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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for November 4, 2014.
Posted: 04 Nov 2014 15:23:23
ARB Newsclips for November 4, 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 Power producers to face shortage in S. Korea carbon market-Point Carbon. South Korea's emissions trading scheme, which launches on Jan. 1 next year, is likely to see power producers face a shortage of permits in the first three years even as the overall market is oversupplied, forecasting firm Point Carbon said on Tuesday. ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/04/southkorea-carbontrading-idUSL4N0SU4A820141104?feedName=rbssEnergyNews&feedType=RSS Oil Price Rout to Impact Alberta Carbon Emissions Policy. Oil’s 25 percent slide since June will play a role in Alberta’s new climate and carbon regulations, Premier Jim Prentice said. The Canadian province will make a decision by the end of December on whether to raise its levy of C$15 ($13.29) a metric ton for large carbon emitters, while revisions on a broader range of climate policies may come at the same time, Prentice said. http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NEBX2L6JIJUO01-1CBE00CL37UFLLR5UHFM2P4MNU Sacramento neighborhoods could benefit from cap-and-trade dollars. Several census tracts in the region, including parts of downtown Sacramento, West Sacramento, Oak Park, North Highlands and south Sacramento, are eligible for more than $200 million in cap-and-trade dollars to address their economic disadvantages. That means those areas could get new affordable housing projects, transit upgrades and other improvements to help what the state defines… http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/11/03/sacramento-neighborhoods-could-benefit-from-cap.html Much of San Joaquin can apply for cap-and-trade funds. More than 287,000 residents of San Joaquin County face disproportionately high environmental health risks, the state has concluded. That finding will allow local communities to compete for hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from California’s new cap-and-trade climate change program — money that could then be reinvested in the most vulnerable neighborhoods. http://www.recordnet.com/article/20141103/NEWS/141109866/-1/A_NEWS06 Calif. designates regions to receive $83M in cap-and-trade cash. California has identified the residents who are eligible to receive proceeds intended for disadvantaged communities from its cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases. The California EPA on Friday released a map of the areas deemed most burdened by environmental or socioeconomic issues. http://news.vocus.com/?a=19447291851&p=19f&v=1&x=QeEx7JA-jPN3qeA3GHDezA AIR POLLUTION Smog-Heavy China Tops Clean-Tech Investment Rankings. ...China, according to a new analysis (PDF) by Climatescope, a collaborative research project whose partners include Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the U.K. Department for International Development. China is, paradoxically, both the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases and the largest investor in green energy. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-03/smog-heavy-china-tops-clean-tech-investment-rankings Enviros challenge Los Angeles smog plan. Environmental groups Friday launched a legal challenge against U.S. EPA's approval of a smog reduction plan for the Los Angeles region. The plan crafted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and approved by EPA in September violates Clean Air Act requirements for National Ambient Air Quality Standards, according to the coalition of four environmental groups. http://news.vocus.com/?a=19451556710&p=19f&v=1&x=33qcl1DOMaSlXKNTYq8Ijg CLIMATE CHANGE Brisbane airport bans corruption ad ahead of G20. A day after saying a billboard advertisement highlighting climate change was too political for world leaders gathering in the Australian city of Brisbane for a major economic summit, local airport authorities said Tuesday that they had also rejected an ad highlighting corruption problems. Brisbane Airport... http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Brisbane-airport-bans-corruption-ad-ahead-of-G20-5867727.php After 5 reports, future of UN climate body debated. Presenting a report on climate change, with from left, Minister of State for Envionment of Peru Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri and Secretary of the IPCC Renata Christ, present a comprehensive report by... http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/11/03/4213930/after-5-reports-future-of-un-climate.html?sp=%2f99%2f406%2f557%2f DOJ asks court to dismiss lawsuit against EPA climate rule. Obama administration attorneys are calling a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s landmark climate rule “premature” and says it should be dismissed. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has no jurisdiction over regulations that have not been finalized, so it cannot take the case, lawyers told the court in a brief filed late Monday. