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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for April 29, 2016.
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:51:28
ARB Newsclips for April 29, 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 California Considers Expanding Cap-And-Trade To Prevent Global Deforestation. Deforestation accounts for approximately 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions every year. The California Air Resources Board is considering allowing companies regulated under cap-and-trade to purchase carbon offsets to protect tropical forests. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/04/28/california-considers-expanding-cap-and-trade-to-prevent-global-deforestation/ AIR POLLUTION Study: US oil field source of global uptick in air pollution. An oil and natural gas field in the western United States is largely responsible for a global uptick of the air pollutant ethane, according to a new study. The team led by researchers at the University of Michigan found that fossil fuel production at the Bakken Formation in North Dakota and Montana is emitting roughly 2 percent of the ethane detected in the Earth's atmosphere. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ETHANE_POLLUTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OTHER RELATED STORIES https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/28/the-u-s-oil-and-gas-boom-is-having-global-atmospheric-consequences-scientists-suggest/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=83d39f0e2b-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-83d39f0e2b-327747457 http://michiganradio.org/post/bakken-oil-field-alone-emitted-2-global-emissions-ethane#stream/0 Fine-particle pollution linked to wider number of cancers, premature births. Researchers have long known that long-term exposure to fine-particle air pollution is implicated in lung cancer and heart disease, but a new study shows it is also associated with sharply higher mortality rates from cancers of the breast, the upper digestive tract and other organs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/04/29/fine-particle-pollution-linked-to-wider-number-of-cancers-premature-births/ Smog or jobs? Massive warehouse means mass pollution. A proposed warehouse facility the size of 700 football fields has prompted at least 10 lawsuits, with critics saying it would mark a major setback in the fight to clean up Southern California’s dirty air – some of the most polluted in the country. http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2016/04/28/smog-jobs-massive-warehouse-means-mass-pollution/83517264/ New GOP bill would roll back ozone standard. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and five other Republicans introduced legislation yesterday to roll back implementation of U.S. EPA's new ozone standard and overhaul the broader system for updating air quality benchmarks. The bill, S. 2882, is a companion to Texas Republican Rep. Pete Olson's H.R. 4775 introduced in response to arguments from businesses… http://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2016/04/29/stories/1060036470 N.D. lawmaker aggrieved by CO2 goals targets Clean Air Act. A former North Dakota electricity regulator who now represents the state in Congress says if the Clean Power Plan falls to legal challenges, he would want to "clean up" the rule's underpinning statute. Rep. Kevin Cramer, a Republican elected in 2013 after nine years as a member of the North Dakota Public Service Commission… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/04/29/stories/1060036452 CLIMATE CHANGE Innovation needed to turn on climate cash tap for the poor. When residents of the low-lying Del Rosario slum settlement in Valenzuela City in the Philippines noticed floodwater was lapping half a finger's length higher up their homes each year, they decided it was time to do something. They began contributing to a community savings fund so they could pay to raise the flooded cement paths that link… http://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFL5N17W2OW?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 Researchers collect indigenous stories to fill climate change data gaps. Canadian scientists have collected stories from more than 90,000 people whose traditional ways of life rely on nature, in an effort to capture signs of climate change where weather stations are absent. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, fill a knowledge gap in climate change science… http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL2N17V1DQ DROUGHT Deadly heat wave is shattering all-time records in Southeast Asia and India. Southeast Asia and India are currently enduring a historic and brutal heat wave that has already been blamed for more than 150 deaths and shows few signs of relenting. April in Thailand is typically hot and sweaty, but this year's scorching weather has set a record for the longest heat wave in at least 65 years. http://mashable.com/2016/04/29/asia-heat-wave-india/#bUFQ8ipUbmqI VEHICLES High Tesla warranty costs show learning to make cars is hard. Tesla Motors has received high praise not just for its electric cars, but also for its high standard of customer service. Customers have been as impressed with the company's service centers and Tesla's swiftness in responding to problems as they have with the cars themselves. