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Science to Improve California ’ s Climate and Air Quality Programs

Learn how California is using science to regulate emissions, reduce pollution, and address climate change through innovative policies and programs.

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Science to Improve California ’ s Climate and Air Quality Programs

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  1. Science to Improve California’s Climate and Air Quality Programs Bart Croes, Chief Research Division California Air Resources Board California Environmental Protection Agency

  2. We regulate emissions Authorities Motor vehicles (under Clean Air Act exemption) Fuels, air toxics, consumer products Greenhouse gases Oversight Stationary and area sources Transportation planning targets Process Public workshops and stakeholder meetings Public and legislative support

  3. Our policy instruments Performance-based Emission Standards Aftertreatment effective but turnover slow Retrofits and repowering also beneficial Fuel improvements provide immediate benefits Incentive Funding $150M per year for diesel engines $1B for port trucks and equipment Market-based Programs Carbon emission trading for large sources under design Enforcement and Monitoring Programs

  4. Science informs our policies Legislative Requirements Automotive Engineer and M.D. on Governing Board Health-based ambient air quality standards Extramural research program with external oversight UC peer review of scientific basis for regulations Workforce 70% engineers and scientists In-house research Field/modeling studies of major airsheds 70% engineers and scientists In-house research

  5. Pollution reduced 80% despite growth Carbon Monoxide Nitrogen Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide Population Number of Vehicles Vehicle Miles 5

  6. Many countries adopt new engine standards first demonstrated in California Percentage of World Vehicles With CA/US/EU New Engine Standards No Standards 29% Adopted Standards 71%

  7. California also leader in energy efficiency 14,000 United States California 12,000 New York 10,000 8,000 kWh/person 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 year www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/sep_use/total/csv/use_csv

  8. California’s Air Pollution Problem • 24 million gasoline-powered vehicles • 1.3 million diesel-fueled vehicles and engines • 38 million people • Unique geography and meteorology confine air pollutants • Over 90% of Californians breath unhealthy air

  9. California’s Disproportionate Air Pollution Exposure Annual PM2.5(NAAQS = 15 µg/m3) 8-Hour Ozone(NAAQS = 80 ppb) Rest of Nation 59% Rest of Nation 37% California 41% California 63% Population-weighted and minus national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS), based on 2000-2002 data

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  12. 1.3ºF (0.7°C) higher temperatures 7 inch sea level rise 12% decrease in fraction of runoff between April and July snowmelt and spring blooms advanced 2 days/decade since 1955 4-fold increase in wildfire frequency (over 34 years) California Climate Impactsover the past 100 years 10 11°F 9 11 10 8 9 8 7 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 1 0 2 ºF 1 0 Cal/EPA-OEHHA, “Environmental Protection Indicators for California” (2002), www.oehha.ca.gov/multimedia/epic/Epicreport.html Westerling et al., “Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity”, Science (2006)

  13. Higher Warming Range (8 – 10.5 °F) Medium Warming Range (5.5 – 8 °F) Lower Warming Range (3 – 5.5 °F) ºF Projected Climate Impacts on California, 2070-2099 (as compared with 1961-1990) Sea Level Energy Demand SierraSnowpack 10 9 8 90% loss 22-30” 20% 7 6 5 4 70-80% loss 14-22” 10% 3 2 1 30-60% loss 6-14” 3-6% 0 Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks to California (2006), www.climatechange.ca.gov

  14. Our current targets Air Quality Standards Attain 8-hour ozone of 75 ppb By 2014, attain annual PM2.5 of 15 µg/m3 Diesel and Goods Movement By 2020, diesel PM risk 85% below 2000 levels Greenhouse Gases By 2020, reduce to 1990 levels By 2050, 80% below 1990 levels

  15. Challenges addressed by CalNex Meeting Stringent Air Quality Standards Verify VOC and NOX emissions Los Angeles - San Joaquin Valley differences Sources of sulfate and organic carbon Role and source of high ozone aloft Role of transport from East Asia Meeting Greenhouse Gas Targets Verify emissions and trends Find under-inventoried sources Integrate AQ/GHG Control Programs Role of air pollutants in climate change Identify co-benefits and tradeoffs

  16. How CARB benefits from CalNex Policy-relevant Science Addresses 12 primary science questions World-class researchers Unprecedented Scope Statewide, offshore and aloft First study of nexus issues Timely Information Compliance demonstrated for ship fuel sulfur limits Results expected within two years

  17. RV Atlantis and Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Ships During CalNex 2010 Eric Williams, NOAA/ESRL/CSD Results 123 ship plume analyses All comply with 1.5% fuel sulfur limit More than 80% compliance with 0.5% limit About 75% less than levels observed in Houston in 2006 (container ships) 17

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