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ARB Newsclips for April 6, 2015. 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. CLIMATE CHANGE Will There Be Indiana-Style Boycotts If States Reject EPA Carbon Pollution Laws? ...admitted publicly that his goal is to stop a global deal to avert catastrophic climate change. McConnell announced to the world last week that “our... http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/06/3643006/indiana-epa-carbon-pollution-laws/ Washington Governor Puts Focus on Climate Goals, and Less on Debate. In his office, Gov. Jay Inslee keeps a framed image of a stand of magenta paintbrush, an alpine meadow flower and a signature species in Washington, that he photographed while hiking with his wife in Olympic National Park. The magenta paintbrush is threatened by global warming, and the photograph is a reminder, Mr. Inslee said, of all the things that are at risk. But then he paused and said, no, a beautiful blossom was not the point: The deeper reason he is pushing for tough new air-quality policies is to combat worsening health problems, like asthma in children, that are caused by pollution. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/us/politics/washington-governor-puts-focus-on-climate-goals-and-less-on-debate.html?_r=0 Jerry Brown: California Drought Shows 'Climate Change Is Not a Hoax.' The debate has not yet dried up, even if California has. Two months after members of the U.S. Senate took jabs at one another on the subject of whether man made global warming was actually occurring, California Governor Jerry Brown said that the unprecedented drought and newly enacted water restrictions in his state show that "climate change is not a hoax." The implications for the rest of the country, which relies on California for a substantial portion of its food, could be profound, Brown said. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-05/jerry-brown-california-drought-shows-climate-change-not-a-hoax Modi Says India to Strike Own Path in Climate Battle. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled on Monday he would not bow to foreign pressure to commit to cuts in carbon emissions, instead pledging to use more clean energy and traditional methods to lead the fight against climate change. India, the world's No.3 emitter of greenhouse gases, has come under pressure to tackle its rapidly rising emissions since the United States and China committed last November to start cutting their own emissions after a "peak year". http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/04/06/world/asia/06reuters-india-climatechange.html Obama's Climate Change Blind Spot: Emissions From Public Lands. ...potential to be a major step forward. But sadly, his latest pledge to reduce greenhouse gases seems poised to keep our nation moving backward.... http://news.vocus.com/?a=20949231172&p=19f&v=1&x=A4O1KbREzAbRoMa5xZVMmg Fishing in the Age of Climate Change. "We don't know what happened to the whitefish," says Cindi John, a Native American. "Their numbers aren't there like they used to be." Cindi and her husband, Ed, run a small fishing business near Lake Michigan. The Native American tribes in the region hold the right to fish and hunt in the area—thanks to an 1836 treaty between the U.S. government and the Ottawa and Chippewa nations—but face threats from pollution, invasive species, and climate change. http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/389144/80-to-90-ft/ Yale study maps U.S. climate opinion in unprecedented geographic detail. A team of Yale researchers has developed a new statistical model that accurately estimates public climate change opinion and public policy support in all 50 states, 435 United State Congressional districts, more than 3,000 counties, and cities across the nation. The model allows users to explore public opinion in unprecedented geographic detail. The model, which is described in the journal Nature Climate Change, was developed in partnership with Utah State University. http://news.yale.edu/2015/04/06/yale-study-maps-us-climate-opinion-unprecedented-geographic-detail Conservative group is tired of being accused of climate denial. Facing a loss of high-profile corporate sponsors, a conservative state-level policy group — the American Legislative Exchange Council — threatened action in recent weeks against activist groups that accuse it of denying climate change. Attorneys for ALEC sent letters to Common Cause and the League of Conservation Voters asking them to immediately “cease making false statements” and “remove all false or misleading material” suggesting that ALEC does not believe in global warming. http://www.standard.net/Environment/2015/04/05/Conservative-group-is-tired-of-being-accused-of-climate-denial-and-is-fighting-back.html Toxic oceans drove mass extinction 200 million years ago. More than 200 million years ago, the continents began splitting apart, massive volcanoes erupted and more than 80 percent of living things went extinct. Scientists believe a sharp rise on greenhouse gases and a spike in temperatures from the volcanoes decimated species on land at the end of the Triassic. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/toxic-oceans-contributed-to-mass-extinction/ Claim blaming utility for devastating glacier melt in Peru may set landmark legal precedent. A Peruvian farmer who has watched glaciers melt "literally under his feet" is demanding that a German energy company compensate him for its role in causing climate change and putting his mountain village at risk of obliteration. The figure at stake is admittedly paltry: €20,000, or about $21,800. But attorneys championing the claim say it could prove legally and politically groundbreaking by tying the actions of a carbon polluter directly to the risks of glacier lake flooding faced by the city of Huaraz. http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060016270 LUMBER LIQUIDATORS Analysts commissioned tests on Lumber Liquidators flooring and the results came back just fine. Raymond James analysts commissioned tests on Lumber Liquidators’ floors to see for themselves and what they found seems ok. In early March, CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired the results of tests on Lumber Liquidators’ China-sourced flooring sold in the US. The tests found levels of formaldehyde that exceeded regulations set by the California Air Resources Board. