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ARB Newsclips for January 7, 2015. 

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AIR POLLUTION

California governor declares gas leak a state of emergency.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency over a
massive natural-gas leak that has been spewing methane and other
gases into a Los Angeles neighborhood for months, sickening
residents and forcing thousands to evacuate.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_GAS_LEAK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 

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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-brown-declared-emergency-at-porter-ranch-amid-massive-gas-leak-20160106-story.html

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article53353615.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/07/462259945/california-declares-state-of-emergency-over-monthslong-gas-leak


CLIMATE CHANGE

Wild December pushes US weather in 2015 to near records.
December's wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to
near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme
conditions, federal weather officials said Thursday. The year
that just ended was the second warmest and third wettest in 121
years of record-keeping for the lower 48 states, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_RECORD_US_HEAT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


DROUGHT

Drought-ravaged Folsom Lake rises 28.5 feet in just one month.
Water-starved Folsom Lake is beginning to slowly fill up and
recover from its lowest water levels ever. The state's
ninth-largest reservoir, the main water source for the sprawling
Sacramento suburbs, shrank to a mere 135,561 acre feet on Dec. 4,
2015. The previous lowest level at Folsom was 140,600 acre feet,
recorded during the 1976–77 drought.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Water-starved-Folsom-Lake-is-finally-starting-to-6738359.php


Potential Easing Of California Drought 'Slow To Develop'. There
is no change in the percentage of drought in California,
according to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday. But the
cutoff date for the weekly report is Tuesday, so it does not
include the recent storms that have brought rain and snow to the
state.
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/01/07/potential-easing-of-california-drought-slow-to-develop/


How Satellite Technology Can Help California's Water Woes. It’s
raining hard here in Southern California for the second day in a
row. After four years of drought it’s a welcome change, but it’s
also causing problems. Again today my cell phone sounded an alarm
for flash flooding, and the areas affected by previous fires are
in real danger of mudslides.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2016/01/07/how-satellite-technology-can-help-californias-water-woes/


FUELS

TransCanada to file 2 legal challenges to Keystone rejection. The
Canadian company that proposed the Keystone XL oil pipeline filed
a lawsuit over the U.S. government's rejection of the project and
announced it plans to file a second legal challenge that will
seek more than $15 billion in damages.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


VEHICLES

Disconnect grows over electric cars. From the battery-powered
Chevrolet Bolt crossover to the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Honda
Clarity to a hybrid Chrysler minivan, automakers are expected to
show a parade of electric vehicles at the 2016 Detroit auto show.
A rare sight a decade ago, they will join dozens of
battery-powered entries in…
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2016/01/06/disconnect-grows-electric-cars/78394366/


Introducing the Chevy Bolt, an Electric Car for Everyone. The two
biggest auto trends at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) this
year have been cheap electric cars and automation. Both
previously seemed like distant goals. But that changed on
Wednesday when Chevy unveiled the Bolt, an all-electric vehicle
with an impressive 200 mile range and an even more impressive
$30,000 price tag.
http://www.newsweek.com/chevy-unveils-bolt-electric-car-everyone-412504?rx=us


VW RECALL

VW CEO headed to Washington to meet with EPA chief. Volkswagen's
top executive is traveling to Washington next week to meet face
to face with the nation's head environmental regulator. VW global
CEO Matthias Mueller is set to meet Wednesday with Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy. EPA says the
meeting was scheduled at the company's request.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOLKSWAGEN_EMISSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


GREEN ENERGY

OPINIONS

Letter: GOP should boost market-based clean energy plan.
Market-based clean power plan. Instead of fighting President
Obama’s “clean power plan,” Republicans should introduce a
conservative alternative. President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of
State George Schultz proposed a market-based alternative in 2013:
a carbon fee and dividend. Levy a steadily rising fee on carbon
producers, and refund the money back to U.S. households.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2016/01/06/letter-gop-boost-market-based-clean-energy-plan/78339058/


BLOGS

How China Is (Surprise!) Winning Its War On Air Pollution. But
the country isn't in the clear yet. Don’t let the "red alerts,"
smog-shrouded buildings or blotted-out sun fool you: Beijing and
China on the whole appear to be gaining real ground in the war on
pollution. In 2015, Beijing saw a 16 percent annual fall in the
concentration of the most deadly type of air pollutant…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/china-air-pollution-2014_568e592ce4b0a2b6fb6ecb73?




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