SACRAMENTO - Today the California Air Resources Board announced that Genuine Scooters was penalized $300,000 for illegally selling or offering for sale motorized scooters without required California vehicle certification.
The full $300,000 penalty will go to the Air Pollution Control Fund for air quality projects and research.
SACRAMENTO -- The California Air Resources Board today announced that Rewards Leasing Inc., a waste management company, paid $534,000 for diesel truck air quality violations.
A $400,500 payment will go to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, established to decrease air pollution through education and the advancement and use of cleaner technologies, and $133,500 goes to the non-profit Climate Protection Campaign to fund a project dedicated to reducing emissions from solid waste.
SACRAMENTO - Today the Air Resources Board approved up to $40 million for the third year of funding to promote the purchase of next-generation clean cars, trucks and off-road equipment.
Californians will be able to use vouchers or rebates on a first-come, first-served basis toward the purchase of zero-emission or plug-in hybrid cars, and zero-emission or hybrid trucks and buses.
SACRAMENTO - Today the California Air Resources Board announced the winners of the 2010 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards, the premier award from state government recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions toward improving air quality.
SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board announced today a settlement from Key Energy Services LLC for air quality violations.
Through an audit, ARB investigators found that Key Energy Services, based in Houston, Texas, failed to test its California fleet’s diesel engine emissions, as required by California law.
“Controlling diesel exhaust is vital to the health of every Californian,” said ARB Enforcement Chief James Ryden. “It also insures that all businesses that operate diesel vehicles are held to the same standard.”
SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board today announced that Car Sound Exhaust Inc., a catalytic converter manufacturer, will pay a total of $560,000 for air quality violations.
All payments will be made to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, established to decrease air pollution through education and the advancement and use of cleaner technologies.
SACRAMENTO - This summer do-it-yourself auto mechanics who want to recharge their car’s air conditioning will find a redesigned self-sealing canister of refrigerant that is sold with a $10 deposit, refunded when the empty can is returned.
For an informational video go here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/videos/diy_refrigerant.mp4 .
SACRAMENTO - Este verano los autos mecánicos de bricolaje que quieran recargar el aire acondicionado de su vehículo se encontrarán con un nuevo diseño del envase auto-sellante que contiene al refrigerante y que se vende con un depósito de $10, que se devuelve al regresar el envase vacío.
Para un vídeo informativo vaya aquí: http://www.arb.ca.gov/videos/diy_refrigerant.mp4 .
SACRAMENTO - Today, the California Air Resources Board approved an updated environmental analysis of the Scoping Plan.
Approval of the updated environmental analysis (known as the Functional Equivalent Document) was also accompanied by a vote to re-approve the AB 32 Scoping Plan. The Board action came after consideration of public comment to the environmental analysis, and responses to them.
SACRAMENTO - California can expect more frequent and more dangerous heat waves in the coming decades, the result of global warming and the state’s aging population, according to a new climate-modeling study commissioned by the California Air Resources Board.
Researchers using a new, more comprehensive weather-modeling method found that the incidence of prolonged hot spells – those lasting 10 or more days – could rise by a factor of two to ten by the 2090s, depending on the region.