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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for June 27, 2017.
Posted: 27 Jun 2017 14:07:30
CARB Newsclips for June 27, 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 Do you own or operate forklifts, sweeps/scrubbers, industrial tow tractors, or airport ground support equipment? If so, this regulation may apply to your business. For more information please go to the ARB Rulemaking webpage: https://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2016/sparkignition2016/sparkignition2016.htm -------------------------------------------------- The Large Spark-Ignition Engine Fleet Requirements Regulation (LSI Regulation) requires specific equipment be initially reported to the California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) by June 30, 2017 and labeled by July 30, 2017. The LSI Regulation reporting user guides, importing equipment guides, the amended regulation language, and other useful LSI regulation information are available at https://www.arb.ca.gov/ls i The Air Resources Board (ARB) announces the launch of its new California Dairy and Livestock GHG Reduction Working Group (Dairy Working Group) and Subgroup list serves that will provide interested stakeholders with up-to-date information about current activities and processes. Sign-up for the main Dairy Working Group process List Serve: https://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=dairy CAP AND TRADE Deadline looms for major cap-and-trade vote. Negotiations over the future of California's cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases are coming down to the wire, with Gov. Jerry Brown (D) seeking consensus among industry, business and all stripes of environmentalists. Bill language currently taking shape in Sacramento would extend the system through 2030, but it would significantly adjust the program with a firm price ceiling and limits on carbon offsets. https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/27/stories/1060056630 AIR POLLUTION U.S., Colorado sue PDC Energy, claiming Clean Air Act violations. The Trump administration and the state of Colorado sued PDC Energy Inc. on Monday, claiming the company violated the federal Clean Air Act by allowing unlawful emissions from storage tanks. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Colorado by the Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the state, seeks civil penalties… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pdc-energy-cleanair-idUSKBN19H26A China aims to reduce pollution with new 'Forest City' It’s a drop in the bucket, but at least a move in the right direction. China has broken ground on a new “forest city,” meant to curb the effects of air pollution in the region. The city’s buildings and structures will all be covered in nearly 1 million plants and 40,000 trees. The project aims to use the greenery to absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2… http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/china-aims-reduce-pollution-new-forest-city-article-1.3279561 China to build straddling buses on highways to avoid t Court deals a blow to Kern County oil train terminal. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved permits for the Bakersfield Crude Terminal in Taft, the California 5th District Court of Appeals says in a unpublished ruling. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=32852 http://www.4-traders.com/news/Earthjustice-California-Court-Overturns-Permit-Approval-For-Bakersfield-Oil-Train-Terminal--24661479/ Superfund demolition brings more questions than answers. Residents living in the U.S.S. Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago left a Monday public hearing by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development about the demolition of the West Calumet Housing Complex confounded by a lack of answers. Residents peppered officials with questions about the plan… http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-east-chicago-lead-raze-st-0628-20170627-story.html Justices decline mine spill, air pollution cases. The Supreme Court today declined to add two environmental cases to its docket for the fall term. Justices denied New Mexico's attempt to bring a lawsuit against Colorado over U.S. EPA's 2015 Gold King abandoned mine spill. The court also declined to review a case over EPA authority to apply emissions standards during industrial equipment malfunctions. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060056592 European cities ban diesels to curb emissions cheating. Large cities across Europe — including Munich, London, Paris, Oslo and Madrid — are banning or limiting diesel vehicles over emissions concerns. While national governments have been slow to respond to emissions scandals from BMW AG and others, cities are cracking down. https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/06/27/stories/1060056633 CLIMATE CHANGE Carbon in Atmosphere Is Rising, Even as Emissions Stabilize. On the best days, the wind howling across this rugged promontory has not touched land for thousands of miles, and the arriving air seems as if it should be the cleanest in the world. But on a cliff above the sea, inside a low-slung government building, a bank of sophisticated machines sniffs that air day and night… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/climate/carbon-in-atmosphere-is-rising-even-as-emissions-stabilize.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0 The race to save Florida’s devastated coral reef from global warming. Twenty feet under water, Nature Conservancy biologist Jennifer Stein swims over to several large corals and pulls several laminated cards from her dive belt. “Disease,” reads one, as she gestures to a coral that exhibits white splotches. “Recent mortality,” reads another card. Along the miles of coral reef off the Florida Keys… https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/business/environment/florida-reef/?utm_term=.0e209c37f794 Fires rise in Arctic as 'lightning follows the warming' Climate change is driving up the number of forest fires ignited by lightning, and it's pushing them farther north, to the edges of the Arctic tundra, researchers say. Lightning-caused fires have risen 2 to 5 percent a year for the last four decades, according to a paper published yesterday in the… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/27/stories/1060056631 DIESEL ACTIVITIES Germany moves to crack down on vehicle emissions. Germany will discuss a national plan to cut pollution from diesel engines and set up a new organization to test vehicles to try to restore consumer confidence after Volkswagen's emissions scandal, ministers said on Tuesday. The moves - almost two years after the Volkswagen scandal broke - come as the German government faces growing pressure… http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business/germany-moves-crack-vehicle-emissions-article-1.3280834 FUELS Mexico approves increasing ethanol content in gasoline to 10 percent. Mexico's energy regulator, CRE, gave the go-ahead on Monday to an increase in the ethanol content in gasoline for domestic consumption to as much as 10 percent, from 5.8 percent currently, even as environmental groups warned the action would worsen pollution. With the change, gasoline imported and sold in Mexico will be more similar to that sold in the United States. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-oil-ethanol-idUSKBN19H2HF VEHICLES UPS Updates Sustainability Goals for More Alt-Fuel Vehicles by 2025. In its latest release, UPS has announced new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources. The goals, available in the company’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report… https://ngtnews.com/ups-commits-alt-fuel-vehicles-emissions-reduction Transport Sector Primed for the Growth of Electric Vehicles. When it comes to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, the electricity sector gets much of the attention, considering that it is responsible for 29% of those releases. But the transportation sector makes up 26% of them. If that is going to change, the electric car will have to make significant inroads. Is that possible? https://www.environmentalleader.com/2017/06/transport-sector-primed-growth-electric-vehicles/ GREEN ENERGY PermaCity Completes World’s Largest Solar Rooftop Project. L.A. solar developer PermaCity Inc. has completed the world’s most powerful solar rooftop generating project in San Pedro, company and L.A. city officials announced Monday while touring the facility. The Westmont Solar Energy Project, near the end of the 110 Freeway, includes more than 50,000 solar panels covering 50 acres of roof space… homeshttp://labusinessjournal.com/news/2017/jun/27/permacity-completes-worlds-largest-solar-rooftop-p/ N.Y. gets a new lead on renewable energy. New York has selected a new administrator for its far-reaching nuclear and renewable energy programs. Alicia Barton was announced yesterday as the new president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA. Barton replaces John Rhodes, who had headed NYSERDA since 2013 but moved to become chairman of the state's… https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/06/27/stories/1060056626 OPINIONS Dr. Arambula should lead way to healthy Valley air. This month, California missed a vital opportunity to significantly improve the quality of life for residents in some of our state’s most vulnerable and underserved communities. By not passing Assembly Bill 378, which would have required new emissions standards for criteria and toxic-air pollutants at facilities covered under cap and trade… http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article158274089.html#storylink=cpy It’s pollution as usual unless vulnerable communities’ leaders act: Guest commentary. California is a recognized leader on climate issues. But right now this reputation is on the line. The next phase of our climate innovation must be clearly linked to addressing environmental-justice concerns in communities that are disproportionately affected by pollution and on the front lines of climate change. http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20170627/its-pollution-as-usual-unless-vulnerable-communities-leaders-act-guest-commentary Letter: Scorching temperatures show need for alternative energy. The main section of The Tribune on June 21 contained the article, "First day of summer scorches Southwest." The article correctly ties the heat wave to climate change and warns of the dangers of severe injuries and even death to people and pets. The article speaks of "straining the power grid," and the operator of California's power grid… http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5429117-155/letter-scorching-temperatures-show-need-for BLOGS Good and bad options for changing California’s cap-and-trade program. California has been an environmental leader for decades, but still numerous cities in the state struggle with air quality. As state lawmakers debate the future of the cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, can they also find ways to reduce other air pollutants… https://www.c2es.org/blog/lawsona/good-bad-options-changing-california%E2%80%99s-cap-trade-program California is Reaping Economic Benefits from Climate Action. California's efforts to combat climate change serve both human and planetary health but such action also pays lucrative economic dividends. California is a working example of a climate focused economy that crushes Trump's assertion that the Paris Agreement is bad for the economy. http://www.thegreenmarketoracle.com/2017/06/california-is-reaping-economic-benefits.html Texas should listen to its own scientific task force about methane. A new report from the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) Shale Task Force underscores the problem of methane emissions from Texas’ oil and gas industry. When burned, natural gas has about half the CO2 emissions of coal (that’s good!), but the release of methane into the atmosphere can greatly erode that benefit. http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2017/06/27/texas-should-listen-to-its-own-scientific-task-force-about-methane/ A Vast Chinese Province Just Went a Week Without Fossil Fuels. Six million people got all their electricity from solar, wind, and hydro. A vast Chinese province of nearly 6 million people has generated all the power it needed for an entire week without using any fossil fuels, according to state-run Chinese media. Qinghai, a Tibetan plateau province in the country’s northwest, derived all of its power from… http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/a-vast-chinese-province-just-went-a-week-without-fossil-fuels/ Reducing Fossil Fuel Emissions Isn't Stopping CO2 Rise. Scientists worry that we may have saturated the Earth's natural carbon sinks. Over the past few years, many nations have made a strong effort to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they emit into the atmosphere. By replacing fossil fuel plants with renewable energy sources… http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/news/a27096/reducing-fossil-fuel-emissions-isnt-stopping-co2-rise/ Global Warming: The Imminent Crisis That Never Arrives. The grand storyteller. It’s summer 2017 and the Arctic was supposed to be ice-free, hurricanes were going to be more frequent and more deadly, and sea levels should be rising alarmingly. Al Gore swore in his 2006 science fiction movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” that within a decade there would be a “true planetary emergency.” http://climatechangedispatch.com/global-warming-the-imminent-crisis-that-never-arrives/ $4.4 Million Is Being Spent to Protect the Global Seed Vault From Global Warming In Brief. A melting permafrost caused by global warming has raised concerns over the security of the global seed vault. To ensure its integrity, the Norwegian government has pledge to spend $4.4 million on improvements to the structure. https://futurism.com/4-4-million-is-being-spent-to-protect-the-global-seed-vault-from-global-warming/ Dust, particulate matter in air reducing solar energy output by 25 per cent: study. Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to dust and atmospheric particulate matter, according to a new study. The airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output by more than 25 per cent in certain parts of the world. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/dust-particulate-matter-reducing-solar-energy-output-by-25-per-cent-study-58159 http://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/06/20170627-duke.html High-tech CityTree cleans as much pollution as 275 trees (Video). Urban pollution is an enormous problem in many cities around the world, and poor air quality can mean an increase in chronic conditions like asthma, while also making it difficult for people to walk, bike or enjoy the outdoors. One obvious solution is to plant more green spaces, as plants can help to significantly improve air quality and reduce particulate matter… https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/citytree-purifies-polluted-air-green-city-solutions.html