Green Wombat

The rubber begins to hit the road on California’s landmark global warming law on Oct. 19 when state Air Resources Board members get briefed by their staff on their role and duties in enforcing limits on greenhouse gases. One of California’s most powerful environmental agencies – just ask the auto industry – the ARB has been handed the complex job of figuring out how to implement the law’s requirement that the state’s industrial polluters reduce emissions of greenhouse gases 25 percent by 2020. One thing’s for sure, there’s a lot of green in it for attorneys and lobbyists as the regulatory battle begins. Stay tuned to the wombat for further developments.