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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for June 14, 2016.
Posted: 14 Jun 2016 14:18:32
ARB Newsclips for June 14, 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's cap-and-trade program faces daunting hurdles to avoid collapse California high-speed train. The high-speed rail project connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles is the biggest recipient of the cap-and-trade funds. The linchpin of California’s climate change agenda, a program known as cap and trade, has become mired in legal, financial and political troubles… http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-climate-change-challenges-20160614-snap-story.html Oregon Could Widen Carbon Trading across North America. A plan under study would link the state to California and Quebec. Oregon regulators are studying how to design an economywide carbon cap-and-trade system that would be able to link with other similar programs in neighboring states and provinces. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oregon-could-widen-carbon-trading-across-north-america/ AIR POLLUTION The atmosphere has hit a grim milestone — and scientists say we’ll never go back ‘within our lifetimes’. Scientists who measure and forecast the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere said Monday that we may have passed a key turning point. Humans walking the Earth today will probably never live to see carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere once again… https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/13/the-atmosphere-has-crossed-a-grim-milestone-and-scientists-say-well-never-go-back-within-our-lifetimes/ Supreme Court rejects case challenging key White House air pollution regulation. The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a key Obama administration environmental regulation, refusing to take up an appeal from 20 states to block rules that limit the emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants that are byproducts of burning coal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/13/supreme-court-rejects-case-challenging-key-white-house-air-pollution-regulation/ Overnight Energy: Justices reject new challenge to air pollution rule. THIRD TIME ISN'T A CHARM: The Supreme Court refused Monday to take up the third attempt by a group of conservative states to get a contentious air pollution rule from President Obama overturned. Michigan and its allies asked the court to properly enforce its ruling from nearly a year ago that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) mercury and air toxics standards rule violates… http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/overnights/283332-overnight-energy-scotus-rejects-new-air-rule-challenge CLIMATE CHANGE UN weather agency warns of more global warming in May. The U.N. weather agency is warning of “fundamental change” afoot in the global climate and continued warming, accompanied recently by unusually high rainfall in parts of the US and Europe. The World Meteorological Organization was pointing Tuesday to data released by NASA a day earlier showing that this May was the hottest on record… https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/un-weather-agency-warns-of-more-global-warming-in-may/2016/06/14/b2061cae-3221-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html Revealed: first mammal species wiped out by human-induced climate change. Exclusive: scientists find no trace of the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent that was the only mammal endemic to Great Barrier Reef. Human-caused climate change appears to have driven the Great Barrier Reef’s only endemic mammal species into the history books… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/14/first-case-emerges-of-mammal-species-wiped-out-by-human-induced-climate-change Survey: Kentuckians' opinions on warming rely on politics, not science. Climate change beliefs of Kentucky residents may rest more on party lines than on scientific knowledge, according to a Kentucky State University student's master's thesis. Jennifer Hubbard-Sanchez surveyed 229 Kentuckians on their scientific knowledge and climate change beliefs. She found about 70 percent of her subjects thought the climate is… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/14/stories/1060038748 India holds the key to climate change – report. The world's energy carbon budget will shift strongly toward India over the next two decades, as the country sees a likely tripling of its annual power-sector CO2 emissions by 2040, according to new findings from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "That makes India the key to the future global emissions trend,"… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/14/stories/1060038749 DROUGHT The Weird Weather That Entrenched California’s Drought. Several months after storms fueled by a fierce El Niño exploded over the northern Sierra Nevada, California’s mountain snowpack has nearly disappeared. Scientists bid adieu last week to an El Niño that had been among the strongest on record, but that brought disappointingly few wintertime snowflakes and raindrops to the Southwest. http://www.standard.net/Government/2016/06/14/The-Weird-Weather-That-Entrenched-California-s-Drought FUELS Valero renews push for EPA to tweak U.S. biofuels program. Valero Energy Corp on Monday renewed its push for U.S. regulators to change the country's controversial renewable fuel program. The country's largest independent refiner is petitioning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy to tweak the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to move the responsibility of complying… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-valero-biofuels-idUSKCN0YZ2GB?