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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for June 14, 2016.

Posted: 14 Jun 2016 14:18:32
ARB Newsclips for June 14, 2016. 

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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



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