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/222780-doj-asks-court-to-dismiss-epa-climate-rule-lawsuit Lowering expectations for near-term U.S. - China joint climate effort. Climate change will be high on the agenda when President Obama meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting and bilateral talks. But the once-intense buzz of a major joint announcement... http://news.vocus.com/?a=19447291183&p=19f&v=1&x=pKb9rH_qcknve_gLt03MVA World's climate experts lay out 'severe,' 'irreversible' alternatives to a global treaty cutting CO2 emissions. Pressure for a new global treaty on climate change grew yesterday after the completion of a landmark U.N. science report that warned of "severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts" unless global warming is tackled immediately. http://news.vocus.com/?a=19447291162&p=19f&v=1&x=B86CEWP7auGKzQqkygstvQ Ozone hole remains steady over Antarctica. The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has remained steady for another year as it reached its maximum area of roughly the size of North America in mid-September, according to federal scientists. http://news.vocus.com/?a=19447291838&p=19f&v=1&x=J79WUkjUFafdJoEiEAwzNA DROUGHT State to release per-capita water use numbers. Data to be released Tuesday will show per-capita water use in communities across California that are facing pressure, including the threat of fines, to cut back during the third year of a drought. The state agency tasked with monitoring conservation efforts will release per-person, per-day water use. The figures come as government... http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/11/04/3330469/state-to-release-per-capita-water.html?sp=%2f99%2f177%2f348%2f%2f Forecasters Say More Above Average Rainfall Needed To Help With Drought. Forecasters say chances of above-average rainfall in November in northern California are about 30 percent. But the odds for below average are the same. October was close to average for precipitation in Northern California - about three-inches - based on numbers from weather monitoring stations. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/11/03/forecasters-say-more-above-average-rainfall-needed-to-help-with-drought/ FUELS Bay Area gas prices drop, for now. The holiday season is more than a month away, but some Bay Area consumers are getting an early present at the pump, with gas prices dipping to less than $3 a gallon in some cities for the first time in four years. Slumping gasoline demand, the conversion to cheaper winter-blend gas and booming U.S. oil production have contributed to the price drop, gas experts say. http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26861518/bay-area-gas-prices-drop-now Fossil Fuel Caps Urged as Scientists Warn of Climate Woes. The world can only consume a fraction of the known deposits of fossil fuels if it's to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change, according to the biggest assessment of the issue. Burning reserves of oil, natural gas and coal already identified by national governments and commodity companies would cause widespread droughts, more-violent storms and melting... http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-03/fossil-fuel-caps-urged-as-scientists-warn-of-climate-woes Lower gas prices boost US SUV sales in October. ... GM, Toyota, Chrysler, Nissan, Volkswagen and Honda all reported sales gains last month. Of major automakers, only Ford and Hyundai saw declines. Industry sales rose 6 percent over last October, according to Autodata. The national average price of gasoline fell 33 cents to end October at $3 a gallon, according to AAA. http://www.insidebayarea.com/business-headlines/ci_26858299/lower-gas-prices-boost-us-suv-sales-october Mystery of Oil Field Fugitives Closer to Being Solved. ...are has long been murky. The oil field fugitives aren't people, of course, but gases — methane, benzene, toluene, xylene and other volatile organic compounds. Some of them cause cancer. Methane, like carbon dioxide, is a greenhouse gas that meddles with the climate, forcing a lot of warming in the atmosphere. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/mystery-of-oil-field-leaks-methane-18270 Finally, Germany Makes Progress on Coal ...5% in 2014, compared to 2013, to the lowest level since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Coal consumption for the year is expected to be down more than 9%. Those declines are due mostly to the mild winter in 2013-2014, but clean energy is expanding as well: Renewable energy use grew by 1.6% over the first 9 months of 2014, compared to the previous year. http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2014/11/03/finally-germany-makes-progress-on-coal/ VEHICLES Hyundai, Kia Pay Fine, Lose Credits Over Mileage Claims. ...$350 million to settle claims that it overstated fuel economy on the window stickers consumers see at dealer showrooms. The Seoul-based affiliates, which share engines, model platforms and a chairman, will pay a $100 million fine, forfeit $200 million in greenhouse-gas emission credits and will be required to spend $50 million to set up independent tests to certify future mileage claims…http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-03/hyundai-kia-pay-fine-lose-credits-over-mileage-claims GREEN ENERGY Plastic-bag makers want you to overturn California's bag ban ...largest plastic-bag makers and the main provider of funds for Daniels' American Progressive Bag Alliance. Indeed, when he isn't defending "progressive" bags, which are more friendly sounding than plastic bags, Daniels is Hilex Poly's vice president of sustainability and environmental policy. California's ban, Daniels told me, is not about the environment. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20141104-column.html Tuskegee to host transportation, energy forum. Tuskegee University is gearing up for an event showcasing electric vehicles, toys and renewable energy for local students and teachers. University officials say hundreds of children and educators are expected on campus Thursday for Tuskegee University Electric Vehicle Transportation Day. School officials say the event will also feature guest lectures from Alabama Power Co., the University of Central Florida and the Florida Solar Energy Center. http://www.modbee.com/news/business/article3536130.html Energy Compromises With A Republican Senate. ...drilling in the Atlantic is another relatively easy issue, since in some states there is local political support, and the activity will take years to gear up. Next, Republicans are likely to seek to reduce the spending on renewables and electric vehicles. Electric vehicle rebates are absorbing approximately $500 million a year at current sales rates, which is almost completely wasted. http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellynch/2014/11/03/energy-compromises-with-a-republican-senate/ OPINIONS There's no drought of rebukes, lectures and guilt. ...that needs replenishing, but that doesn't diminish the glee I felt when I woke up in the middle of the night last weekend to the sound of rain pounding my roof and soaking my parched yard. I know it's just a drop in the bucket — a near-empty bucket in our drought-stricken state. But I wanted to celebrate: to run outside as I had as a kid, when we'd greet the season's first snowfall with heads back and mouths open, catching snowflakes on our tongues. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1104-banks-rain-garden-20141104-column.html Vote for Fossil Fuels ...replaced by promising green companies like Solyndra—a “true engine of economic growth” that was “leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future.” An imminent “Peak Oil” disaster was viewed as a certainty. Democrats ran successfully on a platform of cap and trade, bolstered by the apocalyptic and unchallenged predictions of movies and media like Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Things have certainly changed. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexepstein/2014/11/04/vote-for-fossil-fuels/ BLOGS Oil Industry DOUBLES Spending on Lobbyists in California. When California’s secretary of state released the third-quarter lobbying spending numbers late Friday, Big Oil yet again emerged as a real “leader.” The oil industry almost doubled its spending on lobbyists from the second to third quarters of 2014, paying the equivalent of more than $3,000 per hour to advance the oil industry’s agenda in Sacramento between July and the end of September. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mborgeson/oil_industry_doubles_spending.html The cost of traffic jams. FEW things unite cultures more than the frustration of sitting in a line of stationary traffic, with no discernible reason for the blockage and no end in sight. From London to Los Angeles, Berlin to Bangalore, seething anger at standstills is a common emotion felt by all drivers. The causes of traffic jams are well understood (accidents; poor infrastructure; peak hour traffic; and variable traffic speeds on congested roads). http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/11/economist-explains-1 Midterm Elections, the Senate, and Republican Science Denial. Today is the midterm election for the United States, where many seats in the House and Senate will be determined. It seems pretty obvious that the House will remain in control of the Republicans. It seems likely the GOP will get a slight majority in the Senate today as well. What does this mean? Well, in the short term and for many issues, not a lot. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/11/04/republicans_and_the_midterms_global_warming_deniers_could_have_their_dreams.html Bill imposing a carbon pollution fee to be introduced in U.S. Senate. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat from Rhode Island, is planning to introduce legislation next month that would impose a fee on carbon pollution from industrial sources, according to an article from The Hill. A carbon pollution fee requires polluters to pay a fee for each ton of pollution they release. The fee captures what is known as the external costs of carbon emissions, or the social cost of carbon. http://www.dwej.org/2014/11/bill-imposing-carbon-pollution-fee-introduced-u-s-senate/ 'Remarkable Opportunity' for Global Economy in Upcoming Climate Change Talks. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres is the UN's top climate change official. In this editorial, written exclusively for Bloomberg BNA, Figueres describes some of the most pressing near- and long-term challenges the world faces as the UN process enters the home stretch for a universal 2015 global climate agreement. http://news.vocus.com/?a=19451875716&p=19f&v=1&x=gNxwF_KJ_ePdS01qxayzrQ Fracking And Toxic Air. A new study, published this week in the journal Environmental Health, identifies potentially hazardous concentrations of air pollutants near some oil and gas operations in five states. The research shines a light on what some communities face as US oil and gas development accelerates. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/molly-rauch/fracking-and-toxic-air_b_6083488.html Staring Down the California Drought: Looking at Solutions to Our Water Crisis. The punishing California drought has become part of our national consciousness, with the bad news seeming to grow worse each week. Last year was the driest on record for much of the state, and in January of this year, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/forest-trends/staring-down-the-californ_b_6079464.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change Mercedes Vision G-Code concept is one big solar panel. Mercedes-Benz is in the midst of overhauling its SUV and crossover lineup in both makeup and name, with a new GLC model slated to replace the GLK, a GLE to replace the GL and even a new G-Class to cap it all off. But it's not just the production utilities which Benz has been working on. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/11/03/mercedes-vision-g-code-concept-beijing/?icid=autoblog%7ccheck-these-out Toyota FCV rallies to the hydrogen cause as zero car. It's been two decades since Toyota dominated the World Rally Championship with its Celica Turbo 4WD. But this past weekend, Toyota hit the rally stage in a very different vehicle. That, as you can see, is the Japanese automaker's Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV), which is still in its prototype phase. We're still at least half a year away from seeing the FCV in production trim, but the model has... http://www.autoblog.com/2014/11/03/toyota-fcv-rally-car-zero-official/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618 Fuels Emissions, combustion and performance with biodiesel as pilot fuel in dual-fuel engine. A team at Xi'an Jiaotong University reports on the combustion and the emissions (especially the ultrafine particle emissions) effects of using biodiesel as the pilot fuel in a natural-gas dual-fuel engine, as well as the effect of the pilot quantity on the performance, a paper in the Journal of Automobile Engineering. One means of using natural gas in transportation is for it to serve... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/11/20141103-xian.html A Third Of This Dealer's Sales Are Chevy Volt Electric Cars: How'd They Do It? ... plug-in electric car? Bourgeois Chevrolet of Rawdon, Quebec, achieved that remarkable level in its sales this year of the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Now the dealership has been honored for its accomplishment. At Canada's recent 2014 Electric Vehicle Conference, advocacy group Plug'n Drive… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095208_a-third-of-this-dealers-sales-are-chevy-volt-electric-cars-howd-they-do-it First 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Delivery On Friday; Auction Proceeds To Charity. ...Auctioned For Charity. Not only is it the first e-Golf to be sold in the U.S., but it was auctioned off by VW to the highest bidder. And all sales proceeds went to benefit the environmental advocacy group Global Green USA, which advocates for solutions to climate change. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095267_first-2015-volkswagen-e-golf-delivery-on-friday-auction-proceeds-to-charity Why Fossil Fuels Are Dirty Politics as Well as Dirty Energy ...just aggravating him to death about it, he just wouldn't drop it. And then I knew they weren't friends anymore." What did Kelly agree to cover up for Hall: unresolved citations for dropping rocks on nearby homes; mining outside of permitted areas; water pollution; failing to obey regulations on blasting, reclamation and maintaining slurry ponds…http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/why-fossil-fuels-are-dirt_b_6096224.html?utm_hp_ref=green Living With A Smoker Can Be Like Breathing In Air In A Polluted City. Living with a smoker can be like breathing the air in the world's most polluted cities, according to a new study from Scotland. "The message is pretty simple really - smoking in your home leads to really poor air quality and results in concentrations of fine particles, that you can't... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/03/smokers-homes-air-polluted-cities_n_6095360.html?ir=Health+News&utm_hp_ref=health-news Climate change poses 'immediate risks' to national security, US military says. Scientists warned climate change could lead to "irreversible impacts" unless drastic action is taken on a global scale. Changes could include rising oceans and more extreme weather. And it's not just scientists or environmentalists sounding the alarm these days.... http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/11/03/40141/climate-change-poses-immediate-risks-to-national-s/ IPCC Scientists Emphasize Immorality Of Inaction By Focusing On ‘Irreversible Impacts’. What is the biggest change in the new climate report by the world’s top scientists and governments compared to the one they released back in 2007? It can be summed up in one word: “Irreversible.” In the 2007 assessment of climate science by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/04/3587527/ipcc-irreversible-impacts/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.