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CAP AND TRADE

State Senate proposes new plan to spend cap-and-trade money. With
two weeks left in the legislative session, Senate leader Kevin de
León is making a new effort to unsnarl a two-year budget gridlock
over money generated from the state's cap-and-trade program. The
$1.2-billion spending plan, released Wednesday, would include
money for cleaner cars, energy efficient upgrades and urban
parks.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article96190252.html


State Senate releases cap-and-trade spending plan.  A vehicle
trade-in program for low-income families and projects in poor
communities would be among the chief recipients of money from
California’s cap-and-trade program under a Senate proposal
unveiled on Wednesday amid an attempt to win enough votes to
extend the climate program.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article96190252.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/money-726150-funding-program.html

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/victoria-rome/plan-spend-12-billion-greenhouse-gas-reduction-funds

http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060041773/search?keyword=california


AIR POLLUTION

Harley-Davidson to Pay $15 Million to Settle Emissions Charge. 
Motorcycle maker to pay a $12 million penalty and spend $3
million on a clean-air project. Harley-Davidson Inc. reached a
$15 million settlement to resolve U.S. claims that it violated
air-pollution laws amid growing government scrutiny of vehicle
emissions on the road. The company made or sold 340,000 “super
tuner” devices that improved engine…
http://www.wsj.com/articles/harley-davidson-to-pay-15-million-to-settle-emissions-charge-1471534284
  
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-sues-harley-davidson-over-emission-control-defeat-device-2016-8
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3747356/Harley-Davidson-pay-15-million-clean-air-violations.html


India air pollution death rate to outpace China: researcher. The
increase in people dying in India from air pollution will outpace
the rate of such deaths in China, as India drags its heels over
environmental rules while opening more coal mines, the head of a
U.S. research group said on Thursday. "India's situation is
getting worse at a much faster speed than China,"…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-coal-india-idUSKCN10T19Y

Coal Burning Causes the Most Air Pollution Deaths in China, Study
Finds. Burning coal has the worst health impact of any source of
air pollution in China and caused 366,000 premature deaths in
2013, Chinese and American researchers said on Thursday. Coal is
responsible for about 40 percent of the deadly fine particulate
matter known as PM 2.5 in China’s atmosphere…
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/asia/china-coal-health-smog-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=4e264b56df-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-4e264b56df-327747457


Wildfire smoke affecting Valley's air quality. Smoke from several
fires including the Cedar Fire in Kern County is affecting air
quality in locations throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Unusually
high particulate matter and ozone levels throughout the Valley
are prompting Air District officials to issue a health cautionary
statement Valley-wide. The wildfires burning near the Valley
coupled with high heat…
http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/wildfire-smoke-affecting-valleys-air-quality

CLIMATE CHANGE

U.S. village in Alaska votes to relocate due to climate change. 
A Native American village in the U.S. state of Alaska has voted
to relocate its entire population of some 600 people due to the
threat of rising seas, officials said on Thursday. Shishmaref,
located on a tiny island north of the Bering Strait that
separates the United States and Russia…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-relocation-idUSKCN10S23Z

Jill Stein just went way overboard on sea level rise. Scientists
have repeatedly faulted Republican presidential contender Donald
Trump for continuing to question the strong scientific consensus
that humans are causing climate change. But more recently, some
have also challenged the Green Party candidate and medical doctor
Jill Stein on the same topic.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-wants-to-bring-more-life-to-coal-1471453593


Most cities too hot to host the summer Olympics by 2085: study.
In 70 years, most cities in the Northern Hemisphere will be unfit
to host the summer Olympics due to rising temperatures associated
with climate change, according to a medical journal's findings
published this week. “Our study using climate change projection
shows that there will be…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-clmate-change-idUSKCN10S24W?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=4e264b56df-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-4e264b56df-327747457


Power plant efficiency resilient to warming — study. Climate
change may not have as drastic an effect on power plant
efficiency as once thought, researchers have found.
Rising average air and water temperatures could in theory hamper
how well a thermal power plant produces electricity, but an
analysis of 39 generators in the United States…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/08/18/stories/1060041771

As green group marks milestone, firms struggle to say why climate
matters. For years, getting companies to publicly commit to
address climate change was a struggle. Times have changed. On
Tuesday, We Mean Business, a global network of corporations and
investors that advocates for policies to cut carbon emissions,
celebrated its 1,000th commitment "to climate action":
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/08/18/stories/1060041774 

FUELS

GE Wants to Bring More Life to Coal. After playing down fuel’s
future, group chases rising demand in India and Southeast Asia.
General Electric Co. has stopped trying to write coal’s obituary.
The conglomerate—one of the world’s biggest suppliers of
power-plant equipment—for years played down coal’s future as
challenged by environmental and cost issues.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-wants-to-bring-more-life-to-coal-1471453593?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=4e264b56df-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-4e264b56df-327747457


EPA to be 3 years late reporting on standard's impacts. U.S. EPA
needs an additional year to complete a report on biofuels'
environmental impacts that's already two years late, officials
told the agency's inspector general. During the IG's
investigation of EPA's failure to meet a congressional
requirement to detail the impacts of the renewable fuel standard…
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/08/18/stories/1060041794 

US CO2 Emissions From Natural Gas Will Top Coal in 2016.  A
steady drumbeat of new natural-gas plants have replaced coal as
the dominant source of electricity generation in the U.S. At the
beginning of 2016, America’s coal production fell to its lowest
level in 30 years. The march away from coal is cheered by those
who would like to see the U.S., and the world, move to a
lower-carbon economy.
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/u.s.-natural-gas-co2-emissions-will-top-coal-emissions-in-2016?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=4e264b56df-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-4e264b56df-327747457


VEHICLES

Transport is now biggest part of U.S. carbon emissions, first
time in 40 years. Transportation is a major contributor to carbon
emissions, but historically it has not been the largest source.
However, that has apparently changed. Transportation-related
sources now account for the largest share of U.S. carbon
emissions.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105630_transport-is-now-biggest-part-of-u-s-carbon-emissions-first-time-in-40-years


OPINIONS

Could Tesla Survive a Trump Administration?  Plus, why was a
federal bureaucrat passing information to a short seller?
Kellyane Conway’s promotion to manager of the Trump campaign has
your humble correspondent thinking the GOP nominee is on the
rise. So what would it mean for business if Donald Trump is
elected President? His tax reforms would broadly benefit firms
and workers.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/could-tesla-survive-a-trump-administration-1471433224


Does Gov. Brown want to save the planet or his choo-choo?  Gov.
Jerry Brown needs to decide: Which does he really want to save?
Our planet Earth? Or his choo-choo? He can’t handle both — at
least not in the few days remaining before the Legislature wraps
up its two-year session Aug. 31. And maybe never.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-jerry-brown-agenda-priorities-20160818-snap-story.html

BLOGS

EPA says Albany oil terminal is violating air pollution
standards. The federal Environmental Protection Agency is saying
a company that operates a major crude oil ship-loading terminal
at the Port of Albany has run afoul of federal air pollution
standards and has been emitting more ozone-producing compounds
than they say they are.
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/266517/epa-says-albany-oil-terminal-is-violating-air-pollution-standards/

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