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CAP AND TRADE

Japan, Mexico sign carbon trade deal. Japan and Mexico have
signed a deal for Japanese companies to earn carbon credits by
investing in technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Mexico
- in Japan's 12th bilateral carbon agreement. The programme,
known as the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), lets companies in
Japan, the world's fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, use
lower-cost emission cuts abroad to help meet domestic targets.
Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/japan-mexico-carbon-idUSL6N0Q32DT20140728


Brown hopes to sell Mexico on following California's green path
forward. When California launched its most ambitious effort to
combat climate change nearly two years ago, there were fears it
would cost workers their jobs and handicap businesses with
burdensome regulations. Since then, the state's economy has
rebounded from a damaging recession even while operating under
tighter restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pol-brown-mexico-20140727-story.html#page=1
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/28/tp-brown-kicks-off-mexico-climate-and-trade/
   

Like or don’t like EPA’s power-plant rule? Now’s your turn to
tell them why.  Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency are taking their controversial power plant rule to the
people this week, with a series of public hearings that could
generate 1,600 comments.  In a conference call with reporters
Monday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy – who testified before
Congress on the rule last week…Posted. 
http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/28/4044114/like-or-dont-like-epas-power-plant.html
 
http://www.modbee.com/2014/07/28/3460926/like-or-dont-like-epas-power-plant.html#storylink=cpy
  
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-07-28/energy-week-ahead-sold-out-hearings-for-epa-climate-plan


Cap-and-trade delay bill a tough sell to governor.  A
late-in-the-game bill pushed moderate Democrats to delay placing
vehicle fuels into the state's controversial cap-and-trade
requirements may be a populist measure to mitigate rising gas
prices, but likely will be a tough sell to the governor. 
Beginning Jan. 1, California’s emission control law known as
cap-and-trade will include transportation fuel, a policy that may
raise gas prices by 12 cents or more. Posted.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/07/25/cap-and-trade-delay-bill-a-tough-sell-to-governor.html


AIR POLLUTION

Judge orders EPA to set standards for 3 toxins. A federal judge
ordered U.S. EPA on Friday to set air standards for three
hazardous air pollutants, ruling that the agency is long overdue
in meeting Clean Air Act requirements. EPA has failed to comply
with court orders dating back to 2006 mandating that it set
emissions limits after environmentalists challenged it in court,
said Judge Paul Friedman for the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/britain-energy-oil-gas-idUSL6N0Q31BC20140728



Sand fire to cause air quality to worsen today, Sunday. 
Sacramento-area residents will see a worsening of their air
quality this evening due to the effects of the Sand fire that has
burned more than 4,000 acres in El Dorado and Amador counties.  A
high-pressure weather system will bring smoke from the fire into
areas west of the timber and grass fire…Posted. 
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/26/6584535/sand-fire-to-cause-air-quality.html
 

Wildfire Smoke Warning: Sand Incident Air Quality Advisory.  Some
areas of Amador and El Dorado counties are experiencing heavy
smoke due to the Sand Incident fire. Amador County Public Health
advises community members that air quality may be unsafe for
those with sensitive medical conditionsPosted. 
http://thepinetree.net/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=41525
 

Air quality alert for the Truckee Meadows.  The Washoe District
Health Department has issued an air quality alert for the Truckee
Meadows after ozone reached a level of unhealthy for sensitive
groups.  The department recommends people, especially those with
lung disease like asthma, reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion.  Fine particulates were moderate early Sunday
afternoon.  Posted. 
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/07/27/air-quality-alert-truckee-meadows/13245795/
 

Sacramento Valley under Spare the Air alert due to ozone.  The
Sacramento Valley is under a Spare the Air alert because of the
ozone.  When the air quality forecast reaches 127, the Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District issues a Spare the
Air alert. In order to reduce pollution on spare the air days,
residents are encouraged to reduce driving, take public
transportation or carpool, and, if possible, work from home. 
Posted. 
http://www.news10.net/story/weather/forecast/2014/07/28/spare-the-air-smoke/13239319/


CLIMATE CHANGE

5 things to know about coal trade, global warming.  As the Obama
administration weans the U.S. off polluting fuels blamed for
global warming, energy companies have been sending more of
America's unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world
where they could create even more pollution. Here are five things
to know about the issue…Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_EXPORTING_POLLUTION_5_THINGS_TO_KNOW_1ST_LD_WRITETHRU?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


