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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for May 23, 2017.
Posted: 23 May 2017 14:38:50
CARB Newsclips for May 23, 2017. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. CARB BUSINESS http://www.publicnow.com/view/F4C85CBCEC42A6E0DB9646545B138857764AF43E?2017-05-18-00:01:17+01:00-xxx7686 _________________________________ The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff invites you to participate in the third meeting in an ongoing series of public working meetings to discuss Co-processing of biogenic feedstocks at conventional petroleum refineries. Topics include (1) pathway application and evaluation of the carbon intensity of renewable fractions, (2) quantifying and reporting the renewable fuel volumes, and (3) monitoring and verification under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The next meeting will be held at the following time and location: DATE: Friday, June 2, 2017 TIME: 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. LOCATION: Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor ADDRESS: California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building 1001 “I” Street Sacramento, California 95814 Today’s notice is intended to confirm the date, time and location, and supply instructions on how to participate (in-person, over the phone, or webcast). This information along with a discussion paper and other materials for review will be posted at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs_meetings/lcfs_meetings.htm _______________________________________ Dept. of Public Health Webinar & Webcast TOPIC: Public Health Dimensions of Oil and Gas Production in California. DATE: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 TIME: 1:00 to 4:00 pm PDT (WEBINAR & WEBCAST) LOCATION: CalEPA, Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California WEBINAR - register here: https://cdph.webex.com/cdph/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed68c92894d8105b772615a49bbb6bacf WEBCAST Option: http://video.calepa.ca.gov _____________________________________________ Staff from the California Department of Transportation, the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development invite you to participate in workshops to discuss implementation of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan (Action Plan). The workshops will be held at the locations and on the dates noted below. The agencies will follow the same format and show the same presentation at each of the workshop locations. LOS ANGELES: May 30, 2017 SAN DIEGO: May 31, 2017 For more information on the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan including upcoming workshops, please visit the webpage at http://www.casustainablefreight.org/ _________________________ The California Air Resources Board in collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, is holding a free professional wet cleaning demonstration workshop. The free workshop will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017 from 2:00PM - 4:00PM in Los Angeles. Doors open at 1:45 PM. Venue: London Cleaners, 1073 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Space is limited. Register early at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-professional-wet-cleaning-demonstration-workshop-for-dry-cleaners-tickets-33498967313 or by searching for "wet cleaning workshop" on Eventbrite at: http://www.eventbrite.com For more details about the workshop, please visit ARB's Non-Toxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program (AB998) website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/dryclean/ab998.htm __________________________ CAP AND TRADE Senior apartment project breaks ground at Richmond site of Japanese nurseries. Miraflores Senior Apartments is part of a greater, 14-acre, master-planned development to include a market-rate, homeownership project. Ground has broken on Miraflores Senior Apartments, an 80-unit, nonprofit project on the former site of Japanese family-owned flower nurseries that survived beyond World War II. The project will occupy a single, two-story wood-frame structure, on a 1.56-acre parcel at 4855 Wall Ave. at South 49th Street just west of Interstate 80. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/23/senior-apartment-project-breaks-ground-at-richmond-site-of-japanese-nurseries/ AIR POLLUTION Air pollution could be disrupting your sleep. Global warming keeping you up at night? Scientists say that could literally be the case. Researchers found people who live in areas with elevated levels of carbon dioxide often experience disrupted sleep over time. A sampling of about 2,000 people showed those who slept in areas with the highest levels of traffic-related carbon dioxide had a nearly 60% increased likelihood… https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/23/air-pollution-could-disrupting-your-sleep/338673001/ http://www.newsweek.com/air-pollution-sleep-environment-air-quality-613384 Budget cuts would 'devastate' air programs, survey says. State and local air officials today are outlining how they think people could suffer if President Trump's budget proposal goes into effect. A report from the National Association of Clean Air Agencies includes anonymous quotes from members around the country. Most said public health would decline. Trump would cut U.S. EPA's spending 31 percent and reduce… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/23/stories/1060054931 CLIMATE CHANGE California Engages World, and Fights Washington, on Climate Change. The environmental ministers of Canada and Mexico went to San Francisco last month to sign a global pact — drafted largely by California — to lower planet-warming greenhouse pollution. Gov. Jerry Brown flies to China next month to meet with climate leaders there on a campaign to curb global warming. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/california-engages-world-and-fights-washington-on-climate-change.html?_r=1 Fights for climate rules mount within state, against Trump. California officials pushed back yesterday against attacks on climate and other environmental policies, both within the Golden State and from the Trump administration. The state's top air regulator, speaking at a climate law conference at UCLA, defended California's existing greenhouse gas trading system against lawmakers' proposed tweaks. https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/23/stories/1060054954 USGS: Climate not 'something that needed to be' in release. Three civilian scientists are expressing concern over a decision by the Department of the Interior to remove a sentence about climate change from a press release summarizing their recent study on coastal flooding. The sentence in question, "Global climate change drives sea level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding," was deleted… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/23/stories/1060054953 FUELS Department of Energy official wants Aliso Canyon gas field to reopen. A top federal official is urging the “near-term reopening” of the Aliso Canyon storage facility after injections were halted in the wake of a months-long disastrous gas leak that began in October, 2015. In a letter to the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Acting Under Secretary for Science… http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20170522/department-of-energy-official-wants-aliso-canyon-gas-field-to-reopen