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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for January 4, 2017.

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 12:35:46
ARB Newsclips for January 4, 2017. 

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AIR POLLUTION

It smells like dead animals. Is “Zero Waste” making a stink at
the Miramar landfill? The smell of turkey wasn’t the only thing
in the air Thanksgiving morning in Kim Bustos’s University City
neighborhood. Bustos called the city at 7:30 a.m. to report a
really bad smell coming out of Miramar Landfill. Bustos moved
into the neighborhood seven months ago (about three miles
downwind of the landfill, when the wind is out of the east).
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/jan/04/citylights-it-smells-dead-animals-miramar-landfill/


CLIMATE CHANGE

Tillerson Climate-Change Testimony Set Before Trump Sworn In (1).
Lawyers for teenagers claiming the U.S. government failed to
protect the environment from global warming plan to question
under oath President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of
state on his knowledge of climate change. Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief
Executive Officer Rex Tillerson’s testimony, set for the day
before the Jan. 20 inauguration…
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-OIYL8MSYF01W01-7R40G2I15NQ55H7JDICVKP67GF


Louisiana History Washes Away As Sea Levels Rise, Land Sinks.
Louisiana is losing its coast at a rapid rate because of rising
sea levels, development and sinking marshland. Officials are
trying to rebuild those marshes and the wetlands, but much of the
coast can't be saved. This makes Louisiana's history an unwitting
victim. As land disappears and the water creeps inland, ancient
archaeology sites are washing away, too.
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/04/505320391/louisiana-history-washes-away-as-sea-levels-rise-land-sinks?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=24d8f6f85e-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-24d8f6f85e-327747457


Climate Change Is Raising Flood Risk in the Northern U.S.
Shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground
are likely causes for the heightened risk. Scientists who
combined an on-the-ground look at stream gauge data and an
above-the-ground view from satellites have determined that as the
Earth warms, the threat of flooding is growing in the northern
half of the United States.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-is-raising-flood-risk-in-the-northern-u-s/?wt.mc=SA_Twitter-Share&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=24d8f6f85e-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-24d8f6f85e-327747457


Climate Change Affecting Vermont Moose Population? Multi-Year
State Herd Study Started. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
is starting a three-year study of the state’s moose population.
Beginning this month and running through 2019, the study is aimed
at understanding the impact of climate change on Vermont’s moose
herds. On its website, the department said: “Moose herds across
the Northeast are increasingly under stress from climate change.
http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-affecting-vermont-moose-population-multi-year-state-herd-study-started-2469262


India's double first in climate battle. A £3m industrial plant is
capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2
to make valuable chemicals. It is a world first. And just 100km
away is the world's biggest solar farm, making power for 150,000
homes on a 10 sq km site. The industrial plant appears especially
significant as it offers a breakthrough by capturing CO2 without
subsidy. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38391034 

Judith Curry retires, citing 'craziness' of climate science.
Judith Curry, one of climate science's most vocal critics, is
leaving academe because of what she calls the poisonous nature of
the scientific discussion around human-caused global warming.
Curry, 63, is retiring from her tenured position as a professor
at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/01/04/stories/1060047798 

Alaska facing up to $5.5B in climate damage by 2100. Climate
change will cause billions of dollars in damage to roads,
buildings, airports, railroads and pipeline infrastructure in
Alaska, particularly if greenhouse gas emissions continue
unabated, a new study found. The findings suggest it would be
prudent for local, state and federal governments and businesses
to adapt infrastructure or design new infrastructure with climate
change considerations in mind.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/01/04/stories/1060047782 

GAO calls for climate coordination in building codes. The
accounting arm of Congress is urging the Commerce Department to
launch a program aimed at minimizing the financial costs of
climate change. In a report issued yesterday, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) said the trade organizations that set
architectural requirements, building codes and other
certifications…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/01/04/stories/1060047784 

Scientific uncertainty hamstrings climate policy analyses —
study. A new study of the ways governments choose climate
policies finds that economic analyses are poorly suited to
dealing with the uncertainty posed by climate change. The study,
published this month in the Journal of Environmental Economics
and Management, examines two types of economic models that are
used to assess the benefits and costs of taking action on climate
change.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/01/04/stories/1060047783 


DROUGHT

With snow piling up in the Sierra, what will it take to end
California's drought? The resort town of Phillips high in the
Sierra Nevada has long been a barometer of California’s drought.
Snow measuring station 3 in the El Dorado County town was where
Gov. Jerry Brown came in April 2015 to announce major drought
restrictions, using the dry, snow-less landscape as a stark
backdrop.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-drought-snow-sierra-20170103-story.html


Despite recent storms, California’s ‘snow drought’ continues.
Around the start of each year, California water officials make a
big show out of measuring the Sierra Nevada snowpack for
reporters. Tuesday’s measurement before a throng of cameras was
fairly bleak: Water content in the snowpack stood at just 53
percent of average, about a third as much water as the same time
last year at that site.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article124387999.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/03/california-drought-first-snow-survey-of-the-year-tuesday-as-big-storms-forecast/
http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20170103/NEWS/170109955

