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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for June 15, 2015
Posted: 15 Jun 2015 12:16:21
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 Emissions cap-and-trade program is working well in California. The climate change debate may seem mostly to be about science, but it's really driven by dollars and cents — what will it take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and how much will that cost? Of all U.S. states, California has taken the most direct approach to settling those questions through a pioneering cap-and-trade program. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-20150613-column.html#page=1 'New blood' boosts California carbon market. New participants in the secondary market for California carbon allowances have helped boost liquidity in recent days, providing a shot of life after weeks of stagnation, traders said on Friday. California carbon allowances for June delivery were last seen at $12.55 a tonne in the over-the-counter market, up 4 cents from Thursday's close after two straight days of above-average trading volumes, carbon brokers said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/12/carbon-market-california-idUSL1N0YY27R20150612 CLIMATE CHANGE Pope Francis May Find Wariness Among U.S. Bishops on Climate Change. The church bulletin inserts are nearly ready to go. So are the emails to every Roman Catholic parish in the United States with preaching suggestions for the first Sunday after Pope Francis releases his encyclical on the environment. A week after that, on June 28, churches worldwide are being asked to ring their bells at noon to commemorate a “Thank you, Pope Francis” march in Rome being held that day. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/us/pope-francis-may-find-wariness-among-us-bishops-on-climate-change.html Pope, GOP collide on climate change. Climate change -- long the subject of a divisive political debate -- is getting a boost of fresh attention heading into the 2016 presidential campaign thanks to an unlikely public figure: the Pope. The Vatican is set to release Pope Francis' highly anticipated encyclical -- an official document delivering teachings from the Pope -- on the environment and climate change this week. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/politics/climate-change-2016-presidential-campaign/ Weak climate plans mean world set to overshoot temperature goal – IEA. Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and likely result in a temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. An international deal to combat climate change is meant to be agreed in December but a meeting in Bonn, Germany, last week ended with little progress toward an agreement to keep average temperature rises within 2C. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/14/us-iea-climatechange-idUSKBN0OU13C20150614?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews AIR POLLUTION California air quality rules to tighten after cancer risk estimate triples. Factories and oil refineries in southern California face a new crackdown on their emissions of air toxins, after experts in the state reported that breathing in pollution carries almost three times the risk of causing cancer than was previously thought, especially for children and babies. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Environment/2015/06/15/California-air-quality-rules-to-tighten-after-cancer-risk-estimate-triples/ Supreme Court won't review Volvo appeal of $62M penalty The Supreme Court declined today to review an effort by Volvo Powertrain Corp. to overturn a $62 million penalty for truck engines that allegedly cheated federal air pollution limits. EPA penalized the Swedish car and truck maker 10 years ago for violating an earlier legal settlement mandating that non-road engines meet stringent emissions standards for nitrogen oxides, or NOx. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/06/15/stories/1060020245 DROUGHT L.A. water department will drain Silver Lake Reservoir this summer. The Silver Lake Reservoir is about to go dry. The reservoir will be temporarily drained this summer as part of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project to build a new water pipeline beneath it. After more than a century of service, the Silver Lake Reservoir — the scenic centerpiece of the hilly neighborhood — was disconnected in December 2013 from the city's drinking-water system as part of a federal mandate to phase out open-air drinking-water reservoirs. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-silver-lake-reservoir-20150615-story.html Water market best hope to ease drought. As California’s drought enters its fourth year, policy makers here mostly argue over two alternatives – stepping up conservation and water-use enforcement or building new dams and other water-storage facilities. But the solution to the water crisis is more likely to be found on an application that can be downloaded onto our cellphones. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/12/drought-solution-freer-water-markets-california/ VEHICLES Tesla takes on industry in California. First Tesla Motors Inc. went up against car dealers, waging a state-by-state campaign to protect its factory-owned showrooms from franchise laws. Now it's ready for another statehouse scuffle -- this time, against other car companies. http://www.autonews.com/article/20150615/OEM11/306159943/tesla-takes-on-industry-in-california GREEN ENERGY Want to fix the world? Start by making clean energy a default setting. In recent years, psychologists and behavioral scientists have begun to decipher why we make the choices that we do when it comes to using energy. And the bottom line is that it’s hard to characterize those choices as fully “rational.” Rather than acting like perfect homo economicuses, they’ve found, we’re highly swayed by the energy use of our neighbors and friends — peer pressure, basically. At the same time, we’re also heavily biased by the status quo — we delay in switching to new energy choices, even when they make a great deal of economic sense. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/15/want-to-fix-the-world-start-by-making-clean-energy-a-default-setting/ How much will solar dim after tax credits expire? California has been basking in a solar energy boom, as companies and homeowners scramble to install solar panels by the end of 2016. That’s when a hefty tax credit is due to fade away. Right now, the federal solar investment tax credit saves businesses and homeowners 30 percent off the price of solar installations. That credit is slated to disappear completely for residential installations at the end of 2016. www.sacbee.com/news/business/article23701057.html#storylink=cpy MISCELLANEOUS This Plane Runs on Sun and Is About to Smash Some Records. The flight into Chongqing, China, happened at night. No moon. Pilot Bertrand Piccard nosed his plane into strong headwinds, and the turbulence was bad—not knock-you-up-and-down bad, but blow-you-off-the-runway bad. At one point the wind was so strong the plane was actually moving backward. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-06-15/solar-impulse-sun-powered-plane-is-about-to-smash-some-records California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.