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Posted: 22 Sep 2014 16:12:47
ARB Newsclips for September 22, 2014. 

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CAP AND TRADE

California, Quebec to hold first joint carbon auction. In a
significant milestone for “cap and trade” carbon markets,
California and Quebec have announced that their first combined
auction of greenhouse gas emission credits will be held Nov. 19.
Officials said the joint auction will strengthen efforts in both
jurisdictions to rein in carbon emissions. Credits purchased in
the auction can be used by industrial firms in either California
or Quebec. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/22/6726997/california-quebec-to-hold-first.html#storylink=cpy


A hidden gas tax? Climate change regulations stir debate. You've
probably seen the ads. Come Jan. 1, they warn, a new "hidden
gasoline tax" will go into effect, one expected to increase the
cost to fill up your car between 16 and 76 cents a gallon.
"There's still time to stop it, but we must act now," says the
ad, sponsored by a group called the California Drivers Alliance.
Posted.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26578978/hidden-gas-tax 

Climate Primer: Explaining the Global Carbon Budget and Why It
Matters.
Once the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere tops 3.2 trillion metric
tons, chances dim to avoid climate disaster, according to new
calculations. For as long as scientists and policymakers have
been grappling with climate change, they've been up against two
critical questions: How much extra carbon has mankind sent into
the atmosphere? Posted.
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140922/climate-primer-explaining-global-carbon-budget-and-why-it-matters


UN SUMMIT

U.N. climate summit is high-profile, but some of world’s most
important leaders will skip it. This week, the United Nations
will host a huge and well-publicized one-day summit on climate
change. The public is likely to be watching it closely: It comes
just days after thousands of people in New York and around the
world took to the streets, demanding more political action to
help fight global warming. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/22/u-n-climate-summit-is-high-profile-but-some-of-worlds-most-important-leaders-will-skip-it/


Companies to make climate pledges at U.N. summit. Touted as the
world's largest gathering ever on climate change, this week's
U.N. Climate Summit will be as much about business as politics.
Major companies, including Big Oil, will make pledges to help
fight global warming by cutting their heat-trapping carbon
dioxide emissions, protecting the world's forests and reducing
methane leakage from fossil fuel production. Posted.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/21/companies-make-pledges-un-climate-summit/15891791/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories
 

Governor Brown to Speak at United Nations Climate Summit.
Reaffirming California’s position as a global leader in the fight
against climate change, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today
announced that he will speak at the United Nations Climate Summit
in New York on Tuesday and signed legislation to continue the
state’s push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate
pollutants, prepare for rising sea levels and increase solar
energy use. Posted.
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/11213-governor-brown-to-speak-at-united-nations-climate-summit.html


All Eyes On Obama, World Leaders At Climate Change Summit. The
forecast calls for picture-perfect weather Tuesday in New York
City as world leaders gather to discuss the challenge of a
changing climate. More than 120 leaders, including President
Obama, are expected to attend the one-day climate summit,
sponsored by the United Nations. They've been instructed to
arrive with "bold ideas" to slow the rise in global temperatures.
Posted.
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/22/350410496/all-eyes-on-obama-world-leaders-at-climate-change-summit
  

UN Climate Summit Expected to Show Growing Momentum for Carbon
Pricing. The growing global momentum for carbon pricing in both
the public and private sectors will be on full display next week
at a United Nations leaders summit on climate change. Many,
including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, are saying consensus
on carbon pricing could be one of the key deliverables from the
summit…Posted. http://www.bna.com/un-climate-summit-n17179895075/


AIR POLLUTION

Smoke from wildfire cancels Ironman Tahoe events. Ironman races
in Lake Tahoe were canceled on Sunday due to smoke and unhealthy
air quality from a northern California wildfire. Ironman Lake
Tahoe and Ironman 70.3 Lake Tahoe operations manager Keats
McGonigal said the mood was "somber" when the decision was
announced. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Smoke-from-wildfire-cancels-Ironman-Tahoe-events-5770826.php

http://www.vcstar.com/news/state/smoke-from-wildfire-cancels-ironman-tahoe-events_07883756


