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CAP AND TRADE

Bill to yank fuels from cap and trade fails, but questions remain
on reality of CO2 reductions.	...would have retroactively
exempted motor fuels from the mandates of California's
cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions was rejected...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20822691561&p=19f&v=1&x=CFjH2tijgAReJXFt5lQtwg

Opponents of cap-and-trade struggle to find a strategy to kill
it.  An attempt by Republican lawmakers to dismantle part of
California’s cap-and-trade program in order to help Californians
save money on gasoline died Monday in its first policy hearing.
The fact that Democrats killed the legislation on a 6-3
party-line vote was not in itself remarkable -- for those keeping
track of the politics of climate change policy, a swift execution
of Assembly Bill 23 was no surprise.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/03/24/quick-death-of-cap-and-trade-bill-may-be-last.html

China should link southern carbon markets ahead of nationwide
scheme. -study- Academics that advise the government on carbon
trading in China have proposed linking two emissions exchanges
in...	
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/china-carbon-idUSL3N0WP4A920150324

AIR POLLUTION

Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution. 
Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s
national standard last year, will close the last of its four
major coal-fired power plants next year. The capital city will
shutter China Huaneng Group Corp.’s 845-megawatt power plant in
2016, after last week closing plants owned by Guohua Electric
Power Corp. and Beijing Energy Investment Holding Co., according
to a statement Monday on the website of the city’s economic
planning agency. 
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-24/beijing-to-close-all-major-coal-power-plants-to-curb-pollution

Paris Bans Some Cars For A Day To Battle Smog.  Paris has banned
cars with license plates ending in even numbers from its roads
today to reduce smog that last week briefly made the City of
Lights among the world's most polluted places.
http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=394813846
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-france-paris-smog-20150323-story.html

Carbon company to install emission controls in federal
settlement.	Our software detected that cookies are disabled in
your browser.     Cookies...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20817187644&p=19f&v=1&x=FmlB3LC8ly-yuUXk5-dcQA

Plan to require fireplace retrofits at Bay Area homes for sale
heats up smoke debate.	...the pocket of property owners looking
to sell or rent their homes, Bay Area air quality officials are
ratcheting up their campaign against smoke...	
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_27765584/plan-require-fireplace-retrofits-at-homes-sale-heats?source=most_viewed

Fracking Fumes Force Texas Resident to Shutter Home Business
After a Decade.	...facilities, all within 2.5 miles of their home
of nearly 20 years. The foul air has caused Buehring blinding
headaches, aggravated her asthma, burned...	
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/22032015/fracking-fumes-force-texas-resident-shutter-home-business-after-decade

Reining in the coal industry's assault on public health.	...will
hear arguments in a crucial case about regulating mercury and
other toxic air pollution coming from coal-fired power plants. At
stake is a...	
http://www.latimes.com/about/la-oe-0323-garcia-epa-power-plants-20150323-story.html?track=rss	

Beijing mayor promises frugal, smog-free Winter Games.	...Winter
Olympics they will be both frugal and free from the city's
notorious smog, the city's mayor was quoted as saying in a
state-run newspaper on...	
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-china-olympics-idUSKBN0MK0A820150324

Obama Adviser Blasts McConnell For Denigrating Power Plant
Rule.	...campaign to have states essentially ignore Environmental
Protection Agency carbon pollution limits for power plants by
urging all 50 states to “carefully...	
http://www.bna.com/obama-adviser-blasts-n17179924268/

Whitfield Plans Legislation to Postpone State Compliance With
Clean Power Plan.	...expected this summer. Whitfield acknowledged
the role human activity plays in climate change and said his bill
would recognize EPA authority to...	
http://www.bna.com/whitfield-plans-legislation-n17179924352/

Alameda County supervisors to hear appeal on controversial
Altamont wind turbines.	...decommissioning of old turbines, with
companies such as NextEra Energy and EDF Renewable Energy making
strides toward repowering with larger, more...	
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_27766855/alameda-county-supervisors-hear-appeal-controversial-altamont-wind

