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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for April 29, 2016.

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:51:28
 ARB Newsclips for April 29, 2016. 

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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.

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