AP PHOTOS: Coal-exporting town fights rising seas. Norfolk is
trapped between the causes and consequences of global warming.
The region exports more coal - and the heat-trapping pollution
that comes with it - than any place in the U.S. At the same time,
Norfolk is already experiencing one of the fastest rates of sea
level rise in the country.
Flood walls protect downtown from rising waters. Residents raise
houses to escape floods. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_EXPORTING_POLLUTION_PHOTO_GALLERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Australian Repeal Deals Blow to Global Carbon-Emission Plans.
International Coordination on Global Warming Struggles Ahead of
Climate-Change Talks. Australia's repeal of a pioneering tax on
carbon emissions has dealt a sharp blow to struggling
international efforts to coordinate on global warming and comes
ahead of key climate-change talks next year. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/australian-repeal-deals-blow-to-global-carbon-emission-plans-1406507851?KEYWORDS=climate+change


Energy Week Ahead: Sold-Out Hearings for EPA Climate Plan. The
nation gets its chance this week to blast or praise the
Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to cut
climate-warming emissions by 2030. Companies, environmental
advocates and citizens will sound off at EPA hearings starting
tomorrow in Atlanta, Denver and Washington about the 645-page
proposal, unveiled two months ago, to limit carbon-dioxide
emissions from power plants. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/energy-week-ahead-sold-out-hearings-for-epa-climate-plan.html


Roadside Land Offers Huge Carbon Storage Potential.  As you watch
the miles roll by on family road trips this summer, look just
behind the guard rails to see what some scientists believe is a
significant untapped resource in the battle against climate
change. The land alongside the 4 million miles of U.S. public
roadways, already being maintained by federal, state, and local
governments, could be planted with vegetation that helps transfer
carbon from the atmosphere into the soil, they say. Posted.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/state/roadside-land-offers-huge-carbon-storage-potential_68695417
 

Win-Win Way Pinpointed to Aid Food Security & Climate.  Imagine
being able to contain greenhouse gas emissions, make fertilizer
use more efficient, keep water waste to a minimum, and put food
on the table for the 10 billion people crowded into the planet's
cities, towns and villages by the end of the century. An
impossible dream? Not according to Paul West, co-director and
lead scientists of the Global Landscapes Initiative at the
University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. Posted.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/state/winwin-way-pinpointed-to-aid-food-security-amp-climate_58102684
 

Canada’s Cities Lead on Climate Action.  Amid the dire warnings
about global warming’s impacts, what’s often overlooked is that
actions to reduce or prevent them will lead to livable
communities, improved air quality, protection of natural spaces,
and greater economic efficiency, to name just a few benefits. So
it’s not surprising that tangible positive action on climate
change is happening in Canada’s cities.  Posted. 
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/817792-canadas-cities-lead-on-climate-action/


Rising temperatures, ozone spell trouble for key food crops.
Global warming and smoggy air will likely make it more difficult
to feed a growing population, according to a new study led by
researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The
interactions between a warming world and ground-level ozone
threaten supplies of rice, wheat, corn and soy, the study found.
Climate change by itself may reduce crop yields by 10 percent by
2050…Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060003611/print BY
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DROUGHT

California Marinas Docked by Drought. Dry Spell Brings Hard Times
to State's Lake and River Tourism Industry. California's
relentless drought is beginning to dry up revenue in its popular
lake and river tourism industry. Marinas and boat ramps across
the state are turning away customers, and even spots where water
is still relatively plentiful say visitors are staying away,
assuming things are worse than they are. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/california-marinas-docked-by-drought-1406504303


California officials admit they have incomplete water usage data.
When state regulators tried to tally water use across California
recently, they didn't exactly get a flood of cooperation. Of the
440 water agencies in the state, only 276 provided water
consumption data. And officials in San Diego made a point of
formally refusing the request, saying the state's method for
measuring water use in California's second-largest city was
"misleading and technically inappropriate." Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-water-use-war-20140727-story.html


The Public Eye: Voluntary water conservation not effective, data
show. Voluntary conservation measures are not reliably saving
water during the worst drought to hit California in a generation,
according to data from water agencies across the state. Only
mandatory conservation rules, backed by a threat of fines, seem
to prompt consumers to save. California water agencies with
mandatory rules alone used 5 percent less water from January
through May this year…Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/28/6586310/voluntary-water-conservation-not.html#storylink=cpy


