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CAP AND TRADE

Mexico and California: A Shared Border and Clean Energy Future.
California is known for many things: its natural beauty,
Hollywood, Route 66 and the most famous bridge in the world. It
is also known for making history. When Jerry Brown was sworn in
as governor last January, he made history. It was not only his
fourth term, he made history by proposing three ambitious climate
and clean energy goals to be accomplished by 2030:
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/latest-news/3198-mexico-and-california-a-shared-border-and-clean-energy-future.html


AIR POLLUTION

Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers. Some ingredients used in nail
products have been tied to cancer, miscarriages, lung diseases
and other ailments. The industry has long fought regulations.
Each time a customer pulled open the glass door at the nail shop
in Ridgewood, Queens, where Nancy Otavalo worked…
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/nyregion/nail-salon-workers-in-nyc-face-hazardous-chemicals.html?_r=0


EPA issues NOV for oil terminal permits, blasting the SJVAPCD in
the process. Anti-oil groups and environmental activists were
overjoyed recently with the news that the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Violation to the
Bakersfield Crude Terminal and its owners/operators for violating
the Clean Air Act. EPA said that the Taft, CA, facility, which
was designed to receive crude oil by rail…
http://www.examiner.com/article/epa-issues-nov-for-oil-terminal-permits-blasting-the-sjvapcd-the-process


CLIMATE CHANGE

Clean Power Plan Legally Solid But Imperfect as Tool to Cut
Carbon Pollution, Schatz Says. Regulations to reduce carbon
pollution from power plants are a legal but imperfect tool to
address climate change, and setting a carbon fee would be a
better option if the political climate would allow it, Sen. Brian
Schatz (D-Hawaii) told a Bloomberg Government breakfast May 7.
Carbon fee legislation “puts us in a better position to
ameliorate the disruption that will occur as we make a
transition… http://www.bna.com/clean-power-plan-n17179926247/ 

Australia PM's adviser says climate change a UN hoax. A top
Australian government business adviser has said climate change is
a hoax by the United Nations. Most climate models were wrong and
there was little evidence of climate change, said Maurice Newman.
He said the UN had used climate change as a "hook" to establish
and control a new world order. Mr Newman's comments were rejected
by climate scientists…
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32639813 

Weather Forecasters Used To Be Among The Country’s Staunchest
Climate Deniers. Why That’s Changing Fast. Keah Schuenemann, a
meteorology professor at the Metropolitan State University of
Denver, has never met an atmospheric or climate scientist who
doesn’t agree that most of the planet’s warming over the last
century is a result of human activity. Weather forecasters
though, whom she deals with regularly, are a different story.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/07/3653307/where-have-all-the-climate-denying-weather-forecasters-gone/


Climate Change Now Among Top US Strategic Priorities. Ask almost
anyone about the main national priorities of the US, and you’ll
probably hear “democracy” and “continuing economic growth.” You
might also hear “security concerns,” especially since the rise of
terrorism after 9/11. But from now on you’ll hear a lot more
about a fourth target. “Climate change.”
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/05/07/climate-change-now-among-top-us-strategic-priorities/

EPA sends carbon rule for new power plants to White House. U.S.
EPA sent today its final rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions
from new power plants to the White House for review. EPA is
working toward finalizing the rule in midsummer, along with its
Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing
power plants. EPA also plans to submit a federal proposal for
meeting the Clean Power Plan at the same time.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/05/08/stories/1060018253 

DROUGHT

Building boom and drought collide on Catalina Island. Signs of
drought and anxiety are everywhere in this quaint harbor town.
Hotels are shipping laundry to the mainland for washing,
contractors are mixing cement with water they import by barge and
residents are squaring off with developers over choices between
rationing and curbing growth.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-catalina-drought-20150508-story.html#page=1


Report: Food companies face growing water risks. Food companies
should be taking stronger steps to use water more efficiently and
adapt to growing water scarcity, a nonprofit advocacy group said
in a report released Thursday. The organization Ceres ranked 37
major food companies on how effectively they are managing
water-related risks that can affect profits as well as food
production.
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2015/05/07/report-food-companies-face-growing-water-risks/70979884/


Political answers scarce as water in parched California. The
drought is having real consequences for the policies and
political fortunes of elected officials. For much of the century
since William Mulholland, the visionary or villainous engineer
who brought water from the Eastern Sierra to Los Angeles, opened
the floodgates of his aqueduct and declared, “There it is. Take
it!”…
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/california-drought-political-answers-water-117706.html#ixzz3ZZRfZBDq


