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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for July 9, 2015.

Posted: 09 Jul 2015 14:03:43
ARB Newsclips for July 9, 2015. 

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Jerry Brown will speak on climate change at Vatican event hosted
by Pope Francis. Gov. Jerry Brown is going to the Vatican later
this month for a summit on climate change hosted by Pope Francis,
who has sought to focus worldwide attention on environmental
issues. The event, which also includes a discussion on modern
slavery, will gather an international collection of government
officials and United Nations representatives.
http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-jerry-brown-vatican-20150709-story.html
Jerry Brown presses Canada to cut emissions, combat climate
change. The trio of leaders behind North America’s largest
cap-and-trade market want Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
and other global leaders to do more to cut emissions and combat
climate change.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/emissions-670919-climate-canada.html


California governor criticizes Tories over climate change
policies at summit. California Governor Jerry Brown is chiding
Stephen Harper for not doing enough on climate change, saying the
Prime Minister needs to “get with it” and help battle global
warming. At the Climate Summit of the Americas in Toronto on
Wednesday, representatives of more than a dozen subnational
jurisdictions across the Western… 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/leaders-decry-federal-inaction-on-climate-change-at-americas-summit/article25366475/


California governor says he carried 'Laudato Si' to climate
summit. California Gov. Jerry Brown, in Toronto for the Climate
Summit of the Americas, said he is traveling with a copy of Pope
Francis' environmental encyclical "Laudato Si'" and "going
through it carefully." "I like the language in it, which is not
the language of markets," Brown told a press conference July 8…
http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=29574


Ontario trumpets green growth potential at Americas summit.
States and provinces across the continent can lead on climate
action, says premier, highlighting economic benefits. Ontario
played up its plans to link into Quebec and California’s carbon
market as it opened a pan-American climate summit on Wednesday.
Its participation will expand North America’s largest
cap-and-trade scheme…
http://www.rtcc.org/2015/07/09/ontario-trumpets-green-growth-potential-at-americas-summit/#sthash.y6egBT7K.dpuf



Carbon price, social push needed to curb emissions: economists.
China's climate-changing emissions from producing the energy it
needs will be as large as the rest of the world's emissions put
together over the next 25 years, the incoming director of the
International Energy Agency predicted on Thursday. But new
commitments to cut emissions by China, the United States, Europe
and other countries, as part of a new global deal due in December
to tackle climate change…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/09/us-climatechange-carbon-idUSKCN0PJ1WF20150709?virtualBrandChannel=14230


Bumblebee habitats are shrinking at an alarming rate, and
scientists are blaming climate change. There’s no doubt that bees
have had their share of the spotlight lately. The pervasive
collapse of honeybee colonies, in particular, has captured
national attention. But other bee species are starting to get
their share of recognition, too. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/09/bumblebee-habitats-are-shrinking-at-an-alarming-rate-and-scientists-are-blaming-climate-change/
 
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/Study-American-European-bumblebees-feeling-6375674.php
 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/09/bumblebees-climate-change-study/29891617/
 
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/09/study-global-warming-is-wiping-out-bumblebees


Seas could rise 6 meters even if governments curb warming: study.
Sea levels could rise by at least six meters (20 feet) in the
long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if
governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming,
according to a study published on Thursday. Tracts of ice in
Greenland and Antarctica melted when temperatures…
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-seas-could-rise-6-meters-even-if-governments-curb-warming-study-2015-7#ixzz3fQ8tOdSh


A quantum of carbon: scientists devise new way to observe
greenhouse effect. British scientists have devised a new way to
observe the greenhouse world, enabling researchers to measure
with exquisite accuracy how atmospheric carbon dioxide builds up,
migrates, evolves and absorbs radiation. The technique will allow
more accurate predictions about how much the Earth is likely to
warm…
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/a-quantum-of-carbon-scientists-devise-new-way-to-observe-greenhouse-effect

DROUGHT

California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen.  Andrea
Nguyen, who writes cookbooks for a living, knows that making pho
in a pressure cooker is not the solution to California’s drought.
Still, developing a reasonable version of the Vietnamese noodle
soup that can be made in less than an hour, with half the water,
matters to her these days. “We’re all trying to do what we can,”
she said. “It’s all about consciousness.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/dining/california-drought-restrictions-kitchen-chef-restaurants.html?ref=earth&_r=1


L.A., pushing big water rate increases, seeks 18% more from
typical users. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
officials are seeking an increase in rates over the next five
years in a bid to boost water conservation amid California's
drought and expand repairs of crumbling water mains and
electricity infrastructure. The rate increase is significant
because it puts the greatest financial pressure on the heaviest
residential water users…
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dwp-rates-20150708-story.html#page=1


Jerry Brown will speak on climate change at Vatican event hosted
by Pope Francis. Gov. Jerry Brown is going to the Vatican later
this month for a summit on climate change hosted by Pope Francis,
who has sought to focus worldwide attention on environmental
issues.
http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-jerry-brown-vatican-20150709-story.html
 
