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Posted: 16 Jun 2015 11:36:47
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CLIMATE CHANGE
White House announces $4B in private sector climate pledges 
The White House is announcing $4 billion in pledges from major
foundations and institutional investors to pay for innovations
that reduce carbon pollution. President Barack Obama is also
using his executive powers to help make such investments
easier.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_CLIMATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


La Californie, un État pionnier sur le chemin de la COP 21
Le "Golden state" a décidé de ne pas attendre une décision de
Barack Obama ou du Congrès à Washington. À six mois de la
conférence onusienne sur le climat (COP 21) organisée à Paris, la
Californie s'est engagée d'elle-même, aux côtés de 12 autres
pouvoirs régionaux en Europe et sur le continent américain, à
réduire drastiquement ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Un
geste politique fort, qui correspond à la stratégie économique
ambitieuse des entreprises californiennes.
http://www.novethic.fr/empreinte-terre/climat/isr-rse/la-californie-un-etat-pionnier-sur-le-chemin-de-la-cop-21-143395.html


Pope Francis Calls for Climate Action in Draft of Encyclical
Pope Francis offers a broad vision of an endangered planet,
partly blaming human activity and fossil fuels for climate change
while calling for people of all religions to take swift action,
according to a leaked draft of his much-awaited environmental
encyclical that was posted online Monday by an Italian magazine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/world/europe/pope-francis-environmental-encyclical.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/us-pope-environment-leak-idUSKBN0OV2JC20150616
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/us-usa-climate-pope-poll-idUSKBN0OW1XS20150616

http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/06/16/52447/will-pope-s-much-anticipated-encyclical-be-a-clari/

Report says UN not equipped to tackle today’s challenges
The United Nations and other international institutions are in
urgent need of reform if they are to tackle global challenges
ranging from massive violence in fragile states to runaway
climate change and global economic shocks, a high-level
commission said in a report released Tuesday.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UNITED_NATIONS_GLOBAL_CHALLENGES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTICLES:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/report-says-un-not-equipped-to-tackle-todays-challenges/2015/06/16/93ece17a-13dd-11e5-8457-4b431bf7ed4c_story.html

http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Report-says-UN-not-equipped-to-tackle-today-s-6329295.php


Climate change protesters march on the Mall 
"This is what makes America different from all the other
countries," a dad told his two children, referring to freedom of
speech, as they watched a group of protesters yesterday outside
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.The protesters,
50-strong, were holding placards and chanting "Kick Koch off the
board!" alternating with "Fire Willie Soon" and "Cut ties to
fossil fuels." Inside the Smithsonian Castle, the board of
regents was holding its annual meeting.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/06/16/stories/1060020281
 
Climate refugees are already finding asylum in Seattle
Before his world was thrown into turmoil, Fasil Tekola lived a
comfortable life in Ethiopia’s capitol city, Addis Ababa. Born
into a wealthy family, his father a colonel, he was one of only a
few kids who drove their own cars to school. But his family also
had a strong connection to the land: They owned farmland along
the Awash River, a few hours south of the city. Tekola remembers
his parents planting eucalyptus trees around Addis Ababa because
the trees had been cut down.
http://grist.org/politics/climate-refugees-are-already-finding-asylum-in-seattle/

Investors Will Take A Hit From Climate Change, Says Mercer
Report
Your investment portfolio could suffer in coming years, thanks to
climate change — and it’s not going to take 50 years to happen.
That’s the take-home message of a recent report from Mercer,
based on a collaboration with 16 large international investment
groups and extensive financial forecasts. To put it even more
bluntly: ignoring the reality of climate change could hit many
investors hard within the next 10 years.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewfrancis/2015/06/16/investors-will-take-a-hit-from-climate-change-says-mercer/


Virginia, Coal Country for Centuries, Now Embraces Carbon
Regulations
The state has been moving away from coal-fired electricity for
the past decade, and the effects of climate change already has
its attention. Nestled on the eastern edge of Appalachian coal
country, with a 267-year history of mining its reserves, Virginia
seems an unlikely candidate to become one of the country's
biggest success stories in adapting to the Environmental
Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan. 
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16062015/virginia-coal-country-centuries-now-embraces-carbon-regulations


