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Posted: 06 Nov 2015 15:18:37
ARB Newsclips for November 6, 2015. 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 Clean power takes off with 'breakthrough' into low-income communities. The Clean Power Plan borrows from California's bill to funnel cap-and-trade proceeds to underserved areas, as new energy markets uplift more people. When California was building its carbon emissions cap and trade program, environmental justice activist Vien Truong and a few others came to the state with an idea. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2433613/clean-power-takes-off-with-breakthrough-into-low-income-communities CLIMATE CHANGE Killing Keystone XL, Obama says pipeline not in US interests. President Barack Obama rejected an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline Friday after 7 years of federal review, declaring the proposed project wouldn't serve U.S. national interests and would have undercut America's global leadership on climate change. The 1,179-mile proposed pipeline wouldn't have lowered U.S. gas prices, Obama said… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OTHER RELATED STORIES http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-administration-to-reject-keystone-xl-pipeline-citing-climate-concerns-1446825732?alg=y http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/usa-keystone-idUKL1N1311KJ20151106?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssEnergyNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/usa-keystone-republicans-idUSL1N1311OZ20151106 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/us/obama-expected-to-reject-construction-of-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline.html?_r=1 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/06/keystone-pipeline/75293456/ http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/11/06/keystone-xl-pipeline http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/06/455007054/president-obama-expected-to-reject-keystone-xl-plan-friday?sc=nd http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060027609 Official: NY probes Exxon, Peabody climate statements. New York's attorney general is examining statements by Exxon Mobil and Peabody Energy to determine whether they deceived investors about the causes and impacts of climate change, an official familiar with the investigations said Thursday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLIMATE_CHANGE_INVESTIGATIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OTHER RELATED STORIES http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-exxon-climate-probe-20151105-story.html http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article43272975.html http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29079439/ny-attorney-general-examines-climate-change-statements-by http://www.kspr.com/life/money/exxonmobil-hit-with-climate-change-investigation-in-new-york/21052342_36283306 http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2015/1106/Exxon-Mobil-under-fire-Did-energy-giant-suppress-climate-research Hot weather is now affecting Belgian beer too. One of the most renowned Belgian beer brewers says it is a victim of climate change because increasingly high temperatures have shortened the brewing season by a month since the 1950s. The Cantillon gueuze brewery needs to cool its hot brew in open vessels so that the natural yeasts in the air… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BELGIUM_CLIMATE_CHANGE_BEER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OTHER RELATED STORIES http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article43424700.html 40-country survey: Majority support for cutting emissions. A survey across 40 countries around the world found most people see global warming as a serious problem, and most of them want their governments to limit emissions as part of a global agreement being negotiated in Paris in a month. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_COUNTDOWN_ATTITUDES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs. Scientists at a research center on Hawaii's Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow "super coral" that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAVING_HAWAII_CORAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT France sees progress on UN climate deal, but questions abound. Governments have made a "very significant first step" to rein in climate change with national plans for action but more than 30 core questions remain unsolved before a summit on global warming starts in Paris on Nov. 30, a French document shows. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/climatechange-summit-idUSL8N13136720151106#C5XOcEfsw7ZrXGqx.99 New U.N. report underscores the tough math of the global carbon budget. With less than a month to go until the all important U.N. climate change conference in Paris, yet another key report has reinforced how off target the world is from the goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/11/06/new-u-n-report-underscores-the-tough-math-of-the-global-carbon-budget/ Pledges for Paris Signal Breakthrough in Global Warming Fight. Climate pledges by nations across the world signal a breakthrough in efforts to step up the fight against global warming, according to the United Nations Environment Program. Commitments by 146 countries submitted to the UN for a new climate agreement next month put the world on track to cut greenhouse gases by 4 gigatons to 6 gigatons… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NXEACS6JIJUZ01-1813TD8SB6H8VLC5EHJ4P7GIVT Global emissions gap could still be 12 bln tonnes in 2030 – UN. Greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could still be up to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Friday. The sixth annual U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report analysed the impact of countries' climate policies and emissions pledges… http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N12Y2WS20151106 As scientists warn of ‘chilling effect’ on research, congressman doubles down on NOAA to release deliberations on climate study. A nasty fight between a senior House Republican and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over a recent climate change study is getting nastier. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/11/06/as-scientists-warn-of-chilling-effect-on-research-congressman-doubles-down-on-noaa-to-release-deliberations-on-climate-study/ Map: Where climate change is a big deal (and where it isn’t). A Pew survey conducted in 40 countries found that a majority of respondents were concerned about the threat of climate change and wanted their governments to be more proactive about mitigating its effects. The report comes just weeks in advance of a pivotal United Nations summit in Paris, where world leaders will attempt to negotiate a major global pact… https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/06/map-where-climate-change-is-a-big-deal-and-where-it-isnt/ Michael Bloomberg Targets Attorneys General With Ads on Carbon Emissions. Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City will run millions of dollars in political television ads against four state attorneys general who are suing the Obama administration over new regulations on carbon emissions from power plants. The ads, which Mr. Bloomberg’s advisers said would cost more than $10 million… http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-state-attorneys-general-carbon-emissions.html?_r=0 World only half way to meeting emissions target with current pledges. Governments will need to increase efforts to limit carbon emissions in order to stop climate change, says UN report ahead of Paris summit. Current global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions leave about half of the reductions needed still to be found, according to a new analysis by the UN. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/06/world-only-half-way-meeting-emissions-target-with-current-pledges Extreme Heat Defines Climate Change. The connection between heat waves and global warming strengthens. The lasting legacy of climate change will be heat. The land, the oceans, all of it. It’s the tie that binds and while the global average temperature is the defining metric, the increasing incidence of heat waves and longer lasting extreme heat is how the world will experience it. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-heat-defines-climate-change/ DROUGHT Early-season storm makes small dent in California's drought outlook. An early-season storm that blanketed mountains from Northern California to the Central Valley with snow showed tangible results on the state’s historic drought, new federal data show. Two areas of California considered to be in “exceptional” drought were upgraded to the “extreme” category… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-snow-drought-monitor-report-20151106-story.html Majority of Texas out of drought thanks to heavy Oct. rains. Recent rains that fell on Texas saturated many parts of the state and lessened drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows that about 95 percent of Texas has no drought. Just more than 4 percent has moderate drought. http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article43239045.html#storylink=cpy Bay Area country club gulps over 2 million gallons of water a week. It takes a lot of water to feed the lush lawns that drape in vibrant folds across the Menlo Country Club’s golf course on the edge of Woodside. And, apparently, a crippling drought is seen as no reason to pull back on the spigot. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-country-club-gulps-more-than-2-million-6614294.php CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: Redlands restricts outdoor watering. City Council OK’s limits in wake of state water board’s $61,000 fine. Redlands, which was fined $61,000 by the state water board last week for failing to meet its state water reduction target, will now limit outdoor watering to two days a week. The City Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 3, to impose the new irrigation restrictions. http://www.pe.com/articles/water-785510-state-city.html Feds fund research on droughts. U.S. EPA announced $4 million in grants yesterday for research on the impacts of drought and the perils it fosters, like wildfire and runoff from flooding. It comes as climate change exacerbates the frequency and severity of drought across the United States. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/11/06/stories/1060027581 Heavy rains bring drought relief, except in Calif. Heavy rainfall that drenched the southern United States in October spurred a record decline in the nation's drought, even as conditions in parched California remain largely unchanged, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/11/06/stories/1060027602 DIESEL ACTIVITIES Air quality grants available for heavy-duty diesel equipment, school buses. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is providing up to $700,000 to reduce emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles/equipment, school buses and landscape/maintenance equipment through the Clean Air Retrofit, Replacement and Off-Road Technology program. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865640773/Air-quality-grants-available-for-heavy-duty-diesel-equipment-school-buses.html?pg=all FUELS Biofuels Could Make Up 5-10 Percent of Global Marine Fuel Mix By 2030. According to GoodFuels Marine CEO Dirk Kronemeijer, biofuels could make up 5-10 percent of the total global marine fuel mix by 2030, Hellenic Shipping News reports. Though the figures are an estimate, the company said that it is planning on a more formal global study to "research the scaling of the supply and demand of sustainable marine biofuels." http://shipandbunker.com/news/world/590063-biofuels-could-make-up-5-10-percent-of-global-marine-fuel-mix-by-2030 VEHICLES Former Tesla workers launch mysterious Gardena start-up with ties to Chinese multibillionaire. In an industrial corner of Gardena, near a credit union and pet cemetery, a small white sign in front of a metal building reads “Faraday Future,” with a number to call for deliveries. It's the only indication of the high-tech hive of activity inside, where a mysterious electric car start-up is taking shape. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-faraday-auto-factory-plan-20151105-story.html Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, October 2015: The Wallet Ballot. During the same month in which a second-generation Trudeau won the Canadian election, the second-generation Chevy Volt took the plug-in electric vehicle sales crown. The new model helped Chevrolet sell 203 Volts in Canada in October, well above the 126 sold in September… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100803_plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-canada-october-2015-the-wallet-ballot VW RECALL Volkswagen says chief designer de Silva to retire. Scandal-hit Volkswagen's chief designer Walter Maria de Silva will retire at the end of November, the company said on Friday, confirming earlier reports that he would quit. Volkswagen's statement made no mention of a successor, and said de Silva would remain connected to the company in an advisory capacity. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/volkswagen-emissions-designervolkswagen-idUSF9N12L01D20151106#xTBQXASr7Pa2RpuH.97 Volkswagen Media Site Says its Published Emissions Figures Are ‘Conditional’. Volkswagen issues warning to journalists logging onto media database. Volkswagen AG issued a warning to the media on Thursday in a pop-up window that appears when journalists log onto its massive media database on the corporate website: the information found here may be inaccurate. http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-media-site-says-its-published-emissions-figures-are-conditional-1446738728 EU asks members to investigate after VW admits new irregularities. The European Commission has written to all 28 European Union member countries urging them to widen their investigations into potential breaches of vehicle emissions rules after Volkswagen admitted it had understated carbon dioxide levels. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/uk-volkswagen-emissions-eu-idUKKCN0SU2XE20151106 Correction: Volkswagen-Union Story. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a story Nov. 3 about unionization efforts at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, The Associated Press erroneously identified a previous labor case involving a Mobile, Alabama, nursing home. The name of the facility is Specialty Healthcare, not Southern Healthcare. A corrected version of the story is below: VW opposes union for maintenance workers at Tennessee plant. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/05/us/ap-us-volkswagen-union.html GREEN ENERGY U.N. climate fund approves first projects ahead of Paris summit. A multi-billion dollar fund set up by the United Nations to help poor countries tackle climate change on Friday approved its first eight projects, which will receive $168 million, a key step before a global climate summit starts on Nov. 30. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has $10.2 billion in pledges and is a key ingredient for a U.N. climate accord. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/us-un-climatechange-finance-idUSKCN0SV0FD20151106#1zT7wTV7KELPmtxu.99 Philippines Largest Wind Farm Gets $20 Million Loan From ADB. The Asian Development Bank agreed to lend as much as $20 million to help finance the biggest wind farm in the Philippines. ADB has signed a financing assignment agreement with the project operator EDC Burgos Wind Power Corp., Eksport Kredit Fonden, and a syndicate of international banks for the 150- megawatt Burgos wind power project… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NXE0V46S972901-545C0VMQPFKI0I738R2CVL32UT Green-living people seek natural burial options. You've switched to energy efficient light bulbs. You've installed solar panels. But you probably have not taken the green-living lifestyle as far as it can go. Talk about greener pastures. Among those who are attuned to environmental sustainability, some look for a way to be greener, even after death. http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/06/green-living-people-seek-natural-burial-options/75272990/ MISCELLANEOUS Lumber Liquidators Hires CEO for Turnaround Bid; Shares Gain. Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. appointed Chairman John Presley as its next chief executive officer, turning to a longtime board member and banking-industry veteran to turn around the embattled retailer. Presley, a Lumber Liquidators director since 2006, will take the reins from company founder Thomas Sullivan… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-04/lumber-liquidators-names-new-ceo-after-posting-another-loss http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/business/lumber-liquidators-names-john-m-presley-as-chief.html Kangaroo farts not as environmentally friendly as previously thought. Kangaroos can no longer feel smug about their flatulence. Traditionally, it’s been thought that the animals produce unusually low amounts of methane when they pass gas. Since livestock farts (I’m looking at you, cows) make up a lot of our global greenhouse gas emissions that would make kangaroos potential lifesavers in the global warming department. http://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article43333518.html#storylink=cpy OPINIONS Soak the rich to help solve California's water crisis. During a time of drought, when most urban dwellers are making do with less, nothing sticks in the craw quite like the cad in Bel-Air who reportedly is using 90 times as much water as the average household. Nothing would be more emotionally satisfying than socking him (or her, or them) with a hefty fine… http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-20151106-story.html Red flags for high-speed rail. Did the California High-Speed Rail Authority downplay potential cost increases for the state's controversial bullet train? In a draft PowerPoint presentation dated October 2013, the agency's project management consultant estimated that the cost of the first phase of the line, from Burbank to Merced, could grow to about $36 billion. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-1105-high-speed-rail-20151105-story.html The oil industry isn’t only polluting our air; it’s polluting our politics as well. Take a look at the latest lobbying figures released by the California Secretary of State’s Office. In the third quarter of this year alone, the oil lobby spent more than $11 million getting lawmakers in Sacramento to do its bidding. Its top priority: killing part of Senate Bill 350 that would have cut statewide gasoline consumption in half by 2030. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article43248378.html#storylink=cpy For clean energy, let’s go with solar. Re “Wind energy is being unfairly held back” (Insight, Nov. 3): Wind power is not practical, takes up too much acreage, cannot be stored and is financed by wealthy investors and large corporations. Jobs are created when the wind farm is being built, but after it is powered, only a handful of employees need to remain. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article43075578.html#storylink=cpy Is the threat from climate change really like the Nazis? In the great tradition of such 1940s sloganeering as “We can do it” (but not “Keep calm and carry on”), a very animated Gov. Jerry Brown puts California’s response to climate change on par with the Golden State’s involvement in the birth of the world’s first atomic bomb. This isn’t a critique of the significance the governor places on global warming. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/bill-whalen/article43258515.html#storylink=cpy Menlo Park: As the sea rises so should the urgency to tackle the problem locally, officials agree. One thing seems certain: The seas are rising. Yet the approach to dealing with sea level rise in San Francisco Bay is as fluid as the Bay itself. For one thing, the science keeps evolving, leading to conflicting reports of the likely impacts of climate change. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29074513/menlo-park-sea-rises-so-should-urgency-tackle The little things that come with climate change. "It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important," said Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Nowhere is this more true than in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the system I was taught for controlling pests using least toxic methods. This is an approach created to stop overreaction to the presence of small pest problems with powerful chemical insecticides. http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/home-garden/maureen-gilmer/2015/11/06/little-things-come-climate-change/75099208/ BLOGS Only 18% in China View Climate Change as ‘Very Serious’ Problem. When it comes to climate change, many Chinese just aren’t as fussed as they used to be. That is among the key findings of global polling by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center, which found less than one-fifth of Chinese surveyed viewed climate change as a very serious problem, down 23 percentage points from polling five years ago. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/06/only-18-in-china-view-climate-change-as-very-serious-problem/ Carbon Dioxide Inside Can Be Harmful Too. New studies show that CO2 inside buildings could be just as harmful as outside. The dangerous consequences of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere are well-documented, from destructive weather events and deadly health effects, to its harmful impact on oceans, species migration, agriculture and national security. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/11/06/carbon-dioxide-inside-can-be-harmful-too Cap and Trade under AB 32 – Now it’s an “Official Success” Many people have been following the AB 32 cap-and-trade program since it kicked off on January 1, 2013. After all, it’s the most comprehensive carbon market in the world; it has created billions in investments for pollution reduction in California communities and garnered intense international attention. http://blogs.edf.org/californiadream/2015/11/05/cap-and-trade-under-ab-32-now-its-an-official-success/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.