CLIMATE CHANGE	

On World Meteorological Day, UN chief stresses need to mitigate
climate change patterns.	...need for timely, reliable information
to further strengthen resilience.    "Climate change is
increasing the intensity and frequency of these...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20814007423&p=19f&v=1&x=SxZ-U44CshSuqoj_YMOskw

SECURITY: Military experts to Congress: Don't cut Defense climate
funding.	With climate change dollars at the Pentagon and CIA
facing the Republican...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20811748148&p=19f&v=1&x=qvZINoV9VuekhezdB1FQow

ECONOMICS: Climate change has a multibillion-dollar impact on
China's development, says the country's top weather expert.	HONG
KONG -- China's top weather official today issued a stark warning
on climate change, saying that rising temperatures have become
not only...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20811748216&p=19f&v=1&x=0L7l3UGaB07jA1qsif6w1w

OCEANS: Researchers flock to new USGS subsea image database.	...a
tool for managers and scientists to gauge the impacts of
phenomenon like sea-level rise.	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20817284066&p=19f&v=1&x=BMLwgLV0LmnjcpxvWqr2sw

When Legally Liable, Companies Don't Dispute Global
Warming.	...Publishing)    U.S. coal companies that are publicly
skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory
financial disclosures the...	
http://insideclimatenews.org/todaysnews/23032015/when-legally-liable-companies-dont-dispute-global-warming

FEMA: Caught Between Climate Change and Congress.	Thanks to
climate change, extreme weather disasters have hammered the
United...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20813164686&p=19f&v=1&x=p9x7sFUyNeAnTwQHdaoEQg

BIOFUELS: Mexican oil company unveils plan to reduce emissions by
35%.	Mexican state-run oil company Pemex will begin selling
gasoline mixed with ethanol in an effort to reduce greenhouse
gas...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20811748345&p=19f&v=1&x=Dg6R55J7NkR-TuxM9QXgvg

GOP lawmaker targets Obama climate plan.	...Monday targeted a key
element of President Barack Obama's strategy for fighting climate
change, releasing a bill to delay the Obama administration's...	
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article16134671.html

Companies to issue record $30 bln in green bonds this year. -
S&P	...on Monday.   Proceeds from green bonds are typically used
on projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate
change, increase...	
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/23/bonds-renewables-sp-idUSL6N0WP22E20150323

AECOM announces plan for greenhouse gas emission cuts at meeting
with U.S. President Obama	AECOM announces plan for greenhouse gas
emission cuts at meeting with U.S. President Obama...	
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/23/ca-aecom- 
idUSnBw235870a+100+BSW20150323

FUELS

Truckers, fuel manufacturers sue to stop Oregon's clean fuels
law.  An unhappy coalition of out-of-state fuel manufacturers and
truckers is seeking an injunction to prevent Oregon’s new Clean
Fuels law from taking effect, saying it violates the commerce
clause of the U.S. Constitution and gives Oregon biofuels
manufacturers an unfair advantage.
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/truckers-fuel-manufacturers-sue-to-stop-oregons.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_portland+%28Portland+Business+Journal%29

Big Oil’s broken business model: the real story behind the oil
price collapse.  Many reasons have been provided for the dramatic
plunge in the price of oil to about $50 per barrel as of this
writing (half of what it was a year ago): slowing demand due to
global economic stagnation; overproduction at shale fields in the
United States…
http://www.energypost.eu/big-oils-broken-business-model-real-story-behind-oil-price-collapse/

ECONOMY: Gasoline prices dip.	...most expensive state in the
nation but for consumers, prices have fallen.    Gasoline prices
continue to fall for the Inland area, with some discount...	
http://www.pe.com/articles/prices-762992-monday-regular.html	

AM Alert: Senate probes California's gas prices	...gas prices. An
expected bump at the pump from including oil companies in the
cap-and-trade process figured heavily into political
campaigns...	
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article16135085.html

EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in
2014.	Imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and
renewable...	
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/03/20150323-eia.html

