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Posted: 13 Aug 2015 12:39:32
ARB Newsclips for August 13, 2015. 

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CAP AND TRADE

Deutsche Bank employees charged in emissions trading case. German
prosecutors have filed tax evasion charges against eight current
and former Deutsche Bank employees over their alleged
participation in a value-added tax fraud scheme involving carbon
dioxide emissions certificates.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_DEUTSCHE_BANK_INVESTIGATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/deutsche-bank-carbon-idUSL5N10O0SV20150813

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-13/frankfurt-prosecutors-charge-eight-bankers-in-carbon-tax-fraud

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NT0BVR6JTSEE01-2OQCHNKVCU3A0LI6M7USMORQE9
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/08/13/deutsche-bank-employees-charged-in-emissions-trading-case


Emissions reduction fund: Shorten says Labor government would
scrap scheme. Labor leader promises to dismantle Coalition scheme
that he says gives ‘great wads of taxpayer cash to big polluters
to keep polluting’. Bill Shorten will “axe” Tony Abbott’s
emissions reduction fund if he wins next year’s federal election,
gaining budget savings of up to $4.3bn over a decade.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/13/emissions-reduction-fund-shorten-says-labor-government-would-scrap-scheme


AIR POLLUTION

China Air Pollution Kills 4,000 People a Day: Researchers.  Air
pollution is killing an average of 4,000 people a day in China,
according to researchers who cited coal-burning as the likely
principal cause. Deaths related to the main pollutant, tiny
particles known as PM2.5s that can trigger heart attacks,
strokes, lung cancer and asthma, total 1.6 million a year, or 17
percent of China’s mortality level…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-13/china-air-pollution-kills-4-000-people-a-day-researchers


San Dimas told about air quality risks, concerns, funds.
Excellent strides have been made in improving Southern
California’s air quality, but the South Coast Air Quality
Management District, municipalities and citizens still face
challenges and risks relating to poor air quality. Michael
Cacciotti, a board member of the air quality management district
serving four counties…
http://www.dailybulletin.com/environment-and-nature/20150812/san-dimas-told-about-air-quality-risks-concerns-funds
 

Understanding the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan
announced by President Obama on August 3 sets the first-ever
limits on carbon pollution from power plants, the nation’s
largest source of the pollution driving dangerous climate change.
We are already seeing the impacts of climate change in extreme
weather, drought, wildfires, floods and many other disruptions to
the world we depend on.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2015/08/13/understanding-the-epas-clean-power-plan/#ixzz3iiFBcCjm


CLIMATE CHANGE

1st presidential visit to Arctic to focus on global warming.
President Barack Obama says he'll use his upcoming trip to the
Arctic region to press world leaders to do more to fight climate
change. Obama plans to travel to Alaska in late August. He'll
speak to a global Arctic leadership summit in Anchorage and also
travel north to the Arctic. The White House says it's the first
visit by a sitting president to the Alaskan Arctic.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_ALASKA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-13/melting-alaskan-arctic-makes-for-prop-in-obama-climate-campaign

http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-to-visit-arctic-later-this-month-1439478165
 
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/13/us/ap-us-obama-alaska.html?_r=0
  
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-alaska-20150813-story.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/08/13/1st-presidential-visit-to-arctic-to-focus-on-global-warming


Tree loophole casts shadow over EU carbon action. European
environment law provides more financial incentives to fell a tree
than to plant one, campaigners say.
They warn that EU claims it leads the fight against climate
change are based on false data and the United States must not
follow suit. For many nations, wood burning, or biomass, provided
a fast, affordable way to meet…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/eu-biomass-idUSL5N10N2B120150813


Pacific island nation calls for moratorium on new coal mines. 
The president of the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati
called on Thursday for a global moratorium on new coal mines to
slow global warming and a creeping rise in world sea levels.
Kiribati's 100,000 people live on 32 atolls in the central
Pacific, most of which are less than six meters above sea level
and are suffering coastal erosion as the world's ice caps melt.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-climatechange-summit-coal-idUSKCN0QI1AD20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews


