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The Climate Change Scoping
Plan
La Ronda Bowen, Ombudsman
California Air Resources Board
January 20, 2011
[email protected]
What is Climate Change & Why Do
We Care?
• Carbon dioxide &
• Changing rainfall
other pollutants from
patterns = more
fossil fuel burning
droughts/floods.
absorb infrared heat
• Smaller Sierra
that would normally
snowpack=less H2O
escape the earth’s
for power & farming.
atmosphere causing a • Higher temps =
greenhouse/warming
increased air pollution
effect.
and health effects.
A Glimpse of Climate Change
Severe weather impacts
people
• 2010 El Nino weather
anomalies
Human Choices
Change nothing.
Change something.
September 20, 1940
'Smog' Hits Radio City,
Blackening Passers-By.
October 31, 1948
'Smog' Linked to 18 Deaths in Day
And Hospital Jam in Donora, Pa.
December 5-9, 1952
London’s Killer Fog
12,000 people die.
Ladder of Responsibility
1970 Clean Air Act
passed. Implementation
delegated to USEPA.
EPA delegated authority
for non-federal sources
to states (CARB)
CARB delegated
authority for stationary
sources to air districts.
Ladder of Responsibility cont.
• 1977 Oil Embargo Pres. Carter puts solar
panels on white house roof.
• 2006 CA legislature passed the Global
Warming Solutions Act (Nunez) &
delegated implementation to ARB to
coordinate with other agencies and
stakeholders.
• ARB developed a Scoping Plan outlining a
path forward with input from approx. 2,000
stakeholders.
AB 32 Goal
• Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to
1990 levels by 2020.
• Approximately 15% from current levels
Develop a plan (Scoping Plan)
Consider economics (more urgent w/2008 recession)
Consider public health
Work collaboratively
Inside the Scoping Plan
Major contributions to
Greenhouse gases
from Transportation,
Energy generation &
use, and large
industrial sources.
Smaller contributions
from Agriculture,
Forestry and others.
Inside the Scoping Plan
Transportation
• Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. This measure alone is
expected to reduce California’s oil consumption by up to
20 percent.
Complimentary measures:
Port electrification, clean trucks, clean cars, SB 375
local government GHG targets.
Clean Cars-complimentary
measure
• ARB adopted amendments to the “Pavley”
regulations that reduce greenhouse gas
emissions in new passenger vehicles from
2009 through 2016.
Inside the Scoping Plan - High
Global Warming Potential Gases
• Commercial refrigerant rule. Large
commercial refrigeration systems reduce
leaks, and employ best management
practices.
• Pound for pound, these refrigerants are
much more effective than carbon dioxide
at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Inside the Scoping Plan – Industrial
Sources
.
• Cap and Trade. Caps greenhouse gases
emitted by approximately 360 entities
power plants, refineries, cement plants
and other sources emitting 25,000
MMTCO2e/yr. (approx. 600 facilities).
• Major piece of Climate Change program.
Entering a New Era
Energy & Water Conservation
AB 32 is designed to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by encouraging
conservation as well as moving toward
clean & efficient energy.
See
http://www.coolcalifornia.org
33% by 2020
Renewable Energy
• The Renewable Energy Standard is by far
the biggest and most important of the
climate measures and has a major positive
benefit to the economy.
Renewable Energy Facts not Myths
• Californians have reaped the benefits of
efficiency from unprecedented appliance
and building standards.
• Measures have saved more than $56
billion in the past 30 years
• Money kept in consumers’ pockets, helped
the economy grow, producing jobs.
Benefits
• Transition to clean
energy, reduce petroleum
dependence, increase
energy security.
• CARB & Federal regs
harmonize.
• Economic growth rate
approx. 2.4% through
2020.
• Fuel expenditures drop
4.9% in 2020 vs growing
at 1.7%.
• 57 gallons of gas less per
capita (20 billion gallons)
• Job growth approx 2
million (0.9%). Shift to
clean tech & renewable
energy.
Jobs
Engineering – materials, electronics, geology,
hydrology. Civil, environmental, space, nuclear.
Science – research, technology. Physics, biology,
climatology, chemistry.
Planning – urban, architectural, land use.
Entrepreneurial – service, IT, inventions.
Investment
• Clean Energy Trends said $63.5 Billion on
wind farms & turbines up 23.5% from 2009
• Global biofuel market rose 29% to 44.9
Billion.
• 2009 CA #1 in clean energy investment.
$2.1 Billion (60% of North America total)
• Power developers lining up to install wind
turbines on Tehachapi ridges.
Investment
cont.
• SCE building 173-mile transmission line to
the crest of Tehachapi's.
• Clean Energy Systems demonstration
power plant runs on natural gas emits
steam and carbon dioxide to be
sequestered 7,000’ below ground in the oil
fields near Bakersfield (federal pilot project
on carbon sequestration).
“A New “Industrial Revolution?”
CEO of Serious Materials, Inc Magazine’s
2009 Entrepreneur of the Year.
“This is a new industrial revolution. It doesn’t
happen once in a lifetime. It happens once
in 100 years.” Kevin Surace
What does this mean for you?
Energy savings opportunities
Venture capital investment
Federal and state funding
Opportunities for innovators, educators,
students, volunteers.
ARB Resource Pages
• Chairman’s Air Pollution Seminar Series
topics & presentations:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/s
em10.htm
• ARB Climate Change website:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm
• Local Government Actions:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/localgovernment/l
ocalgovernment.htm
Create the future.
Additional Resources
• http://www.nasa.gov NASA scientists confirm
earth’s energy is out of balance.
• http://www.greenforall.org Activist site to ensure
equitable participation in green economy.
• http://www.csmonitor.com The Future of Energy.
• http://www.edf.org Green Jobs Guidebook.
• http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org Clean
Energy Economy Report.