Gasoline Prices Slide as Crude Oil Falls to Six-Year Low.	Welcome
Guest    U.S. retail gasoline prices in the Lundberg Survey
dropped as crude oil fell to the...	
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=37722&t=Gasoline-Prices-Slide-as-Crude-Oil-Falls-to-Six-Year-Low

DROUGHT

Proposed Office To Help Poor Communities Get Clean Drinking
Water.	The emergency drought relief bill proposed for California
would create a new state...	
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/03/23/proposed-office-to-help-poor-communities-get-clean-drinking-water/

California drought: State passes mandatory new water conservation
rules on lawns, hotels, restaurants.	SACRAMENTO -- Acknowledging
that California's water conservation efforts are falling short as
the state...	
http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20150317/california-drought-state-passes-mandatory-new-water-conservation-rules-on-lawns-hotels-restaurants/2
	
VEHICLES

Branson Hints Virgin Could Build A Tesla-Fighting EV. 	...to a
report posted on Bloomberg.com .    “We have teams of people
working on electric cars,” Branson told reporter Tom Randall. “So
you never...	
http://news.vocus.com/?a=20815069247&p=19f&v=1&x=SpT8Evl-huFfC956x-YG0A

Tencent Partners With Foxconn In Electric Car Business.	...year. 
  Tencent's partners have been making preparations to make
connected electric cars. China Harmony Auto in December signed a
memorandum...	
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2015/03/23/tencent-partners-with-foxconn-in-electric-car-business/

GREEN ENERGY

Maryland Has A Plan To Turn Chicken Poop Into Energy.	...manure
and convert it into energy, which could be used to meet the
state's renewable energy mandate. Bill Dennison, professor and
vice president...	
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/23/3637690/chicken-or-the-poop/

As wind power booms, Texas lawmakers consider yanking support.
	...investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas in a race
to lower their carbon emissions. With almost 20 percent of the
country's total capacity,...	
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article16115498.html

California's push for clean energy has a big problem: no place to
store it.	...officials made an odd request in a state that prides
itself on leadership in renewable energy: They asked wind and
solar plants to cut back their...	
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-green-energy-20150324-story.html

Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power
Needs.	...products and embedded software for energy management,
micro-grid operations, and electric vehicle charging, is
providing technologies at the heart...	
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/idUSnMKW3s52va+1c0+MKW20150324

Birds die as wind-power turbine replacement lags. - SFGate	...A
golden eagle with a permanently disabled wing, believed to be
caused by a wind-power turbine, perches in an enclosure
maintained by Native...	
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Birds-die-as-wind-power-turbine-replacement-lags-6153949.php	

OPINION

Drought: California agriculture can learn from
Africa.	...Nierenberg and Daniel Bornstein Special to the Mercury
News Vast tracts of southern California's bountiful harvests are
fading from view, as millions of acres...	
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_27765792/drought-california-agriculture-can-learn-from-africa
	
Dan Walters: What if California's drought is
permanent?	California's prolonged drought drew a bit of official
attention
last...	http://www.modbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article16096328.html

Our View: California's demise is greatly exaggerated.	...Texas
has grown into an economic powerhouse, California's critics have
spun a zero-sum yarn about business flight and job creation. As
their story goes,...	
http://www.modbee.com/opinion/editorials/article16127819.html

The Real Cost of Coal.  CONGRESS long ago established a basic
principle governing the extraction of coal from public lands by
private companies: American taxpayers should be paid fair value
for it. They own the coal, after all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/opinion/the-real-cost-of-coal.html?_r=0

BLOGS

Why Air Pollution Could Increase Stroke Risk.	When an unsightly
(and somewhat toxic) smog descended upon Britain last week, many
people were concerned for their...	
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/24/air-pollution-causes-stroke-and-anxiety_n_6929806.html

Finally, A Climate Change Message That Just Might Work.	In recent
years, many approaches to framing climate change have been tested
on the largely indifferent American...	
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-mingle/finally-a-climate-change-_b_6925174.html




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