California Drought: Power Supply Will Meet Summer Demand. The
California Independent System Operator (CAL-ISO) said that
electricity supplies will be sufficient to meet the 2015 summer
peak - even under the extreme scenario of hot temperatures "that
happen only once every 10 years." CAL-ISO released its 2015
Summer Loads and Resources Assessment Thursday.
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/05/07/california-drought-power-supply-will-meet-summer-demand/


How the California Drought Is Increasing the Potential for
Devastating Wildfires. Forest Service anticipates spending more
than $1 billion and mobilizing more than 10,000 fires to fight
forest fires this season. California’s four-year drought has
already cost the state billions of dollars and placed thousands
of jobs at risk. Now scientists say it has the potential to
strengthen wildfires that could destroy homes…
http://time.com/3849320/california-drought-wildfires/ 

'Across most of the West, snowpack isn't just low -- it's gone' 
Higher temperatures have already melted most of the mountain
snowpack across the West, according to a sobering new report from
the Department of Agriculture that warns this could lead to water
supply shortfalls this summer. The latest monthly report released
by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service forecasts…
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/05/08/stories/1060018255 

Top Calif. water guzzler mulls 50% reductions for some. Some
residents of an irrigation district here that ranked as one of
the state's biggest water guzzlers could soon learn they'll need
to cut back consumption not just by the 36 percent ordered by the
state, but in some cases as much as 50 percent.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/05/08/stories/1060018252 

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS

Lumber Liquidators customers don't know what to believe. Lumber
Liquidators says it will stop selling laminate flooring from
China, but the company insists the material is not unsafe. Even
still, customers are trying to figure out what to believe and how
to know whether their homes are safe, CBS News' Anna Werner
reports.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lumber-liquidator-customers-still-testing-laminate-floors-formaldehyde/


FUELS

US encourages Greece to stick to non-Russia pipeline project. The
United States is encouraging Greece to move forward with a
pipeline bringing natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe via
Greece, rather than setting its hopes on a different project that
would pipe Russian gas through Turkey. The U.S. State
Department's special envoy on energy affairs, Amos Hochstein,
said Friday he had discussed energy issues…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GREECE_RUSSIA_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Novozymes investors bet on biofuel and agricultural
breakthroughs. Investors have high hopes for Novozymes and the
enzymes it makes to improve chemical processes in a variety of
industries, but analysts warn of pitfalls in a growth strategy
reliant on a biofuel sector still in its infancy and unproven
farming biotechnology. Having built on mother company Novo's work
in the 1940s to produce biological catalysts by fermenting them
in large tanks…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/novozymes-outlook-idUSL5N0XV2I820150508


Even Keystone Foes Grow Weary of Obama’s Delay in Deciding.
Keystone XL supporters often complain that President Barack
Obama’s delay in deciding on whether to allow the oil pipeline to
be built is costing jobs and keeping the U.S. tied to unstable
energy partners. With the review now stretching beyond six years,
some critics, increasingly confident that Obama will reject the
Canada-to-U.S. pipeline…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/even-keystone-xl-foes-growing-weary-of-obama-s-delay-in-deciding


South Africa prepares to give shale gas go ahead. South Africa
will gazette final regulations for shale gas exploration by June,
two years after releasing draft rules and as companies reconsider
investments due to volatile oil prices and delays in awarding
licenses. In March, Royal Dutch Shell said it was pulling back
from its shale projects in South Africa's semi-arid Karoo region…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/safrica-shale-idUSL5N0XY3BX20150507


Tech Entrepreneurs Seek More Ethanol in Gasoline to Lower Prices.
Do you want a return of $2-a-gallon gasoline? Before the recent
jump in oil prices put low costs in the rear-view mirror,
American drivers had a brief taste of the 1990s at the pump. Now
technology multimillionaires Eyal Aronoff and Yossie Hollander
and former Shell Oil Co. president John Hofmeister say the U.S.
could make low prices permanent if more ethanol and methanol from
cheap natural gas are added to the mix.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/tech-entrepreneurs-seek-more-ethanol-in-gasoline-to-lower-prices


California Oil Waste Rules Attacked as Groundwater Threat.
California’s rules allowing oil extraction waste to be injected
into the ground were challenged by environmental groups saying
the practice threatens protected sources of drinking water as the
state suffers through a record drought.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/california-oil-waste-rules-challenged-as-groundwater-threat-i9eedu6d


Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips pay California $11.5 Million fine.
Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips are paying California $11.5
million to settle complaints that the companies violated state
laws governing the proper operation and maintenance of
underground storage tanks used to store gasoline for retail sale.
The companies failed to comply with hazardous materials and
hazardous waste laws at over 560 gasoline stations owned or
operated by the companies in California…
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=28294 
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/2-gasoline-companies-ordered-to-pay-11-5M-for-6250215.php

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28074013/2-gasoline-companies-ordered-pay-11-5m-violations


Groups sue to keep oil waste out of state’s aquifers. Two
environmental groups sued California regulators Thursday to stop
oil companies from injecting wastewater into potentially usable
aquifers beneath the state’s drought-ravaged Central Valley.  The
suit, filed by the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological
Diversity, claims the California agency that oversees oil fields…
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Groups-sue-to-stop-oil-company-injections-into-6248941.php


Oil Exports Could Become New Hurdle For Obama’s Trade Deal. Lisa
Murkowski will debut a bill lifting the oil export ban next week.
Get ready for the possibility of another controversial political
ingredient entering the debate over trade legislation: the oil
export ban. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Chairman Lisa Murkowski will introduce legislation to end the oil
export ban next week…
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/oil-exports-trade-deal-obama-murkowski-20150507


Oil And Gas Wells Are Leaking Huge Amounts Of Methane, And It’s
Costing Taxpayers Millions. In March, Secretary of the Interior
Sally Jewell cited a methane gas plume the size of Delaware
hovering over the Four Corners area in Northwest New Mexico as
evidence that the Interior Department needs to cut “wasted gas
that results from venting and flaring during oil and gas
operations.” This methane hot spot, which is located above an
area that contains more than 40,000 wells…
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/08/3656343/fugitive-methane-on-the-loose-on-public-lands/


Report for the EC evaluates prospects for sugar-based platforms
for biofuels and biochemical. A comprehensive review of 94
potential pathways to biofuels and biochemicals via the sugar
platform, prepared for the European Commission (DG ENER) by a
team from E4tech, RE-CORD and Wageningen UR, finds that the
global market value of the sugar platform is today of the order
of $65 billion, with bioethanol (from sugar and starch crops) by
far the dominant product in the market.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/05/20150508-e4tech.html 

Natural gas, LNG trade groups to merge. The main trade
association representing liquefied natural gas exporters will be
folded into another group representing supply interests, under an
agreement the groups announced yesterday. In a press release, the
Natural Gas Supply Association said that it would be
incorporating the Center for LNG in a reorganization that would
"increase the effectiveness of both associations."
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2015/05/08/stories/1060018219 

Democratic senators slam Obama admin over delayed RFS rules. A
coalition of Democratic senators yesterday slammed the Obama
administration over delays in setting annual targets for biofuels
through the renewable fuel standard program. 
The group, led by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), said that the
delays in setting the targets were causing uncertainty that was
particularly hurting the biodiesel industry.
http://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060018221/feed 
 
VEHICLES

Why More And More States Could Start Considering Fees On Electric
Cars. Electric and hybrid car owners in Michigan can breathe a
sigh of relief. On Tuesday, Michigan residents voted no to
Proposal 1, a referendum that would have imposed a $75 annual
registration fee on electric vehicles and a $25 fee for most
hybrid vehicles.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/08/3655918/state-electric-vehicle-fees/


2016 Chevy Volt To Get California Carpool Lane Access. Access to
the carpool lane in California with only a single occupant has
proven to be one of the more effective incentives to get the
state's drivers to buy electric cars. The first year and a half
of Chevy Volt range-extended electric cars didn't qualify, but
Volt sales in California surged once buyers could add the crucial
green sticker to their Volts.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098191_2016-chevy-volt-to-get-california-carpool-lane-access


Chevrolet Introduces Bi-Fuel-Powered Silverado Chassis Cab Truck.
Chevrolet is introducing a dual-powered Silverado, run on either
compressed natural gas or gasoline. The bi-fuel 2016 Silverado
3500HD Chassis Cab has a 24.5 gallon CNG tank behind the cab in
addition to a 23.5-gallon gasoline tank.
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=38201 

GREEN ENERGY

Solar Power Inc. Agrees to Buy Controlling Stake in Convertergy.
Solar Power Inc., a renewable-energy project developer backed by
China’s LDK Solar Co., agreed to buy a 76.8 percent stake in
Convertergy Energy Technology Co., a provider of
energy-monitoring services. Solar Power is paying $13.8 million
in stock and assuming a $1.5 million loan, the Shanghai-based
company said in a statement Friday. The transaction is subject to
closing conditions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-08/solar-power-inc-agrees-to-buy-controlling-stake-in-convertergy


