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Posted: 31 Oct 2016 15:03:30
ARB Newsclips for October 31, 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 Smog chokes Delhi as pollution hits hazardous levels. Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even healthy people were at risk of respiratory problems. New Delhi ranks among the world's most polluted cities, with air quality usually worsening at this time of year… http://in.reuters.com/article/religion-diwali-india-pollution-delhi-idINKBN12V1OM http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-air-quality-new-delhi-pictures-20161031-photogallery.html Climate Change Is Already Forcing Americans to Move. Loraine Helber runs the public housing authority in Punta Gorda, Florida, a city of 18,000 just north of Fort Myers at the mouth of the Peace River. In March, she hopes to celebrate a milestone: the opening of new apartments for the elderly, replacing about 80 units destroyed by the hurricane. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-31/climate-change-is-already-forcing-americans-to-move 1 in 7 children globally lives with ‘toxic’ air, study finds. About 300 million children — roughly 1 in 7 worldwide — live in areas with “toxic” levels of air pollution, according to new research from the United Nations Children’s Fund. The findings offer the latest reminder that some of the planet’s most vulnerable inhabitants face the worst environmental health threats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/31/one-in-seven-children-globally-lives-with-toxic-air-study-finds/?utm_term=.17d099d0a493 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/world/asia/unicef-children-toxic-air.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/31/unicef-says-2-billion-children-breathe-toxic-air.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1031/UNICEF-report-88-percent-of-world-s-children-breathe-toxic-air White House targets financial disclosure of climate risk. A White House climate official is scheduled to speak Monday about a new plan to disclose the financial risk associated with climate change, following work with a Group of 20 task force. Ali Zaidi, associate director for natural resources, energy and science at the Office of Management and Budget, is scheduled to speak at the Atlantic Council… http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-targets-financial-disclosure-of-climate-risk/article/2605915 Growth of city trees can cut air pollution, says report. A study by US-based The Nature Conservancy (TNC) reported than the average reduction of particulate matter near a tree was between 7% and 24%. Particulate matter (PM) is microscopic particles that become trapped in the lungs of people breathing polluted air. PM pollution could claim an estimated 6.2 million lives each year by 2050, the study suggests. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37813709 CLIMATE CHANGE Commonwealth drives strategies to put climate change into reverse. Highways lined with wind turbines among designs on show as Commonwealth aims to be a pathfinder that can ‘say sorry for screwing up’ on climate. Cities that mimic forests, bricks made from converted carbon dioxide and highways lined with wind turbines powered by traffic. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/oct/31/commonwealth-drives-strategies-to-put-climate-change-into-reverse Researchers find greenhouse gases played role in record-low 2015 snowpacks. UCLA and Oregon State University scientists say results of new study are cause for concern. For perennially drought-stricken California, a new study from professors at UCLA and Oregon State University shows cause for alarm surrounding the record-low snowpack levels of 2015. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/researchers-find-greenhouse-gases-played-role-in-record-low-2015-snowpacks How climate change could worsen a centuries-old water dispute. A centuries-old water war in India could be on the precipice of getting worse — and it's all because of climate change. The dispute concerns the sharing of the Kaveri, a 475-mile-long river that is a critical source of water for the country's southern states. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/31/stories/1060045011 As other sectors act, shipping starts to think about a plan. A U.N. shipping body has launched a plan to reduce the sector's global warming impact in 2023. The International Maritime Organization agreed Friday in London to come up with an initial strategy by 2018 to curb greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/31/stories/1060045032 DROUGHT The drought eased up, and these Californians turned on the spigot. The San Juan Water District showed the rest of California how to save water when the state needed the savings most. The supplier for eastern Sacramento and southern Placer counties cut consumption 41% from 2013 levels during the summer of 2015 — the height of a years-long drought. District residents let their acre-sized properties fade; livestock went thirsty, vineyards decayed. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-water-conservation-backslide-20161018-snap-htmlstory.html California drought: Is October rain making a difference? As California enters the sixth year of its historic drought, something unusual is happening: It’s raining. And raining. Rainfall is expected across much of the Bay Area again Sunday, with another storm coming Halloween night. Marin, Sonoma and other North Bay counties should get the biggest soaking. http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/29/california-drought-is-october-rain-making-a-difference/ In California Drought, a $350 Million Experiment on Tastes. Drought-ridden California poured more than $350 million over the last two years into an experiment in social engineering — trying to turn residents' tastes away from water-slurping lawns. For Southern California's giant Metropolitan Water District, the hundreds of millions of dollars spent paying property owners to remove their lawns represented the agency's biggest single conservation program ever. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-drought-350-million-experiment-tastes-43193906 A solution to California's drought? California’s aquifers, underground areas where water collects, may have up to three times the amount of useable groundwater as previously estimated. California’s aquifers, underground areas where water collects, may have up to three times the amount of useable groundwater as previously estimated. http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Bite/2016/1031/A-solution-to-California-s-drought DIESEL ACTIVITIES Oakland Port slashes dirty diesel pollution in long campaign. Margaret Gordon used to clean the windows and blinds of her West Oakland home once a week a decade ago to remove the black, gritty soot from diesel air pollution that drifted in from trucks and ships at the nearby Port of Oakland. Now she cleans them less often after government and business invested well in excess of $100 million in ships, trucks… http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/28/oakland-port-slashes-dirty-diesel-pollution-in-long-campaign/ VEHICLES Quebec approves new law to boost sales of zero emission vehicles. Quebec lawmakers on Wednesday approved new zero emission vehicle legislation that obliges automakers selling cars in the Canadian province to offer their customers a minimum number of hybrid, rechargeable and electric models. Quebec, the first Canadian province to pass such legislation, joins 10 U.S. states including California that have… http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-autos-quebec-idUSL1N1CW1TZ Musk’s Sale of Clean-Air Credits May Have Marked Peak for Market. After Tesla Motors Inc. sold $139 million of zero-emission credits in the third quarter, Elon Musk complained that they should be worth more -- if only California’s regulations were tougher. Instead, they may soon be worth less. The staff of the California Air Resources Board is planning to propose as early as this week that the state’s emissions targets… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/musk-s-sale-of-clean-air-credits-may-have-marked-peak-for-market Warming to lithium-ion, Toyota charges up its battery options. Engineers at Toyota Motor Corp say they have tamed volatile lithium-ion battery technology, and can now safely pack more power at no significant extra cost, giving the Japanese automaker the option to enter the growing all-electric car market. While rivals including Tesla Motors and Nissan Motor Co began adopting lithium-ion battery technology… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-batteries-idUSKBN12U0ZH Zero-Emission Vehicles Protect Public Health, Save Lives. A report released today underscores the high stakes to our health, environment, and pocketbooks if we fail to move aggressively to put many more zero-emission vehicles on the road to replace polluting gasoline-powered cars and trucks. The report, Clean Air Future, from the American Lung Association finds that the public bears a high cost—from respiratory illnesses… https://www.nrdc.org/experts/simon-mui/zero-emission-vehicles-protect-public-health-save-lives California tweaks electric car rebates: Will it work? In an effort to boost the sale of low-emissions vehicles, California is again tweaking its rebate program for buyers of all-electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel-cell cars. Starting Tuesday, high-income earners will be excluded from getting the rebates while prospective buyers from lower-income households will get more money under the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/sd-fi-rebates-changed-20161025-story.html Sector growth represents 'mixed bag' for Calif. utilities. The continued growth of electric vehicles in California represents a "double-edged sword" for the power industry there, Moody's Investors Service said in a report released today. Under best-case scenarios, electric vehicles could account for up to 5 percent of all electricity consumption in California by 2030, assuming the state meets its zero-emissions vehicle goals. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060045051/search?keyword=california GREEN ENERGY No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming. Elon Musk just showed us the grand unification of Tesla: Fast cars, big batteries, and a stunning solar rooftop. On Friday evening as the sun descended over the old Hollywood set of “Desperate Housewives,” Elon Musk took to a stage and fired up his presentation about climate change. It was a strange scene, with hundreds of people crowded into the middle of a subtly artificial suburban neighborhood. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/no-one-saw-tesla-s-solar-roof-coming http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-elon-musk-solar-20161028-story.html?platform=hootsuite Green Tariff Options In United States Are Increasing. A new report from the World Resources Institute has highlighted the increasing rise of “green tariffs” in the United States — large-scale renewable energy purchase programs available to residential and industrial customers alike. Simply put, “green tariffs” allow residential and industrial consumers the opportunity to interact directly with renewable energy sources… https://cleantechnica.com/2016/10/31/green-tariff-options-united-states-increasing/ Berkeley Lab Suggests We’re Underestimating Potential & Uncertainty Of Wind Energy Cost Reductions. A new report by researchers from Berkeley Lab has raised the possibility that we are underestimating the potential for and uncertainty of wind energy cost reductions. There has been a lot of coverage lately of the dramatic cost reductions for wind energy over the last few years… https://cleantechnica.com/2016/10/31/berkeley-lab-suggests-underestimating-potential-uncertainty-wind-energy-cost-reductions/ City approves first-of-its-kind zero-net-energy rule for homes. Santa Monica, Calif., has approved a mandate requiring that all new single-family homes qualify as "zero net energy" and consume only as much energy as they produce. The rule is the first of its kind in the state. Santa Monica said it believes it is the first in the world to enact such a requirement. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/31/stories/1060045031 MISCELLANEOUS Fisher Stevens on 'Before the Flood' and its original title. Leonardo DiCaprio's new climate change documentary, "Before the Flood," premiered on the National Geographic Channel last night. Directed by Fisher Stevens — who won an Oscar for his 2009 documentary "The Cove," about dolphin hunting in Japan — the 90-minute film takes viewers around the world to places already affected by climate change… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/31/stories/1060045022 OPINIONS We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Climate Change, We Need a Revolution. This year is on track to become the hottest ever recorded, and a growing number of environmentalists are using a particular type of language in response. Some are calling for a huge “mobilization” to “combat” climate change. In an article in the New Republic in August, Bill McKibben, the unofficial spokesperson of the climate movement in the United States… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/opinion/we-dont-need-a-war-on-climate-change-we-need-a-revolution.html?_r=0 New emissions targets make cap and trade the best low-cost, market-based approach. This is a critical time for California’s climate policies. Recently, Gov. Jerry Brown achieved his hope of extending California’s action beyond 2020, the termination date of Assembly Bill 32. Whereas AB 32 called for reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 202. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article110900142.html#storylink=cpy Californians must recommit to water conservation. Recent news items raise concerns about California’s ongoing struggle to deal with the punishing drought. The Desert Sun’s Ian James reported this month that Coachella Valley water agencies have logged a huge drop in conservation compared to the great efforts seen during 2015 and the first half of this year. Coachella Valley Water District customers used just 4.3 percent less water in September… http://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/10/29/our-voice-californians-water-conservation/92903778/ California has new carbon reduction goal, but details of impacts still fluid. A few weeks ago, Gov. Jerry Brown and his predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, jointly celebrated the 10th anniversary of Assembly Bill 32, the legislation that launched California’s war on greenhouse gases. “This is a big idea, and it takes a big mind to get around it,” Brown said – a not-so-subtle dig at those who question California’s crusade. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article111504647.html Don’t disadvantage the Bay Area’s poor communities. A less-noticed element of this year’s battle in Sacramento over the extension of California’s climate change policies was the program to distribute at least 25 percent of cap-and-trade auction revenue to disadvantaged communities struggling with pollution around the state. Then a new draft formula was released to change the way the state determines… http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Don-t-disadvantage-the-Bay-Area-s-poor-10421109.php BLOGS Obama Administration Outlines Path For Climate Change Resiliency. In the last decade, extreme weather and wildfires cost the federal government $357 billion. Whether you believe it or not, climate change is here. Communities around the United States, from Miami to Shishmaref, Alaska, are beginning to feel ― and prepare for ― its fury. And while cutting carbon emissions is the obvious solution, preparing for rising seas… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-resiliency-report-obama-us_us_5813a021e4b0390e69d01562 Busting the Climate Change Myth. What’s one of the most insidious myths we’ve bought into, when it comes to climate change? It has nothing to do with the science: it’s the simple idea that we have to be a certain type of person to care about climate change. If I’m a liberal, if I bike to work and call myself a “tree-hugger,” then of course I care about climate change. http://blog.ucsusa.org/katharine-hayhoe/busting-the-climate-change-myth The Cheeseburger of the Forest: Evidence of Global Warming. For the climate change deniers, how about giving them a children’s book on the subject? Maybe then, they’ll understand. Sneed B. Collard III’s latest book, Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science and Survival tells the story of the unfortunate predicament of the snowshoe hare in the forests of Montana. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-cobb/the-cheeseburger-of-the-f_b_12732914.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.