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AIR POLLUTION

Federal grand jury investigating Exide Technologies over Vernon
plant.  A federal grand jury is investigating Exide Technologies,
the company under scrutiny for emitting high levels of harmful
pollutants from its battery recycling plant in Vernon, according
to a financial disclosure filed this week. On Aug. 8, Exide
received a "grand jury subpoena from the Department of Justice in
the Central District of California in connection with a criminal
investigation involving its Vernon, California, recycling
facility,"…Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-0816-exide-feds-20140816-story.html


What is causing paint damage at Ithaca car lots? A central New
York auto dealer is trying to find out what damaged the paint on
about 700 cars and trucks at his Ithaca dealerships. Phil Maguire
of the Maguire Family of Dealerships told the Ithaca Journal
(http://ithacajr.nl/1qhP0Ib) that the cost of repairing the
damage will range from $300 to $5,000 for each vehicle. The
damage looks like dried water spots on the paint. Maguire
suspects something in the air may have caused the damage…Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP7838cbf939a7425b808a7ad5049c33a8.html


Air quality reaches unhealthy levels in Niland. An air quality
alert was issued for the Niland area today at 9 a.m. as
particulate matter 10 reached unhealthy levels for sensitive
groups. Reyes Romero, assistant air pollution control district
officer, said Niland is being impacted by sporadic winds as high
as 20 mph. El Centro could also experience some air quality
impacts, but to a lesser degree, he said. Posted.
http://www.ivpressonline.com/quicknews/air-quality-reaches-unhealthy-levels-in-niland/article_3a068e9c-26fb-11e4-849b-0017a43b2370.html


EPA refuses to disclose areas that can’t meet ozone standard.
U.S. EPA has denied a petition from environmentalists to name
nearly 60 areas of the country out of compliance with the federal
ozone standard. In a letter obtained by Greenwire, the agency
late last week told the Sierra Club and Earthjustice, which is
representing the group in the matter, that it would not
redesignate the 57 areas as in nonattainment with the 2008 ozone
standard. New data show that some of the areas already are
meeting the standard…Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060004585/print BY
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers. More than
two-thirds of the recent rapid melting of the world's glaciers
can be blamed on humans, a new study finds. Scientists looking at
glacier melt since 1851 didn't see a human fingerprint until
about the middle of the 20th century. Even then only one-quarter
of the warming wasn't from natural causes. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_MELTING_GLACIERS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 
El Nino’s Delay Spurs Memories of 2012 When It Never Came. In
2012, forecasters and researchers entered the summer convinced an
El Nino would form in the equatorial Pacific and its
weather-changing effects would be felt around the world. It never
happened. Now the specter of that failure has cast a shadow over
similar predictions in 2014, with many wondering where this
year’s El Nino is and if it will ever arrive. Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-15/el-nino-s-delay-spurs-memories-of-2012-when-it-never-came.html


China's carbon plans: secrecy and oversupply darken outlook. As
China lays down plans for a national carbon trading scheme, the
world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases risks repeating
mistakes made in carbon trading in Europe by flooding its pilot
markets with free permits. The European Union's scheme, the
world's largest, suffered a collapse in prices hurting its
credibility when the EU gave away too many permits just as the
global financial crisis was slashing demand and in turn curbing
pollution levels. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/17/china-carbontrading-idUSL4N0Q61AQ20140817


Climate change reflected in altered Missouri River flow, report
says. Montana farmer Rocky Norby has worked the land along the
Missouri River for more than 20 years, coaxing sugar beets and
malted barley out of the arid ground. "Every year it gets worse,"
he said. "There's not enough water to get through our pumps."
Last month, he said, he spent more than $10,000 trying to remove
the sand from his clogged irrigation system. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missouri-river-20140817-story.html


Artist stands in bay to turn tide against global warming.  At
9:26 Friday morning, Sarah Cameron Sunde walked into San
Francisco Bay with no plans to come back in until the tide had
gone from low to high and back to low again, 13 hours and five
minutes later."I'm walking out - I hope I survive" were her final
words, spoken through a mouthful of pasta as she stepped off the
seawall at Aquatic Park. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Artist-stands-in-bay-to-turn-tide-against-global-5691457.php


SNOW HASN’T SHOWN UP ON NEW ZEALAND SLOPES. Some ski resorts have
been unable to open all winter; others blast out man-made powder.
Winter has rolled into its third month in New Zealand, and Nick
Jarman says he’s going stir crazy as he stares out at the driving
rain on the small ski area he manages in the Southern Alps.
The Craigieburn Valley Ski Area is one of several areas that
haven’t opened for a single day this season…Posted.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/17/tp-snow-hasnt-shown-up-on-new-zealand-slopes/all/?print


