TAKE CIAQC’S ON-ROAD DIESEL TRUCK SURVEY TODAY!

CARB is currently working to develop its ON-ROAD TRUCK and BUS REPLACEMENT regulation. This rule, which will be voted on in 2008, will have a significant impact on YOUR BUSINESS. CIAQC needs you to complete our truck survey TODAY so we can most effectively represent you as this rule is developed. Take action - Click here to take the survey today!

 

CIAQC Joins Forces With DTCC!

Driving Toward a Cleaner California

CIAQC has partnered with Driving Toward a Cleaner California (DTCC), to represent you as CARB develops its truck and bus replacement rule. Take action today to:

 

Coalition to Build a Cleaner California

Off-Road Diesel Construction Equipment Rule Now in Effect – And Being Enforced

The Off-Road Diesel construction equipment regulation has been approved by the state and became effective on June 15, 2008. This rule - which significantly impacts your business - is now in effect and the California Air Resources Board is enforcing the idling and sales notification requirements immediately.

Failure to comply with this regulation can result in LARGE FINES.

Next Wednesday, June 25th, CARB will be holding an Off-Road Implementation Advisory Group Meeting from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in El Monte. This is an opportunity for you get your questions answered about this rule and its enforcement. The meeting is scheduled to take place at:

California Air Resources Board
Annex 4 Auditorium/Conference Room
9530 Telstar Avenue
El Monte, CA 91731

Get informed today, click here for more specific information regarding this rule.

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Get Informed

Attention! The South Coast Air Quality Management District is developing a new rule to control emissions from new or redevelopment projects. This rule would require you to reduce emissions above and beyond standards already set by the California Air Resources Board.

Click here to learn more about this proposal.

 

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Make sure you have up-to-date information on crucial policy decisions that will impact YOUR BUSINESS.

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Today’s Headlines


Dan Walters: State risks its economy on global warming fight

By Dan Walters, Friday, June 27, 2008, Sacramento Bee

Given California's infinite diversity and its maddeningly diffused governmental apparatus, it's rare for the state's politicians to undertake a comprehensive and expansive change of public policy.

The decades-long stalemate on water, the state's perpetual budget crisis and the failure of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care plan are merely three examples of the political system's chronic inability to act decisively and effectively.

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Air board's ambitious plan to battle warming

Sacramento -- California's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming that is expected to affect every resident, industry and government agency in the state in the coming decade.

The far-reaching plan, which comes 18 months after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed landmark legislation to curb greenhouse emissions by one-third by 2020, is likely to encourage consumers to use energy-efficient lightbulbs and replace gas-guzzling cars with fuel-sipping hybrids. It could require industry to reduce pollution or pay fees based on the amount of carbon they release.

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