CLIMATE CHANGE

China, US, India push world carbon emissions up. Spurred chiefly
by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more
carbon pollution into the air last year than ever before,
scientists announced Sunday as world leaders gather to discuss
how to reduce heat-trapping gases. The world pumped an estimated
39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide
into the air last year by burning coal, oil and gas. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_CLIMATE_EMISSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/China-US-India-push-world-carbon-emissions-up-5771549.php
 
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/22/6725795/china-us-india-push-world-carbon.html#
 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/21/ap-china-us-india-push-world-carbon-emissions-up/16009637/

http://www.modbee.com/2014/09/22/3551694_china-us-india-push-world-carbon.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy


Protesters stage Wall Street climate crisis sit-in. Hundreds of
activists protesting what they say is Wall Street's role in the
climate crisis have gathered in lower Manhattan's financial
district. Scores of environmental activists dressed in blue are
marching, carrying signs, chanting and sitting down on Broadway
and elsewhere as workers and tourists look on. Organizers say the
protest is meant to highlight the role corporations play in
stalling political action to combat global warming. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WALL_STREET_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-usa-climatechange-wallstreet-idUSKCN0HH17220140922

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/climate-change-protest-promised-in-new-york-financial-district.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/nyregion/new-york-city-climate-change-march.html?_r=0
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-climate-change-march-new-york-20140921-story.html

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Protests-plan-Wall-Street-sit-in-on-climate-crisis-5771840.php

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Global-warming-march-draws-thousands-5771171.php

http://www.vcstar.com/news/environment/hundreds-march-in-ventura-to-protect-climate_68728327
 
Kiribati leader visits Arctic on climate mission. Fearing that
his Pacific island nation could be swallowed by a rising ocean,
the president of Kiribati says a visit to the melting Arctic has
helped him appreciate the scale of the threat. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ARCTIC_KIRIBATI_CLIMATE_CHANGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Money speaks louder than words in climate change fight. A growing
movement of individuals and institutions selling off shares
linked to fossil fuels has the power to galvanize global efforts
to halt climate change, said the co-founder of a group that works
with investors. The movement got a boost on Monday when the
Rockefellers, who made their fortune from oil…Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-foundation-climatechange-divestment-i-idUSKCN0HH25K20140922
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/us/heirs-to-an-oil-fortune-join-the-divestment-drive.html


Climate change to trigger longer, fiercer 'megadroughts': study.
Climate change will unleash megadroughts in the coming decades
worse than anything seen in the last 2,000 years, new research
warns. In semi-arid regions such as the U.S. southwest, there is
an 80 percent chance of a drought lasting more than a decade,
according to a study published in the Journal of Climate. Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-foundation-climatechange-drought-idUSKCN0HH28720140922


Stingy climate aid leaves poor nations digging deep: report. A
lack of help for the poorest countries to adapt to climate change
may be undermining their efforts to tackle poverty, researchers
warned on Monday. A report from the London-based Overseas
Development Institute (ODI) said some African states are having
to divert a large share of their national budgets to tackle
climate threats, due to a shortage of funding from donors.
Posted.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-foundation-climatechange-aid-idUSKCN0HH1T620140922


Global Rise Reported in 2013 Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Global
emissions of greenhouse gases jumped 2.3 percent in 2013 to
record levels, scientists reported Sunday, in the latest
indication that the world remains far off track in its efforts to
control global warming. The emissions growth last year was a bit
slower than the average growth rate of 2.5 percent over the past
decade…Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/science/earth/scientists-report-global-rise-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/Global-carbon-emissions-to-reach-record-high-say-scientists
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29239194

For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist. La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba
— The sea ice here on the western shore of Hudson Bay breaks up
each summer and leaves the polar bears swimming for shore. The
image of forlorn bears on small rafts of ice has become a symbol
of the dangers of climate change. And for good reason. A warming
planet means less ice coverage of the Arctic Sea, leaving the
bears with less time and less ice for hunting seals. They depend
on seals for their survival. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/for-polar-bears-a-climate-change-twist.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news