California has enough power for summer air conditioning demand
-grid operator. California will have enough power to meet air
conditioning demand this summer despite continued low hydropower
supplies due to an ongoing multi-year drought. The California
Independent System Operator (ISO), the power grid operator for
most of the state, said in a statement released late Thursday…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/utilities-california-summer-idUSL1N0XZ1I320150508?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssEnergyNews


New Program Brings Solar Power To Low-Income Fresnans. A new
statewide program using cap-and-trade money to fund solar panels
for low-income residents launched today in Fresno. Salvador
Mendoza and his family are one of the first 1,780 households in
the state to receive rooftop solar panels through California’s
Low-Income Weatherization Program. The Mendoza's home is the
first home of 20 in Fresno to have solar panels installed through
the program.
http://kvpr.org/post/new-program-brings-solar-power-low-income-fresnans

http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/05/06/4513005_fresno-residents-receive-solar.html?rh=1
 
http://www.csd.ca.gov/Newsroom/NewsReleases/May7,2015.aspx?utm_content=bufferbba8b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffe
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State wavers on proposed Carlsbad power plant. A proposal to
build a new natural gas power plant at Carlsbad was put on hold
Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission. The
commission is weighing whether the $2.6 billion project by New
Jersey-based NRG Energy is a wise investment for customers of San
Diego Gas & Electric as grid managers seek to replace power once
provided by the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/07/waivering-carlsbad-power-plant/


Save onshore wind farms, renewables industry begs new Tory
government.
Renewables industry makes fresh plea for Conservatives to drop
plans for a new onshore wind farm ban, as green business groups
call for continued climate action. The UK's renewable energy
sector has issued a desperate plea for the new Conservative
government to show early support for the low carbon economy…
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/analysis/2407649/save-onshore-wind-farms-renewables-industry-begs-new-tory-government


SolarCity To Offer Off-Grid Solar Energy/Battery System To
Eligible Customers In Hawaii In 2016. Those living in Hawaii that
are interested in going off-grid will soon have a new option for
doing so available to them via SolarCity, based on a recent press
release. According to that release, the company will begin
offering off-grid solar energy + battery systems to eligible
customers in the Hawaiian Islands starting in 2016.
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/05/07/solarcity-offer-off-grid-solar-energybattery-system-eligible-customers-hawaii-2016/


MIT: ‘Massive’ Solar Expansion Critical for Climate. A “massive”
global expansion of solar power — possibly enough to supply about
a third or more of the world’s electricity — may be necessary by
2050 to reduce the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate,
according to a report published by MIT this week. Solar’s
efficiency and abundance make it the clean energy source best
suited to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/solar-expansion-critical-for-climate-mit-18973


MISCELLANEOUS

California says it busted $14M can, bottle recycling scheme. Five
people were part of a scheme that involved trucking more than 200
million cans and bottles from Arizona and illegally redeeming
them at recycling centers in California for about $14 million in
refunds, authorities said Thursday. A grand jury in Kern County
indicted five Californians on charges including grand theft and
recycling fraud.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RECYCLING_FRAUD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-05-07-20-53-35

 
OPINIONS

COLUMN-Managing earthquake risks in oil and gas production: Kemp.
Underground disposal of waste water produced from oil and natural
gas wells has been blamed for triggering thousands of small
earthquakes in Oklahoma and a number of other U.S. states since
2009. Heightened seismic activity corresponds closely with the
timeframe and location of increased drilling and hydraulic
fracturing across the southwest United States…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/earthquake-shale-usa-kemp-idUSL5N0XZ2W420150508


Measure California’s Water. California’s water board voted
Tuesday to impose new rules that would reduce the state’s urban
water use by 25 percent, as mandated by Gov. Jerry Brown at the
beginning of April. By requiring towns and cities to cut back,
the state expects to save about 1.3 million acre-feet of water
over the next nine months. Rationing in urban areas will be
tiered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/08/opinion/measure-californias-water.html

Innovation or insanity? Californians' ideas for busting the
drought. Last month, after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered Californians
to cut back their water use, a retired engineering professor in
Carmel revived a decades-old proposal for easing the drought:
icebergs. He wrote to officials urging them to consider towing
giant hunks of ice across the ocean to California, a fantastical
concept that has never quite gained steam.
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-0508-drought-ideas-20150507-htmlstory.html