Muslim Scholars Prepare Call for Action on Climate Change.
Islamic scholars and religious leaders are preparing a call for
action on climate change that will say it’s the religious duty of
the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to fight global warming. The
declaration will be made in Istanbul next Tuesday during a
two-day meeting in the Turkish city coordinated by three
religious-environmental groups…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-12/muslim-scholars-prepare-call-for-action-on-climate-change


President of ‘Submerging’ Kiribati Calls for End to Coal Mining.
The world should stop developing new coal mines to step up the
fight against climate change, according to Anote Tong, president
of the Pacific island-nation of Kiribati that’s slowly being
swamped by rising seawater. With envoys working to devise a new
deal to fight global warming at a December meeting…
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NT0K8L6JTSE801-7G1RC8MVAA3954BSKQSEQIVD3T
  

If global warming really did pause, the planet seems to have
pressed ‘play’ again. In June, in a bombshell study in Science,
federal researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information
(NCEI) took away climate skeptics’ number one favorite argument —
the notion that in recent years, global warming had slowed down
or hit a “pause.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/13/if-global-warming-really-did-pause-the-planet-seems-to-have-pressed-play-again/


Walruses in the Arctic are running out of sea ice this year —
again.  Last September, the remote community of Point Lay on
Alaska’s North Slope became the focus of headline news when a
staggering 35,000 walruses crowded onto the shore nearby. And
now, some scientists are saying a similar event could happen this
summer — in fact, any time now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/12/walruses-in-the-arctic-could-be-in-trouble-again/


Lawmaker Defends California Climate Change Bill. Debate over an
ambitious climate change bill continues to sizzle in the
California Legislature as its final vote nears. Senate leader
Kevin de León responded Wednesday to what he said are fears about
his measure stoked by the oil industry. His bill, SB 350, would
require a cleaner blend of fuels, but won’t ban gasoline or force
limits on driving, the senator said.
http://www.capradio.org/55176 

Powering the Planet to Half a Degree Temperature Rise this
Century. The ultimate objective of United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change is to achieve stabilization of
greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that
would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate system.
http://www.theenergycollective.com/jim-baird/2259464/powering-planet-half-degree-temperature-rise


Calif. sets guidelines to help communities brace for a 4-foot
sea-level rise by 2100. California's coastal governing board
yesterday adopted guidelines aimed at helping local governments
and development entities deal with projected rising sea levels.
In a unanimous decision, the California Coastal Commission
accepted the "Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance."
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/08/13/stories/1060023405 

Melting Antarctic glaciers creates iron hot spots, study finds.
Kevin Arrigo, a biological oceanographer at Stanford University,
has spent nearly two decades studying remote sites in Antarctica
that experts like to call an "oasis in a desert of ice." They are
so inaccessible that even scientists who study them may not have
laid eyes on them.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/08/13/stories/1060023401 

DROUGHT

Latest forecast suggests 'Godzilla El Niño' may be coming to
California. The strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has
the potential to become one of the most powerful on record, as
warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, setting up a
pattern that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter
to drought-parched California.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-nino-20150813-htmlstory.html

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article31010073.html#storylink=cpy


Forecasters ‘unanimously’ expect strong El Niño, giving hope to
parched California. El Niño occurs when water temperatures in the
equatorial Pacific Ocean rise by at least half a degree Celsius
above normal for three consecutive months. The National Weather
Service said Thursday that “forecaster consensus unanimously
favors a strong El Niño” with ocean waters at least 1.5 degrees
Celsius above normal.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article31002855.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-nino-california-drought-20150812-story.html

http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_28633770/california-drought-el-nino-keeps-growing-new-report
 
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/El-Nino-Forecast-Drought-California-Weather-Winter-Rain-321756032.html


California OKs strict water standards for showerheads. California
officials launched two initiatives Wednesday to boost residential
water conservation: The nation's toughest water efficiency
standards for showerheads and a $30 million rebate program to rip
out grass lawns and replace old toilets. The California Energy
Commission voted to require showerheads sold at stores in the
state to spray less water…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_DROUGHT_WATER_EFFICIENCY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shower-heads-20150812-story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/12/l-fighting-drought-millions-black-plastic-balls/31526267/