Testing Future Conditions for the Food Chain. From afar, the
three young men tramping through a corn field here looked like
Midwestern farm boys checking their crop. And a fine crop it
seemed to be, with plump ears hanging off vibrant green stalks.
But as they edged deeper into the field, the men — actually young
scientists, not farmers — pointed to streaked, yellowing leaves
on some of the corn plants. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/testing-future-conditions-for-the-food-chain.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news


Global Warming Concerns Grow. While few Americans regard the
environment as the nation’s foremost challenge, most say it
should be a priority, according to the latest New York Times/CBS
News poll. And more than half say global warming is caused by
human behavior, the highest level ever recorded by the national
poll. Economic issues continue to top the list of most important
problems, and only 1 percent of those surveyed last week offered
the environment as a top concern for the country. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/global-warming-concerns-grow.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news


A Future as Clouded as Their Past. We won’t ever know what the
Anasazi were thinking on the eve of the 13th century when they
abandoned the cities they had worked so long to build on the
Colorado Plateau. The reasons had something to do with climate —
a great drought and, perhaps on top of that, a mini ice age. If
that wasn’t enough to defeat a thriving culture, there was the
turmoil that came from just not knowing. Why were the sky and
earth behaving so strangely? Why wasn’t the old magic working
anymore? Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/a-future-as-clouded-as-their-past.html


L.A., Houston, Philadelphia mayors vow more action on climate
change. Mayors of three of the nation’s largest cities are
pledging to take more action against climate change by
implementing new projects to curb greenhouse gas emissions and
persuading other leaders to do the same. Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Philadelphia Mayor
Michael Nutter will announce…Posted.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mayors-climate-agenda-20140921-story.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/blaz-pushes-plan-city-greenhouse-emissions-article-1.1947891


New Reports Offer Clearest Picture Yet of Rising Greenhouse Gas
Emissions. 
As the UN prepares to convene its climate summit, disturbing new
numbers.
Factories around Shizuishan rely on coal-fired power
plants.	Coal-fired power plants—such as the one above in
Shizuishan, China—are part of the reason for rising
concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Posted.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140921-climate-change-carbon-budget-un-summit-environment-science/


6 Ways Climate Change is Making Us Sick.  Just a day after the
People’s Climate March, one of the largest international
environmental marches, a new analysis of 56 studies on climate
change-related health problems shows that increasingly, global
temperatures and severe weather events will continue to have a
major impact on global health. Posted.
http://time.com/3414449/6-ways-climate-change-is-making-us-sick/ 
 

DROUGHT

Melted glacier sends miles of mud down Mt. Shasta. The largest
mudslide on Northern California's Mt. Shasta in two decades may
be related to California's prolonged drought, experts said
Sunday. The mudslide began Saturday after a glacier holding
pockets of water either shifted or melted, releasing water down
the southeastern side of Mt. Shasta, said Andrea Capps, a
spokeswoman for Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/21/6725501/melted-glacier-sends-miles-of.html##storylink=cpy


Gov. Jerry Brown Orders Help for Dry Wells. Residents in
drought-stricken California whose wells have gone dry will soon
get help from key state agencies under an order Gov. Jerry Brown
signed Friday. The executive order provides money to buy drinking
water for residents, while also directing officials to work with
counties and local agencies to find solutions for the shortages.
California is in the grips of its third dry year. Posted.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/California-Governor-Orders-Help-for-Dry-Wells-275845021.html


California drought: Some wells running dry in Central Valley.
Hundreds of domestic wells in California’s drought-parched
Central Valley farming region have run dry, leaving many
residents to rely on donated bottles of drinking water to get by.
Girl Scouts have set up collection points while local charities
are searching for money to install tanks next to homes. Posted.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20140921/california-drought-some-wells-running-dry-in-central-valley


