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AIR POLLUTION

Choking on smog, Rome and Milan issue no-car day edicts.
Rome and Milan have ordered no-car days next week to combat
pollution, which has hit unhealthy levels for weeks mainly
because no rain has fallen to wash away the smog. A six-hour ban
on cars this Monday and Tuesday was announced by Rome on
Thursday, while Milan’s anti-pollution measure sees six-hour bans
daily from Monday to Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/choking-on-smog-rome-milan-issue-no-car-day-edicts/2015/12/24/f990ff3c-aa3e-11e5-b596-113f59ee069a_story.html

http://www.sacbee.com/news/article51458020.html 

Plan to clean New Delhi's air may fizzle as auto rules eased.
The Indian capital, gasping and choking under record-high air
pollution, announced a grand plan to clean its air. But that plan
seems to be fizzling before it starts. Arvind Kejriwal, the top
elected official of the Indian capital, had said last month that
private cars will be allowed on New Delhi’s roads only on
alternate days from Jan. 1-15, depending on whether their license
plates end in an even or an odd number.
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/world/article51455730.html

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/Plan-to-clean-New-Delhi-s-air-may-fizzle-as-auto-6719209.php

More cities issue smog alerts.
Dangerous smog levels are spreading to other parts of China
following two air quality red alerts in the capital Beijing
earlier this month. Cities in the eastern provinces of Hebei,
regarded as China's most polluted province, and Shandong have
issued their first red alerts as excessive pollution levels are
expected to last more than 24 hours.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/12/24/stories/1060030008 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Paris climate goals mean emissions must drop below zero.
If governments are serious about the global warming targets they
adopted in Paris, scientists say they have two options:
eliminating fossil fuels immediately or finding ways to undo
their damage to the climate system in the future. The first is
politically impossible — the world is still hooked on using oil,
coal and natural gas — which leaves the option of a major cleanup
of the atmosphere later this century.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/environment/2015/12/24/climate-negative-emissions/77871252/


A Black Carbon Crackdown Could Cool Temperatures.
Black carbon, also known as soot, has an important role in global
warming, especially in the Arctic. When it’s in the atmosphere,
it traps heat, and when it falls on snow or ice, it speeds up
melting. Curbing black carbon emissions could help slow down the
planet’s warming.  On the margins of the Paris climate
conference, where governments made plans to keep global average
temperatures below 2C (3.6F) by 2100, scientists and policymakers
discussed other air pollutants that also contribute to global
warming.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-carbon-crackdown_567b0a3be4b014efe0d7fa13


This is Why Scientists Have Hope For the Climate.
There’s no getting around the fact that climate change is a
bummer. The planet is warming, ice is melting, oceans are
acidifying and, well, you get the point. While the bad news is
important — it lets us know what we’re getting into with this
whole climate change thing — it’s also worth remembering there’s
reason for hope.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-climate-hope-19838?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed


VEHICLES

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell
and hydrogen technologies market.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports
today showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and
hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the
United States continues to be one of the world’s largest and
fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies.
With support from the Energy Department, its national
laboratories and private industry have already achieved
significant advances in fuel cell and hydrogen technologies,
resulting in reduced costs and improved performance.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/12/20151224-doeh2.html 

GREEN ENERGY

Why 2015 may be remembered as a transformative year for how we
get energy.
The United States is on track to shut down a record amount of
coal-fired power plants in 2015. At the same time, it has
installed a record amount of new solar energy capacity. The past
year, in other words, hints at a historic transition for the U.S.
energy sector. From dramatic price plunges for oil and natural
gas to the significant emergence of industrial batteries for
energy storage, 2015 was on a momentous course even before the
world came together in Paris to agree on steps to reduce global
warming.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/24/why-2015-may-be-remembered-as-a-transformative-year-for-how-we-get-energy/


BLOGS

Building a Renewable Energy Future.
The U.S. has some big problems that require bold solutions.
Unfortunately, books about solutions to our society's problems
are often given short shrift by reviewers or languish on our
bookshelves. As I often say, this country has more problems than
it deserves and more solutions than it uses. Now comes S. David
Freeman. In 1974 David Freeman, an energy engineer and lawyer,
wrote much of and directed all of the research for the book, A
Time to Choose: America's Energy Future, a comprehensive early
inquiry into America's energy crisis. A Time to Choose offered
ideas galore about how our country could use efficiency and
conservation to benefit the environment and the economy and
ushered in a new era of energy efficiency.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/building-a-renewable-ener_b_8870814.html


Cities will help lead in putting Paris climate agreement into
action.
World leaders came together this month and reached an historic
agreement to combat climate change. At the international talks in
Paris, the United States, China, India and more than 180 other
countries committed to reducing their carbon pollution and
protecting future generations from extreme drought, storms,
floods and heat waves. Though more work needs to be done, this
bold agreement represents the biggest step the world has ever
taken to defuse the climate threat.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/264020-cities-will-help-lead-in-putting-paris-climate



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