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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for October 1, 2014
Posted: 01 Oct 2014 13:43:36
ARB Newsclips for October 1, 2014. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. CAP AND TRADE How to build business support for a price on carbon. Recently protestors held massive demonstrations in New York City surrounding the United Nations Climate Summit 2014. The goal of the summit was to mobilize the international community in preparation for next year's climate meeting in Paris, and protestors wanted to show their support for strong action to reverse climate change. Posted. http://www.greenbiz.com/print/58598 AIR POLLUTION Beauty Companies Want to Protect Your Skin From Air Pollution. Companies Want to Establish Whether Smog and Car Exhaust Lead to More Signs of Aging. In the dirty world of car exhaust, cigarette smoke and smog, the beauty industry sees its next big opportunity. Air pollution's suspected effects on the skin—increased signs of aging, dark spots and inflammation…Posted. http://online.wsj.com/articles/beauty-companies-want-to-protect-your-skin-from-air-pollution-1412118685 CO2 emission cuts from energy efficiency save more lives – study. State plans to cut carbon emissions could avoid premature deaths of about 3,500 people annually if they come from increased energy efficiency, according to a new analysis. It also found that switching from coal to natural gas would not prevent as many deaths. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060006680/print BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CLIMATE CHANGE 'This Changes Everything' tackles global warming. Cutting the vast amounts of man-made pollution that feed global warming is an enormous challenge for societies that gobble up coal, oil and gas. But in "This Changes Everything," Naomi Klein argues that those fuels aren't the root problem - capitalism is. Posted. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOOK_REVIEW_THIS_CHANGES_EVERYTHING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT South Pacific flotilla to protest climate change inaction at Australia coal port. Protesters from 12 South Pacific nations plan to block ships entering and leaving Australia's Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export terminal, this month to highlight effects they say climate change is having on their islands. Some experts say climate change will cause higher tides that will swamp lower-lying Pacific islands…Posted. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/01/us-australia-southpacific-coal-idINKCN0HQ3CJ20141001 Stanford scientists say greenhouse gases worsen California drought. California's catastrophic drought has most likely been made worse by man-made climate change, according to a report released Monday by Stanford University, but scientists are still hesitant to fully blame the lack of rain on climate change. The research, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society as part of a collection of reports on extreme weather events in 2013…Posted. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/usa-california-drought-idINL2N0RU2TT20140930 ENVIRONMENT: Dark cloud over solar plans. The Obama administration’s push for big solar plants and other renewable energy projects on public lands has started to stall as developers question whether they can finish projects in time to qualify for key federal subsidies. Just days after U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell came to Palm Springs to trumpet the success of these projects in combating climate change…Posted. http://www.pe.com/articles/project-751058-energy-palen.html A common-sense climate plan for San Diego. Common sense in governing can be a wonderful thing. The latest proof is in Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s proposed plan for San Diego to do its share in curbing the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The plan is a model of realistic steps to achieve realistic goals without punishing home and business owners with costly financial mandates. Posted. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/01/tp-a-common-sense-climate-plan-for-san-diego/ http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/30/faulconer-climate-change-plan-unveil/ EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities. The EPA released its fourth year of Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data, detailing greenhouse gas pollution trends and emissions broken down by industrial sector, geographic region and individual facilities. In 2013, reported emissions from large industrial facilities were 20 million metric tons higher than the prior year…Posted. http://www.pollutionengineering.com/articles/89229-epa-releases-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data-from-large-facilities http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060006674/print BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY DROUGHT October begins water year with prospect of tighter restrictions. As the state ends the fourth-driest water year on record with no guarantee of significant rain and snowfall this winter, Californians face the prospect of stricter rationing and meager irrigation deliveries for agriculture. California begins a new October-September water year Wednesday with total reservoir storage at 36% of capacity, or 57% of average for this time of year. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-water-year-20141001-story.html http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/30/6748897/california-ends-one-of-driest.html Droughts likely to be new normal for California. Whether viewed from a dry-as-dust ground level or from a sky-high planetary perch, the ongoing drought in California is remarkable. As this slow-moving meteorological disaster intensifies, burning forests, fallowed agricultural fields and critically low reservoirs shows the increasingly high-stakes interactions among scientists, policymakers and everyday Californians. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/30/6747452/droughts-likely-to-be-new-normal.html#storylink=cpy FUELS U.S. gasoline stocks lowest in 23 months. U.S. gasoline stocks hit 208.5 million barrels last week, their lowest levels since November 2012, according to weekly data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday. The number fell by 1.84 million barrels from the prior week, according to the EIA. Posted. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/01/oil-energy-eia-milestones-idINL2N0RW16R20141001 Exxon fracking report responds to shareholders. Exxon Mobil issued a report Tuesday that acknowledges the environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing but also defends the practice as being better for the environment than other types of energy production and generation. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/30/6749405/exxon-fracking-report-responds.html#storylink=cpy Oil's plunge means $3 gas for many consumers. With crude oil prices plunging to near two-year lows and likely to remain tepid through year's end, consumers in all but a handful of states could soon pay $3 a gallon or less for gasoline, the lowest pump prices since 2010. Rising global oil production, ample inventories, slackening demand and a U.S. dollar trading at multiyear highs have wreaked havoc on the global oil markets in recent weeks. Posted. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/30/plunging-crude-oil-could-push-gasoline-to-3-a-gallon-for-much-of-the-us/16494285/ Will California Gas Prices Jump At Beginning Of Year, Or Are Oil Companies Full Of Hot Air? Advertisements are warning California drivers that a big jump at the pump could be on the way, but how likely is a large jump and how big will it be? Experts say the lower-than-normal gas prices we’ve been saying lately are likely to climb. Jay McKeeman with the California Independent Oil Market Association estimates prices will move up 12 to 15 cents in January. Posted. http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/09/30/will-gas-prices-jump-at-beginning-of-year-or-are-oil-companies-full-of-hot-air/ Lower-Carbon Gasoline In CA: Don't Believe Gas-Price Scare Tactics, Says UCS. When it comes to green transportation policies, California leads the way. The state has enacted numerous policies to cut transportation-related emissions, improve energy efficiency, and in some cases eliminate the use of fossil fuel. One such policy--the state's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard, or LCFS--is not sitting well with oil companies…Posted. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094697_lower-carbon-gasoline-in-ca-dont-believe-gas-price-scare-tactics-says-ucs U.S. LNG exports may be key in reducing global emissions – experts. Boosting the United States' natural gas exports is needed to create market liquidity, drive down prices and give American allies energy options they wouldn't otherwise have. But, at its core, enabling exports is also about curbing greenhouse gas emissions, industry experts said yesterday at an energy security event in Washington, D.C. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060006684/print BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY VEHICLES Lower-Carbon Gasoline In CA: Don't Believe Gas-Price Scare Tactics, Says UCS. When it comes to green transportation policies, California leads the way. The state has enacted numerous policies to cut transportation-related emissions, improve energy efficiency, and in some cases eliminate the use of fossil fuel. One such policy--the state's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard, or LCFS--is not sitting well with oil companies, which claim the regulation will raise the price of gasoline, harming consumers. Posted. https://autos.yahoo.com/news/lower-carbon-gasoline-ca-dont-believe-gas-price-120004944.html GREEN ENERGY Governor wins challenge over green building codes. Republican Gov. Susana Martinez has won a legal challenge over her administration's repeal of "green" building standards implemented when Democrat Bill Richardson was governor. The state Court of Appeals last week upheld a decision by the state Construction Industries Commission to revamp building codes. Posted. http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/01/3567710/governor-wins-challenge-over-green.html#storylink=cpy Time running out for rooftop solar benefit. The sun is setting steadily on California's super-incentive for rooftop solar. Customers of San Diego Gas & Electric have reached the half-way point toward a cumulative cap on a program known as net energy metering, the utility reported on its website. Posted. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/01/days-numbered-solar-incentive/ The world's biggest energy hogs aren't who you think they are. You might expect the US and Canada to be home to some of the biggest energy consumers in the world, but Iceland and Luxembourg? Oilprice.com calculated the top 10 countries with the highest energy use per person and the results may surprise. Next time you get into your car and drive to the supermarket, think about how much energy you consume on an annual basis. Posted. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2014/1001/The-world-s-biggest-energy-hogs-aren-t-who-you-think-they-are OPINIONS Why Are Supposed “Greedy” Oil Companies Lowering Gas Prices During Cap and Trade Debate? Oil companies have been part of the campaign to make voters aware that gas prices will increase in January once fuels are put under the cap-and-trade provisions of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act. Yet, a strange thing is occurring. The campaign to delay the application of cap and trade rules for fuels goes on as gas prices continue to fall in California. Posted. http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2014/09/supposed-greedy-oil-companies-lowering-gas-prices-cap-trade-debate/ Viewpoints: Climate change is increasing the chances of drought. Whether viewed from a dry-as-dust ground level or from a sky-high planetary perch, the ongoing drought in California is remarkable. As this slow-moving meteorological disaster intensifies, burning forests, fallowed agricultural fields and critically low reservoirs show the increasingly high-stakes interactions among scientists, policymakers and everyday Californians. Posted. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/30/6746200/viewpoints-climate-change-is-increasing.html#storylink=cpy Cool Davis: working on local solutions to global warming. When it comes to climate change, you can hear a lot of excuses or fine talk from political and business leaders, but usually little practical action. It can be dispiriting given the consequences we know could result. Fortunately, Davis is a community that does not indulge in despair. Rather, it believes in pro-actively looking for solutions that lower our community’s carbon footprint. Posted. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/30/plunging-crude-oil-could-push-gasoline-to-3-a-gallon-for-much-of-the-us/16494285/ De Blasio’s Green Housing. New York City’s plan to make multifamily buildings, subsidized and rent-regulated housing, and public housing more energy efficient is a significant step forward to defend residents, especially the low income, from climate change and rising utility costs. The initiatives not only provide economic opportunities for families, both through cost savings and new jobs…Posted. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/de-blasios-green-housing.html Jack McBride: High-speed rail will stop here. The most recent mailer from our absentee congressman, Jeff Denham, attacked the Republicans’ favorite target, the high-speed rail project, saying there would be “no stops in Stanislaus or San Joaquin counties.” That’s a lie: The rail line would have stops in both Stockton and Modesto. Why don’t the Republicans have the faith to invest in the future? Posted. http://www.modbee.com/2014/09/30/3567579_nancy-haydock-if-almond-disease.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy BLOGS Climate-Change Skeptics: What if You’re Wrong? What is the most important question in the climate debate that supporters and opponents are overlooking? The answer to this question is different for supporters and opponents. For opponents, the most overlooked question is whether they have attempted to quantify the possibility that they are wrong about the impacts of climate change…Posted. http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2014/10/01/climate-change-skeptics-what-if-youre-wrong/ The Realistic Way to Tax Carbon. No one energy policy will change the world. So the goal in picking one energy policy is to pick one that’s likely to spur lots of additional moves. A good place to start is a tax on carbon—but one that’s rational politically, economically and environmentally. Those are big, and often-ignored, “buts.” A smart carbon tax would be revenue-neutral, returning its proceeds to consumers rather to national treasuries. Posted. http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2014/10/01/the-realistic-way-to-tax-carbon/ Amid Climate Change Backlash, Even Oil Companies Are Dumping ALEC Now. The fourth-largest U.S. oil and gas company revealed Friday that it is leaving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) amid widespread backlash over the free-market lobbying group’s efforts to undermine clean energy and promote climate change denial. Posted. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/30/3573662/occidental-leaves-alec/ Nissan Leaf makes it 19 in a row for record sales; Chevy Volt drops 21 percent. The Nissan Leaf continues its streak of "best month ever" sales with 2,881 EVs sold in September. Compared to the 1,953 sold in September 2013, that represents an increase of 47.5 percent and, as Nissan itself must be tired of saying by now, it marks yet another best month ever, same as last month and now the 19th in a row. Okay, sure, we know…Posted. http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/01/nissan-leaf-chevy-volt-september-2014-sales/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.