Hearing in ARB Case March 17
02/22/17 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail |
Climate
Change
TRANSDEF’s
challenge to the Air Resources Board’s
inclusion of HSR in its 2014 Scoping Plan as a GHG
emissions reduction measure is now fully briefed
(see bottom of page for briefs). A hearing was
held March 17, 2017 at 10:00 am in Department 24,
Sacramento Superior Court.
TRANSDEF has submitted numerous comments to ARB on its 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan, which is scheduled for approval in April 2017.
TRANSDEF has submitted numerous comments to ARB on its 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan, which is scheduled for approval in April 2017.
CA is not Serious about VMT Reduction
02/05/17 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
TRANSDEF’s
organizational focus is the reduction of GHG
emissions from transportation. Much of our work has
involved the state’s policy-setting agency for
climate change, the California Air Resources Board,
or ARB. ARB has produced generally excellent climate
change plans, called Scoping Plans. However, it has
consistently been weak in the area of reducing GHG
emissions from transportation, despite determining
that nearly half of the state’s GHG emissions are
generated by the transportation sector.
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Briefing Continues in ARB case
02/02/17 Filed in: Climate
Change |
High-Speed
Rail
TRANSDEF filed its Opening Brief in its challenge to
ARB’s inclusion of HSR in its 2014 Scoping Plan. It’s
been a long hard slog since we filed the case back in
2014, but things will move more quickly now.
See
this page
for a copy of the brief, for ARB’s Opposition Brief,
and for a description of the case’s complicated
history over the past two years. Here’s the Brief’s
Conclusion: Read
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