Scientists probe poorly understood linkage between melting Arctic
and extreme weather. Snowmageddon in Washington, D.C. Extreme
floods in the United Kingdom last winter. A Texas heat wave two
years ago. For scientists, they all may be a byproduct of a
warming Arctic. Or they might not, as much of the research on
causation is still in early stages. A new review article,
released yesterday in Nature Geoscience, offers one additional
theory about the link between the Arctic and extreme weather in
midlatitudes…Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060004571/print BY
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MIT Study: Climate Talks on Path to Fall Far Short of Goals.
Under countries' current climate pledges, greenhouse gas
concentrations would exceed 530 or 580 parts per million by the
end of the century. Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology using a sophisticated computer model examined what
they think is the most likely outcome of UN climate treaty
negotiations and found that the talks are likely to come up
short. Facing a deadline to reach a new treaty by the end of next
year in Paris, the world's nations seem unwilling to make the
kind of pledges that would rein in global warming to safe levels
by century's end, the researchers concluded. Posted.
http://insideclimatenews.org/carbon-copy/20140818/mit-study-climate-talks-path-fall-far-short-goals


Carbon Pollution Threatens Fishing Industry. Commercial fisheries
in Alaska are increasingly threatened by ocean acidification,
according to research led by the US National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Alaskan fishing industry
supports more than 100,000 jobs and generates more than $5
billion in annual revenue. Fishery-related tourism also brings in
$300 million annually. Posted.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/08/18/carbon-pollution-threatens-fishing-industry/


Shale oil 'dividend' could pay for smaller carbon footprint.
Unanticipated economic benefits from the shale oil and gas boom
could help offset the costs of substantially reducing the U.S.'s
carbon footprint, Purdue agricultural economists say. Wally Tyner
and Farzad Taheripour estimate that shale technologies annually
provide an extra $302 billion to the U.S. economy relative to
2007, a yearly "dividend" that could continue for at least the
next two decades, Tyner said. Posted.
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/latest-news/10558-shale-oil-dividend-could-pay-for-smaller-carbon-footprint.html


Louisville, fastest-warming city in U.S., reaches for the brakes.
Two years ago, the home of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried
Chicken and the Louisville Slugger received an unwelcome
distinction: fastest-warming heat island in the United States. 
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that
since the 1960s, urban Louisville, Ky., saw its temperature rise
above that of its surroundings at a rate greater than any other
city in the country and more than double the warming rate of the
planet as a whole. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060004575/print BY
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Researchers suspect climate link to tornadoes. When tornadoes
form and reach down to the Earth in sinister columns of 100 mph
winds, they do so for so many highly specific reasons that it's
almost impossible to predict where they might hit or how strong
they will be. The recipe for a tornado has to be
Goldilocks-specific. Air temperatures on the ground have to be
just right, as do air temperatures in the upper atmosphere.
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http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060004572/print BY
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Pesticide impact on Arctic wanes as other changes accelerate.
Pesticide accumulation appears to be waning in the Arctic on many
different levels. While stories taken from recent headlines
regarding climate change are often laden with deep concern for
the future, a Canadian team recently offered some hope for native
communities and wildlife populations of the Arctic. Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060004573/print BY
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DROUGHT

California water bond won't be a drought-buster.  Gov. Jerry
Brown and state lawmakers are expected to use the backdrop of
California's most severe drought in nearly four decades to sell
voters on the $7.5 billion water plan they put on the ballot this
week. Despite its size, the measure will not solve the problems
created by the drought nor is it expected to prevent rationing
during future ones. Instead, the projects it will fund are
designed to provide a greater cushion when the state finds itself
dealing with prolonged water shortages in the decades ahead.
Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_WATER_BOND_REALITY_CHECK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis. When the
winter rains failed to arrive in this Sacramento Valley town for
the third straight year, farmers tightened their belts and looked
to the reservoirs in the nearby hills to keep them in water
through the growing season. When those faltered, some switched on
their well pumps, drawing up thousands of gallons from
underground aquifers to prevent their walnut trees and alfalfa
crops from drying up. Until the wells, too, began to fail.
Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/wests-historic-drought-stokes-fears-of-water-crisis/2014/08/17/d5c84934-240c-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html


