ower generated in the Pacific Northwest goes down the grid to California. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-adv-wind-energy-20110614,0,1852355.story BLOGS Critical List: EPA delays rules on carbon emissions; Bachmann hates the EPA. The EPA is delaying until September rules that would regulate power plants' greenhouse gas emissions. Michele Bachmann has a great plan for the agency, should she become president: Rename it "the job-killing organization of America." That will solve everything! Fukushima clean-up has been a comedy of errors when it comes to safety protections. Many aren’t getting training to use their protective gear, and others aren’t getting enough gear at all. Some people say that when they were recruited, they weren’t even told that they’d be cleaning up radiation at the plant. Posted. http://www.grist.org/list/2011-06-14-critical-list-epa-delays-rules-on-carbon-emissions-bachmann-hate Air Board Hands in its Homework. In response to a court ruling (which it's still appealing), the California Air Resources Board today issued a new analysis of its proposed carbon trading program, weighed against several alternative means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The fresh look includes the original five options, including cap & trade and the option of doing nothing at all. It does not add any new options but rather seeks to flesh out the other three. The non-trading options include regulating emissions at the source, implementing a straight-up tax on carbon emissions, and a mixed bag of actions. Posted. http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/13/air-board-hands-in-its-homework/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FClimateWatchBlog+%28KQED%27s+Climate+Watch+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Air Resources Board Releases New Environmental Assessment of Cap and Trade to Comply with Judge’s Order. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is covering all its bases in responding to a judge’s order that CARB violated the California Enviornmental Quality Act (CEQA) in adopting its scoping plan to implement AB 32 (the state’s climate change legislation). As I reported last week, CARB has won an order from the appeals court allowing the state to go forward in implementing its challenged cap and trade program. But to hedge its bets, the staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today released an analysis that is meant to bring CARB into compliance with the judge’s ruling while supporting CARB’s decision to adopt a cap and trade program. Posted. http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/air-resources-board-releases-new-environmental-assessment-of-cap-and-trade-to-comply-with-judges-order/ Global warming’s cause, effect and solution. Leave it to the esteemed President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to put his finger on the global warming problem. “The main factor behind the destruction of the environment is the greed and ceaseless avaraice and insatiable hunger of the world’s capitalists.” There you have it, authoritatively. Well, sort of authoritatively. The Iranian nutcase has laid the blame for global warming squarely at the door of capitalism. We’re shocked. What to do? How about suing? Posted. http://orangepunch.ocregister.com/2011/06/13/global-warmings-cause-effect-and-solution/45751/ U.S. (finally) Labels Formaldehyde "Known Human Carcinogen." After decades of debate, the Obama administration last week classified formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen, a label that is likely to advance regulatory steps to restrict this widely used hazardous chemical. The move came as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the long-awaited 12th Report on Carcinogens, a Congressionally mandated report assembled by the National Toxicology Program of the National Institutes of Health. Posted. http://www.enviroblog.org/2011/06/formaldehyde-finally-labeled-known-human-carcinogen.html Triple Threat: New Generator Harnesses Energy from Sun, Wind and Rain. One thing that's known for sure about the future of renewable energy is that it will take all types 