Los Angeles covers reservoir waters with 'shade ball’.  Los
Angeles has been blackballed. The city has completed a program of
covering open-air reservoirs with floating "shade balls" to
protect water quality. City officials this week dumped the last
20,000 of 96 million black balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir
in Sylmar, 25 miles northwest of downtown.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RESERVOIR_SHADE_BALLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


As Washington's peculiar drought continues, Puget Sound cities
asked to cut water use 10%. Three months after Gov. Jay Inslee
declared a drought emergency in Washington State, three of the
biggest cities in the Puget Sound region are asking residents to
cut their water use by 10%.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-seattle-washington-drought-water-reduction-20150812-story.html


State funds drought rebates, tightens faucet standards.
California officials launched two initiatives Wednesday to boost
residential water conservation: the nation's toughest water
efficiency standards for shower heads and a $30 million rebate
program to rip out grass lawns and replace old toilets. The
California Energy Commission voted to require shower heads sold
at stores…
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-333553-ocprint-standards-gallons.html


RANCHO WATER: Candidates debating drought, Vail Lake. There’s no
shortage of storylines in this year’s Rancho California Water
District election, which finds five candidates competing for
three available seats on the seven-person board. Earlier this
year, the board approved a new rate structure that heavily
penalizes those who exceed their water budgets, a response to the
state’s water-use reduction mandate.
http://www.pe.com/articles/water-776745-district-board.html  

FUELS

Keystone XL: US review taking 5 times longer than average. The
federal review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from
Canada to Texas has dragged on for nearly seven years, more than
five times the average for such applications. The White House
insists it's simply following a standard and well-established
process. In the 6 1/2 years since TransCanada Corp. first applied
for a permit…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_KEYSTONE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Diesel drivers, meet HPR: Low-carbon fuel arrives in Fullerton,
and it's cheaper than regular diesel. Starting Wednesday,
residents in north Orange County will have a new option when they
fill up their gas tank: Diesel HPR. Diesel HPR is a low-carbon,
renewable fuel for diesel engines. The biofuel was created by
Sacramento-based Propel Fuels Inc. and is manufactured almost
entirely from various plant- and animal-based wastes.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/diesel-677248-hpr-propel.html


VEHICLES

Tesla to raise around $500 million in public offering. Electric
car maker Tesla Motors said Thursday it hopes to raise around
$500 million in a stock offering that comes as it prepares to
roll out its highly anticipated new SUV. Tesla will offer 2.1
million shares and expects net proceeds of $492.6 million. Tesla
could make up to $566.5 million if the underwriters exercise
their option to buy additional shares.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TESLA_OFFERING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-13/tesla-files-to-sell-2-1-million-shares-to-raise-500-million


The UK Will Be Trialling Roads That Wirelessly Recharge Your
Electric Car While You Drive. Pure electric vehicles, plug-in
hybrids and fuel cell electric vehicles, are already playing an
increasing role in the way we travel. But electric vehicles face
a significant challenge: “range anxiety”, meaning that potential
owners worry about the lack of sufficient power…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2015/08/13/the-uk-will-be-trialling-roads-that-wirelessly-recharge-your-electric-car-while-you-drive/?ss=logistics-transport

Japanese Hot Springs Maintain Serenity With Nissan Leaf Electric
Cars. The Nissan Leaf electric car has become part of a novel
tourism promotion in its home market of Japan. A car-sharing
service is being set up in rural Japan to help tourists better
explore the onsen--hot springs--and other natural features. The
near-silent electric cars…
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099563_japanese-hot-springs-maintain-serenity-with-nissan-leaf-electric-cars


