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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for November 17, 2016.
Posted: 17 Nov 2016 13:39:34
ARB Newsclips for November 17, 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 Britain seeks to curb pollution by small-scale power plants. Britain plans to curb health damaging air pollution with emissions standards for small-scale power plants used to generate back-up electricity at short notice and to stem the rising use of diesel generators. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) suggests plants producing 1-50 megawatts (MW) of electricity should be… http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-pollution-standards-idUKKBN13C1ZW?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews This stunning world map shows the awful state of air pollution. It is a shocking real-time visualization of the damage we are doing to the planet — and to ourselves. According to the most recent estimates from the World Health Organization, 7 million people died in 2012 from breathing polluted air, either outdoors or inside their homes. But sometimes it is hard to get your head around those kinds of numbers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/17/this-stunning-world-map-shows-the-awful-state-of-air-pollution/ EPA publishes proposed ozone implementation strategy. U.S. EPA is setting a Jan. 17 deadline for public comment on a proposed strategy for implementing the more stringent 70-parts-per-billion ozone standard put in place late last year. The agency will also hold a public hearing if requested by Dec. 2, according to a Federal Register notice published today. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/11/17/stories/1060045922 CLIMATE CHANGE China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented. China couldn’t have invented global warming as a hoax to harm U.S. competitiveness because it was Donald Trump’s Republican predecessors who started climate negotiations in the 1980s, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said. U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush supported the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-16/china-tells-trump-that-climate-change-is-no-hoax-it-invented?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=ce8962f2f3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-ce8962f2f3-327747457 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-trump-didn-invent-climate-change-no-hoax-article-1.2876574 Supermoon-spiked king tide offers sneak preview of sea-level rise along East Coast. This week’s supermoon was more than a spectacular sight in the night sky. It nudged up sea levels, leading to areas of coastal flooding along the East Coast. Such inundation offered a glimpse of the new normal in certain low-lying areas as sea levels rise because of climate change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/11/15/supermoon-spiked-king-tide-offers-sneak-preview-of-sea-level-rise-along-east-coast/?utm_campaign=ce8962f2f3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Inside Climate News White House Releases Wishful Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office. At COP 22, U.S. climate envoys lay out a vision to 'deeply decarbonize' the economy by 2050, just as a Trump presidency threatens to reverse climate progress. The White House released an optimistic but somewhat wishful strategy for long-term climate action on Wednesday, outlining options envisioned by the lame-duck Obama administration to… https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16112016/climate-change-cop-22-marrakech-global-warming-john-kerry-donald-trump?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=ce8962f2f3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-ce8962f2f3-327747457 Obama Presses Ahead with Plans for Deep Emissions Cuts. The administration released its strategy at the UN climate talks for cutting U.S. emissions more than 80 percent by mid-century. The Obama administration fulfilled what is probably its final major contribution to the Paris Agreement yesterday, releasing an outline for how the United States can act in the long term to help the world keep warming to a safe level. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/obama-presses-ahead-with-plans-for-deep-emissions-cuts/ Climate Advocates Get a Huge Donation Trump Bump. Much of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s policy preferences remain opaque and can only be inferred from vague campaign statements. While specifics are forthcoming, a number of organizations are already gearing up to do battle on a host of issues, including climate change. And if the early sign are any indication it looks like they may have more public support than ever. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-advocates-donations-donald-trump-20885?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=ce8962f2f3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-ce8962f2f3-327747457 Acting on Climate Change Is Actually Where the Money Is. In March, Donald Trump, then just one of many GOP presidential candidates, told the Washington Post Editorial Board: “I’m not a big believer in man-made climate change.” This was consistent with Trump’s longstanding tendency to dismiss global warming as a “fictional” problem. Since 2011, he’s rattled off a litany of tweets mocking concern for the issue. http://time.com/4574740/donald-trump-climate-change-consensus/ Does Calif. become leader or an island on climate change? California is building a bulwark to defend its work on climate change as President-elect Donald Trump, who called global warming "a hoax," readies his transition to office. The Golden State voted a deep shade of blue on Election Day, picking Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Trump by a nearly 29-point margin. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/17/stories/1060045918 FUELS China's flurry of gas measures to lift investment, third-party access. Sweeping moves by China to boost transparency in the natural gas sector will encourage private investment in pipelines and terminals, industry experts say, as part of Beijing's drive to nearly triple the fuel's role in China's energy mix. The world's top energy user is planning to boost the use of natural gas since it emits just half of the greenhouse gases that burning coal produces. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-gas-reform-idUSKBN13B0D3 USGS Announces Largest Oil And Gas Deposit Ever Assessed In U.S. The U.S. Geological Survey says a deposit in West Texas is the largest continuous oil and gas deposit ever discovered in the United States. On Tuesday, the USGS announced that an area known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/16/502337471/usgs-announces-its-largest-oil-and-gas-discovery-ever?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=ce8962f2f3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-ce8962f2f3-327747457 CARB Vs. Trump: Who Wins? The Trumpster has made it clear he plans to take a wrecking ball to the Environmental Protection Agency, which he blames for imposing a welter of regulations that make American businesses unable to compete in the global economy. One part of those regulations involves CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy, rules that have been in place since the time of the first Arab oil embargo in 1973. http://gas2.org/2016/11/16/carb-vs-trump-wins/ LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW Carmakers show their caution on electric cars at Los Angeles Auto Show. Electric cars are taking a back seat to more profitable trucks and sport utility vehicles at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, a venue that recently has been a showcase for green cars. Despite Tesla Motors' (TSLA.O) bold bet on consumer demand for all-electric vehicles, traditional automakers at the show are pushing the trucks and SUVs… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autoshow-trucks-idUSKBN13C28X http://www.businessinsider.com/r-carmakers-show-their-caution-on-electric-cars-at-los-angeles-auto-show-2016-11 Volkswagen boosts range of e-Golf electric car. As the competition for electric cars heats up, Volkswagen is presenting a new longer-range version of its e-Golf at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The range has been boosted almost 50% — from 83 miles a charge in the current version to 124 miles in new one. But it still pales next to Chevrolet's Bolt, which is about to go on sale with a rating at 238 miles a charge… http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/11/17/volkswagen-boosts-range-e-golf-electric-car/94016336/ VEHICLES Mazda CEO Says Electric Cars Coming in 2019. CEO Masamichi Kogai said the company would introduce zero-emission vehicles as standards tighten in the U.S. The chief executive of Mazda Motor Corp. said the company plans to start selling electric vehicles in 2019, joining rivals at home that face tightening emission standards abroad. http://www.wsj.com/articles/mazda-ceo-says-electric-cars-coming-in-2019-1479330903 FCA sued over emissions of 2007-2012 Dodge Ram diesel pickups with Cummins engines. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and engine supplier Cummins are the latest companies to be accused of hiding excess diesel-exhaust emissions. A class-action lawsuit filed against the two companies Monday accuses them of conspiring to conceal illegally-high levels of emissions in Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 diesel pickup trucks manufactured between 2007 and 2012. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1107333_fca-sued-over-emissions-of-2007-2012-dodge-ram-diesel-pickups-with-cummins-engines Study: Battery EVs Better For Emissions Reductions Than Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles. A new study from Stanford University has corroborated what should really be common sense by this point, that battery electric vehicles are a better choice for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions than hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are. News to no one that isn’t a hydrogen ideologue, but still good to see things quantified in detail. https://cleantechnica.com/2016/11/17/study-battery-evs-better-emissions-reductions-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/ VW RECALL VW’s Chief Faces Long Road to Overhaul Auto Maker. Contentious labor talks may hurt the chances of auto maker’s board signing off on CEO Matthias Mueller’s investment plan. When Matthias Müller took the wheel at the world’s biggest car company last year, he pledged to steer Volkswagen AG out of its worst-ever crisis, improve the company’s corporate culture and set the namesake VW passenger-car brand on the road to recovery. http://www.wsj.com/articles/vws-chief-faces-long-road-to-overhaul-auto-maker-1479378601?mod=yahoo_hs Volkswagen to hold press conference on VW brand overhaul on Friday. Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will hold a press conference on Friday attended by Chief Executive Matthias Mueller, among others, to discuss the revamp of its core VW brand, the German carmaker said on Thursday. Management and labor leaders have been in talks for months over cost cuts and strategy… http://finance.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-hold-press-conference-vw-184205302.html;_ylt=AwrT6VmwAS5YKPkA7TMnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByZDNzZTI1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- GREEN ENERGY Tesla, SolarCity shareholders prepare to vote on merger. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk will learn Thursday if shareholders support his plan to merge with SolarCity Corp. after a lengthy debate over the merits of the deal. Musk says the combination will create a one-stop shop for solar panels and electric cars. Shareholders of both companies are scheduled to vote… http://www.timesunion.com/business/technology/article/Tesla-SolarCity-shareholders-prepare-to-vote-on-10620093.php U.S. election casts shadow on IEA energy outlook. Natural gas, wind and solar energy are poised to dominate the world energy story over the next 25 years, according to a new international assessment, with the caveat, "Government policies will determine where we go from here." In its latest World Energy Outlook, the Paris-based International Energy Agency sees a fallback in the share of energy produced… http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/17/stories/1060045904 Coal in control as Wyo. senators ascend to top slots. Coal-state senators are poised to assume several of the most prominent leadership positions in Congress, promising to roll back a series of environmental regulations and offering a modicum of support to an industry badly in need of a lifeline. The ascension of coal-field lawmakers sets the stage for a pitched battle over the future of U.S. environmental policy. http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060045921 OPINIONS New Delhi’s Air Pollution. To the Editor: Re “Thick Smog in India’s Capital Leaves Residents ‘Cowering’ by Air Purifiers” (news article, Nov. 8): New Delhi’s air pollution emergency is a problem with a solution. New York City found it after decades of pollution rivaling that of the Indian city and other global metropolises through staunch local controls and the Clean Air Act of 1970. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/opinion/new-delhis-air-pollution.html?_r=0 California agencies must shift flood management approach to work with nature. It’s hard to think about floods after five years of drought. But in Sacramento, we don’t have a choice. Scientists tell us that climate change will bring drier years and more severe storms. Recent history shows this threat, as California has bounced between drought and flood. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article114823878.html#storylink=cpy Build America, then Buy American. When President Obama signed the stimulus spending package in 2009 in an effort to revive the recession-slowed economy, high-speed rail projects were a big winner. Congress appropriated $10 billion to build new bullet train corridors and to upgrade existing rail lines to accommodate faster trains. The goal was to build a modern, energy-efficient rail system… http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-high-speed-rail-20161117-story.html BLOGS Maryland asks EPA to crack down on pollution from Midwest coal plants. Maryland environmental regulators are asking their federal counterparts to crack down on 19 coal plants in five other states whose emissions — carried hundreds of miles by the wind — make the air here unhealthy to breathe on hot summer days. The plants have spent billions of dollars on technology to reduce pollution… http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-md-upwind-air-pollution-20161116-story.html Ontario, Quebec and California hold “linked carbon market” meeting at COP22. The governments of Ontario, Quebec and California held a tri-lateral meeting on Wednesday to further efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while boosting economic growth by linking cap-and-trade programs and expanding carbon markets. http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/ontario-quebec-california-hold-linked-carbon-market-meeting-cop22-1004103708/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.