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CARB Newsclips for June 28, 2017. 

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CARB BUSINESS

Do you own or operate forklifts, sweeps/scrubbers, industrial tow
tractors, or airport ground support equipment? If so, this
regulation may apply to your business.
For more information please go to the ARB Rulemaking webpage:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2016/sparkignition2016/sparkignition2016.htm
  
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The Large Spark-Ignition Engine Fleet Requirements Regulation
(LSI Regulation) requires specific equipment be initially
reported to the California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) by
June 30, 2017 and labeled by July 30, 2017. The LSI Regulation
reporting user guides, importing equipment guides, the amended
regulation language, and other useful LSI regulation information
are available at https://www.arb.ca.gov/ls      

The Air Resources Board (ARB) announces the launch of its new
California Dairy and Livestock GHG Reduction Working Group (Dairy
Working Group) and Subgroup list serves that will provide
interested stakeholders with up-to-date information about current
activities and processes.  Sign-up for the main Dairy Working
Group process List Serve:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=dairy  
    

AIR POLLUTION

High levels of hexavalent chromium force Anaplex in Paramount to
suspend operations. The South Coast Air Quality Management
District has ordered a metal-finishing company in Paramount to
temporarily shut down all operations emitting the toxic compound
hexavalent chromium. Anaplex Corp., located at 15547 Garfield
Ave., must shut down all equipment with the potential to emit
hexavalent chromium…
http://www.presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20170627/high-levels-of-hexavalent-chromium-force-anaplex-in-paramount-to-suspend-operations


CLIMATE CHANGE

A Sense of Duty to Teach Climate Change. Since my story about the
clash between teenage climate skeptics and their high school
science teacher ran earlier this month, several hundred teachers
across the country have responded with their own stories of
teaching on climate. After the initial flurry of replies, I
wanted to get a handle on a broader range of teacher experiences,
so I requested more stories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/us/teaching-students-about-climate-change.html


Climate change, our biggest threat, can't be stopped at the
border. At Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe last weekend, skiers were
half naked. Guys were going shirtless. Girls were in bikini tops.
Everybody was in shorts. Ski season in California has not ended
and may not completely stop before the snow starts falling again
in late autumn. Skiing with skin bared is not unprecedented.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-bikini-ski-20170628-story.html


Connelly: Gore trains activists as Trump blocks climate action.
Al Gore can trip over the words "Chelan" and "Wenatchee," but the
former vice president on Tuesday delivered a sure-footed,
compelling description of growing global catastrophe resulting
from extreme conditions accelerated by climate change.
http://www.sfgate.com/local/politics/article/Connelly-Trump-is-blocking-at-top-so-Gore-urges-11251448.php


Sunnyvale community group to focus on climate change. The
Sunnyvale City Council doubled down on fighting climate change
with a special order from Mayor Glenn Hendricks reaffirming the
city’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement as well as
approving the formation of a community group tasked with shaping
a new “climate action plan.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/27/sunnyvale-to-form-community-group-to-tackle-climate-change/


Climate Change Is Not The Only Cause of Greenland Ice Melt. Blame
Sunnier Days. Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than
expected, and this has been accelerating over the past two
decades. It is now the biggest single contributor to global sea
level rise, accounting for 25 percent of the total. But besides
warming climes, there is another culprit for the melt: sunnier
days in fair Greenland.
http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-not-lead-cause-greenland-ice-sheet-melt-blame-sunnier-days-629816


As Trump ditches Paris, California leads on environment. Meeting
Xi Jinping in China, Governor Jerry Brown steps up as the global
face of progressive climate policy in the US. On June 6, Governor
Jerry Brown of California sat down in an elegantly decorated room
in the Great Hall of the People to meet with President Xi Jinping
of China. The imposing building on the western edge of Tiananmen
Square, Beijing…
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/trump-ditches-paris-california-leads-environment-170625141250430.html


Officials question climate change while praising carbon cuts.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was emblematic yesterday of an
administration that questions the science behind climate change
while at the same time it praises America's ability to reduce
carbon dioxide emissions. Perry has talked about the importance
of advancing technologies to capture coal plant carbon emissions…
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060056713 

FUELS

Judge postpones briefs in legal fight over BLM rule. Citing
uncertainty around the fate of a slowly disappearing regulation
governing methane emissions from oil and gas operations on public
land, a federal judge yesterday extended briefing deadlines in
litigation launched last year to kill the rule. The U.S. District
Court for the District of Wyoming granted a request by the states
of Wyoming and Montana to delay briefing dates until the fall…
https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/06/28/stories/1060056706 

VEHICLES

New, bigger incentives for electric cars could be ahead in
California. California could be poised to set up more generous
rebates and incentives for electric vehicle buyers — and not just
affluent drivers cruising in Teslas. Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San
Francisco, is pushing a proposal to establish a $3 billion fund
to support the spread of electric vehicles with bigger rebates,
more programs for low-income buyers…
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/28/new-bigger-incentives-for-electric-cars-could-be-ahead-in-california/

GREEN ENERGY

Wind power's big bet: turbines taller than skyscrapers. Wind farm
operators are betting on a new generation of colossal turbines,
which will dwarf many skyscrapers, as they seek to remain
profitable after European countries phase out subsidies that have
defined the green industry since the 1990s. The world's three
leading offshore wind operators - DONG Energy…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-windpower-megaturbines-insight-idUSKBN19I118


Trump calls for ‘golden age of American energy dominance’.
President Trump continued his drive to promote an “energy
dominance” policy Wednesday by meeting with state and tribal
leaders and energy industry association heads on the subject.
“I’m confident that, working together, we can usher in a golden
age of American energy dominance and the extraordinary financial
and…
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/339850-trump-seeks-golden-age-of-american-energy-dominance


BLOGS

Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat. Ice-free
areas of Antarctica - home to more than 99 per cent of the
continent's terrestrial plants and animals - could expand by more
than 17,000km2 by the end of this century, a study published
today in Nature reveals. Led by University of Queensland School
of Biological Sciences PhD student Jasmine Lee, the study is the
first to investigate how ice-free areas in Antarctica may be
affected by climate change.
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-climate-impacts-antarctic-biodiversity-habitat.html#jCp

Rick Perry urges more conversation about the unsettled science of
climate change. During a media briefing on energy and climate
change on Wednesday that one reporter dubbed “high energy,”
former Texas governor and current Department of Energy Secretary
Rick Perry got into a conversation with reporters about the
current state of our dialogue on climate change.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/28/rick-perry-urges-more-conversation-about-the-unsettled-science-of-climate-change/