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 AIR POLLUTION

Beijing issues red alert for severely high air pollution
Beijing's city government has issued a red alert for severely
high levels of air pollution in the Chinese capital, running for
five days from Friday evening, the environmental protection
bureau said on its official Twitter-like Weibo account.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-idUSKBN1440P9 
http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/12/15/beijing-issues-red-alert-as-the-country-grapples-with-severe-air-pollution

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4035818/Beijing-issues-red-alert-severely-high-air-pollution.html


Don’t Call It ‘Smog’ in Beijing, Call It a ‘Meteorological
Disaster’
Is smog a natural disaster? Beijing officials appear to think so.
They have listed it on an official website of weather calamities,
alongside the spring sandstorms and summer rainstorms that sweep
the capital, wedged between mountains bordering the Gobi Desert
and the North China Plain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/world/asia/beijing-smog-pollution.html


Not just prevention, we want reversal of air pollution: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it does not just want
prevention of air pollution, but a reversal of its impact also,
after it was told that pollutants once generated continue to
affect the environment for years.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/not-just-prevention-we-want-reversal-of-air-pollution-delhi-hc-4428872/


Warsaw public transport free for a day due to air pollution
Poland, which burns large amounts of coal to keep its industries
running and homes warm, has the second highest air pollution
levels in Europe after Bulgaria, according to the 2016 report on
air quality in Europe by the European Environment Agency.
http://www.kmbc.com/article/warsaw-public-transport-free-for-a-day-due-to-air-pollution/8502681


CLIMATE CHANGE

Officials in 24 States Urge Trump to Kill Obama Carbon Plan 
Officials in two dozen states are asking President-elect Donald
Trump to issue an executive order on his first day in office
declaring as illegal President Barack Obama's plan to curb
planet-warming carbon emissions.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/15/us/politics/ap-us-clean-air-lawsuits.html

From Trump and His New Team, Mixed Signals on Climate Change
He brushed off climate change as a Chinese hoax, then called it
the real deal and finally declared that "nobody really knows."
Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on whether or how he will
try to slow Earth's warming temperatures and rising sea levels.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/15/us/politics/ap-us-trump-climate.html


California Agency to Defend Environmental Standards under Trump
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to loosen environmental
regulations will have no impact on the strict emissions standards
in California, the deputy head of the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) told Handelsblatt.
https://global.handelsblatt.com/breaking/california-agency-to-defend-environmental-standards-under-trump


Study: Warming's Fingerprints Seen on 24 Weird Weather Cases
A new scientific report finds man-made climate change played some
role in two dozen extreme weather events around the world in
2015. But it also detected no global warming fingerprints in a
handful of other weird weather instances.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/15/science/ap-us-sci-extreme-weather.html


Climate Scientists Adjust as Trump Builds Team of Oil Allies
Climate scientists worried that President-elect Donald Trump will
slash their budgets and sideline their research are entering
survival mode, trimming the words "climate change" from study
proposals, emphasizing business applications of their work, and
safeguarding data that shows global warming is real.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/12/15/us/politics/15reuters-usa-trump-climatescience.html

NASA releases eye-popping view of carbon dioxide 
A new NASA supercomputer project builds on the agency's satellite
measurements of carbon dioxide and combines them with a
sophisticated Earth system model to provide one of the most
realistic views yet of how this critical greenhouse gas moves
through the atmosphere.
http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2530/nasa-releases-eye-popping-view-of-carbon-dioxide/

DROUGHT

A tale of two droughts in California: Wetter in the north, still
bone dry in the south
When California water officials assess the drought, the first
place they look is the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. Rain and
snowmelt from the area feed into a complex system of rivers,
canals and reservoirs that send water across the state.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-drought-divergence-rain-20161214-story.html


HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES

California Air Resources Board approves GreenPower's EV550 for
HVIP voucher GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GPV)
(GPVRF) ("GreenPower") announces that its EV550 45 foot
all-electric double decker bus has been approved by the
California Air Resources Board ("CARB") and is eligible for a
Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project
("HVIP") for $95,000 for each EV550 sold in the State of
California and an additional $15,000 where the bus is deployed in
a disadvantaged community.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-air-resources-board-approves-140000965.html


Trucking Industry Lawsuit Could Roll Back California
Environmental Regulation
A federal lawsuit filed by trucking, oil and construction
companies and related trade groups could have an outsized effect
on environmental regulation during the Trump administration.
https://www.trucks.com/2016/12/15/trucking-industry-lawuit-environmental-regulation/


SHIPS

Port of Long Beach Set to Reduce Harmful Diesel Emissions Thanks
to EPA Funding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $6
million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds to public and
private partners at the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and
elsewhere.
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/port-of-long-beach-set-to-reduce-harmful-diesel-emissions-thanks-to-epa-funding/


RENEWABLE ENERGY

U.S. Wind Power Enjoys a Rebirth as Solar's Obstacles Mount
A year after Congress extended generous tax credits for renewable
energy projects, the U.S. wind industry is thriving. Solar power
companies, meanwhile, are hunkering down for a rough 2017.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/12/15/business/15reuters-solar-wind-analysis.html


VW EMMISSIONS

VW’s Nemesis and his Zero-Emission Dream
Alberto Ayala didn’t set out to uncover one of the biggest
scandals in the history of the global automotive industry.The
deputy head of the California Air Resources Board was simply
interested in gaining a better understanding of German clean
diesel technology.
https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/vws-nemesis-and-his-zero-emission-dream-661873


Audi A3 diesel fails independent emissions test in Europe
The best-selling model under Volkswagen's Audi division was
emitted about double the legal limits of nitrogen oxide (NOx)
levels for Europe, Reuters says, citing laboratory tests overseen
by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) in
August.
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/12/15/audi-a3-diesel-fails-emissions-test-europe-nox/

OPINIONS

Editorial: Don’t give VW unfair edge in EV charging station
market
The Department of Justice can’t let Volkswagen profit from its
diesel engine scandal. Experts in the electric vehicle market —
not to mention Volkswagen itself — agree that this is a
possibility with the $15 billion settlement reached earlier this
year.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/14/editorial-dont-give-vw-unfair-edge-in-ev-charging-station-market/


Donald Trump Should Know: This Is What Climate Change Costs Us
Last week, Donald J. Trump’s transition team sent a startling
questionnaire to the Department of Energy. Among other things,
the questionnaire asked for the names of all employees and
contractors who attended meetings of the Interagency Working
Group on the Social Cost of Carbon, as well as all emails
associated with those meetings, and the department’s “opinion” on
the underlying issues — a request it essentially refused.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/opinion/donald-trump-should-know-this-is-what-climate-change-costs-us.html


BLOGS

Late-night comics could have a real impact on climate change
denial
Last year, ABC News devoted just 13 minutes of airtime to
covering climate change in its nightly and Sunday news
shows — about as much as CBS’s The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert. This may be as much an indictment of ABC’s news
coverage as it is a testament to Stephen Colbert.
http://www.popsci.com/late-night-comic-colbert-stewart-climate-change-science




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