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 Scripps research ship fueled by 100% NEXBTL renewable diesel for 1 year; emissions analysis. In 2014, Scripps Institution of Oceanography received a grant from the US Department of Transportation to test the use of biofuel on the research vessel Robert Gordon Sproul for more than a year. Spearheaded by Scripps Associate Director Bruce Appelgate and co-led by Scripps atmospheric scientist Lynn Russell… http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/06/20160614-scripps.html Nissan to develop ethanol-based fuel cell technology by 2020. Nissan Motor Co said on Tuesday it was developing fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology using ethanol as a hydrogen source in what would be an industry first, and planned to commercialise its system in 2020 as part of efforts to develop cleaner cars. The Japanese company said using ethanol, produced from crops including sugar cane and corn… http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL4N1963EH VEHICLES 10 electric cars with the most range. Electric cars will continue to play a significant role in the automotive marketplace, as evidenced by the massive appeal of the Tesla Model 3. Aside from price and charging availability, the biggest concern for prospective buyers lies with a model's electric range. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/business/ci_30011992 Nissan developing electric vehicles powered by ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells; commercialization in 2020. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it is currently researching and developing a Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered system using bio-ethanol as the on-board hydrogen source. The new e-Bio Fuel Cell system—a world-first for automotive use—features an an SOFC stack and an on-board reformer to convert 100% ethanol or ethanol-blended water (55% water, 45% ethanol) to hydrogen. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/06/20160614-nissan.html Germany needs emissions-free car fleet by 2030, official says. All new cars registered in Germany need to be emissions free by 2030 at the latest to help meet pollution reduction goals, a deputy minister said. Germany's pledge to cut carbon dioxide output by 80 percent to 95 percent by 2050 will be in jeopardy unless the country radically reduces transportation pollution… http://www.autonews.com/article/20160614/COPY01/306149958/germany-needs-emissions-free-car-fleet-by-2030-official-says GREEN ENERGY Reducing Power Plant CO2 Emissions Has Positive Economic Benefits. Anytime anyone suggests a plan to lower carbon emissions from generating electricity, critics start their familiar litany of complaints about how the plan will cost too much money and will lead to a loss of jobs, a decline in moral values, and the heartbreak of psoriasis. http://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/14/reducing-power-plant-co2-emissions-positive-economic-benefits/ MISCELLANEOUS EPA announces 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners. The annual awards recognize landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into… http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/06/epa-announces-2016-presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-award-winners.html OPINIONS Fake Trees and Sun Shields: Scientists Race to Curb Climate Change. What about all the CO2 already in the air? Suck it out. And if that doesn’t work? A risky emergency fix based on reflective particles. Much of the talk about addressing climate change is forward-looking. From major international accords such as the Paris Agreement to a company’s announcement of impressive emissions goals… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/fake-trees-and-sun-shields-scientists-race-to-curb-climate-change Letter: Don’t believe politicians on global warming. Don’t believe politicians on global warming. In the recent past, the ER has published two letters of opposing views regarding a theory of global warming and climate change. I call it “theory” because it is just that; particularly with respect to alleged anthropogenic aspects of the issue. There are two parts to the arguments made in support of the theory of global warming. http://www.chicoer.com/opinion/20160613/letter-dont-believe-politicians-on-global-warming Replace income taxes with carbon tax. Real tax reform requires bold and unconventional thinking. The tax reform proposals currently being bandied about consist largely of modest reductions in both the individual and corporate income tax rates (e.g., from 32 percent to 25 percent) and a raise in the exemption for wage earners (up to, say, P1 million). http://opinion.inquirer.net/95219/replace-income-taxes-carbon-tax#ixzz4BZoB2NrF California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.