Andy Caldwell/Commentary

By JOHN M. BRODER

WASHINGTON — Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1, the United Nations said on Thursday, February 16,2010.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli turned up the heat on global warming yesterday.

On behalf of the state, Cuccinelli filed a petition asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its December finding that global warming poses a threat to people.

The state of Texas on Tuesday February 16, became the first state to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) irresponsible finding that gases blamed for global warming threaten public health. Also note that the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a similar suit on February 5.

By Cassandra Sweet, Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Days after Arizona pulled out of a western cap- and-trade market, Utah lawmakers were considering a proposal Friday to follow suit, potentially weakening the fledgling regional carbon market.

By Steve Williams, Daily Press, 2010-02-10 10:42:41

The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District’s board of directors, charged with keeping the Victor Valley’s greenhouse gas emissions under control and our air as pollution-free as possible, sent a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, the gist of which was “

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has passed a resolution questioning the science behind global warming and calling for federal officials to stop policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARB Gives Relief to Off-road Construction Equipment Owners

SACRAMENTO: Air Resources Board Executive Officer James N. Goldstene issued the following statement today:

"Over the last several years, the construction industry has felt the sting of the faltering economy with reduced activity and idled off-road equipment.

The world's carboncrats were beavering away in “Do-No-pehaggen” on a vast new global cap-and-trade scheme that President Obama wants the U.S. to join. But before we do, maybe Americans should understand how this already works in practice. Union workers, take note.

Timelines and Potential Sanctions

Without speculating on how much flexibility the state is willing to provide in the State Implementation Plan (SIP), here is some basic information.

Request for Investigation into Serious Misconduct by the California Air Resources Board and Immediate Suspension of All Impacted Diesel Regulations

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,

On behalf of the members of the California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) we are writing to identify our urgent and grave concerns about certain serious misconduct by Board Members and staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). As you may already be aware, new facts have recently come to light that certainly evidence potential scientific fraud and a resulting cover-up within CARB that has not only

The note emailed on Thursday, December 10, 2009 misstated the early reporting date for the Truck and Bus regulation.

The first reporting deadline will be in a few months from now on March 31, 2010. Fleets that need to report by March 31, 2010 include the following:

California Air Resources Board Inventory Shows Need to Rethink New “Retrofit” Requirements as Industry, Economy Combine to Cut Current and Forecast Emissions

Contractors and other operators of off-road diesel equipment will exceed ambitious new emissions targets set by California officials according to new state figures released last week by the Associated General Contractors of America. New data from the California Air Resources Board indicates there is no need to impose costly new “diesel retrofit” rules forcing contractors to purchase new equipment before 2014, the association noted.

SACRAMENTO: The Air Resources Board directed its staff today to return to the Board next April with a new provision that would provide truck fleets more flexibility in cleaning up their diesel emissions under the state's Truck and Bus Rule that was adopted in December of last year, in light of the recession's effect on the industry.

Beginning with two editorials in late December 2008, this editorial page repeatedly has criticized the California Air Resources Board for its headline-hunting decision to adopt unprecedentedly sweeping and costly diesel-emission rules at its meeting earlier that month.

Breathe. For most of us, the air in our cities is the cleanest in our lifetimes. As a 15-year member of both the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, I am proud of that fact and equally passionate about further improvement. But a pending state regulation to reduce diesel engine emissions carries an unpleasant odor, tainted by a falsified credential and information held secretly by staff and board members.

ABC didn't cover it. CBS didn't either. And NBC apparently wouldn't go near it.

The network news broadcasts have ignored a growing scandal over evidence of a potential climate cover-up — and now they've even been scooped by the fake news at Comedy Central.

The climatologists at the center of the leaked email and document scandal have taken the line that it is all much ado about nothing. Yes, the wording of their messages was unfortunate, but they insist this in no way undermines the underlying science. They're ignoring the damage they've done to public confidence in the arbiters of climate science.

That’s an average of $492,187/employee, how does one get a job there?

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The emails that reveal an effort to hide the truth about climate science.

'The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the U.K., I think I'll delete the file rather than send to anyone. . . . We also have a data protection act, which I will hide behind."