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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for April 13, 2015
Posted: 13 Apr 2015 13:31:27
ARB Newsclips for April 13, 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. CAP AND TRADE Ontario Proposes to Link New Cap-And-Trade System With Quebec. Ontario, Canada’s largest province, will establish a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and join a carbon market with Quebec and California. Ontario will set a price on carbon by establishing ceilings for each industry and link its market with North America’s largest cap-and-trade system currently in place in California and Quebec… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/ontario-proposes-to-link-new-cap-and-trade-system-with-quebec http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/wynne-unveils-ontarios-plan-to-join-emissions-cap-and-trade-system/article23895069/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cap-and-trade-explained-what-ontarios-shift-on-emissions-will-mean/article23895285/ Poland Sees No Prospect for Early EU Carbon-Market Fix. Polish climate negotiator Marcin Korolec said he saw no room for European Union governments to agree on an early start of a carbon-market fix in negotiations with the European Parliament. A potential compromise on a draft law designed to help boost carbon prices could include the transfer of some unused permits… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/poland-sees-no-prospect-for-early-eu-carbon-market-fix AIR POLLUTION Nonprofits and benefits: Air district seeks grant proposals. The Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District is seeking grant proposals for direct... http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20150412/nonprofits-and-benefits-air-district-seeks-grant-proposals CLIMATE CHANGE Researchers say permafrost carbon release will be gradual. Frozen Arctic and sub-Arctic soil that thaws from global warming will add substantial amounts of carbon to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases, accelerating climate change the rest of the century, but it won't come in a sudden burst, researchers say in a new paper. A review by government and academic experts concludes that harmful carbon dioxide… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PERMAFROST_CARBON_RELEASE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Harvard Dismisses Climate Change Protesters While MIT Negotiates With Them. As U.S. universities face growing student pressure to divest fossil-fuel holdings from their more than $500 billion in endowments, Cambridge, Massachusetts, finds itself at the center of a great divide. At Harvard University, students are digging in this week for a blockade of President Drew Faust’s offices, escalating a confrontation over the school’s holdings of oil, gas and coal stocks. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/harvard-climate-protest-grows-while-mit-joins-activists-in-talks "How Does Hillary Match Up With Other Dems On Climate Change?" On Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce her decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. While the crowded Republican field has led to questions of how to fit all serious candidates on a debate stage, Democrats have the opposite problem. It’s possible there will be no debates at all. But if there are, what will the candidates say when asked about climate change and America’s energy policy? http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/11/3645951/hillary-clinton-democratic-field-climate-change/ Volunteers helping study climate change in Joshua Tree ...to survey plants and animals in a project that aims to track the effects of climate change.(Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)Buy Photo Carrying... http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2015/04/12/climate-change-citizen-scientists-joshua-tree/25536697/ DROUGHT For Drinking Water in Drought, California Looks Warily to Sea. Every time drought strikes California, the people of this state cannot help noticing the substantial reservoir of untapped water lapping at their shores — 187 quintillion gallons of it, more or less, shimmering so invitingly in the sun. Now, for the first time, a major California metropolis is on the verge of turning the Pacific Ocean into an everyday source of drinking water. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/science/drinking-seawater-looks-ever-more-palatable-to-californians.html?_r=1 Mighty Rio Grande Now a Trickle Under Siege. On maps, the mighty Rio Grande meanders 1,900 miles, from southern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. But on the ground, farms and cities drink all but a trickle before it reaches the canal that irrigates Bobby Skov’s farm outside El Paso, hundreds of miles from the gulf. Now, shriveled by the historic drought that has consumed California and most of the Southwest, that trickle has become a moist breath. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/us/mighty-rio-grande-now-a-trickle-under-siege.html Beyond almonds: A rogue's gallery of guzzlers in California's drought. Dan Charles | NPR Show caption Audio from this story California is parched. Wells are running dry. Vegetable fields have been... http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/12/50962/beyond-almonds-a-rogue-s-gallery-of-guzzlers-in-ca/ Drought or not, water has long reigned in the Imperial Valley. ...plentiful water. Crops bring an annual harvest of more than $2 billion. With California in its fourth year of drought, Gov. Jerry Brown has avoided... http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-drought-imperial-valley-20150412-story.html Brown confirms change in tunnels. ...criticism for their use of water – 80 percent of all water used by people in California – since Brown announced an unprecedented water-use reduction... http://www.modbee.com/news/article18319592.html The Drought Is Behind California's Skyrocketing West Nile Virus Numbers California's drought isn't bad news for everyone: turns out West... http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/04/drought-behind-influx-west-nile-virus-california DROUGHT: The grass will not be greener. ...state to cut water use by as much as 35 percent in the face of devastating drought. Water officials are scrambling to figure out how they will... http://www.pe.com/articles/water-764460-percent-use.html State water officials get permit to build drought barrier in Delta. ...feed naturally soaked from the estuary surrounding the small island. While the drought has left their operation largely unscathed, they worry they will... http://origin.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27868115 FUELS Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Extend the Age of Oil. The biggest exporter has let prices plummet—delaying the day when climate concerns, efficiency, and fuel switching break the world’s dependence on crude. Last fall, as oil prices crashed, Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s petroleum minister and the world’s de facto energy czar, went mum. He still popped up, as is his habit, at industry conferences on three continents. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-12/saudi-arabia-s-plan-to-extend-the-age-of-oil Germany Proves Life With Less Fossil Fuel Getting Easier. Sitting in a control center that helps ensure uninterrupted power for 82 million Germans, Gunter Scheibner is proving that renewable energy from the sun and wind can be just as reliable as fossil fuels. Scheibner, in charge of keeping flows stable over 6,200 miles (9,976 kilometers) of transmission lines in eastern Germany, must keep power from solar and wind in harmony whether it’s sunny or overcast, windy or still. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-12/germany-proves-life-with-less-fossil-fuel-getting-easier Europe Could Face Higher Prices, Says Gazprom Chief. Attempts to negotiate single price for Russian gas across EU could lead to price hikes. Europe could face higher natural gas prices if Brussels presses on in its effort to reduce Russia’s energy-market power, the chief executive officer of Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas company, said on Monday. http://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-could-face-higher-prices-says-gazprom-chief-1428940477?KEYWORDS=ENERGY Oil Futures Rise on Expectations of U.S. Production Drop. Prices have plunged in recent months amid growing oversupply of oil in global market. Oil prices rose for a third straight session on Monday on continued expectations that U.S. crude-oil production is set to slow. Light, sweet crude for May delivery recently rose 90 cents, or 1.7%, to $52.54 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-futures-rally-but-fundamentals-remain-weak-1428917919?KEYWORDS=ENERGY VEHICLES Limits Of The Electric Car: The Tesla and Volt Vanishing Act Outside Of Los Angeles ...recharging station in Los Angeles. Los Angeles — The city of angels and electric cars. LA is arguably the electric car capital of the... http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2015/04/12/limits-of-the-electric-car-the-tesla-and-volt-vanishing-act-outside-of-los-angeles/ GREEN ENERGY Paper towels, toilet tissue latest uses for wheat straw. A company plans to roll out a new line of tissues and paper towels this month that incorporates wheat straw and bamboo, which it hopes will provide a rapidly renewable and environmentally friendly source of fiber for its products while giving farmers a new market for what remains after the grain is harvested. Kimberly-Clark Professional, which manufactures Kleenex and Scott brand products, says its new "GreenHarvest" line will blend in 20 percent wheat straw… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FOOD_AND_FARM_WHEAT_TISSUES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT California Utility to Make Gas From Solar for Pipeline Storage. Southern California Gas Co. has started two pilot projects that will test the feasibility of using solar energy produced when power demand is low to split hydrogen from water and store the gas in pipelines. The projects, backed by U.S. government funding, will either ship the hydrogen for use as an automotive fuel or combine it with carbon dioxide to form methane that can be used to generate electricity when demand is stronger. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/california-utility-to-make-gas-from-solar-for-pipeline-storage How German Engineers Want to Cut Energy Use in the U.S. MeteoViva GmbH, a German engineering company that’s reducing energy use at Dusseldorf Airport and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG facilities, plans to add large customers in the U.S. MeteoViva’s software works out the future heating and cooling needs of a building, which it says can reduce energy costs by as much as 40 percent. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/how-german-engineers-want-to-cut-energy-use-in-the-u-s- SolarCity Works With Google Nest to Spur Solar in Homes. SolarCity Corp. will join Google Inc. to install smart thermostats and monitoring software that increases energy efficiency in homes powered by solar panels. SolarCity, the largest provider of panels for homes in the U.S., will deploy Google’s Nest thermostat for 10,000 new rooftop-power customers in California, the company said Monday in a blog post on its website. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/solarcity-works-with-google-nest-to-spur-solar-in-homes Hanergy Thin Film Outlines Solar Cells on Vehicles Plan. Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, the solar energy company whose shares have soared more than sixfold in the past year, said its panels will be used to provide energy to catering, touring and recreational vehicles. The Chinese maker of solar equipment has started cooperating with “mobile kitchen”… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/hanergy-thin-film-outlines-plan-to-put-solar-cells-on-vehicles Scatec Wins Project in South Africa’s Renewable-Energy Program. Scatec Solar ASA, a Norwegian developer of renewable-energy facilities, is among preferred bidders for three solar-power projects in the fourth of five program rounds to increase electricity from clean sources in South Africa. The country’s Department of Energy awarded Scatec preferred-bidder status for projects in the Northern Cape province with a combined capacity of 258 megawatts… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/scatec-wins-project-in-south-africa-s-renewable-energy-program New York's Smart Grid Research May Shape U.S. ...metropolitan region: The city and its utility infrastructure are highly vulnerable to climate change-influenced extreme weather and rising seas. http://insideclimatenews.org/todaysnews/13042015/new-yorks-smart-grid-research-may-shape-us OPINIONS Air districts should regulate pollution from recreation facilities An appellate court has overturned the controversial dust rule affecting the...http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2015/04/13/3584295/air-districts-should-regulate.html#storylink=rss EDITORIAL: Questions for de Léon?s big climate change measure. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Léon cannot be faulted for aiming low. ... http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/04/12/4471184/editorial-questions-for-de-leons.html#storylink=rss We'll deal with the drought and live the dream While the national news media has suddenly discovered that California is in the midst of a severe drought, garnering big headlines... http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jack-ohman/article18311120.html A court ruling could wash away incentives to conserve water. ...average, than residents of neighboring Los Angeles, even during the current drought. Those folks in the 90210 might well respond, "So what? We pay... http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-usage-drought-san-juan-capistrano-20150412-story.html BLOGS Climate Change and the Courts: Court Rejects Latest Industry Ploy to Block Carbon Pollution Limits. In the latest court ruling on climate change, the federal court of appeals in Washington refused... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-doniger/climate-change-and-the-courts_b_7044808.html China To Top U.S. As Biggest Cause Of Modern Global Warming ...China is poised to overtake the United States as the main cause of man-made global warming since 1990, the benchmark year for U.N.-led action,... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/china-global-warming_n_7053496.html?utm_hp_ref=green California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.