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Posted: 17 Jun 2015 13:34:00
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. THE POPE Biden: Climate Change Deniers ‘Also Deny Gravity’ In his first public speech since the death of his son, Vice President Joe Biden tore into skeptics of man-made climate change. Biden criticized the House Republican budget he said would cut the Energy Department’s renewable energy budget by 40 percent. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/16/biden-climate-change-deniers-also-deny-gravity/ Jeb Bush calls out Pope Francis on climate change During his first campaign stop Tuesday as an official presidential candidate, Jeb Bush took issue with a leaked document authored by Pope Francis in which the Catholic leader calls for a global effort to combat climate change. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jeb-bush-calls-out-pope-francis-climate-change http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/jeb-bush-pope-climate-change_n_7603160.html RELATED ARTICLES: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/politics/popes-views-press-gop-on-climate-change.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000003745623/jeb-bush-pope-should-steer-clear-of-climate-issue.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-pope-environment-idUSKBN0OX1LW20150617 Pope's Climate Change Encyclical Could Sway U.S. Opinion: Scientists Some U.S. scientists are expressing hope that Pope Francis' encyclical on global warming embracing the view that it is mostly caused by human activities will change public opinion in the United States, where the issue is highly politicized. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-pope-environment-usa-scientists-idUSKBN0OX17W20150617 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/06/17/us/17reuters-pope-environment-usa-scientists.html Senators Square Off Over Pope's Role in Highlighting Global Climate Challenge Republican and Democratic senators June 16 sparred over whether Pope Francis's call for world action to address climate change will fundamentally alter the debate over whether humans play an outsized role in raising global temperatures. http://www.bna.com/senators-square-off-n17179927748/ The Pope, the Economy and the Case for Climate Action This week Pope Francis issues his long awaited Encyclical on Climate Change. The Pope's message should galvanize support for climate action for the Catholic community and well beyond. It will speak not only to the 5,000 Catholic Bishops, nor only to the 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide, but to all people of goodwill who are open to the moral context of climate change. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-andrew-steer/the-pope-the-economy-and-_b_7590708.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change Fault lines surface as the Vatican's climate encyclical leaks An hour before L'espresso magazine leaked an Italian-language PDF of Pope Francis's long-awaited encyclical on ecology, Massimo Faggioli was unwinding over orange juice in a café near St. Peter's Square after a day's research in the Vatican Archives. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-groundtruth-project/fault-lines-surface-as-th_b_7597790.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change CLIMATE CHANGE Thousands to lobby MPs to back strong climate change action Thousands of people from snowboarders and surfers to bee keepers and nuns are set to converge on parliament on Wednesday to urge their MPs to back strong action on climate change. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/17/thousands-to-lobby-mps-to-back-strong-climate-change-action http://insideclimatenews.org/todaysnews/17062015/thousands-lobby-mps-back-strong-climate-change-action Poll shows Americans are starting to worry about climate change again You know how this country has had something of an “it’s complicated” relationship to our feelings about the climate? Well, a new Pew poll out yesterday shows that more Americans are starting to worry about the climate again — after taking a break around 2008, presumably to fret over other things, like our country’s complete financial dysfunction. http://grist.org/science/poll-shows-americans-are-starting-to-worry-about-climate-change-again/ EMISSIONS TRADING China's national CO2 market seen starting late 2016, early 2017 China's long-awaited countrywide carbon trading scheme is likely to be ready by the end of next year or early in 2017, an official with the state planning agency said on Wednesday. China, the world's biggest emitter of climate-warming greenhouse gases, is aiming to bring its emissions to a peak around 2030 and has pledged to make full use of market mechanisms to meet targets. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/china-carbon-idUSL3N0Z236R20150617 Airline industry backs global emissions trading scheme –IAG The boss of International Airlines Group on Wednesday said the industry would prefer a global emissions trading scheme to tackle aviation pollution, although other "interesting" options were also under consideration. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/eu-airlines-ets-idUSL5N0Z32UM20150617 AIR POLLUTION Oldest Evidence Of Manmade Air Pollution Found In Dental Plaque From Paleolithic Israel Deep within Qesem Cave just outside of Tel Aviv, Israel, archaeologists have found new evidence that our ancestors were grilling indoors more than 300,000 years ago and that they were breathing in the pollution from the enormous fire pit. http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2015/06/17/minnesota-is-where-you-will-find-the-new-gold-rush-for-solar/ DROUGHT Feds, state to try to avoid wiping out salmon State and federal officials say they have changed how they manage water flows in the Sacramento River in an effort to avoid wiping out the endangered winter-run Chinook salmon. http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=28525 Study: A third of global groundwater basins are overstressed Satellite data show people are overdrawing water from some of the world's largest groundwater basins. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine say it's unclear how much water is left in the most overburdened aquifers. The problem is expected to worsen with climate change and population growth. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_GLOBAL_WATER_SUPPLY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ASSOCIATED ARTICLES: http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/06/17/global-groundwater-studies-california-drought/28849911/ http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-groundwater-studies-20150617-story.html Los Angeles County's plan to capture and reuse stormwater runoff could be a model for the state Amid a worsening drought, California water officials adopted new rules Tuesday aimed at capturing and reusing huge amounts of storm water that have until now flowed down sewers and concrete rivers into the sea. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-stormwater-runoff-20150617-story.html VEHICLES Germany Mulls Boosting Electric-Car Incentives Under Carbon-Goal Pressure Several European countries--including Norway, The Netherlands, and France--aggressively promote electric cars as a way to reduce vehicular carbon emissions. But despite its large domestic car industry, Germany is not among them. German government support for electric cars has been lukewarm at best, but now it appears that could change soon. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098742_germany-mulls-boosting-electric-car-incentives-under-carbon-goal-pressure http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098763_germans-electric-cars-prius-spy-shot-biofuel-effects-todays-car-news P SA Peugeot Citroën and Bolloré Group sign strategic cooperation agreement on Bluesummer EV and car sharing PSA Peugeot Citroën and Bolloré Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering electric vehicle production and distribution as well as car sharing. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/peugeot-bollore-autos-idUSL5N0Z30OW20150617 http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/06/20150617-psabollore.html Fisker plans to build cars in Moreno Valley Fisker Automotive and Technology Group will re-enter the luxury automotive market by opening a manufacturing plant in Moreno Valley.The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/1Iku907 ) the company announced Tuesday that it plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in the city and create 150 full-time manufacturing jobs at the start of production. www.sacbee.com/news/business/technology/article24705298.html#storylink=cpy http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Fisker-plans-to-build-cars-in-Moreno-Valley-6332330.php http://www.mercurynews.com/drive/ci_28329758/fisker-plans-build-cars-southern-california GREEN ENERGY Minnesota Is Where You Will Find The New Solar Gold Rush Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes, is also the epicenter of a solar energy boom. Both SolarCity and SunShare announced plans this week to build solar power projects as part of a new state program to make solar electricity available for purchase to renters and others who don’t want to or can’t install solar panels on their roofs. http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2015/06/17/minnesota-is-where-you-will-find-the-new-gold-rush-for-solar/ ADB: Asia must boost investment in clean energy Asia has made huge strides in developing clean energy over the last decade but must boost investment and its use of energy efficiency technology to meet rising demand and cope with climate change, Asian Development Bank officials and other experts said Wednesday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ASIA_CLEAN_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://insideclimatenews.org/todaysnews/17062015/asia-must-invest-more-clean-energy-cope-climate-change-says-adb http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article24699124.html OPINION Pope Francis’ call to be ecologically ‘pro-life’ Abortion is a polarizing issue in America, with half the country believing individuals should be free to choose, and 44 percent believing we must safeguard life. But “pro-life” can encompass far more than life in the womb; in fact, life on Earth is threatened — and we are the ones aborting the ecosystems on which we rely. We’re being called to be ecologically pro-life. http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Pope-Francis-call-to-be-ecologically-6331010.php Why the Pope Is Concerned About Climate Change, and You Should be Too Climate change has been in the headlines for years. I tell my undergraduate students that the U.S. has been discussing climate change for their entire lives. It was 1992 when countries around the world came together in Rio de Janeiro and committed to preventing dangerous climate change. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jessica-hellmann/why-the-pope-is-concerned-about-climate-change-and-you-should-be-too_b_7589192.html?utm_hp_ref=climate- Why Biofuels Can't Replace Oil “There is growing concern about the role of biofuels in rising food prices…and doubts about the climate benefits. This has led to serious questions about their sustainability,” Renewable Fuels Agency. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007′s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) orders the use of at least 36 billion gallons of transport biofuels by 2022 … http://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemente/2015/06/17/why-biofuels-cant-replace-oil/ Cheaper prices spur U.S. gasoline demand: Kemp Strong growth in demand for refined fuels such as gasoline and diesel is helping to rebalance the global oil market, according to most observers. “Recent oil market strength ... stems partly from unexpectedly strong oil demand growth,” the International Energy Agency explained in its June monthly oil market report. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-usa-gasoline-kemp-idUSKBN0OX1YX20150617 California’s water strategy deserves an open debate and real solutions In response to the worst drought in our state’s long memory, our public institutions – with one unfortunate exception – are stepping up. Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature passed long-overdue groundwater and sustainable water investments through last year’s $7.5 billion water bond. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article24664105.html#storylink=cpy MISCELLANEOUS Meteorites hold clue to methane mystery -- and potential for life on Mars In meteorites from Mars, scientists find clue to methane mystery. Scientists have discovered methane hidden in Martian meteorites, which could hint that the elusive gas, which on Earth is often linked to life, might be lurking beneath the surface of Mars today. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-methane-meteorites-mars-potential-microbial-life-20150616-story.html Palm giant Golden Agri renews green push after criticism on land use Singapore-listed palm giant Golden Agri-Resources has renewed its commitment to sustainability to address customer concerns after an international body accused one of its Indonesian subsidiaries of breaching land acquisition rules. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/indonesia-golden-agri-rspo-idUSL3N0Z321H20150617?feedType=RSS&feedName=nonCyclicalConsumerGoodsSector BLOGS AeroVironment and Recargo introduce Pay With PlugShare for West Coast Electric Highway’s fast charging network AeroVironment and Recargo, developer of PlugShare, the most extensive map of electric vehicle charging stations, introduced a new smartphone-based easy payment option for EV drivers charging on the West Coast Electric Highway fast charging network in Oregon and Washington. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/06/20150617-aervironment.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.