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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 2, 2016.
Posted: 02 Sep 2016 15:06:11
ARB Newsclips for September 2, 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 Spends GHG Market Proceeds on Clean Transport. California has unallocated proceeds from its greenhouse gas emission cap-and-trade program, and state officials have just decided how it will be spent. Governor Jerry Brown, State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon Wednesday announced an agreement on an expenditure plan that will reduce greenhouse gas… http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/01/california-spends-ghg-market-proceeds-on-clean-transport/ AIR POLLUTION Greek shipping companies convicted of pollution, obstruction. Federal prosecutors say two Greek shipping companies and two of their employees have been convicted of multiple charges after they dumped sludge and waste water into the ocean and tried to cover it up. A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday said the companies… http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Greek-shipping-companies-convicted-of-pollution-9200170.php Cow fart regulation approved by American lawmakers. The dairy farming industry has been given extra time to comply. 'Cow fart' regulations have been approved by California lawmakers, who added new restrictions on the amount of methane emissions in the atmosphere to the state's climate change agenda. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/california-cow-fart-regulation-approved-by-lawmakers-1579429 CLIMATE CHANGE California moves to add methane limits to climate agenda. California Democrats are taking further steps to advance the state's ambitious climate-change agenda, agreeing to regulate methane emissions from landfills and dairy farms for the first time and approving $900 million in spending on environmental programs. The approval came in the final hours of the two-year legislative session Wednesday following a flurry of negotiations… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLIMATE_CHANGE_FUNDING?SITE=SCAND&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT U.S. and China to lead push on climate change at G20 summit. China and the United States are expected to give the Paris climate change agreement a big push forward as the world's largest economies gather for the G20 summit this weekend, including potentially jointly announcing their ratification of the deal and action to curb fossil fuel subsidies, experts say. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-climatechange-china-usa-idUSKCN1175FJ http://in.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-aviation-idINKCN11823Q Largest U.S. Power Grid Says It Can Meet Obama’s Climate Mandate. The operator of the largest U.S. power market said it can meet the Obama administration’s sweeping goals to tackle climate change while limiting the impact on power prices to a less than 3 percent rise. Power suppliers in the market, which covers parts of the U.S. mid-Atlantic and Midwest, can meet emission reduction targets for less than $2 a megawatt-hour… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-OCU8356K50XW01-294HJC3NNKI7MHONNOTOB4VMDA Obama warns against global warming's impact on Pacific atoll. President Barack Obama plunked down on a speck of coral reef in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and gazed out at the turquoise waters of the marine monument he's widened to become the largest in the world. Hundreds of rare birds fluttered in the skies halfway between Asia and North America as the president paid… http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Obama-warns-against-global-warming-s-impact-on-9199329.php WH announces $40 million climate effort for Pacific islands. The White House on Thursday announced a $40 million program to help Pacific Ocean islands cope with climate change. The new funding is going, in part, to underwrite a fund to send “climate-adaption coordinators” to eight Pacific Ocean island nations. It will also invest in a USAID program to “promote resilience, enhance access to climate finance… http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/294124-wh-announces-40-million-climate-effort-for-pacific-islands?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=8bb3ed4a33-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8bb3ed4a33-327747457 'Cool' clothing breakthrough could slash building emissions. Turn off your air conditioner and stay cool in your shirt instead. That's the idea behind a new plastic-wrap-like material that Stanford University scientists say could be made into "cool" clothing, the use of which could slash emissions and energy consumption in buildings. If woven into fabric, the wearable cloth could keep humans cool… http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/09/02/stories/1060042298 DROUGHT Who benefits from California’s drought? These 8 businesses are helped by less water. It’s hot, wildfires are cropping up throughout the state and water is at a premium. And that recent El Nino? It was a bust for Southern California, bringing little of the rain that weather experts had predicted. As California navigates its way through a fifth year of serious drought, residents and businesses alike are feeling the effects. But as bad as all of this is, some businesses have managed to benefit from California’s drought. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/20160902/who-benefits-from-californias-drought-these-8-businesses-are-helped-by-less-water FUELS U.S. Gasoline Use Hits A Record, But That May Not Last. The U.S. has set a new record for how much gasoline the country consumes in a month. Drivers burned more than 405 million gallons of gas a day in June, the latest month counted. The Energy Information Administration says that's the highest amount ever, on records dating back to 1946. Just a few years back, when the economy was suffering, "staycations" became popular. http://www.npr.org/2016/09/02/492271953/u-s-gasoline-use-hits-a-record-but-that-may-not-last?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=8bb3ed4a33-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8bb3ed4a33-327747457 VEHICLES In China's electric car boom, global automakers select different gear. By 2020, Beijing says automakers must meet tough new green standards to cut epic pollution in China's cities. As domestic firms bet heavily on electric cars to meet that goal, foreign peers are set to stay in a different, petrol-driven gear. In the latest sign of caution from global automakers in China, Germany's Audi last week unveiled a new factory for high-efficiency transmissions in Tianjin, to be used in petrol-powered cars. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-autos-green-idUSKCN11767X Fiat Emissions Cleared by Italy as Germany Seeks Wider Probe (2). Italy rebuffed German efforts to look more deeply at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, arguing the automaker’s vehicles don’t breach emissions rules. The Italian Transport Ministry’s tests showing Fiat used no unauthorized devices on its vehicles still stand, an Italian government official said. http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-OCTTOX6JIJUP01-34UG89MFA5FOF4F7J6NTO1D3F6 California’s Zero-Emissions Program is Struggling Due to its Structure. Even though Toyota sold less than 300 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in California this year, and even though it doesn’t sell an EV, it still will almost certainly meet California’s zero-emission vehicle mandate. That’s because Toyota can use state-issued environmental credits to meet the mandate, instead of relying on current vehicle sales. http://www.hybridcars.com/californias-zero-emissions-program-is-struggling-due-to-its-structure/ GREEN ENERGY Big Hydro Fights to Be Part of New York’s Clean Energy Targets. Big hydroelectric suppliers are lobbying to be included in New York’s new clean energy plan that’s promising subsidies for money-losing nuclear plants. Hydro-Quebec and Brookfield Renewable Partners LP say their hydroelectric plants should get the same subsidies for carbon-free electricity as those being given to wind, solar and nuclear generators… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-02/big-hydro-fights-to-be-part-of-new-york-s-clean-energy-targets Solar Power Does Work, Even Better Than Expected. One of the prices we have to pay for our ideological divide on renewable energy is that we have to read headlines like this, particularly in the Murdoch media: “Solar and wind power simply don’t work, not here, not anywhere”. It was written by the former chairman of a coal mining company, in case you were wondering. https://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/02/solar-power-work-even-better-expected/ Solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts. Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of sun's energy. The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world, yet the clean energy source still accounts for just slightly more than 1 percent of the world's electricity mix. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160829163522.htm ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Legislature declines to add 'environmental justice' members to Southern California air quality board. The state Legislature has rejected a controversial measure that would have shifted the political balance of Southern California’s air-quality board by adding three state-appointed “environmental justice” members to represent low-income communities suffering from pollution. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/ OPINIONS Legislature did much, but full impacts of big items remain unknown. The biennial legislative session that ended very early Thursday morning amassed a very substantial record of action – some positive, some negative and much whose real effects won’t be known for years. The latter category includes extending the state’s war on carbon dioxide emissions for another decade, gradually increasing the state’s minimum wage by 50 percent to $15 per hour… http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article99386622.html#storylink=cpy Melting glaciers, shifting biomes and dying trees in our national parks – yet we can take action on climate change. Trees are dying across Yosemite and Yellowstone national parks. Glaciers are melting in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Corals are bleaching in Virgin Islands National Park. Published field research conducted in U.S. national parks has detected these changes and shown that human climate change…http://yubanet.com/enviro/melting-glaciers-shifting-biomes-and-dying-trees-in-our-national-parks-yet-we-can-take-action-on-climate-change/ BLOGS The problem with natural gas: methane emissions. The largest methane leak in the nation’s history began last October in an underground natural gas storage facility in California’s Aliso Canyon. When it was all said and done, experts said that 110,000 tons of methane had leaked into the atmosphere over the course of four months and conjured up ways to describe the figure in relatable terms. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/294232-the-problem-with-natural-gas-methane-emissions The Science of Car Sharing: Can Shared Vehicle Services Reduce Transportation Emissions? I’m a fan of car sharing services like Zipcar and car2go. Both offer instant access to vehicles that are scattered throughout my city, and car2go offers the unique benefit of being able to drop a vehicle off at any parking spot, even one with a meter. Using these services is super easy… http://blog.ucsusa.org/josh-goldman/car-sharing-climate-change-emissions U.S. wind power surpasses 75 GW and Americans love it. Sometimes the more you know about something. And that’s the case for wind energy. The amount of installed wind capacity across the U.S. has tripled over the last eight years and people are taking notice. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-kiernan/us-wind-power-surpasses-7_b_11802446.html Volkswagen Says It's All But Done With Diesel in the United States. Bad news, VW TDI lovers: Volkswagen doesn’t want to get back together. According to Car and Driver, Heinrich Woebcken, the President of Volkswagen Group of North America, has stated that “the push for diesel for the brand is done. We don’t foresee that the strength of diesel will come back for this market.” http://www.thedrive.com/news/5091/volkswagen-says-its-all-but-done-with-diesel-in-the-united-states Climate Summit of the Americas - Increased cooperation among governments of the Americas in the fight against climate change. At the 2(nd) Climate Summit of the Americas at Guadalajara (State of Jalisco) Mexico, participating governments of Quebec, Ontario and Mexico issued a joint declaration on August 31, 2016, in which they affirmed the desire to strengthen their climate cooperation, particularly by encouraging… http://www.marketwatch.com/story/climate-summit-of-the-americas---increased-cooperation-among-governments-of-the-americas-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-2016-09-02 California targets clean transport, urban greening for $900M in cap-and-trade funds. Dive Brief: •California legislators have approved a last-minute deal to use $900 million from the state’s cap-and-trade program to fund environmental and clean energy projects across the state. •The funds will be spent on subsidies for electric cars, rail programs, urban green spaces and pollution abatement in low-income communities. http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-targets-clean-transport-urban-greening-for-900m-in-cap-and-tra/425620/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.