※ [本文转录自 IA 看板] 作者: weitzern (高级杂工) 看板: IA 标题: [新闻] 加州空气机构首长上任 面临空污和气候变迁挑战 时间: Sat Jul 14 14:12:08 2007 标题: 加州空气机构首长上任 面临空污和气候变迁挑战 新闻来源: http://e-info.org.tw/node/24350 摘译自2007年7月9日ENS加州，沙加缅度报导；林盈秀编译；莫闻审校 加州州长阿诺史瓦辛格任命环境律师与教育家妮歌丝(Mary Nichols)为加州空气资源局 (CARB)局长。她面临的任务从对付国家最糟的空气污染，到领导对抗气候变迁的工作。 妮歌丝接替6月刚被阿诺州长辞退的索亚博士(Dr. Robert Sawyer)，索亚被革职的原因是 在强制圣乔昆谷执行清净空气法案的最後期限上，和州长对起争执，圣乔昆谷是加州农业 地区的心脏地带。 州长办公室的助理指出， 6月14日委员会投票表决，延後对圣乔昆谷课徵空气品质标准税 直到2024年之後，因此索亚的任命案被撤回。加州柏克莱大学荣誉退休教授索亚说，圣乔 昆谷的空气案不是他被革职的真正因素。他认为原因是委员会独立自主，和州长的方向不 一致。 当宣布妮歌丝的任命案时，阿诺说索亚说明圣乔昆谷是争议的原因。他表示：「当圣乔昆 谷地区超过六分之一的居民被诊断出气喘症状，5个学生中有1个必须带着人工呼吸器上学 时，该是行动的时候了。空气资源局必须引领加州走向清净空气之路，特别是有严重空气 品质问题的地区，像是圣乔昆谷、南海岸和加州港口周围等。」 妮歌丝将负责加州2个气候初步行动之展示。2006年全球温室效应对策法，设立了在2020 年前减少温室气体全州适用的目标。CARB有权采用一套释放温室气体最高限制及规则、市 场机制，和早期测量以达标准的行动。 此外，州长签署的低碳燃料标准，由执行委员会订立1月开始执行，要求2020年前减少10% 的碳排放。CARB将监督完成初期测量行动。 New Head of California Air Agency Faces Complex Challeges SACRAMENTO, California, July 9, 2007 (ENS) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed environmental lawyer and educator Mary Nichols as chair of the California Air Resources Board, CARB. She takes charge of the state's transition from suffering some of the nation's worst air pollution to taking the lead in combating climate change. Nichols replaces Dr. Robert Sawyer who was fired in late June after a disagreement with the governor over a deadline for enforcing the federal Clean Air Act in the San Joaquin Valley, the heart of California's agricultural region. Aides in the governor’s office said Sawyer’s appointment was rescinded after the Board voted June 14 to delay imposing federal air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley until 2024. Sawyer, a professor emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley, has said San Joaquin Valley air was not really the issue in his dismissal. He views the issue as the independence of the Board from the governor’s direction. While announcing Nichol's appointment, the governor made it clear that to him the San Joaquin Valley is the issue. "When one out of six residents in the San Joaquin Valley has been diagnosed with asthma and one in five children carry an inhaler to school, it is a call to action," he said. "The Air Resources Board must keep California on the path of cleaner air, particularly in areas with significant air quality issues such as the San Joaquin Valley, the South Coast and areas around our ports." Nichols will be in charge of California's two showpiece climate initiatives. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes a statewide target for greenhouse gas reduction by 2020. CARB is empowered to adopt an emissions limit and regulations, market mechanisms, and early action measures to achieve it. The governor's Low Carbon Fuel Standard established by executive order in January requires a 10 percent emissions reduction by 2020. CARB oversees implementation of this early action measure. 全文及图片详见 ENS --

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