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/raymond-james-upgrades-lumber-liquidators-to-outperform-2015-4 DROUGHT As water runs dry, Californians brace for a new way of life. His lawn was thick, healthy and gorgeous, and Mike Duran was in love. "It was so green. It was so lush," he said. But the relationship had financial issues. Watering the grass cost about $1,200 every other month in this drought-stricken state. "The money I was spending for water, I had to make a change," Duran said. The yard has been an arrangement of sand and cactus for three months now. "Emotionally, it took me a little time to adjust, to say the least," he said. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-california-drought-20150405-story.html#page=1 The Hidden Effects of Cheap Oil. ...prices in the second half of 2014 to reduce and ultimately remove remaining gasoline and diesel subsidies. … [Subsidy reform should] help broaden the... http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/the-hidden-consequences-of-low-oil-prices/389156/?utm_source=nl__link2_040615 Fracking Study on Water Contamination Under Ethics Review. ...ignites the tap water in her kitchen. A new study now under question says that methane contamination of drinking water is unrelated to fracking, contradicting... http://insideclimatenews.org/news/06042015/fracking-study-water-contamination-under-ethics-review Rundown of California drought stories. ...Jerry Brown of a 25 percent reduction in water use due to the state's longterm drought, news agencies around the country began to look at all aspects... http://news.vocus.com/?a=20938253213&p=19f&v=1&x=Y0XC8tRPL-JSPwxi6yRyDQ Parts of California expected to get some rain, lower temperatures. Drought-stricken California is expected to get at least a trickle... http://www.latimes.com/about/la-me-ln-rain-expected-20150404-story.html?track=rss Key provisions of parched California's new water cuts. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the first mandatory, statewide water... http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27857201/key-provisions-parched-californias-new-water-cuts Jerry Brown defends agriculture's water use amid drought. ...but he said historic water rights are “probably going to be examined” if the drought persists. “Some people have a right to more water than others,”... http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article17454854.html http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/05/50803/gov-brown-defends-drought-order-that-doesn-t-limit/ http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27854243/california-drought-gov-jerry-brown-defends-historic-drought Interest In Water Wise Plants Growing. Despite the drought, or maybe because of it, California nurseries and garden... http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/04/03/interest-in-water-wise-plants-growing/ In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought U.S. U.S. Overlooking Chevron's Kern River oil field with the Sierra... http://news.vocus.com/?a=20948716772&p=19f&v=1&x=VlPNGsnRg621sa4rDwNLvA Golf courses pledge to speed efforts to cut water use. Golf groups are pledging to speed up efforts to cut water use during California's drought. Golf groups are pledging to speed up efforts... http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/04/05/golf-courses-pledge-speed-efforts-cut-water-use/25346083/ Facing drought in an oasis of golf courses and lakes. Facing drought in an oasis of golf courses and lakes Subscribe today for full... http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2015/04/03/california-drought-restrictions-coachella-valley/25274611/ Cutting water use: San Gabriel Valley cities feeling the heat. ...myself watering more and more as we got drier and drier in this fourth year of drought we were in,” Robertson said. So, he got rid of it. He replaced... http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20150404/cutting-water-use-san-gabriel-valley-cities-feeling-the-heat California Drought Tests History Of Endless Growth. - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com : A punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled... http://news.vocus.com/?a=20944215926&p=19f&v=1&x=dol1nSyJEgs7fjflxORorQ Animal agriculture is drought intolerant. ...drinking and growing food for feed than even the thirstiest vegetable crops. California would realize gargantuan water savings if more crops were fed... http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0405-sunday-drought-farming-20150405-story.html Why do farmers get a free pass from Brown? ...Standing on bare ground where there's normally snow, the governor unveiled his new drought-survival plan. It includes tightening the spigot on lawns, golf... http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-cap-drought-20150406-column.html How will California enforce its new drought measures? ...out lush and green across the Coachella Valley have helped make parts of the California desert some of the biggest per-capita water users in the state.... http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2015/04/04/california-desert-water-cutbacks-enforcement/25282187/ California Slow To Spend Emergency Drought Money. ...veteran state budget watcher. That's true for the $870 million in “emergency drought relief” approved by the governor and lawmakers last year. The Brown... http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/04/06/california-slow-to-spend-emergency-drought-money/ Businesses take steps