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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for June 15, 2016.
Posted: 15 Jun 2016 13:59:36
ARB Newsclips for June 15, 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. AIR POLLUTION Climate Impacts From Farming Are Getting Worse. As signs emerge that the global energy sector is beginning to rein in what once had been unbridled levels of climate-changing pollution, new United Nations figures show pollution from farming is continuing to get worse. Greenhouse gases released from the growing of crops and livestock directly… http://www.climatecentral.org/news/farmings-climate-impact-rises-20445?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=321b866fd0-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-321b866fd0-327747457 DIESEL ACTIVITIES Air board holds surprise truck emission inspections. Checking for compliance with air emission rules, the California Air Resources Board, assisted by the California Highway Patrol, stopped big rigs in a surprise checkpoint on North Avenue near Highway 99 on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Mark Tavianini of the Air Resources Board talks about the importance of the operation. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article83743912.html Air officials inspecting Fresno big rigs to curb pollution. Nearly 1 million big rigs travel through California each year and that's why there state's Air Resources Board is cracking down on trucks emitting toxic fumes. Nearly 1 million big rigs travel through California each year and that's why the Air Resources Board is cracking down on trucks emitting toxic fumes. http://abc30.com/news/air-officials-inspecting-fresno-big-rigs-to-curb-pollution/1385774/ FRESNO TRUCK INSPECTION (VIDEOS) http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1290&DateTime=6%2F14%2F2016+12%3A12%3A24+PM&Term=Air+Resources+Board&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1285&DateTime=6%2F14%2F2016+4%3A35%3A00+PM&Term=Air+Resources+Board&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1295&DateTime=6%2F14%2F2016+6%3A08%3A13+PM&Term=Air+Resources+Board&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1290&DateTime=6%2F14%2F2016+6%3A10%3A52+PM&Term=Air+Resources+Board&PlayClip=TRUE http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1285&DateTime=6%2F14%2F2016+6%3A41%3A06+PM&Term=Air+Resources+Board&PlayClip=TRUE FUELS Suncor sees wildfire costing nearly C$1 billion: sources. Suncor Energy Inc has told employees the massive wildfire that struck northern Alberta in May will cost the company nearly C$1 billion ($777.91 million), two sources at Canada's largest crude producer said on Tuesday. The wildfire, which forced the evacuation of the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-suncor-energy-wildfire-idUSKCN0Z026Y?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=321b866fd0-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-321b866fd0-327747457 Giant Wildfire Is No Longer the Canadian Oil Industry's Biggest Problem. Harbir Chhina helped develop the game-changing steam technology that allowed companies to tap the world’s third-largest reserves in Canada’s oil sands. It was a moonshot that paid off.Now the oil-sands industry, still recovering from last month’s wildfires, needs another one. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/as-canada-oil-fires-fade-the-industry-s-real-problem-re-emerges Green Climate Fund partners condemned for fossil fuel funding. Study highlights billions channeled towards oil, coal and gas from 2013-2015, support campaigners say is ‘deeply at odds’ with Paris climate deal. Two of the UN’s flagship green fund’s leading partners have been branded as major funders of oil, gas and coal projects in a study by four green groups. http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/06/14/green-climate-fund-partners-condemned-for-fossil-fuel-funding/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=321b866fd0-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-321b866fd0-327747457 VEHICLES Germany considers making all new cars emissions free by 2030. Every car bought in Germany must be a zero-emissions vehicle by 2030 if the country wants to hit its emissions goals, said the country's deputy economy minister, Rainer Baake, who made the claim at a climate forum hosted by the Tagesspiegel newspaper. http://www.autoblog.com/2016/06/15/germany-cars-emissions-free-2030/ VW RECALL EU proposes stricter tests on car emissions from 2017 in wake of VW scandal. EU regulators proposed stricter tests on Wednesday on car fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from late next year to plug loopholes highlighted by the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The draft EU executive proposal, which will go before the European Parliament and EU leaders… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-autos-tests-idUSKCN0Z11E5 Volkswagen announces an $11.3-million investment in California. Volkswagen has announced an $11.3-million investment in California as the automaker works to recover from its emissions cheating scandal. On Tuesday, VW said it would spend $4.5 million on a new training center in Eastvale, a small city near Riverside. It also announced that a new $6.8-million parts distribution center in Rocklin, northeast of Sacramento, had officially opened. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-vw-investment-20160614-snap-story.html HIGH-SPEED RAIL Delays add $63 million to bullet train contract. The California rail authority on Tuesday approved increasing a contract to build the first 29 miles of the bullet train system by $63 million to compensate its lead contractor for delays in land acquisitions. Tutor Perini was awarded a $1-billion contract in 2013 to construct bridges… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-bullet-change-order-20160614-snap-story.html http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/high-speed-rail/article83764897.html MISCELLANEOUS Local Assemblyman’s bills move forward. Assembly Bill (AB) 1965) was approved by the Assembly on June 2. The bill aims to provide low-income people with financial incentives to replace their old, less dependable, high-polluting vehicles with newer, more reliable and cleaner vehicles. Through the bill, the California Air Resources Board would be directed to broaden its… http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2016/06/14/news/doc575b148950578063955528.txt OPINIONS Marilyn Bardet: Let Air District Board members hear you. An article, “Crude Awakening: Dirty Canadian tar sand oil may be headed to Bay Area refineries”, by Will Parrish for a Marin e-weekly, PacificSun, underscores key reasons why the Valero Crude By Rail Project would affect public health and the climate and must be denied by the Benicia City Council, as a recent San Francisco Chronicle editorial recently agreed. http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/NH/20160613/NEWS/160619961 BLOGS Wall Street Journal Ads Call Out The Paper’s Bias On Climate Change. Well, this is awkward. Beginning Tuesday and running until the end of the Republican National Convention in July, the most widely circulated print newspaper in the United States will run a series of ads calling out its own bias against climate change. http://new.www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wall-street-journal-climate-change-ads_us_57602f98e4b071ec19ef45d8?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=321b866fd0-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-321b866fd0-327747457 California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.