    www.mtc.ca.gov/about_mtc/directions.htm

    For More Information: Workshop materials and the agenda will be posted prior to the meeting at ARB's Scoping Plan website www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/scopingplan.htm

    For those unable to attend the workshop in person, a live video/audio webcast will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. on January 16, 2008 at http://www.cal-span.org/Broadcast/CARB.asx

    During the workshops, the webcast audience may submit questions and comments for ARB staff response using the following email address: ccplan@arb.ca.gov



  • January 10, 2008 - Western Climate Initiative Stakeholder Workshop

    The Western Climate Initiative is holding a Stakeholder Workshop on January 10, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop is being held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, in Portland, Oregon.

    The Workshop is free but advanced registration is required. Also note that due to size limitations of the venue, registration is limited to 230 people. A Webinar of the workshop will be available for those who cannot attend.

    To register for the workshop, and for more information, please go to the Western Climate Initiative website at: www.westernclimateinitiative.org.



  • January 9, 2008 - ARB Chair's Seminar Series

    Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Where: Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor
    Cal/EPA Building
    1001 I Street Sacramento, California

    Topic: Identification and Evaluation of Potential Best Practices for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Freight Transportation
    H. Christopher Frey, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

    This meeting will be webcast. For external users please check the external webcast calendar at:
    www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1

    For your added convenience, while viewing the webcast, presentations can be downloaded at:
    www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htm

    Your e-mail questions will be aired during the question & answer period following the presentations. Webcast Viewers, e-mail your questions to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov

    For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Alberto Ayala at (916) 327-2952 or aayala@arb.ca.gov

    For more information on this Seminar and Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov