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Posted: 19 May 2015 16:55:38
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 Cap and Trade Money Hits Rooftops. California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget revisions include spending more than $2 billion dollars from the state’s cap and trade program. But money from the greenhouse gas reduction program is already helping some homeowners this fiscal year. Dave Walsh is installing solar panels on the roof of a home in a low-income neighborhood in Sacramento. This is one of the first homes to receive solar panels using money from the state’s cap and trade program. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/05/18/cap-and-trade-money-hits-rooftops/ Three big questions about the future of cap-and-trade. The state of California has pocketed over $1.5 billion from cap-and-trade program so far, and the dollars have begun to flow to Sacramento. Lawmakers celebrated the arrival of the grants Monday with an event showcasing a rooftop solar installation on the home of a Sacramento resident. The installation was paid for with help from a $14 million cap-and-trade grant that will fund over 130 similar residential projects across the state. http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/energy-inc/2015/05/three-big-questions-about-the-future-of-cap-and.html AIR POLLUTION The 'Shocking' Cost of Letting Companies Pollute for Free. "Energy subsidy," as the phrase is tossed around Washington, typically refers to any financial help the government gives to producers of oil, wind, or other sectors of the energy industry. But there's another way to consider energy subsidies that takes a bigger picture and conceives of all manner of help—financial or otherwise—as a subsidy. In that context, letting companies pollute for free, when that pollution carries a real social cost, can be thought of as a subsidy. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-19/here-s-how-much-cheap-energy-really-costs Government moves to tighten anti-pollution norms for coal-based power plants. Moving to tighten norms for emissions of major pollutants by coal-based power plants in the country, the environment ministry has proposed a fresh standard for old and new units seeking them to substantially cut down release of health-damaging particulate matter (PM). http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/pollution/government-moves-to-tighten-anti-pollution-norms-for-coal-based-power-plants/articleshow/47347011.cms 25% of vehicles cause 90% of emissions – study. Just a small percentage of cars produce most of the traffic-related air pollution, according to a new study. The study by researchers at the University of Toronto found 25 percent of vehicles were responsible for about 90 percent of vehicle-related air pollution. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060018723/feed CLIMATE CHANGE Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign new climate change agreement. Gov. Jerry Brown will sign a new climate change agreement with "government leaders from around the world" on Tuesday, his office announced. The agreement comes three weeks after the governor ordered new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in California. He's also been pushing for more renewable energy, lower gasoline consumption and better efficiency in older buildings. http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-jerry-brown-climate-change-20150518-story.html Merkel, Hollande commit to global climate protection. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande confirmed their commitment to fighting global warning Tuesday, gathering with others in Berlin to prepare for this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference. Merkel and Hollande said in a joint statement that both countries “are firmly decided to take all efforts to reach an ambitious, comprehensive and binding U.N. climate agreement by the end of this year in Paris.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-hollande-to-attend-climate-meeting-in-berlin/2015/05/19/5b138fe4-fdf7-11e4-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html Global warming fueling fewer but stronger hurricanes, study says. Warmer ocean temperatures appear to be fueling more intense hurricanes at the expense of the overall number of storms, says a new study published today in Nature Climate Change. Over the past decade, studies have analyzed ad nauseam how warmer temperatures might be changing the annual number of hurricanes, or the maximum intensity. In theory, the hurricane hypothesis has always been a simple one: Tropical cyclones are fueled by warm ocean surface water, so warmer oceans should be fueling stronger hurricanes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/05/18/global-warming-fueling-fewer-but-stronger-hurricanes-study-says/ New science standards include climate change instruction. South Dakota's Board of Education has adopted new science education standards that include instruction on climate change. The board made the move during its meeting Monday in Aberdeen. It also adopted new content standards in fine arts and educational technology. http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/New-science-standards-include-climate-change-6272826.php Study: Many more Americans will feel high heat as global warming, population shifts combine. The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in the number of Americans sweating through days that are extremely hot, a new study says. People are migrating into areas — especially in the South — where the heat is likely to increase more, said the authors of a study published Monday by the journal Nature Climate Change. http://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015/05/18/future-for-warming-us-not-just-the-heat-but-the-humanity DROUGHT Glendale considers lifting ban on artificial turf. Several years ago, Glendale restricted fake grass to residential backyards, where they were out of sight from the street. Some residents applauded the action, saying artificial turf damaged the character and visual appeal of their neighborhoods. But with the drought entering its fourth year, the city is considered lifting the ban as a way to conserve water. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fake-grass-drought-20150518-story.html FUELS Why EPA’s alleged ‘war on coal’ may actually be a war on wasting energy. The growing criticisms of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions have a common theme — the agency and the president, it is often alleged, are waging a “war on coal.” And indeed, if the so-called “Clean Power Plan” is successfully implemented by the agency, it’s pretty clear that coal use will decline, even as we’ll get more and more of our electricity from natural gas and renewables (all trends that have begun already anyway). http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/05/18/why-epas-alleged-war-on-coal-may-actually-be-a-war-on-energy-waste/ MISCELLANEOUS State nears carpool lane decal limit for Volt, other plug-in hybrids. Buyers of plug-in hybrids such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Toyota Prius are about to lose an important perk – a carpool lane permit. California has capped the number of the Green Clean Air Vehicle decals that allow such cars into the lanes at 70,000. As of Monday, it had granted 66,255, leaving fewer than 4,000 left. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-green-car-pool-lane-permit-20150518-story.html OPINIONS What Can We Do About Climate Change? This interview, the fourth in a series on political topics, discusses philosophical issues that underlie recent debates about climate change. My interviewee is Dale Jamieson, a professor of environmental studies and philosophy at New York University. He is the author of “Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle to Stop Climate Change Failed — and What It Means for Our Future.” — Gary Gutting. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/can-green-virtues-help-us-survive-climate-change/?_r=0 Air Board Asks Courts to Create New Tax. In a landmark case before the Third District Court of Appeal, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently argued for creation of an unprecedented tax doctrine that could raise billions of dollars in new revenues. The ARB described the new revenue not as a tax or a fee (or any other recognized revenue-raising mechanism), but as a “byproduct” of a regulatory program. http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2015/05/air-board-asks-courts-to-create-new-tax/ BLOGS Tackling Climate Change Does More Than Tackle Climate Change. One of the rocks that climate change sceptics like to throw at those advocating action to tackle climate change is that it's all very well for the rich developed world to reduce its carbon footprint but it's immoral to ask the world's poor to give up cheap energy such as coal. Yes, climate change may be happening, they say, but it's unfair to pull up the fossil fuel ladder from developing countries. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/joe-ware/climate-change_b_7306044.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.