Pass law to regulate diminishing California groundwater. Water
fights in California are usually about how to take more water
rather than about how to conserve what we have, so it is no
surprise that the state does not regulate groundwater pumping.
Why invest in efficient water-use technology when you can stick
your drinking straw into your neighbors' wells without
consequence? A third year of drought has changed that thinking.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Pass-law-to-regulate-diminishing-California-5647756.php


California drought: As land sinks, farmers' brainstorm on water.
Case Vlot pulls up groundwater through deep wells to keep his
corn and alfalfa crops alive. Chase Hurley runs a water company
nearby that sells river water to farmers who can't depend on
wells. Normally the two would rarely talk to each other. But that
was before the drought, and before the land began to sink beneath
their feet. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/California-drought-As-land-sinks-farmers-5649466.php


Drought fight brings incentives, enforcement.  “Beer without
water is very crunchy.” That slogan appears on the back of the
latest craft-beer map from the San Diego Brewers Guild and is the
latest attempt to reach residents who might not be thinking about
the drought gripping California. A survey this spring by the San
Diego County Water Authority found that adults 18 to 34 were
significantly less aware of the ongoing drought than those 55 or
older. Posted.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/27/drought-enforcement-incentive/all/?print


California agencies can’t say if they are meeting water
conservation goals. The sprinklers outside the California’s state
Capitol are off and the lawn is withering, the lemon- and
cucumber-infused “water stations” at the state pension building
are gone, and prison inmates are taking shorter showers while
campers at some popular parks can’t take them at all. Posted.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/environment-and-nature/20140727/california-agencies-cant-say-if-they-are-meeting-water-conservation-goals


Does Brazilian Deforestation. Drive Drought In The United States?
California regulators overseeing the state’s cap-and-trade
program now have one more reason to recognize offsets generated
by saving endangered rainforest in Latin America. On Monday, they
learned that the destruction of trees in the Amazon rainforest
will probably slash rainfall in the United States, depriving
drought-choked California of even more drinking water. Posted.
http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=10465§ion=news_articles&eod=1


FUELS

Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad. As the Obama
administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global
warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's
unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they
could create even more pollution. This fossil fuel trade
threatens to undermine President Barack Obama's strategy for
reducing the gases blamed for climate change and reveals a
little-discussed side effect of countries acting alone on a
global problem. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_EXPORTING_POLLUTION_ABRIDGED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Survey: US gas prices fall 9 cents to $3.58. A national survey
finds the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has
plummeted 9 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $3.58.
That's the largest drop this year. Industry analyst Trilby
Lundberg said Sunday the decrease came despite a rise in
crude-oil prices. Lundberg says U.S. refiners, enjoying plentiful
supplies, aggressively cut wholesale prices to chase sales.
Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAS_PRICES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


US exports help Germany increase coal, pollution. One of
Germany's newest coal-fired power plants rises here from the
banks of a 100-year-old canal that once shipped coal mined from
the Ruhr Valley to the world. Now the coal comes the other way.
The 750-megawatt Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Luenen GmbH & Co. power
plant relies completely on coal imports, about half from the U.S.
Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_EXPORTING_POLLUTION_OPTIONAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


OTHER RELATED STORIES
http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/US-exports-help-Germany-increase-coal-pollution-5650695.php


Britain reopens way for fracking. Energy firms will be able to
bid for licenses Monday to explore for shale gas in Britain,
three years after the controversial fracking process caused
seismic tremors which led the government to suspend operations.
Business and Energy Minister Matthew Hancock said shale gas has
the potential to increase the country's energy supply but
stressed national parks will be protected. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_FRACKING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


OTHER RELATED STORIES
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/britain-energy-oil-gas-idUSL6N0Q31BC20140728


EPA Should Check up on Leaky Methane Pipelines: Inspector
General. Leaking pipelines were responsible for $192 million
worth of lost natural gas in 2011, and a voluntary Environmental
Protection Agency program to reduce methane leaks has only
provided limited emissions reductions, the Inspector General said
in a report. The Inspector General's July 25 report,
“Improvements Needed in EPA Efforts to Address Methane Emissions
From Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines,” also found the
emissions factors…Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-07-28/epa-should-check-up-on-leaky-methane-pipelines-inspector-general.html


Could higher prices fueled by exports drive down the cost of
gasoline? Freer crude oil exports from the United States would
harm some refineries but would likely lower fuel prices for
consumers, a government economist asserts in an assessment
published last week. The oil and gas industry in Texas is
continuing to feel the effects of the shale boom as civil unrest
in Eastern Europe and the Middle East help to keep international
oil prices above $100 per barrel despite a production glut.
Posted. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/stories/1060003592/print
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VEHICLES

BMW to Expand Electric-Car Fast Charging. Two New Attacks Aimed
at Removing Major Obstacle to Cars' Adoption. BMW AG is launching
two new attacks on one of the biggest obstacles to broader
acceptance of electric cars such as its i3 model: the lack of
fast recharging stations. The company plans to announce today a
deal with NRG Energy Inc. to allow owners of BMW i3 electric cars
to recharge their batteries for free through 2015…Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/bmw-launches-new-ways-to-recharge-electric-car-batteries-1406556001#printMode


Touring the highway on hydrogen can be fuelish adventure.  Most
currently available electric vehicles are predictably shaped.
They’re small, egg like, efficient. Out of necessity, they’re
hardly the epitome of utilitarianism or grand style.  That’s one
of the reasons hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are so attractive. 
Posted. 
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fuel-629900-hydrogen-cell.html


GREEN ENERGY

Yingli Green Energy Faces Tariffs, Committed to U.S. Solar
Market. Chinese Solar Equipment Maker Will Face Preliminary
Antidumping Tariff of 42.33% on Certain Solar Module Imports.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. YGE -2.86% Ltd. said Monday that
it is still committed to the U.S. solar market, even though the
company will be subject to hefty antidumping tariffs. Last week,
the U.S. Commerce Department said Yingli Green and other
companies shipped billions worth of solar equipment to the U.S.
at unfairly low prices last year…Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/yingli-green-energy-faces-tariffs-committed-to-u-s-solar-market-1406551704?KEYWORDS=energy


China Criticizes U.S. Move on Solar-Equipment Imports. Commerce
Ministry Says Washington Ignored 'Facts and Laws' in Plan to
Close Loophole. China on Monday hit back at the U.S. for taking
another step to close a loophole that allowed some Chinese
solar-equipment makers to avoid tariffs. China's Ministry of
Commerce, citing an official it didn't identify, said the U.S.
ignored "facts and laws" related to the "rules of origin" for
trade. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-criticizes-u-s-move-to-close-loophole-on-solar-equipment-imports-1406534965#printMode
.

REGION: Solar sweet spot.  Donald Schroth’s last electric bill
seemed more like a savings account. The statement said
Riverside’s electric utility owed him a $9.11 credit for the
month of June, thanks to the $28,000 rooftop solar system he had
installed last year. “It’s going to help the environment as well
as help me. I have no regrets,” said the retired Riverside
Community College maintenance worker. Posted.
http://www.pe.com/articles/solar-698023-system-home.html 

Powering California with Wind, Water, and Sun.  Imagine a
smog-free Los Angeles, where electric cars ply silent freeways,
solar panels blanket rooftops, and power plants run on heat from
beneath the earth, from howling winds and from the blazing desert
sun.  A new Stanford study finds that it is technically and
economically feasible to convert California’s all-purpose energy
infrastructure to one powered by clean, renewable energy. Posted.
 http://www.pcbdesign007.com/pages/zone.cgi?a=102130 

L.A. utility gets more local solar by linking it to $1.1B
project. A Los Angeles utility has a new approach to getting more
small-scale solar added in the city, one that solar and energy
experts said appears to be unique in the state. Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power (LADWP), in a project that just
launched, made development of local power a requirement to win a
contract for a more lucrative deal. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060003584/print BY
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Could Calif. run on 100% renewables? Some researchers think so.
Among all the states that have mandated renewable energy targets,
California leads the pack. Under the Global Warming Solutions Act
-- signed into law by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) in
2006 -- the state must receive 33 percent of its electricity from
renewables by 2020 and lower its emissions by 80 percent,
relative to 1990 levels, by 2050. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060003558/print BY
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MISCELLANEOUS

Students grow a bond with nature through environmental
internship. Where the Los Angeles River's concrete channels give
way to soft riverbed, hawks, swifts and warblers fly overhead
while ibises, owls and larks glide by once in a while. On Friday
morning, a different species appeared: students kayaking through
the water. Three weeks ago, six Environmental Charter High School
students abandoned their native urban home of Lawndale for the
Santa Rosa Plateau to be immersed in nature. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-leaf-internship-20140727-story.html


