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Global Perspectives and Regional Results: Science and Management in the Bay-Delta System

Susana Hinojosa — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:01:00 +0000

The 5th Biennial CALFED Science Conference, Global Perspectives and Regional Results: Science and Management in the Bay-Delta System, is scheduled October 22-24, 2008, at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St., Sacramento, CA. This Biennial conference is a forum for presenting scientific information and ideas relevant to the California Bay-Delta, its watersheds, and the adjacent coastal ocean. The conference program will feature plenary talks, and poster presentations on themes of interest, ie such as climate change science and water resources management. Check the conference information, and schedule online.

Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan: A Framework for Change

Susana Hinojosa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:33:21 +0000

The California Air Resources Board will hear on June 26, 2008, the ARB staff presentation on the initial draft of the Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan, a framework for change. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) requires the Board to prepare a Scoping Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020. This Scoping Plan is the state’s guide for how to achieve these emission cuts mandated by the 2006 law. The plan is now available for public comment and review. The Proposed Plan will be released in October 2008, taking into consideration all recommendations and will have a 45 day comment period before the Air Resources Board considers adoption at its November 2008 meeting.

House Clears Energy Bill Boosting Fuel Efficiency Standards

Glenn Gillespie — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:58:46 +0000

The House on Tuesday sent President Bush a streamlined energy bill that would make the first statutory increase in fuel economy standards in 32 years and require billions more gallons of biofuels to be blended into gasoline over the next 15 years.

Political Interference with Climate Change Science Under the Bush Administration

Susana Hinojosa — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:03:16 +0000

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has investigated over the past 16 months allegations of political interference with government climate change science. The investigation includes over 27,000 pages of documents from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), & the Commerce Dept., two hearings and interviews with key officials. This Proposed Report, December 2007, concludes that the “…Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policy makers and the public about the dangers of global warming.”

New Technical and Scientific Reports Database Available

Jesse Silva — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:06:17 +0000

The UC Berkeley Library is taking part in a pilot project to make reports from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) available to the public in a database called DARTS (Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific). The database indexes reports from 1964-present and provides full-text for 1998-present, though selected earlier reports are available full-text as well. Because NTIS is a self-supporting agency, many of these government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business reports had previously only been available for a fee. Since access to this database is resticted by password, you must come into the library and ask to be logged in at the reference desk. Anyone may read and print reports from this database and paper copies are available for purchase.