Study shows climate change’s surprising toll on early dinosaurs
For years, scientists have puzzled over an odd gap in the fossil
record for early dinosaurs: Even as dinosaurs spread through the
most of the world 200 million years ago, some yet-unknown force
kept them from colonizing the tropics. Now researchers may have
found the explanation: Climate change. Exceedingly high levels of
greenhouse gases appear to have rendered the Earth’s equatorial
zones all but uninhabitable for the planet’s largest terrestrial
beasts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/15/study-shows-climate-changes-surprising-toll-on-early-dinosaurs/


AIR POLLUTION
Polluted Air May Damage ‘White Matter’ In Our Brain.
Long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to loss of white
matter in the brain, a research has found. White matter in the
brain is made of axon cells, which enable the nerves to
communicate. In a new study, older women who lived in places with
higher air pollution had significantly reduced white matter in
the brain.
http://focusnews.com/tech-gadgets/air-pollution-may-damage-white-matter-in-brain/56763/


India, China Need Cleaner Air Just to Keep Death Rate Steady
Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India
and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent
action to clear the skies, according to a report published
Tuesday.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AIR_POLLUTION_MORTALITY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 
OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTICLES:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/16/world/asia/ap-as-air-pollution-mortality.html

http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/India-China-need-cleaner-air-just-to-keep-death-6329680.php

Study: The Greener a State's Legislator, the Cleaner the Air
States where the congressional delegation votes greener tend to
have air that's cleaner, spewing less heat-trapping gas, a new
study finds.Researchers at Michigan State University studied
decades of voting trends and greenhouse gas emissions state by
state.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/15/science/ap-us-sci-green-politics.html


FAA proposes state-of-art traffic control system for L.A.'s
crowded skies 
High above the 22 million people who live and work in Southern
California is some of the busiest airspace in the nation. On a
typical day, more than 11,000 aircraft take to the skies, most of
them over the sprawling Los Angeles Basin. There are Gulfstream
jets from Van Nuys Airport, Cessna 172s from Santa Monica
Airport, helicopters from Torrance Municipal and giant Boeing
747s from Los Angeles International, which handles more than
1,700 departures and arrivals daily.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-air-traffic-control-20150616-story.html#page=1


DROUGHT
Visalia cuts lawn watering to twice a week 
In response to a fourth year of drought, the City Council voted
Monday to reduce lawn watering to twice a week, and continue with
no watering in winter months.The action is expected to help
California Water Service, the utility serving Visalia, reduce
water consumption in its Visalia operation by 32%, compared to
2013.
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article24568765.html#storylink=cpy



VEHICLES
Tesla Motors Is Fighting Automakers Who Want California To
Include Plug-In Hybrids Like Chevrolet Volt, Ford Fusion Energi
In State’s Emissions Mandate.For years, Tesla Motors has been
able to generate revenue under California’s zero-emission-vehicle
mandate, which provides tradable ZEV credits based on a
complicated formula involving the percentage of electric cars a
company sells in the state. But now the Palo Alto-maker of the
Model S luxury electric sedan is facing increased pressure from
rivals to get the state to rewrite the rules to lower the number
of ZEV credits available.
http://www.ibtimes.com/tesla-motors-fighting-automakers-who-want-california-include-plug-hybrids-chevrolet-1967798


Slow sales cause Honda to scrub natural gas, hybrid Civics 
Slow sales and falling gasoline prices have prompted Honda to
stop selling gas-electric hybrid and natural gas-powered versions
of its Civic compact car. The company also said that it will
discontinue a plug-in rechargeable version of the midsize Accord.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HONDA_ALTERNATIVE_FUEL_CIVICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


FUELS
EBI ketone condensation process for drop-in jet fuel or lubricant
base oil from biomass; up to 80% lifecycle GHG savings
Researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a
partnership led by the University of California (UC) Berkeley
that includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley
Lab) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and BP,
have developed a new method for producing drop-in aviation fuel
as well as automotive lubricant base oils from sugarcane biomass.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/06/20150616-ketones.html 

