Upcoming CARB Meetings

So, the truckers and farmers are starting to fight back. After all, these new diesel regulations affect them right up front. But, what about you? Even if you don't own or operate a diesel engine these regulations will hit you square in the pocket book. You see, if you buy it or eat it, at some point it was produced with a tractor and shipped to you in a truck.

Even after CARB has managed to put the smaller operators out of business the big guys, that can afford the cost of regulatory compliance, will simply pass the costs on to you. That is not all. In an effort to look green, California government agencies are selling their perfectly good diesel equipment to out of state buyers at ten cents on the dollar. That equipment was purchased with your tax dollars--and the new more costly equipment will be bought with even more tax dollars. As a side note ask yourself this: If the equipment being sold off by the state is so dangerous, how do they justify selling it out of state, and why are so many out of state buyers jumping for joy at these great deals?

It is time for everyone to jump in to the fight. It is time to put California on a no CARB diet!

From time to time the California Air Resources Board holds meetings, allegedly to get input from the public. These meetings are mostly unattended because, face it, few have the time to listen to a bunch of windbag bureaucrats telling you the great things that they are doing to justify their bloated paychecks--pay checks paid by you the taxpayer. Without opposition, they write whatever regulation best serves their purpose--keeping up the cash flow into their coffers.

This has got to change now! We want you and your friends to start attending these meetings. At these meetings make yourselves heard so there is no doubt in their tiny minds that there is opposition. We also want you to photograph the people holding the meetings and the lobbyists that are supporting them. Get their names so they can be placed in the spotlight here. Record the meetings. We can use sound clips of their typical arrogant responses to your questions. Everyone needs to pitch in and do their part, or in the end it will be business as usual for these self anointed elitists, who think they know better how we should live our lives. Get started people!

CARB Calendar of Current Events
Transcripts of Past California Air Resources Board meetings are available in .pdf format.
Video archives of past meetings can also be viewed at the video archive.

Here are some meetings in the near future--Plan to attend and be heard:

Click the item in the INFO column for details.

DATE	TIME	LOCATION	AGENDA	INFO
July 6, 2010	10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.	San Diego County Administration Center 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, California 92101	Public Workshops to Discuss Off-Road, Truck and Bus, and Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation Amendments	Information
July 22, 23, 2010	9:00 a.m.	California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of a Proposed Regulation for a California Renewable Electricity Standard Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of a Proposed Regulation for Energy Efficiency and Co-Benefits Assessment of Large Industrial Facilities	Information