VEHICLE

Gov. Brown signs clean-air vehicle legislation. Gov. Jerry Brown
signed into law several bills designed to boost use of clean-air
vehicles in California. One bill signed Sunday allows 15,000
additional electric and partial zero-emissions vehicles, or
70,000 total vehicles, to get green stickers that allow driving
in carpool lanes even when solo. Another requires freeway
high-occupancy toll lane operators to allow clean air vehicles to
drive for free or reduced rates. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLEAN_AIR_VEHICLES_LAWS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-brown-electric-cars-20140922-story.html

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Brown-signs-several-clean-air-vehicle-bills-5771184.php

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/21/6725096/jerry-brown-heading-to-new-york.html
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2014/09/22/stories/1060006224  

GREEN ENERGY

Calif. teachers fund to boost clean energy bets. The California
State Teachers' Retirement System says it plans to increase its
investments in clean energy and technology to $3.7 billion, from
$1.4 billion, over the next five years. CalSTRS CEO Jack Ehnes
says the pension fund is seeing more opportunities in low-carbon
projects and technologies. The fund is hoping also to help push
for stronger policies aimed at fighting climate change, Ehnes
says. Posted.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PENSION_FUND_CLEAN_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


MISCELLANEOUS

EarthTalk: Ethanol. Dear EarthTalk: I thought that putting
ethanol in our gas tanks was going help fight climate change, but
lately I've heard reports to the contrary. Can you enlighten? --
Bill B., Hershey, Pa. Ethanol and similar "biofuels" made from
corn and other crops seem like a good idea given their potential
for reducing our carbon outputs as well as our reliance on fossil
fuels. Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/EarthTalk-Ethanol-5772133.php


OPINIONS

Bottom-Up Climate Fix.  World leaders are at the United Nations
this week, at the invitation of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to
“champion an ambitious vision anchored in action that will enable
a meaningful global agreement” on climate change next year. But
if history is any guide, the dialogue is unlikely to produce the
ramped-up response we need to address the many threats we face
from the unrelenting buildup of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. Posted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/bottom-up-climate-fix.html


Robert Miller: Be grateful for the 'uneventful' summer. The word
"uneventful" sounds so boring. Nothing's happening. With summer
ending Monday evening and autumn kicking in, one can look at the
past three months of weather and think the same. In Connecticut,
no floods, no hurricanes, no blistering hot spells, no droughts.
"It's been extremely quiet," said Bill Jacquemin, chief
meteorologist at the Connecticut Weather Center in Danbury.
Posted.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Robert-Miller-Be-grateful-for-the-uneventful-5771093.php


Ed Begley Jr.: People’s Climate March will speak loudly to world
leaders. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a keen interest
in science. My dad got me a chemistry set, and then an erector
set, and they instantly became my most cherished possessions. And
though I’ve never sought a career in the sciences, I long have
been drawn to experts in various scientific disciplines and have
come to the conclusion that I’m not alone. Most Americans love
science. Posted.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/21/6721124/ed-begley-jr-peoples-climate-march.html#storylink=cpy


Water should be priority. Be it climate change or global warming,
our oceans are rising. San Diego will put a desalinization plant
on line next year at a cost of $1 billion. This is great. It's
well spent. It will provide water to nearly 400,000 people. But
our government wants us to build high-speed rail to the tune of
$68 billion. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law the regulation
of private groundwater. This destroys owners' property rights. 
Posted.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/09/19/4134160_water-should-be-priority.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

Opinion: Why climate change is an 'everybody issue' now.
Scientists are normally a pretty measured bunch. But in recent
months, they've been resorting to some unusual language to get
our attention. One top climatologist recently tweeted: "If even a
small fraction of Arctic sea floor carbon is released to the
atmosphere…Posted.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/opinion/climate-change-march-avaaz/


The impact of climate change affects us all [Letter]. This
weekend, international leaders and more than 100,000 concerned
citizens will converge on New York City seeking solutions to the
problem of climate change. I'll be there. I'm marching because
I'm 22 years-old and it is my generation that will deal with the
choices that are made today. The actions of this weekend must be
translated into real action on climate change.  Posted.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-climate-change-20140922,0,778402.story#ixzz3E4DgaNcW