to reduce water use. ...trees alive. Landscapers and nurseries are trying to educate customers about drought-tolerant alternatives to vast stretches of lawn. Homebuilders are... http://www.modbee.com/news/article17375429.html California drought: Woodside, Fremont on opposite ends of water-saving spectrum. ...like golden-hued Fremont. Fifteen months after Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency, water remains a way of life in Woodside, where horses... http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27850879/california-drought-woodside-and-fremont-opposite-ends-water?source=rss Promising Investment Opportunities Gushing From California's Epic Water Crisis. ...crisis there is opportunity. Being the eighth-largest economy in the world, California's epic water crisis is a promising opportunity to invest in... http://www.forbes.com/sites/trangho/2015/04/04/irresistible-investment-opportunities-gushing-from-californias-epic-water-crisis/ Almond Rush Raises Tough Questions During Dry Times. ...in a giant processing plant in the western San Joaquin Valley near Newman, California. Last year Stewart and Jasper Orchards hulled and shelled more... http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/04/06/almond-rush-raises-tough-questions-during-dry-times/ Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows. Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of pounds of thirsty crops like oranges, tomatoes and almonds continue to stream out of the state and onto the nation’s grocery shelves. But the way that California farmers have pulled off that feat is a case study in the unwise use of natural resources, many experts say. Farmers are drilling wells at a feverish pace and pumping billions of gallons of water from the ground, depleting a resource that was critically endangered even before the drought, now in its fourth year, began. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/science/beneath-california-crops-groundwater-crisis-grows.html FUELS California Air Resources Board holds workshop on LCFS re-adoption. In California, the California Air Resources Board held a workshop on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard re-adoption process. The CARB workshop presentation is now posted online, Leticia Phillips North American Representative of the Brazilian sugarcane ethanol industry’s organization, UNICA, made the following statement: Today’s California Air Resources Board (CARB) workshop on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) reinforces sugarcane ethanol is the most environmentally friendly biofuel supplying today’s market. http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2015/04/06/california-air-resources-board-holds-workshop-on-lcfs-re-adoption/ Coal Loses Nearly 50,000 Jobs, Wind and Solar Add 79,000. As coal plants are shuttered due to increasing regulation and competition from cheap natural gas and renewables, coal industry jobs are being shed by the thousands, according to new research from Duke University. From 2008 to 2012, the U.S. coal industry, from mining to power plants, lost nearly 50,000 jobs, about 12 percent of the total during the five-year period. The research did not include coal jobs that weren’t associated with electricity production. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/coal-loses-nearly-50000-jobs-wind-and-solar-add-79000 VEHICLES Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, March 2015: Tesla On Top Again. (Most Likely) As expected, the Tesla Model S was a “three-peat” plug-in electric vehicle sales champion in Canada back... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1097639_plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-canada-march-2015-tesla-on-top-again-most-likely Patent Fight Erupts Over Next-Generation Electric-Car Battery Chemistry. Electric cars may still make up just a tiny percentage of the vehicles... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1097643_patent-fight-erupts-over-next-generation-electric-car-battery-chemistry State adds $2M for electric vehicle rebates. The state will spend an additional $2 million in rebates to residents who buy or lease electric vehicles, the Baker administration announced last week. The rebate -$2,500 for full battery electric vehicles and $1,500 for plug-in hybrids- on top of the up to $7,500 existing federal tax credit for EVs, has helped more than 700 Massachusetts drivers make the switch from petroleum-powered vehicles to vehicles powered by cleaner-burning electricity, according to a separate statement from the Massachusetts Sierra Club, which praised the move. http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20150406/NEWS01/150409970 GREEN ENERGY White House combining push for solar energy with veteran training. The White House wants to put more returning servicemen and women to work manufacturing and installing solar panels, an effort President Barack Obama will add to his growing list of climate actions meant to combat global warming. He visited an Air Force base outside Salt Lake City on Friday to highlight a new program that trains veterans to size and install solar panels on their military compounds, in the hopes of imparting skills applicable to a rapidly growing sector of the economy. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/03/politics/white-house-solar-energy-veteran-training/ Forest Green Rovers Tackle Sustainability Feet First. Everything about Forest Green Rovers says green, from its name to its jerseys to the rolling hills of the Cotswolds that surround the club’s home base in the Gloucestershire town of Nailsworth. But for the last five years, the club’s mission has been to become the self-proclaimed greenest soccer team in the world, at least off the field. It is a vision pushed by the alternative energy entrepreneur who saved the club from financial ruin in 2010, and it is obvious in everything from the solar panels that power the stadium to the robot that mows its chemical-free grass. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/sports/soccer/forest-green-rovers-tackles-sustainability-feet-first.html Toshiba opens Hydrogen Energy Research & Development Center. ...Toshiba Group says it will develop a practical energy supply system that uses renewable energy to power hydrogen-generating water electrolysis... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/04/20150406-toshiba.html How Washington State Convinced Big Companies to Dramatically Reduce Drive-Alone Commutes. Brian Lagerberg, the director of public transportation at the Washington State DOT, recalls a conversation he had with a large employer in the mid-1990s. The state had recently adopted a law directing big companies to encourage alternative, non-car commutes among workers. In the process of complaining to Lagerberg that he didn't know anything about transportation, the employer mentioned that his company had just bought enough land to create a parking lot for 1,400 vehicles. http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/04/how-washington-state-convinced-big-companies-to-dramatically-reduce-drive-alone-commutes/389658/ SOLAR FLARES: Consumer tips for home solar panel systems. ...project might also include extra jobs such as a new or repaired roof. With solar power growing as an option for homeowners, here's some things... http://www.pe.com/articles/solar-763759-panel-system.html OPINIONS Biofuels, Hunger, and Climate: Fixing California's LCFS Analysis. The politics surrounding biofuels and biomass-based power generation are so fraught with controversy that the Washington Post recently labeled bioenergy “a familiar obstacle to good policymaking.” Who could disagree, then, that decisions about which types of bioenergy to encourage should be based on dispassionate scientific analysis rather than the parochial interests of lawmakers? Instead of “picking winners,” shouldn’t we let lifecycle analyses (LCAs) sort out which fuels make environmental sense? http://theenergycollective.com/jonathan-lewis/2212336/biofuels-hunger-and-climate-fixing-californias-lcfs-analysis Memo To California: If You've A Shortage Of Something Then Change The Price. People over in California are rather scratching their heads over what to do about the... http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/04/05/memo-to-california-if-youve-a-shortage-of-something-then-change-the-price/ ALEC is threatening to sue the groups calling it out on its climate denial. You can call the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) many things — “duplicitous,” “Koch-backed” and “the environment’s worst nightmare” all come to mind — but don’t accuse it of peddling in climate denial. The free-market lobbying group is threatening to sue progressive groups that accuse of denying the science of climate change. Letters sent to Common Cause and the League of Conservation Voters, the Washington Post reports, demand the organizations “cease making false statements” and “remove all false or misleading material” suggesting as much. http://www.salon.com/2015/04/06/alec_is_threatening_to_sue_the_groups_calling_it_out_on_its_climate_denial/ Jerry Brown now owns California's big drought. ...George W. Bush and 9/11. History books are full of such crises. Among recent California governors, Pete Wilson was easily the most crisis-challenged,... http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article17352962.html Editorial: Carbon Rule Approaching. ...rumor mill was correct: The federal government did not publish its Phase 2 greenhouse-gas rule on truck emissions by March 31. The urge to say... http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=37874&t=Editorial-Carbon-Rule-Approaching Where the water flows like money. There are few signs of California's epic drought along a stretch of Maple Drive in Beverly... Drought What water restrictions? ...water restrictions?” Quite naturally a thought crossed my mind that northern California is conserving the water so that southern California can... http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article17344310.html EDITORIAL: California paying for its neglect of water infrastructure. Better get used to straw-like lawns and dirty cars. Decades of neglecting California's water infrastructure finally parched the state. On Wednesday,... http://www.pe.com/articles/water-763865-california-build.html Swimming upstream to save a victim of state's water crisis. ...river diversions for agriculture and urban use.” Other suspects included a drought, invasive species, a reduction of its favorite food, plankton,... http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dan-morain/article17351492.html CASSIE MACDUFF: Slow the flow, California ...don't run when it rains? Check. We've done our part to conserve water during California's drought crisis. But we're going to have to do more.... http://www.pe.com/articles/water-763926-check-california.html BLOGS Electric Flash: Green Cars Are Getting Stylish. ...plant that makes our batteries is at full capacity. We still are offering all electric cars, but our growth opportunity is in the plug-in space.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-witherspoon/electric-flash-green-cars-are-getting-stylish_b_7001326.html Study: D.C. residents worry about global warming more than anyone else in U.S. A new study that maps public opinion about global warming in the United States finds that Washingtonians are more concerned about rising temperatures than people in any other place. Seventy-four percent of residents of the District worry about global warming compared with a national average of 52 percent, study data indicate. In Pickett County, Tenn., by contrast, just 38 percent of the public is worried about warming, the lowest level in the nation. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/06/study-d-c-residents-worry-about-global-warming-more-than-anyone-else-in-u-s/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.