OPINIONS

California's Climate-Change Denial. Californians want "clean"
energy, they just don't want to pay more for it—and many don't
think they'll have to. That's the takeaway from a new Public
Policy Institute of California survey gauging support for
policies to counter climate change. Roughly two-thirds of
Californians back the 2006 law AB32, which seeks to cut the
state's carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/political-diary-californias-climate-change-denial-1406317447?KEYWORDS=climate+change

California drought requires urgent action. If California and much
of the West is suffering from severe drought, then why have the
responses to it been weak and largely ineffective? The answers
are as complicated as California's water system itself, with our
wildly diverse sources and uses of water, prices and water
rights, institutions, and more. But here are some observations.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/California-drought-requires-urgent-action-5647754.php


BLOGS

This animation shows how awful the California drought is this
year.  For the first time since 2000, air pollution is not the
top environmental concern among Californians, according to a
Public Policy Institute of California survey. It’s water.  A full
35 percent of the survey’s respondents cited drought or water
supply as their top environmental concern in response to an
open-ended question, PPIC reported this week. Posted. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/25/this-animation-shows-how-awful-the-california-drought-is-this-year/


Plug-In Potential: Why Daimler Is Bullish on Electric Cars in
China. China appears to be running behind in its goal of becoming
a major market for electric cars. The government set a target of
having 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on the road
by next year and five million by 2020. Yet sales of new-energy
vehicles reached only 17,642 units last year—a tiny fraction of
the 18 million passenger cars sold. Posted.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/28/plug-in-potential-why-daimler-is-bullish-on-electric-cars-in-china/?KEYWORDS=energy


U.S. Coal Exports Eroding Domestic Greenhouse Gains.  A
comprehensive and sobering Associated Press story by Dina
Cappiello provides a valuable update on how United States
policies promoting exports of coal are undercutting domestic
efforts to restrict emissions of carbon dioxide, the
heat-trapping gas released when fossil fuels are burned. This is
hardly a surprise given past reporting on this issue, and a long
history of such seemingly conflicting policies. Posted.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/u-s-coal-exports-eroding-domestic-greenhouse-gains/?src=twr&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar
 

What ‘The Leftovers’ Says About Climate Change.  The new HBO
series “The Leftovers” is about what happens after 2 percent of
humanity simply vanishes from the earth (this is not really a
spoiler; however, some follow). This event has obvious religious
connotations, which the show explores. But the story may have
secular implications, too…Posted.
http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/what-the-leftovers-says-about-climate-change/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
 

Cadillac ELR next EV to get Plugless Power wireless charging
tech. Evatran has been testing its Plugless Power wireless
charging systems for electric vehicles in the Chevy Volt and
Nissan Leaf for years now and made the tech commercially
available early this year. With the growth of the EV market,
Evatran is getting ready to expand as well. Posted.
http://green.autoblog.com/2014/07/28/cadillac-elr-next-to-get-wireless-charging/


Earth Log: One more time -- how did they figure 110 million miles
a day?  I heard from enough people. So I did it again. I asked
how the state calculates the 110 million miles that are
supposedly driven daily in the San Joaquin Valley.  Perhaps
unwisely, I wrote about all those miles last week. The 110
million miles per day is in the state's 2013 air-quality almanac
of emissions. I thought it might be a nice way to get your
attention to discuss ozone.  Posted. 
http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/28/4044131/one-more-time-how-did-they-figure.html?sp=/99/406/


Government Has an Essential Role in Oil Refinery Safety and the
Environment.  As a chemical engineer who worked for 37 years in
the oil industry, I believe we need stronger federal regulation
of hazardous air pollutants to insure the health and safety of
workers and citizens in the vicinity of all U.S. refining
facilities. While some refiners have instituted best practices,
many are not yet creating an environmental-awareness
culture…Posted. 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-levy/government-has-an-essenti_b_5627163.html


6 Nearly Living Architectural Designs That Fight Air Pollution. 
Getting a breath of fresh air can be a rarity in a city, and
construction usually doesn't help. However, there are some
buildings — whether already built or only just proposed — that
can change the way our environment and infrastructure interact,
making the air cleaner in the process.  From giant filters to
pollution-fighting sidewalks, these buildings and structures are
a breath of fresh air in places often overrun with harsh fumes. 
Posted. 
http://mashable.com/2014/07/27/pollution-architectural-designs/ 





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