Audi Electric SUV To Target Tesla With LG Chem, Samsung Cells.
This much we know: a concept for the future Audi Q6 "coupe" SUV
will be shown at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. We
also know an all-electric Q6 e-tron version will target the Tesla
Model X, though more conventional Q6 versions with gasoline,
diesel…
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099567_audi-electric-suv-to-target-tesla-with-lg-chem-samsung-cells

Cal Energy Commission grants $2.4M for Class 8 fuel cell hybrid
trucks at ports; $1.2M for PEV fleet and V2G software upgrade. 
The California Energy Commission approved a grant of $2.4 million
to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under
the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program
to build and to test seven hybrid fuel-cell, Class 8 trucks to
transport cargo…
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/08/20150813-calenergy.html 

GREEN ENERGY

It’s Not A Pipe Dream: Clean Energy From Water Pipes Comes To
Portland. It’s a renewable energy source, but hydropower has its
pitfalls. Its dams can kill fish and other marine life and
majorly disrupt habitat, and they can also end up emitting
significant amounts of greenhouse gases — a side effect that many
of hydro’s fellow renewable energy sources, including wind and
solar, don’t share.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/13/3661575/portland-water-pipes-energy/


Can Market Fixes Overcome the Declining Value of Wind and Solar
at High Market Shares? Back in May, Alex Trembath and I explained
why the value of wind and solar energy in electricity systems
declines as these variable renewable resources reach higher
market shares.
http://www.theenergycollective.com/jessejenkins/2259541/can-market-fixes-overcome-declining-value-wind-and-solar-high-market-shares


Energy storage reaching a 'tiny fraction' of its U.S. potential –
report. Energy storage technologies and applications are
experiencing strong growth in places where electricity costs are
high and utilities use pricing structures that require customers
to pay more for power at certain times of the day. But storage
systems are not being adopted broadly across the United States,
according to a new analysis…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/08/13/stories/1060023404 

D.C. doubles down on clean energy. For the last two weeks, more
than one-third of the electricity used by Washington, D.C.'s
municipal government has come from a southwestern Pennsylvania
wind farm. That arrangement, which will continue for the next 20
years, is the result of what D.C. officials are calling the
largest-ever municipal power purchase agreement for renewable
energy.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/08/13/stories/1060023400 

MISCELLANEOUS

CalPERS, CalSTRS took big losses on energy investments, report
says. California's two biggest public pension funds lost more
than $5 billion on energy-related investments for the year ended
June 30, according to a new report. The California Public
Employees' Retirement System posted losses of just over $3
billion, a 28% decline, on its largest oil and gas investments…
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calpers-calstrs-energy-losses-20150813-story.html


PERRIS: Museum to feature Native American perspectives on climate
change. An exhibit that explores Native American perspectives on
climate change opens Saturday at the Ya’i Heki’ Regional Indian
Museum. The Lake Perris State Recreation Area will be showcasing
the Smithsonian Institution’s “Indigenous Voices on Climate
Change” exhibit at the Ya’i Heki’ Regional Indian Museum starting
Saturday.
http://www.pe.com/articles/museum-776678-change-perris.html 

OPINIONS

L.A.'s air is clearer, but it remains dangerous for too many
people. To the editor: I was surprised to hear President Obama
label the ozone problem in Los Angeles solved, because I still
see patients with asthma who struggle to breathe our polluted
air. ("How bad was L.A.'s smog when Barack Obama went to college
here?," Aug. 3)  While there has indeed been progress, much more
remains to be done.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0812-wednesday-smog-obama-20150813-story.html


Dan Walters: Tom Steyer's attack on gas prices. Tom Steyer is
obviously an intelligent and rational man, given his demonstrated
ability to amass great wealth through capitalistic investments.
But since it's difficult to rationally grasp his periodic rants
about California's gasoline prices, they only make sense in a
purely political -- i.e., illogical -- context.
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_28626860/dan-walters-tom-steyers-attack-gas-prices


Letter: Cap-and-trade pain. President Obama, who has made
statements in the past as “I will bankrupt the coal industry” and
“Your electricity rates would necessary skyrocket,” cannot wait
to implement his cap-and-trade system he presented. I mean,
hasn’t he inflicted enough pain on the people of this country?
What other U.S. president has ever wanted to bankrupt companies?
http://www.recorder.com/home/18153960-95/letter-cap-and-trade-pain


