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Posted: 27 Apr 2016 14:12:24
ARB Newsclips for April 27, 2016. 

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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




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