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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for April 27, 2016.
Posted: 27 Apr 2016 14:12:24
ARB Newsclips for April 27, 2016. 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 US: Compliance entities calling for straight-line approach to 2030 cap. Multiple California compliance entities are asking the Air Resources Board (ARB) to take a straight-line approach to determine caps post-2020 rather than reconfiguring the cap in 2021 to estimated emissions, according to comments submitted to the regulator. http://www.icis.com/resources/news/2016/04/25/9991533/us-compliance-entities-calling-for-straight-line-approach-to-2030-cap/ AIR POLLUTION Murray Energy continues fight against EPA's emissions rules. Coal producer Murray Energy Corp. is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final rule that targets mercury pollution from power plants. St. Clairsville, Ohio-based Murray Energy filed a brief with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday, challenging the EPA's supplemental finding published earlier in the day. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MURRAY_EPA_LAWSUIT?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT National parks facing stronger air pollution regs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stronger air pollution rules at national parks, but climate activists and conservationists say it may be too little, too late for the great outdoors. The views at national parks, and the air tourists breathe, are often distorted by air pollution, the EPA said. http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/277680-national-parks-facing-stronger-air-pollution-regs?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=9786388c10-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-9786388c10-327747457 ARB adds climate pollutant workshop, will impact dairy industry and others. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has added another workshop to discuss a proposed new strategy to reduce certain pollutants associated with climate change. Known as the Proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy (Proposed Strategy), the proposal aims to reduce certain pollutants that are… http://www.examiner.com/article/arb-adds-climate-pollutant-workshop-will-impact-dairy-industry-and-others Labor proposes two emissions trading schemes costing $555m. Opposition maintains ambition targets but aims to minimize cost to households and defers details until after election. Labor is proposing two emissions trading schemes – one for big industrial polluters and an electricity industry model similar to one once backed by Malcolm Turnbull… http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/27/labor-proposes-two-emissions-trading-schemes-costing-555m China's anti-pollution tech is booming, but it can't make dirty air go away. Air purifying technology may be a sticking plaster for China’s pollution but is it better than nothing for the country’s chronic problem? Behind a red wooden door, down a Beijing alley, lies what is allegedly the cleanest air spot in the smog-sodden city. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/27/anti-pollution-tech-china-air-purifiers-dirty-air CLIMATE CHANGE China to ratify Paris climate change deal by September: envoy. China and the United States lead the involved nations in signing the landmark climate deal. The active signing also embodies the firm determination of the worldwide community to join hands in safeguarding the shared destiny of humanity for a new sustainable future. http://nysepost.com/china-to-ratify-paris-climate-change-deal-by-september-envoy-197891 MPs urge parliament to approve 2030 carbon target. Committee says UK ‘cannot afford further delays’ in setting fifth carbon budget in the wake of the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change. The government should approve the UK’s 2030s carbon target in the wake of the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change, an influential committee of MPs has urged. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/27/mps-urge-parliament-to-approve-2030-carbon-target?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=9786388c10-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-9786388c10-327747457 U.K. climate envoy downplays usefulness of carbon pricing. The top U.K. climate envoy called carbon pricing "too sluggish a weapon" to fight climate change, despite growing international enthusiasm for the mechanism. Instead, David King argued clean technology innovation and other regulations would bring down emissions faster. "I don't think it [carbon pricing] is a fast enough driver for change,"… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/04/27/stories/1060036297 Colo. struggles with marijuana's huge carbon footprint. Colorado, which gets 60 percent of its electricity from coal-burning power plants, has set some of the more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets in the United States. It wants to cut emissions from its power plants 38 percent by 2030. Denver, its largest city, has a plan to cut 80 percent of all of its emissions by midcentury. http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060036287 DROUGHT East Bay water district will stop fining water guzzlers. The hefty drought fines that hit many East Bay residents this past year, and outed a number of unsuspecting celebrities as water hogs, are soon to be no more. The Bay Area water agency that blazed the concept of drought-shaming determined Tuesday that financial penalties for those who exceed the district’s conservation quotas are no longer necessary. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/East-Bay-water-district-will-stop-fining-water-7377393.php Little rain, but El Niño brings deluge of data for local scientists. This winter’s El Niño may have been a dud rain-wise. Southern California saw less than half the precipitation it normally gets despite predictions of a conveyor belt of storms pummeling the region. Still, the phenomenon did bring warmer than average ocean temperatures and some extremely high tides. http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/04/27/60025/little-rain-but-el-nino-brings-deluge-of-data-for/ FUELS Oil Fallout: Husky’s Relief Comes at Somebody Else’s Expense. Husky Energy’s deal to sell assets to companies also controlled by Li Ka-shing leaves some investors without a say. For oil companies struggling through a cold winter, it is good to have a rich daddy like Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing to keep them warm. His other investors, however, are right to feel ignored. Canadian oil firm Husky Energy… http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-fallout-huskys-relief-comes-at-somebody-elses-expense-1461656640?mod=rss_Heard_on_the_Street VW RECALL Germany to subsidize electric cars to help own auto industry. Germany’s auto industry risks being overtaken by foreign competitors unless it receives greater domestic support, the country’s economy minister said Wednesday, announcing a 1 billion euro ($1.13 billion) plan to subsidize electric cars that are seen as the technology of the future. Electric vehicles have had a sluggish start in Germany… https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-to-subsidize-electric-cars-to-help-own-auto-industry/2016/04/27/97d488ba-0c5c-11e6-bc53-db634ca94a2a_story.html Germany Plans $1.4 Billion in Incentives for Electric Cars (2). German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government reached a deal with automakers to jointly spend 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) on incentives to boost sluggish electric-car sales. Buyers will be able to receive as much as 4,000 euros in rebates to help offset the higher price of an electric vehicle... http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O6AC706K50YH01-7C3TN24SQVPCMU600MI8VJL9UG http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL5N17U2Y0 VW Presentation in ’06 Showed How to Foil Emissions Tests. A PowerPoint presentation was prepared by a top technology executive at Volkswagen in 2006, laying out in detail how the automaker could cheat on emissions tests in the United States. The presentation has been discovered as part of the continuing investigations into Volkswagen, according to two people who have seen the document… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/business/international/vw-presentation-in-06-showed-how-to-foil-emissions-tests.html?_r=0 GREEN ENERGY Thai energy group IFEC teams up with China's Goldwind for wind power projects. Thailand's Inter Far East Energy Pcl said on Wednesday that China's Goldwind International Holding will buy a 10 percent stake in its wind power unit as part of a partnership to expand the wind power business. http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N17U1Z2 Bill would expand tax credits for rooftop solar. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) introduced a bill this week to boost distributed solar power on rooftops and other decentralized sources. The bill would provide a 20 percent increase in the current investment tax credit for small solar systems under 20 kilowatts. The measure is the latest push to expand renewable tax credits that were extended last year. http://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2016/04/27/stories/1060036302 San Diego Republican mayor pushes plan to run on 100% renewable energy. California city’s bipartisan push to embrace clean energy such as solar and wind while paring back greenhouse gas emissions may be a model for rest of the US. As presidential nominees Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, respectively, call climate change a “religion” or a... http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/26/san-diego-mayor-renewable-energy-plan-kevin-faulconer?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=70aed975d0-Clean_Economy_Wire12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-70aed975d0-327494049 Experimental Solar-Powered Plane Completes Journey Across The Pacific. Experimental solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Mountain View, Calif., after a three-day flight across the Pacific. "Good morning, California!" the plane's visibly emotional pilot Bertrand Piccard told a cheering crowd at Moffett Airfield, where he landed at 11:44 p.m. local time. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/24/475473222/experimental-solar-powered-plane-completes-journey-across-the-pacific?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=70aed975d0-Clean_Economy_Wire12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-70aed975d0-327494049 New Australian Green Bond Will Provide Cheaper Finance For Rooftop Solar. Australian based credit finance group FlexiGroup has made a landmark issue of green Asset Backed Securities, a type of bond, raising $50 million to refinance residential rooftop solar systems in the first issue of their type in Australia. The issue is small, but its significance is much greater… http://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/27/new-australian-green-bond-will-provide-cheaper-finance-for-rooftop-solar/ OPINIONS Cuomo’s Energy Jobs Veto. He kills a natural gas pipeline that would reduce electricity costs. Andrew Cuomo is gearing up to prevent any liberal challenge to his re-election campaign in 2018. Having banned hydraulic fracturing, New York’s Governor is now blocking a pipeline to deliver cheap natural gas to New York and New England. As world leaders celebrated the Paris climate change accord in New York on Friday… http://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomos-energy-jobs-veto-1461712400 The Auto Emissions Crackup. One more example of what an analyst calls ‘sophisticated state failure.’ As expected, Volkswagen’s scandal over emissions cheating is spreading to other car makers. Porsche, Audi, Mercedes and GM’s Opel division in Germany are recalling cars for failing emissions tests. In France, Renault and Peugeot have been raided by police. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-auto-emissions-crackup-1461711346 Global warming: Case closed. In his April 24 op-ed, “The scientific silencers take aim,” George F. Will claimed that debatable questions still include the extent to which humans are contributing to climate change. William Collins, director of climate and ecosystem sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has succinctly made the case that humans are responsible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-warming-case-closed/2016/04/26/cca70356-0b0d-11e6-bc53-db634ca94a2a_story.html My Voice: Corn ethanol mandate harmful to environment. These days, with the presidential campaigns in overdrive, a bitterly divided Congress reflexively runs from compromise. However, there are wildly popular and common sense reforms supported by Democrats, Republicans and independent-minded policymakers. This is not a belated April Fools punch-line. Look no further than Washington’s failed corn ethanol mandate… http://www.argusleader.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/04/26/voice-corn-ethanol-mandate-harmful-environment/83555374/ Climate change: 3 things the state’s new Clean Air Rule must include. WASHINGTON’S economic success hinges on being at the leading edge of new technology. Boeing helped build the aerospace industry, Microsoft transformed personal computing, and Amazon led the way into e-commerce. Designed right, a strong policy to tackle climate change… http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/climate-change-3-things-the-states-new-clean-air-rule-must-include/ VW scandal update: Audi invented emissions cheating device in 1999. Last Thursday, Volkswagen surprised more than a few observers by meeting a court-ordered deadline to submit repair plans for 482,000 2.0-liter Audi and VW diesels equipped with defeat devices that help them cheat on emissions tests. That's the good news. The bad news? The recall/buyback plan remains largely under wraps… http://www.businessinsider.com/audi-invented-emissions-cheating-in-1999-2016-4 BLOGS Could Climate Change “Steal” New Mexico’s Identity? There’s an “identity thief” on the loose in New Mexico, and authorities have identified the culprit: climate change. So far, it has attempted to take away the livelihoods, agriculture, homes, ecosystems, and historical touchstones that shape the lives and identities of many New Mexicans—with some success. And it’s just getting started. http://blog.ucsusa.org/jason-funk/climate-change-new-mexico What Are We Doing About ‘Climate Refugees’? In September 2015 I returned home from two and a half months in Bangladesh to discover that the British media had exploded with news of Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe. I was shocked and saddened by the photos and stories, but at the same time thought back to the flooding that I had seen that summer. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abi-fedorovsky/what-are-we-doing-about-climate-refugees_b_9774752.html Water and Climate Change. Representatives of the more than 150 countries meeting in New York on April 22 for the symbolic signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change can justly celebrate a historic moment. Phasing out global greenhouse gas emissions this century and holding global average warming to “well-below” 2°C signal an epochal shift, most obviously towards renewable energy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giulio-boccaletti/water-and-climate-change_b_9781108.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.