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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for June 9, 2017.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:57:28
CARB Newsclips for June 9, 2017. 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. CARB BUSINESS Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., PDT (WEBCAST) Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, CalEPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California The 2010 emission standards for heavy-duty engines have established a limit for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) emissions of 0.20 g/bhp-hr, a 90% reduction from the previous emission standards. However, it is projected that even when the entire on-road fleet of heavy-duty vehicles operating in California is compliant with the 2010 NOX emission standards, the upcoming National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) requirements for ambient particulate matter and ozone will not be achieved in California without further significant reduction in NOX emissions from the heavy-duty vehicles. https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/sharp/sharp.htm ______________________________ The California Air Resources Board in collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, is holding a free professional wet cleaning demonstration workshop. The free workshop will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017 from 2:00PM - 4:00PM in Los Angeles. Doors open at 1:45 PM. Venue: London Cleaners, 1073 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Space is limited. Register early at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-professional-wet-cleaning-demonstration-workshop-for-dry-cleaners-tickets-33498967313 or by searching for "wet cleaning workshop" on Eventbrite at: http://www.eventbrite.com For more details about the workshop, please visit ARB's Non-Toxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program (AB998) website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/dryclean/ab998.htm AIR POLLUTION As Trump's EPA delays smog rules, California vows to forge ahead. California officials say they are forging ahead with emissions-cutting measures despite the Trump administration’s move this week to delay implementation of Obama-era limits on ozone, the lung-searing gas in smog. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told governors Tuesday he was extending by one year a deadline… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ozone-delay-20170607-story.html Low emissions target: how it would work and why the benchmark figure is a red herring. There is more to the design of a potential LET – which is widely expected to be included in the Finkel review – than whether it will allow coal-fired generators to be included in the scheme. In the discussion that has ensued, many reports have been hand-wringing about the “benchmark” set in the LET… https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/08/low-emissions-target-how-it-would-work-and-why-the-benchmark-figure-is-a-red-herring CLIMATE CHANGE 'Super Corals' on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef May Save it From Climate Change, Scientists Discover. Scientists have discovered a population of “super corals” that appear to have become resistant to extreme environmental conditions—being able to survive and thrive in hot, acidic and low-oxygen waters. And they now plan to search for more climate-adaptable coral populations within the Great Barrier Reef. http://www.newsweek.com/super-corals-great-barrier-reef-climate-change-623535 A Little-Known Climate Fund Is Suddenly In The Spotlight. The Green Climate Fund has been thrust into the spotlight of late. President Trump singled it out for scorn in his Rose Garden remarks last week announcing his decision to pull the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. Along with that move, Trump noted, he is ending further U.S. contributions to the "so-called Green Climate Fund — nice name." http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/09/532106567/a-little-known-climate-fund-is-suddenly-in-the-spotlight “Do you believe?” is the wrong question to ask public officials about climate change. Policy, not the contents of hearts and minds, is what matters. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate agreement has sparked an unprecedented surge of interest in climate change, putting more mainstream media attention on the subject than I’ve ever seen. (A pretty low bar, admittedly.) https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/6/9/15760102/climate-change-belief Appeals court orders California Air Resources Board to change how it calculates greenhouse gas emissions. A California appeals court recently reversed a lower court’s decision to discharge a court order that had mandated the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to correct several violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) it had committed when it attempted to implement the state’s low carbon fuel standards regulations (LCFS). http://norcalrecord.com/stories/511124232-appeals-court-orders-california-air-resources-board-to-change-how-it-calculates-greenhouse-gas-emissions The news article that predicted the devastating impact of fossil fuels on climate change and warned the damage will be 'considerable in a few centuries' - in 1912! A tiny clipping from a New Zealand newspaper more than 100 years ago predicts the effects of global warming 'may be considerable in a few centuries'. The author links the burning of coal and warming of the atmosphere - describing it as a 'blanket' for the Earth. