The California Emission Estimator Model has been developed by the California Air Reources Board and in cooperation with AQMDs to replace and improve Urbemus, and to augment emission estimates by including greenhouse gas emission estimates. CalEEMod calculates criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a variety of land uses, including residential and commercial [...]

Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project A new set of studies produced by the BEST project — which has attracted widespread attention in part because it is funded by the Koch Foundation and led by prominent climate skeptic Richard Muller — confirms that global surface temperatures have risen by approximately 1degree C since the 1950’s, [...]

California Adopts Final Cap-and-Trade Program Rules. On October 20, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved final rules for the state’s cap-and-trade program, beating a October 28 deadline for codification of any rules that are to take effect the following year. CARB also issued a 14-page resolution demonstrating its intention to amend the rules as necessary [...]

ZMassociates has been tasked to perform one of the first, if not the first, U.S. EPA 2012 required Conformity Analysis of project PM10 & PM2.5 emissions for a planned California highway project in the High Desert Corridor. This project will require developing an extensive mobile and stationary source emission inventory over the entire 60+ mile [...]

Two new staff join ZMassociates in September 2011: Ellen Cardone, M.S., Chemical Engineer has joined our Newport Beach office. Jessica Gamez, M.S., Environmental Engineer has joined our Newport Beach office. Resumes for all employees can be found on our web site at Who We Are.

ZMassociates is moving to a new office location in Newport Beach, November 1, 2011. Our new address will be 1001 Dove, Suite 190, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Our phone, fax, email, web site will all remain the same. Phone: (949) 608-7350 or (949) 608-9890 Fax: (949) 266-9168 Drop by and say hello!    

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