Obama’s new ozone rules will cost Michigan jobs.  As the
Environmental Protection Agency rushes to complete its new rule
on ozone emissions, there’s been a lot of discussion about the
burdens on businesses and local governments. Yet there’s been
little mention of how this regulation could harm individual
Americans. For some, the effects will be all too clear.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2015/08/13/swearingen-epa-rules-cost-jobs/31549037/


BLOGS

Pope Francis’s climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil
investments. Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the
world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet
from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use of
“highly polluting fossil fuels needs to be progressively replaced
without delay.” But some of the largest American Catholic
organizations have millions of dollars invested in energy
companies…
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2015/08/13/pope-franciss-climate-push-at-odds-with-u-s-catholic-oil-investments/


Dan Morain: Can California turn the West green? California’s
leaders quickly saluted last week when President Barack Obama
released his Clean Power Plan, a 1,500-page proposal that would
dramatically reduce the nation’s dependence on coal. We’re
already there, or at least we think we are. At the Legislature’s
urging, California’s private utilities have weaned themselves
from coal…
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dan-morain/article30956595.html#storylink=cpy


Manure for Some, Dollars for Others. Not far from the Amish farms
of Central Pennsylvania, in the rolling hills southwest of coal
mining country, Dennis Brubaker raises 30,000 pigs a year for
slaughter. In four enclosed barns, the hogs gain 2 pounds a day
away from predators.
http://sfpublicpress.org/news-notes/2015-08/manure-for-some-dollars-for-others#sthash.xh5pZnXW.dpuf


Don’t let Obama’s power plan overshadow Arctic drilling. With the
release of President Obama’s plan to reduce carbon pollution from
power plants, it is clear he sees climate change as a critical
part of his presidential legacy. Yet, in the shadow of this
historic announcement, we cannot ignore that Royal Dutch Shell
may only be days away from beginning drilling in the Arctic
Ocean…
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/250879-dont-let-obamas-power-plan-overshadow-arctic-drilling


Sharing Our Stories to Solve Climate Change. Throughout human
history storytelling has been a powerful way to connect, comfort
each other, explore our dreams, and share the human experience.
Our stories personalize us and bring heart and meaning to issues
that often seem impersonal and distant from our lives and build
unity among people from different backgrounds.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aquintero/sharing_our_stories_to_solve_c.html


On the Youth Assembly at the United Nations. Delegates poured in
from around the world into the iconic General Assembly Hall at
the United Nations. There was a palpable sense of excitement in
the air. On the agenda was climate change, health care, gender
equality and all of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals,
which were approved by world leaders in these very seats just a
fortnight prior.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ayyan-zubair/youth-assembly-united-nations_b_7977684.html


Why Green Energy Execs Don't Fear Falling Oil Prices. Wind and
solar aren't really competing against oil. Investors are sweating
over falling oil prices. Renewable energy executives, somewhat
counterintuitively, are keeping their cool. West Texas
Intermediate crude oil fell to a six-year low of $43 per barrel
on Tuesday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oil-prices-green-energy_55cb6637e4b0923c12bece98


Heat-Driven Surge In 'Danger Days' Just Around the Corner.
Chances are you’ve never heard the phrase “danger day” when it
comes to weather. That’s because they’re rare. You’ll want to get
to know it, though, because climate change is about to make them
a lot more common over the next 15 years.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/heat-driven-surge-in-danger-days-just-around-the-corner-150812.htm

Folks in these U.S. states don’t believe in global warming. In
June, Pope Francis, in his encyclical on the environment, called
upon humanity to take responsibility for the planet, including
climate change. Yet millions of Americans just don’t trust
scientists warning of a “95% certainty” humans cause global
warming.  Responding to the climate threat will take an
all-hands-on-deck approach that combines policies…
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/folks-in-these-us-states-dont-believe-in-global-warming-2015-08-13?page=1







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