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/03/california-snowpack-surveyed-as-indicator-drought.html
  

As drought abates, lawmakers resume push for water.  A rainy
start to California's traditional wet season has somewhat eased
the state's five-year drought, and more storms are on the way,
state officials announced yesterday. While above-average
rainstorms have replenished major water supply reservoirs,
snowfall, which provides runoff for farmers later in the year, is
below average.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/01/04/stories/1060047836

DIESEL ACTIVITIES

Ballard-powered fuel cell electric buses exceed 10M km of revenue
service. Ballard Power Systems fuel cells have powered buses for
more than 10 million cumulative kilometers (6.2 million miles) of
revenue service. This fuel cell industry milestone has been
achieved across the company’s seven generations of its FCveloCity
fuel cell engine, which have been deployed in buses in 15
countries on 5 continents during the past 10 years.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/01/20170104-ballard.html 

VW RECALL

U.S. judge delays sentencing of VW employee aiding in emission
probe. A federal judge on Tuesday delayed the sentencing a German
man who is the only person to face U.S. criminal charges over
Volkswagen's diesel emission cheating scandal, as he cooperates
with prosecutors still investigating the matter. In September,
James R. Liang, who has worked for Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) since
1983 and was part of a…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-idUSKBN14N1YX


Owners of Tainted Volkswagen Diesel Cars File Lawsuit Seeking
Compensation.
Action could snowball into more claims, auto maker’s costs to
resolve scandal could rise significantly. Lawyers representing
owners of tainted Volkswagen diesel-powered cars in Germany filed
the first lawsuit seeking consumer compensation for damages from
the car maker’s diesel scandal in a test case…
http://www.wsj.com/articles/owners-of-tainted-volkswagen-diesel-cars-file-lawsuit-seeking-compensation-1483477500

GREEN ENERGY

Solar Could Beat Coal to Become the Cheapest Power on Earth.
Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world.
In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option
almost everywhere. In 2016, countries from Chile to the United
Arab Emirates broke records with deals to generate electricity
from sunshine for less than 3 cents a kilowatt-hour, half the
average global cost of coal power.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/for-cheapest-power-on-earth-look-skyward-as-coal-falls-to-solar


MISCELLANEOUS

California enlists Eric Holder to defend against Trump. Vowing to
protect California's values and constitutional guarantees,
Democratic leaders in the state Legislature selected former U.S.
Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as outside counsel to
advise their legal strategy against the incoming Trump
administration. Holder will help legislators resist any attempts
to roll back progress on issues like climate change, health care,
civil rights and immigration…
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article124471529.html#storylink=cpy


OPINION

No, cap-and-trade is not causing gas prices to soar. But it does
have a small impact. We can expect to hear all year about how
Ontario’s new cap-and-trade system is causing consumers pain at
the gas pumps — especially if the opposition parties and
right-leaning advocacy groups have anything to say about it. But
if gas prices do go way up this year, it will be because of other
global factors.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/01/03/no-cap-and-trade-is-not-causing-gas-prices-to-soar-but-it-does-have-a-small-impact


The real costs of cap and trade. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal
government isn’t telling Ontarians the true price of cap and
trade, which it imposed on consumers starting Sunday. It
estimates the average household will pay $156 more this year than
last for gasoline and natural gas home heating is inaccurate by
omission. The Liberal’s own figures…
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/03/the-real-costs-of-cap-and-trade


BLOGS

Scientists Must Double Their Efforts In Combating Global Warming;
Rebound Of Greenhouse Gas Emission Found. As global warming
continues to hit, researchers are being challenged on how to
combat it. One of the weapons to fight off the climate
technologies would be the "green technologies." However,
scientists must double their efforts to avoid future rebounds in
greenhouse gas emission, a new study has found.
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/55818/20170104/scientist-double-efforts-combating-global-warming-rebound-greenhouse-gas-emission-greenhouse-gas-emission-global-warming.htm


Can We Rely on DIY Air Pollution Sensors? People without
specialized training can now measure air quality, but there are
important concerns about how well the sensors work. Until
recently, measuring air pollution was a task that could be
performed only by trained scientists using very sophisticated —
and very expensive — equipment.
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/guest-blogs/can-we-rely-diy-air-pollution-sensors#ixzz4UoOCsTOJ


Solar and Wind Power are Now Officially Cheaper Than Fossil
Fuels. Despite the low price, not enough money is being put into
renewable ways of generating electricity
Solar and wind is now either the same price or cheaper than new
fossil fuel capacity in more than 30 countries, according to a
new report from the World Economic Forum.
http://countercurrentnews.com/2017/01/solar-and-wind-power-are-now-officially-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels/


The Republicans Who Want Trump to Fight Climate Change. Meet the
“eco-right.” Not everyone interested in curbing climate change is
tearing their hair out about Donald Trump's election. Though the
president-elect seems to be packing his administration with
climate deniers and fossil fuel industry veterans, a small,
unconventional band of environmentalists sees potential.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/green-republican/512111/





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