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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
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CARB BUSINESS

http://www.publicnow.com/view/F4C85CBCEC42A6E0DB9646545B138857764AF43E?2017-05-18-00:01:17+01:00-xxx7686
   

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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 
 

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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      

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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/         
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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      

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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


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