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newsclips -- Newsclips for December 5, 2014
Posted: 05 Dec 2014 11:38:49
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. UN CLIMATE TALKS Sen. Kevin De León leading delegation to Peru on climate change State Senate leader Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) will head a delegation of California officials attending a weeklong conference on climate change starting Sunday in Lima, Peru. De León will be accompanied to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by members of the Brown administration including Matt Rodriquez, the secretary for environmental protection. Brown himself is not attending the conference. http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-sen-de-leon-leading-delegation-to-peru-on-climate-change-20141204-story.html UN: climate change costs to poor underestimated The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be twice or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday — and that assumes a best-case scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced. "If you don't cut emissions, we're just going to have to ask for more money because the damage is going to be worse," Ronald Jumeau of the Seychelles said at U.N. climate talks. http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/UN-climate-change-costs-to-poor-underestimated-5937562.php AP Interview: Australia won't pay to climate fund Australia will continue to directly pay for climate change adaptation in vulnerable South Pacific island nations through its aid budget rather than donate to a U.N. Green Climate Fund designed for the same purpose, the foreign minister said Friday ahead of traveling to climate talks in Peru. http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/AP-Interview-Australia-won-t-pay-to-climate-fund-5936807.php Climate Activists Showing Their Colors in Lima ...latest United Nations climate talks, activists were already taking to the streets of Lima to demand that world leaders take aggressive action against global warming. Hundreds of climate activists and faith leaders gathered in Lima Sunday night for a candlelight vigil. Joining them were... http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141204/climate-activists-showing-their-colors-lima AIR POLLUTION Cutting carbon pollution is the key to curbing global warming Not all greenhouse gases are created equal. If we want to limit the temperature rise of the Earth, we really need to focus on the long-lasting greenhouse gases. They’re the ones that matter, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Joeri Rogelj and his colleagues. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/dec/05/cutting-carbon-pollution-key-to-curbing-global-warming CLIMATE CHANGE Cutting carbon pollution is the key to curbing global warming Not all greenhouse gases are created equal. If we want to limit the temperature rise of the Earth, we really need to focus on the long-lasting greenhouse gases. They’re the ones that matter, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Joeri Rogelj and his colleagues. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/dec/05/cutting-carbon-pollution-key-to-curbing-global-warming Obama Wants Kids to Learn About Global Warming Perhaps unable to convince older Americans of the severity of global warming, President Barack Obama is hoping to have better luck with the next generation by turning to the classroom. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Wednesday announced it will launch a new initiative aimed at climate education and literacy that will distribute science-based information – in line with the administration's position on the issue – to students, teachers and the broader public. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/12/03/obama-administration-to-launch-global-warming-education-initiative Climate Projects Reap $650 Billion a Year as Aid to Poor Rises Finance for projects aimed at limiting global warming has reached at least $650 billion. That will need to double to protect the planet from overheating, a United Nations agency said.... http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-03/climate-projects-reap-650-billion-a-year-as-aid-to-poor-rises The Scientist Who Gave a Name to Global Warming ...Resources/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 1988 James Hansen, then director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, introduces the idea of “global warming” to the public at a Senate hearing in Washington. I had testified several times during the 1980s without much effect, the... http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-04/global-warming-james-hansen-on-introducing-it-to-the-public DROUGHT California drought the worst in 1,200 years, new study says The last three years of drought were the most severe that California has experienced in at least 1,200 years, according to a new scientific study published Thursday. The study provides the state with breathtaking new historical context for its low reservoirs and sinking water tables, even as California celebrated its first good soaking of the season. http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27070897/california-drought-worst-1-200-years-new-study HIGH-SPEED RAIL Caltrain takes big step toward $1.5 billion electrification ...electrify its railway, unveiling the final environmental impact report on an ambitious undertaking that will allow the agency to boost ridership, reduce air pollution and prepare for the arrival of high-speed rail. The agency debuted the report in a presentation to its board of directors, which... http://www.insidebayarea.com/crime-courts/ci_27068142/caltrain-takes-big-step-toward-1-5-billion?source=rss FUELS Double Whammy for State Fuel Suppliers The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is poised to readopt the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation in early 2015. With its readoption, CARB hopes to put to rest challenges that required a redo of the environmental analysis supporting the LCFS regulation. If all goes as planned, transportation fuel suppliers operating in California will face a regulatory environment in 2015 that is at once both more certain — with legal challenges to the LCFS largely resolved — and more daunting, as transportation fuels come under the “cap” on greenhouse gas emissions imposed by California’s cap-and-trade program. http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/double-whammy-for-state-fuel-suppliers-88836/ California lawmakers try again to thwart increased fuel costs A group of California state lawmakers are renewing their fight against an impending fuel tax increase. Republicans in the state Assembly and Senate are concerned about a program in place since 2006 through passage of AB32 – the California Global Warming Solutions Act. The program allows the California Air Resources Board to cap greenhouse gas emissions and require companies to buy permits to exceed those caps. http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=28143#.VIHt5RamOa8 GREEN ENERGY Engineer Reimagines Solar Energy With Stick-On Panels The catalyst for Xiaolin Zheng's groundbreaking work in solar energy began with an offhand comment her father made years ago at her parents' apartment, a 13-story complex in the northeast China city of Anshan. “In China, the rooftops of many buildings are packed with solar energy devices,” says Zheng. “One day my father mentioned how great it would be if a building’s entire surface could be used for solar power, not just the roof, but also walls and windows.” http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141203-xiaolin-zheng-emerging-explorer-solar/ RENEWABLE ENERGY: Solar power expected to triple by 2020, pushed by developing countries A sustained push toward clean energy solutions in emerging economies of Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa will push solar photovoltaic... http://news.vocus.com/?a=19756786922&p=19f&v=1&x=AL0ZxxufWd3GJjHMJ095QQ BLOGS 1 in 5 Australian Households Have Gone Solar Between taking in a kangaroo boxing match and surfing in shark-infested waters, it turns out a lot of Australians are also going solar. According to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one in five Australian households, or 19 percent, now use solar energy for electricity or hot water. That’s up from about 5 percent in 2011, when the bureau first started publishing statistics on solar. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/one-in-five-australian-households-have-gone-solar California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.