California cemeteries work to cope with drought. Cemeteries with
thirsty lawns are figuring out new ways to conserve water amid
California's drought. Ways to cope include replacing grass with
native plants or using recycled water, two steps being taken by
Savannah Memorial Park, the oldest nonsectarian cemetery in
Southern California.
Groundskeepers there removed grass, put in native plants and
started to cover the ground with mulch, which helps keep soil
moist. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/16/6633473/california-cemeteries-work-to.html
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$7.5 billion water bond could meet California’s needs during
drought. The $7.5 billion water bond measure approved by state
legislators this past week could help pay for ambitious local
projects, from cleaning the polluted San Fernando Valley
groundwater basin to recycling treated sewage for drinking water.
The Los Angeles region depends largely on scarce and expensive
imported water, and the bond funds could help reverse that
dependence by increasing the local supply, experts say. Posted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_26352693/7-5-billion-water-bond-could-meet-california


California Drought: Bay Area loses billions of gallons to leaky
pipes. As Bay Area residents struggle to save water during a
historic drought, the region's water providers have been losing
about 23 billion gallons a year, a new analysis of state records
reveals. Aging and broken pipes, usually underground and out of
sight, have leaked enough water annually to submerge the whole of
Manhattan by 5 feet -- enough to meet the needs of 71,000
families for an entire year. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_26350962/california-drought-bay-area-loses-billions-gallons-leaky?source=rss


California drought: San Jose moving to impose water conservation
measures, but without fines. Complying with new state rules aimed
at cutting water use during California's historic drought, the
San Jose City Council is poised to declare a citywide water
shortage, ask all residents to cut use by 20 percent and place
new limits on watering lawns and landscaping. Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_26349990/california-drought-san-jose-moving-impose-water-conservation?source=rss


Man vs. trout vs. drought. The Forest Service is working to save
the endangered Southern California steelhead trout. In the turf
war between man and trout, man inevitably wins. And the Southern
California steelhead trout – an endangered species with a
population a tenth of its former size – is suffering greatly as
people destroy its habitat.  Engineers armor streams, casting
concrete channels on them to contain flooding. Home developers
suck streams dry to water lawns. Posted.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/steelhead-631923-forest-canyon.html


DIESEL EMISSIONS

State regulations put local trucking businesses at risk. Alvin
Urke has run his Grass Valley excavation and septic business,
Urke Construction, for almost 40 years. Urke, though, says he
believes he will go out of business due to retroactive truck and
bus regulations the California Air Resources Board, also known as
CARB, has implemented to reduce pollution and diesel particulates
statewide. “I have one truck that is a 1979, the other one is a
1991,” Urke said. Posted.
http://www.theunion.com/news/localnews/12617720-113/regulations-truck-trucks-urke
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FUELS

In Santa Barbara County, oil firms and environmentalists square
off. Seen from U.S. 101, northern Santa Barbara County looks to
be mostly vineyards and cattle ranches, with majestic oak trees
scattered across the dry rolling hills. But up a narrow road,
spread across the chaparral between Orcutt and Los Alamos, wells
drilled deep into the shale have yielded more than 180 million
barrels of oil in the 113 years since Union Oil Co. geologist
William Orcutt first surveyed the area that would soon bear his
name. Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-santa-barbara-fracking-20140818-story.html#page=1


Methane leaking from Sacramento gas pipelines adds to greenhouse
effect. The natural gas pipelines snaking under the Sacramento
region likely leak a significant amount of methane, a potent
greenhouse gas, scientists say. Methane is a major component of
the natural gas that travels from transmission lines to the
underground pipelines that deliver it to homes and businesses.
The amount that leaks out is relatively small, but scientists say
it has a big impact…Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/17/6629858/methane-leaking-from-sacramento.html#storylink=cpy


VEHICLES

LG Chem to supply batteries for 200-mile electric cars in
2016-CFO. South Korea's LG Chem Ltd plans to supply batteries for
electric vehicles that can travel more than 200 miles (321
kilometers) per charge in 2016, its chief finiancial officer said
on Friday. The CFO, Cho Suk-jeh, did not elaborate on which
automakers will use the so-called second-generation batteries. LG
Chem currently supplies batteries for General Motors, Renault SA
and other automakers. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/18/lg-chem-batteries-idUSL4N0PT25U20140718


