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newsclips -- Newsclips for September 12, 2014
Posted: 12 Sep 2014 13:36:46
ARB Newsclips for September 12, 2014. 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. CAP AND TRADE Carbon Market Volatility to Jump on EU Overhaul Talks. The calmest period in more than three years for the world’s biggest carbon market is set to end. Citigroup Inc., Societe Generale SA and Commerzbank AG say prices will start swinging again after European lawmakers resumed talks this week on setting up a reserve to reduce a permit glut that drove the market to a record low. Sixty-day volatility for carbon futures surged by a quarter in April 2013 after politicians threatened to block a rescue plan designed to support prices. Posted. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-09-11/carbon-market-volatility-to-jump-on-eu-overhaul-talks.html S.Korea increases emissions cap in proposed carbon trading scheme. A cap on carbon dioxide emissions that South Korea expects to introduce as part of a carbon trading scheme will be around 3 percent larger than previously touted over the next three years, the government said on Thursday. Seoul has been under pressure from industry worried about costs from plans to begin what will be the world's second-biggest carbon emissions trading scheme from the start of 2015. Posted. http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N0RC2N720140911 Do we tax carbon emissions or trade them? Economists dig into the problem. When economist Richard Sandor founded the Chicago Climate Exchange more than a decade ago, the term "carbon market" wasn't part of the environmental lexicon, and the notion of placing a dollar value on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases was considered revolutionary by his friends and radical by his critics. But CCX, as the exchange came to be known, persevered and grew…Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060005718/print BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY AIR POLLUTION Oxy spinoff delays proposed energy plant. A $4 billion, 200-employee energy and chemical plant proposed in western Kern County has been placed on hold because of Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s spinoff of its California operations. The 453-acre Hydrogen Energy California plant planned near Tupman has long been expected to send its byproduct carbon dioxide to Oxy, which wanted to use the soda gas for enhanced oil production purposes in nearby Elk Hills. Posted. http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/business/kern-gusher/x552954144/Oxy-spinoff-delays-proposed-energy-plant CLIMATE CHANGE Glacial Death Watch: Why an Ice Shelf Snapped in 2002 and What's Coming Next. Unfortunately for aspiring homicidal maniacs, the population of Scar Inlet is zero, so this 900-square-mile ice cube on the northernmost finger of the Antarctic Peninsula will have to serve as the site of another kind of vanishing. Scar Inlet used to sit next to what was once a 1,250-square-mile ice shelf -- basically a sheet of ice above water, not land -- that shattered unexpectedly and spectacularly in early 2002. The inlet is next. Posted. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/glacial-death-watch-why-an-ice-shelf-snapped-in-2002-and-what-s-coming-next.html This Map Shows Where All That Carbon Dioxide Is Coming From. Global carbon emissions have an obvious bias. One of the big problems with climate change is that carbon dioxide is invisible. It's hard to notice something you can't see. Because if carbon dioxide were visible, the eastern U.S. and western Europe would be choking on the stuff worse than Londoners choked on coal soot in the 1800s. You're probably aware that western countries account for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Posted. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-shows-where-all-carbon-dioxide-coming-180952687/#wLj8Y0Erm8K22Tzg.99 DROUGHT California drought: 5-mph speed limit imposed on boats at Folsom Lake. With water levels at Folsom Lake down sharply, officials are imposing a 5-mph speed limit for boaters in the latest sign of California's extreme drought conditions. California State Parks officials say the low speed limit is needed to reduce safety risks in what has become a much smaller pool of water to navigate in. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drought-speed-limits-folsom-lake-20140911-story.html DIESEL EMISSIONS Aftermarket diesel parts maker fined $1 million by CARB. The California Air Resources Board has fined a diesel parts manufacturer $1 million for selling aftermarket equipment that modified emission control systems. According to a CARB news release, investigators for the air quality agency discovered H&S Performance LLC was selling diesel engine parts and modifications that hadn’t been exempted from California’s emissions control system anti-tampering laws. Posted. http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=27645#.VBMRHWPxCSo http://www.examiner.com/article/arb-fines-another-aftermarket-racing-parts-company-for-illegal-sales VEHICLES Kia announces pricing on all-electric Soul EV. Kia has announced pricing on its all-new Soul EV, the South Korean automaker’s first foray into the electric segment. The all-electric version of Kia’s most popular vehicle will start at $33,700 when it goes on sale in October. That price doesn’t include destination or any state or federal tax credits or incentives. Buyers in California could lop off $2,500 for the state’s electric-vehicle rebate, and up to $7,500 for a federal tax credit, depending on their income, pushing the price as low as $23,700. Posted. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-autos-kia-pricing-soul-ev-20140911-story.html Who will pay for car chargers? Maybe you. Utility customers in San Diego are being asked to pay for thousands of electric-vehicle chargers at businesses and housing complexes — whether they own an electric car or not. San Diego Gas & Electric is seeking authority to build and own a major share of the electric car charging network in southwestern California. Posted. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/12/utility-wants-ownership-electron-highway/ Ariz. company makes world's first 3-D printed car. Layer by layer, inch by inch, the world's first 3-D printed vehicle seemingly emerged from thin air this week on the floor of the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago. The Strati, named after the Italian word for layer, was printed in one piece over 44 hours using a process called direct digital manufacturing -- the seamless fabrication of components from computer design to physical object. Posted. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060005714/print BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY MISCELLANEOUS Chemical Company to Base Portfolio, Investment Choices on Sustainability. BASF SE is close to concluding a three-year review of its sustainability, and the findings will influence acquisitions at the world's largest chemical maker as well as mark changes to its current business. Product applications that fail to meet economic, social and environmental criteria such as impact on the climate or water use will be put on an improvement plan or discontinued, Dirk Voeste, head of sustainability strategy…Posted. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/chemical-company-to-base-portfolio-investment-choices-on-sustainability.html OPINIONS Healthy Benefits Come From Smart Growth Plans. Where we live matters to our health, our air quality, our transportation and job choices and a wide range of other “quality of life” issues. Neighborhoods throughout San Diego County have different characteristics that affect quality of life, for better or worse. As our county grows, we need to think about the best our communities have to offer and what we want to avoid. Posted. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/12/tp-healthy-benefits-come-from-smart-growth-plans/ BLOGS Cato climate change skeptic: Rising carbon dioxide levels a sign of “human progress”. Economically literate libertarians can’t deny that, if climate change is a major risk, the rational thing to do is put a tax on greenhouse emissions. Therefore, in order to oppose that sort of government action, they have to deny that climate change is a major risk. And that’s how we get this mind-bending piece from the Cato Foundation. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/09/11/cato-climate-change-skeptic-rising-co2-a-sign-of-human-progress/ What can small cities do to fight climate change? Everyone should know by now that the U.S. needs to adopt policies to restrain its profligate energy use. Per capita, we use the most of any country except Iceland. And no, it’s not just because we’re richer: Adjusted for GDP, we still use more than everyone except for Australia, Canada, and a few frigid countries in northern Europe. Posted. http://grist.org/climate-energy/what-can-small-cities-do-to-fight-climate-change/ Carbon Emissions Cuts Have Huge Health Payoffs for the Consumer. The debate has been heating up this past spring and early summer about whether the United States should pass a comprehensive climate law. There will undoubtedly be a stronger push for some kind of legislation this fall, especially as the United Nations recently released yet another report highlighting the current impacts of climate change — including increased floods, droughts and less-secure food crops. Posted. http://www.mainstreet.com/article/carbon-emissions-cuts-have-huge-health-payoffs-for-the-consumer Calif. Plans Nation’s Most Detailed Sea Level Database. When you’ve got tens of millions of people living close to more than 1,000 miles of coastline, it could help to closely track the slews of steps being taken to protect homes, ports, roads, and other infrastructure from rising seas. So it is in California, a broad and densely populated state where powerful tectonic and hydrologic forces have sculpted elaborate coastal, bayfront, and estuarine landscapes. Posted. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/california-gets-serious-about-rising-seas-18010 Liquid Light Raises $15 Million To Convert Carbon Emissions To Chemicals. In the year 2013, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere – particularly carbon dioxide – increased at its fastest rate in 30 years. According to the World Meterological Association, concentrations of CO2 have reached new highs – higher, in fact, than they’ve ever been since humans first evolved. That continued increase of CO2 emissions is, in turn, a major contributor to climate change and ocean acidification. Posted. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/11/liquid-light-raises-15-million-to-convert-carbon-emissions-to-chemicals/ A Major Accounting Firm Just Ran the Numbers on Climate Change. We're 20 years away from catastrophe, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. With every year that passes, we're getting further away from averting a human-caused climate disaster. That's the key message in this year's "Low Carbon Economy Index," a report released by the accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report highlights an "unmistakable trend": Posted. http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/09/a-major-accounting-firm-just-ran-the-numbers-on-climate-change/379994/ California reaches milestone in sale of electric vehicles. California has reached a significant milestone in the sale of electric vehicles. More than 100,000 electric vehicles have now been sold throughout the state, according to the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. The organization has been working alongside the California Air Resources Board to keep track of the number of clean vehicles sold in the state. These vehicles include battery electrics, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Posted. http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/california-reaches-milestone-sale-electric-vehicles/8519484/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.