Mojave Desert AQMD

MDAQMD AHEAD OF GOVERNOR’S GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION SCHEDULE

Victorville -- The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District has received its 2006 California Climate Action Registry Greenhouse Gas Inventory Certification, and the accompanying report indicates the District has made significant reductions that exceed the statemandated 2020 emissions reduction goal of 25% required under Assembly Bill 32. AB 32 is California’s landmark bill that establishes a first-in-the-world program of regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve quantifiable and cost effective reductions of greenhouse gasses. Under the bill – which was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2006 - California is required to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, for a 25% reduction. As such, major industries will be required to begin reporting their carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane emissions to the Air Resources Board in 2009. Until then, businesses can continue to voluntarily submit their carbon emissions to the CCAR, a nonprofit created by the state in 2000 to encourage businesses and organizations to track and ultimately reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The MDAQMD has been a member of the CCAR since 2003. [more...]

CDAWG 2007 Presentations

Sorting Out the IC Engine MACT Alan Desalvio	California Cement Industry and AB32 Implementation Andrew T. O'Hare	Border Air Quality Issues for the Salton Sea Air Basin Brad Poirez
Imperial County APCD Update Brad Poirez	Proposed Rule 114 Bret Banks	Antelope Valley AQMD Update Bret Banks
Inovations in Power Plants Buck Johns	Proposed Revision of the Federal 8-hour Ozone Standard Dave Jones	AQMD Light and Medium Duty Vehicle Remote Sensing, Repair and Scrap Program Dean Saito
Mojave Desert AQMD Update Eldon Heaston	Emissions to Energy Jo LaStella	Victorville's Inland Point Intermodal Facility Jon Roberts
2007 Legislative Update Mike Fitts	Update on California's Climate Policy and the CA Climate Action Registry Rachel Tornek	Bringing the Environment to the Classroom Violette Roberts

For the third consecutive year, the MDAQMD has been awarded the coveted “Climate Action Leader” designation by the California Climate Action Registry. The MDAQMD is a voluntary participant in the country’s most rigorous greenhouse gas reporting program. To view the MDAQMD’s 2006 emissions report, visit the following link: http://www.climateregistry.org/CARROT/public/reports.aspx.