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CARB Newsclips for July 6, 2017. 

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CARB BUSINESS

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is pleased to announce
that the Dairy and Livestock Working Group Subgroup #1 (Fostering
Markets for Non-Digester Projects) will hold its kickoff meeting
on July 17, 2017.
Date: July 17, 2017
Time: 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Location:  CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building, Main
Auditorium
1220 N Street, Sacramento
More information on Subgroup #1 can be found at:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/dairy/dsg1/dsg1.htm  

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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 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

On Your Bike, Watch Out for the Air. On weekdays, Darby Jack
bicycles the 15 miles from his home in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, to
his office at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public
Health in Washington Heights. Unlike most people who bike to
work, the 42-year-old assistant professor of environmental health
wears sensors that monitor how much air…
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/well/move/on-your-bike-watch-out-for-the-air.html?_r=1


No compromise on air pollution. The Supreme Court yesterday
released the full text of its order in a Hazaribagh tannery
related case, observing that the court cannot compromise on the
air pollution because Dhaka city's air is one of the most
polluted in the world. A four-member bench of the Appellate
Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha
passed the order on April 9…
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/no-compromise-air-pollution-1428883


A better way to tackle smog? Chinese startup unveils bizarre
bikes that absorb pollution and release clean air. It is one of
the most polluted countries on the planet, but a new project
hopes to use pedal power to help free China of its smog-filled
air. The Smog Free Bicycle will absorb carbon and other particles
from the atmosphere in major cities like Beijing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4671598/Smog-eating-bicycle-help-purify-major-cities.html#ixzz4m5ChhAn9
 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Jerry Brown to Announce a Climate Summit Meeting in California.
Even before President Trump took office, Gov. Jerry Brown of
California let it be known he was ready to do battle over climate
change, vowing in December that California would launch its own
satellite if Mr. Trump cut funding for federal space missions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/climate/jerry-brown-california-climate-summit.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/climate&action=click&contentCollection=climate®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gov-jerry-brown-to-call-for-a-2018-1499320118-htmlstory.html

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/340838-california-governor-to-host-climate-summit-amid-clash-with-trump

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/06/jerry-brown-one-ups-trump-on-climate-change-with-g20-announcement/


Here’s why a UC Riverside climate researcher says to expect more
rain in California. UC Riverside climate researcher Robert Allen
says California should get ready for more rain. Unlike other
recent work in the field, Allen has just published a study that
says rainfall in the state will increase in the coming years if
the planet continues to warm at its current pace. Allen, 42, is a
professor of earth sciences and has been studying climate issues
for two decades.
http://www.pe.com/2017/07/06/heres-why-a-uc-riverside-climate-researcher-says-to-expect-more-rain-in-california/


Mayors promise to act on climate. How much can they do? America's
mayors see themselves as the United States' climate saviors. But
they have a lot of work to do if they're going to ride to the
rescue. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris
climate accord has injected urgency into city halls already
buzzing with carbon-cutting initiatives.
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/06/stories/1060056980


Wind-driven waters drove glacial melting — study. Shifting winds
have helped drive West Antarctica's ice sheet melting for
millennia, according to a new analysis that could help scientists
better anticipate sea-level rise. The findings, published
yesterday in the journal Nature, show that during the past 11,000
years, wind patterns have driven relatively warm waters from the
deep ocean onto Antarctica's continental shelf…
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/06/stories/1060056986


HEATWAVE

Southern California's heat wave expected to break records Friday.
A heat wave settling over Southern California this week could
break records from the coast to the mountains while the potential
for thunderstorms may increase the risk of dry lightning sparking
a fast-growing wildfire, the National Weather Service said
Wednesday. The heat wave is expected to peak between Friday and
Saturday…
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-wave-southland-20170705-story.html


FUELS

California, New Mexico File Environmental Lawsuit. The attorneys
general of California and New Mexico are suing the Trump
administration for delaying new rules to reduce methane leaks on
federal lands. The attorneys general of California and New Mexico
sued the Trump administration Wednesday for delaying new rules to
reduce methane leaks on federal lands.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-07-05/california-new-mexico-ags-file-new-environmental-lawsuit


Zinke orders 30-day oil and gas permit approvals. Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke announced today that he will sign an order
directing his agency to follow its mandate of holding quarterly
lease sales, in an effort to boost fossil fuel extraction on
federal lands.
The decision is the latest in a series of orders aimed at
increasing oil and gas production on federal lands…
https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/07/06/stories/1060057013

VEHICLES

What would get you to buy an electric car? California is working
on it. Amid the cows and corn dogs, visitors to the California
State Fair this month will also have the chance to try out an
electric car. For three days, the California Plug-In Electric
Vehicle Collaborative plans to bring a test course and as many as
a dozen models to the fairground, including the new Chrysler
Pacifica, the first plug-in minivan.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article159821544.html#storylink=cpy


GREEN ENERGY

Solar and wind pitted against each other in key energy bill. A
fragile truce aimed at overhauling North Carolina's solar market,
America's second-largest, is now in jeopardy thanks to a dispute
over wind. Lawmakers in Raleigh inserted an 18-month moratorium
on new wind development into an energy bill passed before the
close of the legislative session last week.
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/06/stories/1060056987


LNG a test case for Trump's energy 'dominance'  In his visit to
the Energy Department last week, President Trump reveled in the
"America First" image of the United States as the new global
energy superpower, with rising cargoes of U.S. oil, coal, natural
gas and petroleum products criss-crossing the seas. "We are now
on the cusp of a true energy revolution,"…
https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/07/06/stories/1060056968 

Trump's export push has surprising climate angle. President Trump
doubled down on his sales pitch today for European leaders to
embrace the United States' massive shale supplies — a message
that inadvertently dovetails with some former Obama
administration officials who are seeking climate action.
https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/07/06/stories/1060057015  

OPINIONS

Greenhouse-gas emissions reduction: Inaction not an option. The
California Supreme Court’s decision to not hear business groups’
challenge to the state’s cap-and-trade program as an improperly
approved tax removes a major cloud over the program, which seeks
to use market forces to limit greenhouse-gas emissions linked to
global warming by having polluters buy and sell emission permits.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/sd-california-cap-trade-carbon-20170630-story.html


BLOGS

Making a deal on California’s cap and trade: It’s all about the
cap California politicians are deep into negotiations over how to
extend the backbone of the state’s climate policies, the
cap-and-trade program. The Governor’s office and legislative
leadership are nearing a compromise that can lock in the 2/3 vote
that would provide the strongest legal foundation for a future
cap-and-trade program and accelerate the state’s progress to
cleaning up the air.
http://blogs.edf.org/climatetalks/2017/07/05/making-a-deal-on-californias-cap-and-trade-its-all-about-the-cap/