BMW 535d: This Eco Car Is No Diesel in Distress. BMW's
turbocharged diesel sedan proves to be as punchy and free-revving
as a gas-powered car. NOT THE DIESEL thing again. Believe me, if
I could, I would just avoid even mentioning the fact that the BMW
535d burns diesel fuel instead of premium gasoline. Why? Because
you don't get the crazy email I get, OK? Diesel advocates, the
true believers, scare me. They have an agenda and dwell in
tunnels between gas stations. Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/bmw-535d-this-eco-car-is-no-diesel-in-distress-1408126070#printMode


Rolls-Royce vows no 'compromise' on electric cars. Don't count on
seeing an electric Rolls-Royce any time soon. Given the success
of Tesla's Model S in tapping interest among the world's 1%, an
electric version of the big Rolls might seem like an interesting
possibility, but CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos says the brand won't
embark on any new technologies that involve "compromise." And at
present, given the time it takes to charge up an electric car and
the requirement that it be plugged in, that's a compromise.
Posted.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/08/17/rolls-royce-electric/14192913/


GREEN ENERGY

Ukraine Seeks Renewable-Energy Boost to Counter Russia.  Ukraine
is seeking U.S. investment in its biomass, wind and solar power
industries. The idea is to use renewable energy to curb its
reliance on fuel imports from Russia, which annexed Ukraine’s
Crimea region last month and has troops massed on the border.
“Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine indeed brought energy
security concerns to the fore,” Olexander Motsyk, Ukraine’s
ambassador to the U.S. said at a renewable-energy conference…
Posted.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-17/ukraine-seeks-to-boost-biomass-to-lessen-dependence-on-russia.html


Biggest Solar Project Falls as Australia Reviews Policy. Plans to
build the world’s largest solar power plant of its kind have been
scrapped in Australia after the developers raised concerns about
the government’s commitment to clean energy. Solar Systems Pty
Ltd. said it suspended plans for a 100-megawatt plant in the
Australian state of Victoria. The plant, which would have used
concentrating photovoltaic technology to intensify the power of
the sun…Posted.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-18/silex-unit-scraps-solar-station-as-australia-reviews-renewables


Obama’s Green Dilemma: Punish China, Imperil U.S. Solar. From the
State of the Union address in January to a recent California
fundraising swing, President Barack Obama has missed few
opportunities to tout the nation’s use of renewable energy to
fight climate change.  “We’ve reduced our carbon pollution over
the past eight years more than any country on Earth,” the
president told supporters recently at the Los Angeles
Trade-Technical College. Posted.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-18/obama-s-green-dilemma-punish-china-imperil-u-dot-s-dot-solar


U.K. Wind Generated Record 22% of Electricity Yesterday. U.K.
wind turbines generated a record 22 percent of the country’s
electricity yesterday, beating the 24-hour record for the second
time in a week, the RenewableUK industry group said. Wind farms
generated an average of 5,797 megawatts Sunday, enough to power
more than 15 million homes at this time of year, the lobby group
said, citing National Grid Plc (NG/) data. They produced 21
percent of the country’s power on Aug. 11, eclipsing the old
record of 20 percent set on Dec. 20, it said. Posted.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-18/u-dot-k-dot-wind-generated-record-22-percent-of-electricity-yesterday


County extends rooftop solar program to homes.  County officials
are predicting a boom in rooftop solar installations in
unincorporated areas after the Board of Supervisors approved a
program that allows homeowners to finance the work through their
property tax bills. “This is a great, sunny day for the
unincorporated area of San Diego County,” Supervisor Dianne Jacob
said after the board action. Posted.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/17/tp-county-extends-rooftop-solar-program-to-homes/
 

Recycled car batteries solve problem for promising cell
technology – MIT. Recycled car batteries could solve a key
barrier for a solar cell technology captivating the industry
because it is inexpensive but rivals commercial power production,
researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
announced today. Perovskite-based photovoltaics are currently one
of the most exciting developments in solar research as the cheap
material has reached more than 19 percent efficiency in
converting sunlight to electricity…Posted.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060004611/print BY
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MISCELLANEOUS

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air. Workers at a
state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for
birds that fly through the plant's concentrated sun rays —
"streamers," for the smoke plume that comes from birds that
ignite in midair. Federal wildlife investigators who visited the
BrightSource Energy plant last year and watched as birds burned
and fell…Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOLAR_BIRDS_SCORCHED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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One-Fifth of China’s Farmland Is Polluted, State Study Finds. The
Chinese government released a report on Thursday that said nearly
one-fifth of its arable land was polluted, a finding certain to
raise questions about the toxic results of China’s rapid
industrialization, its lack of regulations over commercial
interests and the consequences for the national food chain.
Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/one-fifth-of-chinas-farmland-is-polluted-state-report-finds.html?ref=earth