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4584444/A-century-old-newspaper-predicted-global-warming-1912.html#ixzz4jX2i4KwZ U.S. Congress introduces bipartisan bill on HFCs and other short-lived pollutants. Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (a Democrat from California) and Carlos Curbelo (a Republican from Florida) introduced the bipartisan Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction, or SUPER Act, into the U.S. Congress to combat short-lived climate pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). http://www.ammonia21.com/articles/7671/u_s_congress_introduces_bipartisan_bill_on_hfcs_short_lived_pollutants Trump is 'wrong.' Chinese criticism intensifies over Paris. Normally tight-lipped Chinese officials are opening up about their disappointment in President Trump's withdrawal from the global climate pact signed in Paris. California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has been in China this week to promote action on climate change, hopscotching from one event to another and signing nonbinding agreements… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060055784/search?keyword=california LA mayor's climate guru heads to clean tech incubator. Matt Petersen, the top climate expert for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, will take over as president and CEO of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, a nonprofit that nurtures startups in the clean technology field. Petersen has worked as Garcetti's chief sustainability officer since 2013, a position the mayor created when he took office. https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/09/stories/1060055795 GOP climate policy survives Trump's bombshell. Climate-conscious lawmakers are stumped on how to tackle carbon dioxide emissions at the federal level after President Trump's decision to pull the plug on U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement — but a few proposals are showing new signs of life. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060055802 DIESEL ACTIVITIES Trucking Alliance cautions Ottawa on carbon strategy. The Canadian trucking industry is supportive of current and future carbon reducing regulations, but decision makers should heed lessons from the past when considering future environmental policy direction and regulatory language. That was essentially the message delivered by Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) President Stephen Laskowski… http://www.todaystrucking.com/trucking-alliance-cautions-ottawa-on-carbon-strategy FUELS VEHICLES Race Is on to Mine Metal Powering Electric Vehicles. The race is on to supply more of the cobalt needed for batteries in the fast-growing market for electric vehicles -- and that means fresh competition for the big players Glencore Plc and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A pipeline of projects is looming in places including Australia, the U.S. and Canada after cobalt prices more than doubled in the past year. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-08/cobalt-upstarts-eye-glencore-s-turf-for-244-billion-ev-spoils Porsche Cayenne diesel emissions exceed legal limits – Spiegel. Diesel models of Volkswagen's sports car maker Porsche have much higher emissions than is legally allowed, German weekly Der Spiegel reported on Friday, citing test results. The magazine asked German test institute TUV Nord to check emission levels for the Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI, an SUV model, under normal driving conditions. http://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-emissions-porsche-idUSL8N1J65BE?feedType=RSS&virtualBrandChannel=11563 https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/06/09/business/09reuters-volkswagen-emissions-porsche.html?_r=0 VW RECALL Bosch software enabled emissions cheating by VW, FCA, study says. A study alleges that Robert Bosch Gmbh created the software that enabled Volkswagen AG to evade diesel emissions standards for years. Technical documents also indicate Bosch code was used in a so-called defeat device for a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles model… http://www.autonews.com/article/20170609/OEM11/170609775/bosch-software-enabled-emissions-cheating-by-vw-fca-study-says GREEN ENERGY The Energy 202: What the Dodd-Frank rollback could mean for energy companies. While everyone was watching James B. Comey's testimony in the Senate on Thursday, the other side of the Capitol was more quietly (but also consequentially) passing a piece of legislation that would have far-reaching financial implications if it becomes law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/06/09/the-energy-202-what-the-dodd-frank-rollback-could-mean-for-energy-companies/5939899be9b69b2fb981dcb1/?utm_term=.8f6d386beaed Can California really hit a 100% renewable energy target? California takes pride in its clean energy credentials, but the state may be poised to take an even more dramatic next step: deriving 100 percent of its electrical power from renewable energy sources by the end of 2045. “I don’t think it’s a big stretch, politically,” said Senate President pro tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), who introduced a bill in Sacramento that would lay down the zero-carbon sources threshold. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-california-100percent-20170601-story.html Renewables provide more than half UK electricity for first time. National Grid reported that, on Wednesday lunchtime, power from wind, solar, hydro and wood pellet burning supplied 50.7% of UK energy. Add in nuclear, and by 2pm low carbon sources were producing 72.1% of electricity in Great Britain. Wednesday lunchtime was perfect for renewables being both sunny and windy. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40198567 MISCELLANEOUS OPINIONS Ramesh Ponnuru on Climate Change (Audio). Bloomberg View columnist Ramesh Ponnuru presents a column explaining that President Donald Trump has been defending his plan to withdraw from the Paris climate-change accord on nationalist grounds. The fact that almost all the other governments of the world favor the accord should not keep us from pursuing our interests. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2017-06-08/ramesh-ponnuru-on-climate-change-audio In assessing global warming, look beyond the stranded polar bears. The iconic photograph of polar bears stranded on floating ice often appears when the Globe runs a story on climate change. This is unfortunate, not only because it’s lazy journalism, but because it sends the wrong message. Climate change is destroying coral reefs. https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2017/06/08/assessing-global-warming-look-beyond-stranded-polar-bears/Gn7S6xW0vTaPOjw3KAsaRI/story.html Paris Agreement: President Trump’s Mystery Math. By this time, your eyes may have glazed over from reading the myriad of fact checks and rebuttals of President Trump’s speech announcing the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. There were so many dizzying falsehoods in his comments that it is nearly impossible to find any truth in the rhetorical fog. http://www.theenergycollective.com/edfclimate411/2406415/paris-agreement-president-trumps-mystery-math Trump’s climate change sociopathy. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement is not just dangerous for the world; it is also sociopathic. Without remorse, Trump is willfully inflicting harm on others. The declaration by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, that Trump believes in climate change makes matters worse, not better. http://jordantimes.com/opinion/jeffrey-d-sachs/trump’s-climate-change-sociopathy President, EPA wrong on climate change. It is troubling that the president of the United States and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency have abdicated our nation’s leadership in the world-wide effort to mitigate climate change. The Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord reflects the triumph of money driven ideological politics over science. http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/06/09/letters-editor-june-9-2017/381076001/ Letter to the editor: Global warming according to Trump. On the Hugh Hewitt show (Sept. 21, 2015), Donald Trump said, "Global warming ... it's a hoax ... it's a hoax. I'm not a believer in global warming. I'm not a believer in man-made global warming. I believe there's weather. I believe there's change ... and I believe it goes up, and it goes down, and it goes up again ... but I am not a believer… http://www.tehachapinews.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-global-warming-according-to-trump/article_3e0b035c-4af6-11e7-be56-d3da5560f9cb.html BLOGS The Other Reason to Shift away from Coal: Air Pollution That Kills Thousands Every Year. Shifting coal-fired power plants in the U.S. to natural gas would have tremendous positive effects on human health in America. When President Donald Trump announced on June 1 that he had decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord… https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-other-reason-to-shift-away-from-coal-air-pollution-that-kills-thousands-every-year/ Climate Change Is Literally Making You Lose Sleep. Sleep deprivation is miserable, but it’s more than a mere inconvenience. Climate change caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases is wreaking havoc on our planet — from heat waves to heavy rainstorms to higher sea levels, the consequences of global warming are far-reaching. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-is-literally-making-you-lose-sleep_us_59397ccae4b0b65670e5684f?section=us_healthy-living Trump’s War on Oceans. In 2008, when President George W. Bush issued the traditional proclamation declaring June to be National Ocean Month, it was peppered with platitudes about America’s “precious waters” and included a shoutout to the newly minted Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument he had established two years earlier. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2017/06/08/433823/trumps-war-oceans/ Corporate America Is Committing To Carbon Cuts Through Science-Based Targets. Kellogg Company is on a mission to increase its share of world markets while also keeping its greenhouse gas emissions in check. And the cereal maker says that it will use science-based targets that are accredited and verified by third parties. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2017/06/08/corporate-america-is-committing-to-carbon-cuts-through-science-based-targets/#7ecb141b3ea8 California’s Delta Poised to Become Massive Carbon Bank. A newly certified carbon trading protocol could help solve a number of problems in the West’s largest estuary, including flood risk, water pollution, habitat loss and threats to a critical freshwater supply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/06/09/californias-delta-poised-to-become-massive-carbon-bank