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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 10, 2014.

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 16:17:29
ARB Newsclips for September 10, 2014. 

This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office
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individual websites to view some of the following news articles.

AIR POLLUTION

Time-based prices for electricity raise concern.  Many policy
makers see time-based power pricing as a important emerging tool
for reducing the need for conventional power plants and reining
in air pollution. It is also expected to usher in an era of
sophisticated home energy devices, like remote-control
thermostats, designed to save consumers money and reduce demands
on the grid. Posted.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/10/time-based-electricity-spurned/all/?print
 

CLIMATE CHANGE
 
Hopes for a Strong El Niño Fade in California. Long-term weather
forecasters say it is now unlikely that a strong El Niño will
develop this fall, dimming hopes in California for heavy rains
that might bring relief from a severe drought. In its latest
monthly forecast, the federal Climate Prediction Center in
College Park, Md., said that while there was still about a two in
three chance that El Niño would develop, perhaps in the next two
months, it would most likely be weak. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/science/earth/el-nino-california-drought.html?ref=earth&_r=0


Researchers link climate change, vegetation and water. As the
climate warms, sources of the water so critical to life
everywhere on Earth are drying up. By the end of this century,
communities dependent on fresh water from mountain-fed rivers
could see significantly less water, according to a new climate
model recently released by University of California researchers.
For example, people who get fresh water from the Kings River
could see a 26 percent decrease in river flow. Posted.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/09/09/3838980_researchers-link-climate-change.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy


Gov. Brown, Japan sign pact to cooperate on water, high-speed
rail, clean cars. California has signed a pact with Japan to work
together on advancing measures that could help limit climate
change. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's
ambassador to the United States, agreed to cooperate on renewable
energy; zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs; high-speed rail; water;
and trade and investment. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/09/10/stories/1060005533
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How climate change may disrupt the tranquility along the
U.S.-Canada border. Since the end of the War of 1812, the
U.S.-Canada border has been one of the more tranquil boundary
areas in the world, populated by American and Canadian farmers
mostly minding their own business. So what could happen to
disrupt this peaceful environment? Well, climate change might.
Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060005489/print BY
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DROUGHT

Californians cut water use by 7.5 percent in July. Following a
spike in statewide water use in spring, Californians have begun
to conserve more water as the worst drought in a generation
continues. The State Water Resources Control Board reported
Tuesday that urban water consumption declined 7.5 percent
statewide in July and 4.4 percent in June, compared with the same
months in 2013. Both are significant improvements compared with
May, when overall urban water use actually increased 1.5 percent.
Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/09/6693706/californians-cut-water-use-75.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News


California water bond leads among likely voters, new poll shows. 
A new Field Poll finds slightly more than half of likely voters
approve of a $7.5 billion water bond on the November ballot. But
the poll released Wednesday shows that Gov. Jerry Brown and other
supporters have work to do promoting Proposition 1. Nearly
two-thirds of those surveyed had not heard about the proposal.
Posted.
http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20140910/california-water-bond-leads-among-likely-voters-new-poll-shows


Most S.J. County communities saving water. San Joaquin County
communities saved almost half a billion gallons of water in July
compared to the same month last year, though the 20 percent goal
established by Gov. Jerry Brown remains elusive in many areas.
The State Water Resources Control Board released data Tuesday
showing a 7.5 percent reduction across California in July,
compared with July 2013. Posted.
http://www.recordnet.com/article/20140909/NEWS/140909629/101089/A_NEWS


DIESEL EMISSIONS

CARB offers free compliance classes in September, October.  
Truck owners have an opportunity to learn how to comply with
several emissions regulations written and enforced by the
California Air Resources Board this fall. CARB recently announced
the air quality agency is holding several free classes, including
plans for one webinar. To help educate the public on available
emissions technology, CARB offers Course 511: “Controlling Diesel
Emissions: Devices & Filters.” The course is offered from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7, in Imperial, CA. Posted.
http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=27627#.VBBqC2PDsoA

VEHICLES

ENVIRONMENT: State revved up over fuel cells.  A cluster of
hydrogen fueling stations will be built in the region over the
next year, as the state lays out a welcome mat for what many
believe will be the next big thing in zero-emission driving –
fuel cells. The state plans to spend $50 million for 28 public
hydrogen fueling stations and a mobile re-fueler. Riverside and
Ontario are among the California cities slated to get stations by
the end of next year, state energy officials announced this
month. Posted.
http://www.pe.com/articles/fuel-749762-hydrogen-vehicles.html 

OPINIONS

Climate change affecting water supply. This is not dedicated to
bludgeoning those unmoved by liberals’ warnings about climate
change. It is an invitation to people, especially Christians, to
think about what’s happening to the water, and what will happen
to us if there’s not enough of it to go around. For whatever
reason, 58 percent of California is in “exceptional drought,”
which is even worse than “extreme.” Posted.
http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/opinion/2014/09/10/climate-change-affecting-water-supply/15354023/


BLOGS 

Can Humans Get Used to Having a Two-Way Relationship with Earth’s
Climate?  Earlier this summer, I was invited to write an essay on
humanity’s troubled relationship with the changing atmosphere for
a special issue of Audubon Magazine centered on the Audubon
Society’s comprehensive new report on birds in a changing
climate. Posted.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/can-humans-get-used-to-having-a-two-way-relationship-with-earths-climate/?src=twr


UC to invest $1 billion to tackle climate change. The University
of California will invest $1 billion over five years in companies
and researchers coming up with solutions to climate change, part
of an overall UC push in sustainability. The 10-campus university
system also said Wednesday that it signed solar energy deals with
Frontier Renewables to use solar power generated from the German
company's two to-be-constructed solar fields in Fresno County.
Posted.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/09/university-of-california-climate-change-investment.html?ana=twt


California has sold 102,440 EVs since Volt, Leaf went on sale in
2010.  Last July, Plug In America declared that a Mitsubishi
i-MiEV in Alabama was the 100,000th electric vehicle sold in the
US. Today, the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative
announced that that many EVs have now been sold in California
alone. To celebrate the milestone – which was actually 102,440
EVs sold in the Golden State between when the Chevy Volt and
Nissan Leaf were introduced in late 2010 and the end of August
2014…Posted.
http://green.autoblog.com/2014/09/09/california-has-sold-102440-evs-since-volt-leaf-went-on-sale/




California is in a drought emergency.
Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.

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