Brown's plan waste money. Dear Editor: California is facing a
protracted drought and an ever-increasing unpayable deficit of,
nearly, $400 billion and growing. So what do Jerry Brown and the
Democrat- controlled legislature propose to do about these
impeding disasters? Of course, spend $740 million of taxpayers'
money on health care for illegals!
http://www.contracostatimes.com/brentwood/ci_28055687/east-contra-costa-letters-editor-voters-were-short


Water conservation is not enough.  Dear Editor: I raise my voice
in chorus with others, to support ways of increasing supplies of
potable water for California's insatiable thirst. Conservation
may suffice for the short run, but is not enough to get us
through a prolonged drought. The technology of desalination is
proven and many commercial-sized facilities operate in the Middle
East and the tropics.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/brentwood/ci_28055687/east-contra-costa-letters-editor-voters-were-short


Bob Dunning: Reasoning for unfair policies holds no water. NO
TIME FOR FAIRNESS … representatives of a number of water
districts in our beautiful state tried to convince members of the
State Water Resources Control Board that comparing a Sacramento
Valley town’s water use to that of a town on the cool and wet
north coast of California is like comparing apples and oranges …
in short, it’s not fair … Well…
http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/dunning/reasoning-for-unfair-policies-holds-no-water/


BLOGS

Wind Power Without The Mills. Vortex Bladeless is a radical
company. It wants to completely change the way we get energy from
the wind. Think wind stick instead of a massive tower with blades
that capture blowing winds. Wind stick. Really. Lest you think
I’m mad, I’ve included a picture of this bladeless generator that
helps with the visualization and explains the company name.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/billtucker/2015/05/07/wind-power-without-the-mills/


Energy Investors Should Follow Elon Musk (Almost) Anywhere. The
world now knows. The future will be powered by batteries. The
recent announcement by Elon Musk of his Tesla Motors’ Tesla
Powerwall has begun to focus attention on the potential of this
technology to combine with distributed solar power generation,
among other renewable technologies, to allow a carbon-less, or at
least a less-carbon energy future…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelmoser/2015/05/08/energy-investors-should-follow-elon-musk-almost-anywhere/


Your Winter Vegetables: Brought to You by California's Very Last
Drops of Water. California's drought-plagued Central Valley hogs
the headlines, but two-thirds of your winter vegetables come from
a different part of the state. Occupying a land mass a mere
eighth the size of metro Los Angeles, the Imperial Valley churns
out about two-thirds of the vegetables eaten by Americans during
the winter.
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/05/your-winter-vegetables-are-grown-desert-watered-dwindling-river


Cutting Carbon Pollution Won’t Make the Sky Fall. National
experts and Southeastern utilities agree that it is practical to
reduce carbon pollution from power plants, while maintaining
reliability of the electric grid. In an April 2015 report by
three national experts on electric reliability, the authors found
that while there will be “significant changes to the overall mix
of resources…
http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2015/05/07/reliability-clean-power-plan/#sthash.NpgJMc6n.dpuf


Why Climate Engineering Won't Work. From the California drought
to the Vanuatu typhoon, weather extremes are increasingly hard to
ignore, and global warming is going to worsen our situation.
Hence, climate engineering is the big temptation of our times: If
there's too much heat on the planet, let's block some sunlight
and continue business as usual. There's just one problem: It
won't work.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anders-levermann/why-climate-engineering-wont-work_b_7239816.html


Are Industrial Farms Also to Blame for America's Drought? If
there is a silver lining to be found in the devastating
California drought, it's that many more Americans are finally
thinking about where and how their food is grown. Historically
low water levels have put a squeeze on the state's farmers who
produce nearly all of the nation's broccoli, grapes…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-hunt/are-industrial-farms-also-to-blame_b_7241582.html

 Solving the Climate Crisis Will Strengthen Our Economy. When I
voted for the Clean Air Act as a Member of Congress in 1970, I
received a stern warning from special interests: Environmental
protection hurts economic growth. When I voted for the Clean
Water Act in 1972, the Endangered Species Act in 1973, and the
first federal fuel economy standards in 1975…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-conyers/solving-the-climate-crisis-will-strengthen-our-economy_b_7243612.html
 
 
Hawaii may eliminate ethanol blend in gas. Bill Passes State
Legislature, Waits For Gov. Ige's Signature. The Hawaii
legislature has passed a bill removing the state's ethanol
mandate. Hawaii has required a 10 percent ethanol blend in its
gas since 2006. The problem is that Hawaii imports most of its
ethanol, rather than producing it in-state as originally
intended.
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/07/hawaii-enters-national-debate-over-future-of-ethanol-in-gas/



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