USD, UCSD called 'coolest schools' Sierra magazine ranks schools
on commitment to protecting the environment. Two local colleges
have been named among the “coolest schools” in the country by
Sierra magazine for taking steps to protect the environment,
address climate issues and encourage environmental
responsibility. The University of San Diego was ranked No. 14
nationally in the list of the greenest colleges and universities
by the magazine, up from its No. 79 ranking in 2013. Posted.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/15/usd-ucsd-coolest-schools-sierra-magazine-ranking/


Can Your Company Reduce Its Carbon Footprint and Disposal Costs?
An often overlooked area in which companies can reduce their
carbon footprint relates to the transportation of the hazardous
waste they generate. Out of sight out of mind is often the
mindset that permeates the industry, but understanding where your
waste is being transported to and by whom can drastically reduce
the carbon footprint generated from the waste that a company
produces. Posted.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/08/18/can-your-company-reduce-its-carbon-footprint-and-disposal-costs/


OPINIONS

Cheeseburgers Won't Melt the Polar Ice Caps. The next targets of
the climate change enforcers will be livestock and all Americans
who eat meat. The documentary film "Cowspiracy," released this
week in select cities, builds on the growing cultural notion that
the single greatest environmental threat to the planet is the
hamburger you had for lunch the other day. As director Kip
Andersen recently told the Source magazine: "A lot of us are
waking up and realizing we can choose to either support all life
on this planet or kill all life on this planet…Posted.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/jayson-lusk-cheeseburgers-wont-melt-the-polar-ice-caps-1408317541


The cup's half full without groundwater regulation. They're all
patting themselves on the back in the state Capitol for finally
achieving a water bond deal. And that's fine. It was a momentous
act. But what really would be historic — and worth running
self-congratulatory reelection ads about — would be to pair the
bond proposal with even more important groundwater regulation.
Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-cap-ground-water-20140818-column.html


Editorial: Gasoline prices are sure to rise; Senate ought to hear
by how much. Most Californians worry about climate change and
support efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But for some
reason, and there isn’t a good one, the California Senate is
balking at holding a hearing on legislation that would lead to an
airing of the coming increases in the cost of gasoline. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/17/6632104/editorial-gasoline-prices-are.html#storylink=cpy


Letter: Carbon Fee, Dividend Fair, Simple. Fair. Simple. Money in
your pocket. The recent column telling us that cutting carbon
emissions makes sense was welcome as readers need to understand
the importance of stopping carbon pollution. There is a fair,
simple and economically positive way that the EPA’s CO2 pollution
reduction can be achieved: a carbon fee and dividend. This is the
most positive way to reduce pollution, protect our natural state,
eliminate negative impacts on the economy and create more than
two million jobs by 2035.
http://swtimes.com/opinion/how-you-see-it/letter-carbon-fee-dividend-fair-simple#sthash.xWwu6KNh.dpuf


BLOGS

California Legislation Would Increase Low-income Access To Green
Vehicle Incentive Program. The California rebate program for
purchasing zero-emission and very low-emission vehicles would be
directed more toward moderate-income and low-income drivers under
a bill now in the legislature. California’s goal is to replace
one million old polluting cars with new clean energy vehicles in
the next 10 years. Posted.
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/08/07/california-legislation-would-increase-low-income-access-to-green-vehicle-incentive-program/


The Difference Between Fuel Cell Vehicles and Electric Vehicles.
Clean transportation is a trend that has emerged in the auto
industry that will not disappear any time soon. Much of the auto
industry has taken up the call for the production of
zero-emission vehicles and a new generation of these vehicles is
expected to launch within the next few years. In the coming
decades, it is likely that conventional, internal combustion
vehicles will be replaced with electric vehicles…Posted.
http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/difference-fuel-cell-vehicles-electric-vehicles/8519144/


Kellogg's sets crunch time goals for climate. Cereals giant
Kellogg's has announced that it wants suppliers to disclose
greenhouse gas emissions as part of an ambitious package of new
environmental targets. The manufacturer of brands such as Corn
Flakes and Pringles recently unveiled its Sustainability Report
featuring new goals for 2020 to expand the use of low carbon
energy, reduce water use and eliminate waste, alongside a
commitment towards more responsible sourcing of the company's top
10 ingredients and materials. Posted.
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/08/18/kelloggs-sets-crunch-time-goals-climate




California is in a drought emergency.
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