BLOGS

Does it even matter what the public thinks about climate change?
Over 300,000 protesters marched through Manhattan Sunday, calling
for serious action to mitigate global warming ahead of a meeting
of world leaders at the United Nations Tuesday. The demonstration
will not affect public opinion, predicted Stanford University's
Jon Krosnick, who has been conducting and analyzing surveys on
climate change for 20 years. Posted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/22/does-it-even-matter-what-the-public-thinks-about-climate-change/


Q. and A.: Glen Peters on China and Climate Change.  Government
leaders from across the world will gather at the United Nations
in New York on Tuesday for a summit meeting on global warming,
and China is at the heart of contentious negotiations on how to
cut the greenhouse gas emissions behind that warming. Posted.
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/q-and-a-glen-peters-on-china-and-climate-change/
  

How Should Nations and Individuals Address Climate Change?  You
have probably heard or read about, or perhaps participated in,
one of the 2,700 climate change-related events that took place
around the world on Sunday. To what degree did these events raise
your awareness about climate change? Do you worry about this or
other environmental issues? Posted.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/how-should-nations-and-individuals-address-climate-change/
 

The day the Earth mattered. Hundreds of thousands of marchers in
NYC, Paris and London let their concern for the earth be known on
Sunday. It is clear that decades after the first Earth Day
celebrations that a huge percentage of the Earth’s population is
anxious to change directions. However the question remains; will
our greed win-out or will our survival? Posted.
http://blog.timesunion.com/lawrencewhite/the-day-the-earth-mattered/2235/


CEO At Climate March Calls For Carbon Tax. The Peoples Climate
March made for quite a weekend.  Saturday evening I was at a
rooftop party, where somebody from he Union of Concerned
Scientists was chiding me about the amount of climate change
denial on forbes.com.   Who knew?  Once again my influence is
vastly overrated.  Sleeping on an air mattress in my son’s dorm
was a real throwback experience. Posted.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/09/21/ceo-at-climate-march-calls-for-carbon-tax/


The World Spewed More Carbon Pollution Into The Air Last Year
Than Ever Before. Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and
India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air
last year than ever before, scientists announced Sunday as world
leaders gather to discuss how to reduce heat-trapping gases. The
world pumped an estimated 39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric
tons) of carbon dioxide into the air last year by burning coal,
oil and gas. Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/carbon-pollution_n_5857526.html


Climate Change You Can Believe In. Just as Sunday's big People's
Climate March and next week's UN global summit on climate
converge here in New York City, the nation and world are
experiencing weather of an intensity that should rattle the
stubborn false convictions of even the most fervent climate
change denier. Terrible flooding in India and Pakistan, the worst
in more than a century, with heavy monsoon rains...Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/climate-change-you-can-be_b_5850018.html?ir=Politics&utm_hp_ref=politics


The Climate March Will Break Records But Will It Encourage More
Environmental Media Coverage? As someone who has spent too many
years trying to break through what I call "The Green Ceiling" in
mainstream media -- a steadfast wall of refusal on the part of
programming executives to dedicate regular airtime to the
then-emerging (and now fully arrived) environmental
crises…Posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/betsy-rosenberg/the-upcoming-climate-marc_b_5846044.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change


The ugly economics of green vehicles.  It's fair to say that most
consumers would prefer a green vehicle, one that has a lower
impact on the environment and goes easy on costly fuel (in all
senses of the term). The problem is that most people can't – or
won't – pay the price premium or put up with the compromises
today's green cars demand. We're not all "cashed-up greenies."
Posted.
http://green.autoblog.com/2014/09/19/ugly-economics-of-green-vehicles/
  

New world record set with 507 EVs in parade. Let's be honest,
with more and more electric vehicles out in the world, it's
getting easier to bring more and more of them together in one
spot. Still, the work that goes into convincing over 500 EV
owners to show up at one place at one time should be rewarded.
Posted.
http://green.autoblog.com/2014/09/21/plug-in-america-sets-new-world-record-with-507-evs-in-parade/




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