GREEN ENERGY
EU set to meet green energy goal but UK, Netherlands trail
The European Union is collectively on track to achieve its goal
of sourcing a fifth of its energy from renewables by 2020,
although Britain, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are lagging
behind other states, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/us-europe-renewables-targets-idUSKBN0OW15420150616


2nd-life Chevrolet Volt batteries help power new IT building
GM is using five used battery packs from Chevrolet Volt
extended-range electric cars to help power the new General Motors
Enterprise Data Center at the Milford Proving Ground. A new solar
array and two wind turbines feed the administration building’s
circuit breaker panel, where the five Volt batteries work in
parallel to supply power to the building, delivering net-zero
energy use on an annual basis.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/06/20150616.html 

OPINION
Cracks appear in the climate change deniers’ defenses
In April 2009, as the political right was finding its voice in
the tea party, South Carolina Republican Rep. Bob Inglis was
making the case for a carbon tax. “I’m a conservative. I believe
in accountability,” he said. “Global warming is not a matter of
belief. It’s a matter of facts.” He added, “We don’t want to be a
party of deniers.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cracks-appear-in-the-climate-change-deniers-defenses/2015/06/15/8b0e42b4-137a-11e5-89f3-61410da94eb1_story.html


Everyone needs to deal with the drought 
There is nothing like an epic drought to get Californians talking
about water. Wherever you go these days, people are discussing
the latest news on water restrictions and sharing advice for
reducing use over the long, hot summer. The conversation is vital
because it will take massive awareness and the cooperation of
every Californian to achieve state-mandated reductions in water
use in urban areas.
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article24485056.html#storylink=cpy


MISCELLANEOUS
Growing up near parks and woodland 'boosts a child's memory and
thinking skills', study reveals.
Growing up with green spaces around helps children's mental
development, scientists have found. Children who live near parks,
gardens or woodland or go to schools surrounded by greenery were
found to be a year ahead in their mental development over
children without green spaces near their home.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_GREEN_POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


OTHER RELATED ARTICLES:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3126418/Growing-near-parks-woodland-boosts-child-s-memory-thinking-skills-study-reveals.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/green-spaces-make-kids-smarter/395924/

Buyers beware: Vietnam coal exports grapple with El Nino year
China, Japan and other Asian buyers of Vietnamese coal can expect
more uncertainty in the volume of shipments this year as
scorching weather linked to the El Nino phenomenon raises
domestic power consumption to a record, adding pressure on
regional supply of the fuel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/vietnam-energy-coal-idUSL3N0Z13PM20150616


BLOGS
Beware Casting Pope Francis as a Caped Climate Crusader
All eyes are on the Vatican after an Italian news magazine leaked
what is very likely the final text (the Italian translation) of
Pope Francis’s forthcoming encyclical letter on humanity’s
obligations to protect the environment, avoid dangerous climate
change and overcome poverty and inequity.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/beware-casting-pope-francis-as-a-caped-climate-crusader/


Climate Change Deniers Hate Me. Here's Why.
"Sold out... ?! No way. Cannot be true." I swore to myself. In
all of its awkward history, The Heartland Institute's conferences
for climate change deniers have never sold out. This year it did,
and I wanted in. These events aren't something to look forward
to. It's mostly angry, aged white men in suits, lying to
themselves about climate change for two days straight in sterile
air conditioning, safe from the evils of sun and breeze.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connor-gibson/climate-change-deniers-ha_b_7593878.html?view=print&comm_ref=false


Why “Politically Motivated” Science Is Good Science 
Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something
most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol
Hill is due to the way the Republican Party has lurched to the
right. The authors of the study use Senator John McCain to
illustrate the point. McCain's political odyssey is, in some
dismaying sense, close to my own heart, since it highlights the
Republican turn against science.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-oreskes/the-hoax-of-climate-denial_b_7595154.html




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