Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about CA Air Resources Board (CARB)

Environmental Justice Committee Seeks Input on Climate Change Plan

By Melanie Curry | Jul 20, 2016 | No Comments

California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, passed in 2006, opened the door for cap and trade, which among other things collects revenue to be invested in reducing emissions. The bill, A.B. 32, also created an Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to help the state spend those revenues equitably. The existence of this committee was an acknowledgement that the […]

Bike-Share Can Get State Funding to Reach Low-Income Communities

By Melanie Curry | Jul 14, 2016 | No Comments

At its meeting a few weeks ago, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) agreed to include bike-share in its Car Sharing and Mobility Options pilot program. That means that areas that are figuring out how to get bike-share into low income areas now have a new funding option. The Car Sharing and Mobility Options program […]

Oil Lobby Pushes For Pump Labeling, Calling Cap and Trade “Hidden Tax”

By Melanie Curry | Jul 1, 2016 | 3 Comments

A few days after the largest oil lobbyist in the state told a legislative hearing that cap and trade is “the most cost-effective way to produce greenhouse gas emissions reductions,” the oil industry is trying out a new way to attack the state program. The California Independent Oil Marketers Association, a trade group for oil […]

California Legislative Update: Bikes, Transit, Environmental Justice, More

By Melanie Curry | Apr 22, 2016 | 3 Comments

Today is the deadline to pass any policy bills that have a fiscal impact out of all California legislative committees, so the last two weeks have seen a flurry of long hearings. Here’s a quick recap of pertinent bills. BIKES Riding side-by-side is okay: Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) has a bill, A.B. 2509, that […]

CalBike Proposes Rebate Program for the Ultimate ZEV

By Melanie Curry | Feb 17, 2016 | 4 Comments

What vehicle produces no emissions, uses no fossil fuels, is easily maintained, costs little, gets you where you want to go quickly, and improves your health? Well, obviously, a bicycle. So why doesn’t the California Air Resources Board (ARB), which is spending millions of dollars on incentives and rebates to get people to buy zero-emission […]