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article26867299.html#storylink=cpy
 

Drought fee, fines are on some minds. California water regulators
heard proposals for a statewide drought fee and hefty fines for
water-guzzling homeowners as part of a Wednesday workshop
discussing how to implement Gov. Jerry Brown's order for water
pricing to maximize conservation.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-328086-ocprint-board-state.html


Majority of Latinos see global warming as serious problem, poll
shows.  A large majority of Latinos see global warming as a
serious problem - a view that crosses party lines and includes
Republicans, whose party leaders are climate change skeptics.
More than 73 percent of U.S. Latinos surveyed by the Florida
Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative
consider global warming…
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/environment/article26850832.html#storylink=cpy
 

GOP senators vow to block U.S. from complying with global climate
deal. The Senate's leading climate change skeptic said yesterday
he does not believe Congress can prevent an international global
warming accord but insisted that the United States will never
live up to it. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), speaking after a
hearing in which he and other GOP lawmakers questioned Obama's
authority to enter into even a voluntary U.N. climate deal…
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060021496  

FUELS

Oversight Republicans subpoena Kerry for Keystone documents.
House Republicans have subpoenaed Secretary of State John Kerry
for documents related to the Obama administration’s review of the
Keystone XL pipeline.  “Congress has a right to review these
documents,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Wednesday.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/247267-gop-subpoenas-kerry-for-keystone-documents


VEHICLES

How To Cut Vehicle Emissions 90 Percent: Get Rid Of Human
Drivers. The most straightforward way to reduce automotive
emissions is probably to just get rid of cars. But what if you
kept the cars, and eliminated their drivers instead? Acolytes of
self-driving cars have held up fuel efficiency as one of their
potential benefits, although it's hard to quantify the benefits
of a technology that remains largely theoretical.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099054_how-to-cut-vehicle-emissions-90-percent-get-rid-of-human-drivers


GREEN ENERGY

Mountaintop Coal Falls As Renewables, Natural Gas Rise. Coal
country in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky is riddled with
flattened mountain tops and valleys filled in with the rocks and
debris that once formed the peaks high above. Mountains blasted
from the central Appalachian landscape are signs that the coal
industry is at work supplying fuel for electric power plants
throughout the region.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/mountaintop-coal-mining-falls-19204


OPINIONS

Free Water in Fresno, if You Can Haul It Yourself. When you live
in a hot part of California and can only water your garden on
certain days during the drought, you may have to make some hard
choices about letting trees or shrubs die. What if there was a
no-guilt, free water source you could use anytime, without the
water cops coming after you? People in parched Fresno have a new
option starting Wednesday.
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/08/free-water-in-fresno-if-you-can-haul-it-yourself


BLOGS

Smoke from hundreds of North American wildfires is taking a toll
on U.S. air quality. British scientists have devised a new way to
observe the greenhouse world, enabling researchers to measure
with exquisite accuracy how atmospheric carbon dioxide builds up,
migrates, evolves and absorbs radiation. The technique will allow
more accurate predictions about how much the Earth is likely to
warm over the next few…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/08/smoke-from-hundreds-of-north-american-wildfires-is-taking-a-toll-on-u-s-air-quality/


Is building resilience to climate change so desirable?  Building
resilience to the worsening impacts of climate change is the main
aim of millions of dollars in development spending these days.
But is it the wrong goal? Luis Fernandez Carril, a climate change
scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, thinks
pushing too hard to improve resilience to climate change is, in
effect, giving up the fight to actually stop it.
http://www.trust.org/item/20150709070529-ebs1w/?source=gep  

New California Rebates For Electric Cars Target Rich and Poor:
Will Tesla Buyers Care? New California rebates on electric cars
aim to provide more buying opportunity for low-income consumers
and eliminate rebates for the rich. The California Air Resources
Board (CARB) has approved $373-million in grants to bolster
alternative-fuel vehicles…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2015/07/09/new-california-rebates-for-electric-cars-target-rich-and-poor-will-tesla-buyers-care/

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says — but it funded
deniers for 27 more years. ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil
company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change — seven years
before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered
email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the
firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate
denial.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding#ixzz3fQ5E6Hhe

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/exxon-climate-change-email


3 Presidential Candidates Say 'No' To Fossil Fuel Funding. Three
of the candidates in the 2016 presidential race have pledged to
shun campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry. 
Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley and
Green Party candidate Jill Stein have agreed to a pledge from The
Nation magazine that states: "In the name of protecting our
country and the world from the growing dangers of climate change…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/08/2016-fossil-fuel_n_7756274.html


Texas is Suing the EPA — Again. Once again, Texas is suing the
federal Environmental Protection Agency­. Attorney General Ken
Paxton on Wednesday filed a lawsuit over the agency’s rejection
of parts of a Texas clean air program, launching the state’s
second battle against EPA regulations in less than two weeks.
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/08/texas-suing-epa-again/ 



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