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1103672_high-tesla-warranty-costs-show-learning-to-make-cars-is-hard . Germany to offer $4,500 rebate for electric cars. Germany's government has announced it will try to boost sluggish electric vehicle sales with $1.4 billion in incentives, jointly paid for with automakers. The country, which represents a quarter of European car sales, has a goal to get 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2020. Currently, only about 30,000 are being driven. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/04/29/stories/1060036442 VW RECALL Volkswagen starts recall of the first EA 189 Golf model in Europe for diesel emissions fix. In Europe, the Volkswagen passenger car brand is starting the technical modification of the non-compliant diesel vehicles with engine type EA 189 and the software defeat device. The first model is the Golf TDI Blue Motion Technology (BMT) with a 2.0l engine. In Europe around 15,000 Golf cars affected with a manual gearbox are being called to the workshops. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/04/20160429-ea189.html VW to roll out 20 models by 2020. Volkswagen officials yesterday pledged to produce over 20 additional electric vehicle models by 2020. "We plan to make electric cars one of Volkswagen's new hallmarks," CEO Matthias Müller said at the German automaker's annual news conference, according to a press release. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/04/29/stories/1060036485 HIGH-SPEED RAIL High-speed rail board approves revised California plan. The board that oversees California's high-speed rail project approved a revised $64 billion plan Thursday that calls for the train to go from the Central Valley to the San Jose area before it heads to Southern California, acknowledging the political reality that federal and private financing has fallen far short of what backers had hoped. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APFN_US_CALIFORNIA_HIGH_SPEED_RAIL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Bullet train agency approves a new business plan with 26 pages of changes. The California high-speed rail authority approved a new two-year business plan Thursday that attempts to patch up concerns and problems that erupted up and down the state over details of a draft plan that was issued in February. The final plan incorporates 26 pages of changes, including many that were made last week. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-plan-20160429-story.html GREEN ENERGY EU approves Italian renewables state aid scheme. The European Commission said on Friday it had concluded that an Italian scheme to support electricity generation from renewable energy sources was in line with state aid rules. The Italian scheme is designed to add 1,300 megawatts of additional generating capacity and help it reach its EU renewable energy targets. http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFB5N16C012 Hawaii lawmakers push renewable energy storage incentives. Hawaii has the highest rate of residents using solar panels in the nation, and lawmakers want to extend the state's leadership role by offering incentives or rebates to those who buy batteries to store their renewable energy. It's an issue that's important to residents of the island state, which has the highest electricity costs in the nation. http://www.modbee.com/news/business/article74562142.html#storylink=cpy Deal ends fight between solar firm, utility for now. A deal between the nation's largest solar company and Arizona's biggest utility announced Thursday means competing measures asking voters about how to treat rooftop solar power are being withdrawn. The agreement between SolarCity and Arizona Public Service Co. puts an end to an increasingly public fight pitting the utility against solar companies, for now. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article74544652.html#storylink=cpy Solar overtakes wind in Calif. Utility-scale solar surpassed wind power generation in California last year for the first time, marking an evolution in the state's clean energy sector. Data from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) analyzed by the consulting firm Vaisala showed that from 2011 to 2015, grid-connected utility-scale solar saw a fifteen fold increase in consumption, from roughly 1,000 gigawatt-hours to 15,592 GWh. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/04/29/stories/1060036478 NextEra arm plots major renewables push. The renewable energy arm of NextEra Energy Inc. is preparing for a major expansion of wind and solar projects through 2018, executives said yesterday. NextEra Energy Resources plans to spend between $7 billion and $9 billion over the next two years to add up to 3,800 megawatts of wind and 1,300 MW of solar. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/04/29/stories/1060036451 OPINIONS Even rich Californians should landscape for a water-scarce future. To the editor: The desire to return to pre-drought landscape water usage is short-sighted. Penalizing community residents for not maintaining a heavily watered lawn is a step backward from the progress made in rediscovering landscapes that truly belong in California's varied climates. ("This gated community insists California's drought is over, wants green lawns again," April 26) http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0429-friday-water-wealthy-homeowners-drought-20160429-story.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.