Hope glimmers in the garbage for advanced biofuels. "The history of aviation is marked by people achieving extraordinary things, despite the conventional wisdom of the time telling them it couldn't be done." — Air Transport Action Group. In May 2016, investigators from the Government Accountability Office assembled a panel of 19 experts in Washington to explore what had happened… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/23/stories/1060054930 130 green groups tell Zinke: No drilling! Advocates are ratcheting up the pressure against the Trump administration's plans to expand offshore drilling and seismic testing. In a letter sent yesterday, more than 130 environmental and advocacy groups told Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that opening up the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico to such activity would bring… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/05/23/stories/1060054952 VW RECALL Volkswagen Faces 19.7 Billion Euro Fine In France Over Dieselgate. Volkswagen tried to save money by applying an unauthorized modification in the ECUs of its diesel-engined cars to avoid developing more advanced systems to reduce their emissions. The scheme worked like a charm for years, across the globe, until they got caught. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/volkswagen-faces-197-billion-euro-fine-in-france-over-dieselgate-118046.html FIAT/CHRYSLER (FCA) U.S. government sues Fiat Chrysler over excess emissions. The U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday accusing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) of illegally using software to bypass emission controls in 104,000 diesel vehicles sold since 2014. The U.S. Justice Department lawsuit, filed in U.S. District court in Detroit, is a procedural step that may ramp up pressure on Fiat Chrysler… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions-idUSKBN18J28F?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/chrysler/2017/05/23/fca-emissions/102058266/ http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/23/justice-department-to-file-civil-suit-against-fiat-chrysler-over-diesel-emissions-reuters.html DAIMLER German Prosecutors Search Daimler Offices in Diesel Emissions Inquiry. German prosecutors searched the offices of Daimler, the automaker that produces Mercedes cars, on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the company improperly evaded emissions rules. The raids signal a deepening inquiry into Daimler, which had already said that several federal and state authorities in Europe… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/business/daimler-diesel-emissions-germany.html?_r=0 MISCELLANEOUS EPA remains top target with Trump administration proposing 31 percent budget cut. Candidate Donald Trump vowed to get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency “in almost every form,” leaving only “little tidbits” intact. President Trump is making good on his promise to take a sledgehammer to the agency. Under the White House’s latest budget proposal… https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/22/epa-remains-top-target-with-trump-administration-proposing-31-percent-budget-cut/?utm_term=.d6eeeb5f0cc7 OPINIONS The Energy 202: Trump doesn't budge on EPA budget. If you’ve followed President Trump’s campaign for president, little should surprise you about the budget cut he is proposing for the Environment Protection Agency. Yet the president's budget set to be delivered at 11 a.m. will show the largest cuts to the EPA of any federal agency. Trump will call for the agency's budget to be reduced to just $5.65 billion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/05/23/the-energy-202-trump-doesn-t-budge-on-epa-budget/5922e4d1e9b69b2fb981db68/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.4327e3a67ba3 California’s Carbon Border Wall. With all that’s been happening in Washington DC, you may have taken your finger off the pulse of California climate change policy. But now’s a good time to check back in. There’s a new cap-and-trade proposal in town, and it’s turning lots of heads in the state capital. California is deep in deliberations over cap-and-trade as it prepares to meet a new and ambitious GHG emissions reduction target. http://www.theenergycollective.com/meredith_fowlie/2405012/californias-carbon-border-wall The Power Of Fundamentals: Why California's Carbon Allowance Auction Will Rebound. California’s carbon market should receive a boost when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) releases its latest quarterly auction results on Wednesday, May 24th. This may surprise many carbon market observers, because it has been buffeted by low demand, with three of the last four auctions selling 35%... https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2017/05/23/the-power-of-fundamentals-why-californias-carbon-allowance-auction-will-rebound/#44f8fa734c6e BLOGS Orange County panel OKs grant application for streetcar project. The Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) board yesterday approved seeking a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that would cover nearly half the cost to build the Orange County Streetcar project. The board will seek an FFGA from the FTA for $148.9 million, according to an OCTA press release. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Orange-County-panel-OKs-grant-application-for-streetcar-project--51683 SUPPLYING INGENUITY II: U.S. SUPPLIERS OF KEY CLEAN, FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES. Over the past decade, the U.S. automotive industry has demonstrated that we can bring back American jobs and manufacturing and enhance industry competitiveness and profitability. American workers are building world-leading, popular vehicles that save consumers billions at the pump, enhance energy security, and cut pollution. https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/supplying-ingenuity-ii-u-s-suppliers-of-key-clean-fuel-efficient-vehicle-technologies/ Trump’s EPA Is Set to Break a Major Promise. A proposed 25 percent cut to the Superfund budget would bring the cleanup program to a halt, but it's Scott Pruitt's close relationship with polluters that has experts even more worried. Right now in America, there are more than 1,300 large swaths of land and water where toxic stews of chemicals like asbestos, mercury, PCBs, and arsenic linger… https://newrepublic.com/article/142813/trumps-epa-set-break-major-promise Trump’s 5 Worst Budget Cuts for Our Food & Water. Trump’s budget cuts critical programs that protect our food, water and environment. We need Congress to reject it. When we got a first look at some of Trump’s budget wish list back in March, we knew we were in for some bad news. But today after he released his first full budget proposal, everything we were worried about has been confirmed… https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/trump%E2%80%99s-5-worst-budget-cuts-our-food-water Trump Administration Edits Science, Again. The DOI deleted a sentence linking climate change to sea level rise from the press release on the study, which found that the risk of flooding to coastal communities may be higher than previously estimated. "It did not cause any direct inaccuracy, but it did eliminate an important connection to be made by the reader—that global warming is causing sea-level rise,"… http://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-doi-sea-level-rise-2418953519.html