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 AIR POLLUTION

Paris to stop traffic when air pollution spikes 
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has won a long-running battle
with the French government to introduce emergency traffic bans in
the city when air pollution spikes. The move to speed up the
introduction of alternate driving days for cars with odd and even
number registration plates was announced after pollution spiked
in the French capital on Monday, just weeks before the city is
due to host a crucial UN climate change summit.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/03/paris-to-stop-traffic-when-air-pollution-spikes

http://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000004014406/mon-dieu-pollution-alert-in-paris-ahead-of-climate-summit.html


Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be
done? 
For a few hours one morning two weeks ago, private cars were
banned from driving into the heart of old Delhi. It was hard to
tell at the messy road junction in front of the historic Red Fort
and the shopping street of Chandni Chowk, though, which was still
crammed with auto-rickshaws and buses barrelling along the roads
with seemingly little regard for any traffic rules.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/03/delhis-air-pollution-causing-health-crisis-so-what-can-be-done


CLIMATE CHANGE

As scientists worry about warming world, US public doesn't
Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they
are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_CLIMATE_COUNTDOWN_THE_AMERICANS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/03/science/ap-us-sci-climate-countdown-the-americans.html

http://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-climate-change-global-warming-poll-20151103-story.html


UN food security expert warns about impact of climate change
A U.N. expert is warning that more extreme weather, higher
temperatures, floods, droughts and rising sea levels linked to
climate change are threatening people's access to food over the
long term.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UNITED_NATIONS_CLIMATE_CHANGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/03/world/europe/ap-eu-united-nations-climate-change.html?_r=0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/un-food-security-expert-warns-about-impact-of-climate-change/2015/11/03/efd2d824-8231-11e5-8bd2-680fff868306_story.html


California Gov. Jerry Brown: Time is Running Out For Cleaner
Energy
Climate change is adding urgency of the normally slow process of
updating the world’s energy infrastructure. That was the
sentiment from two high-profile leaders—California Gov. Jerry
Brown and former BP CEO John Browne—who have spent decades
pushing the energy industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
http://fortune.com/2015/11/03/jerry-brown-energy-california/ 

China, France Say Climate Pact Should Have 5-Year Reviews.
The Chinese and French presidents announced Monday they have
agreed that a global climate change pact should require countries
to review their emissions pledges every five years, in an
important signal four weeks before world leaders meet in Paris.
France is proposing the automatic increase of countries'
emissions targets in a climate deal to be thrashed out at a U.N.
conference beginning at the end of November. 
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-france-agree-climate-pact-automatic-cuts-34908313

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/02/china-tries-to-recast-itself-as-a-global-leader-in-climate-change-fight/


Merkel: We must hit climate target to avoid refugee waves 
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the world must do everything
it can to meet an international goal to fight global warming,
arguing that failing to do so could set off large new waves of
refugees.
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article42539721.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/Merkel-We-must-hit-climate-target-to-avoid-6607124.php


Oil industry’s spending surged as it fought California climate
bill 
Oil companies who succeeded in weakening a California climate
change bill massively increased their lobbying spending during
the final chunk of the Legislature’s calendar, shelling out
nearly $11 million to persuade lawmakers and to run a media
campaign.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article42348678.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/state/california/article42324663.html

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-oil-industry-pumped-cash-into-capitol-lobbying-campaign-20151102-story.html


Climate Change Kills the Mood: Economists Warn of Less Sex on a
Warmer Planet
Climate change has been blamed for many things over the years.
Never, until now, has anyone thought it was possible to see it as
a kind of contraceptive. Hot weather leads to diminished “coital
frequency," according to a new working paper put out by the
National Bureau of Economic Research. Three economists studied 80
years of U.S. fertility and temperature data and found that when
it’s hotter than 80 degrees F, a large decline in births follows
within 10 months.
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NX7M6J6KLVR601-469O60A82MJSKCU00TABGQ2KJU

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-02/climate-change-kills-the-mood-economists-warn-of-less-sex-on-a-warmer-planet


Three Mexican States Join Global Pact to Limit Climate Change 
The international effort to limit the impact of climate change
gained more support over the weekend. Three Mexican states joined
California and other cities, states and nations by signing the
Under 2 MOU, an agreement to limit global warming to less than 2
degrees Celsius.
http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/6102-three-mexican-states-join-global-pact-to-limit-climate-change.html


CAP and TRADE

Ontario is playing politics with power – again  
Do you understand your electricity bill? Me neither. All I know
is that it keeps going up. There was a rate increase in May, and
Ontarians got another one this week. The provincial government
made it sound like nothing. An increase of only 3.4 per cent, on
average.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/ontario-is-playing-politics-with-power-again/article27072317/


DROUGHT

California dead tree ‘emergency’ could fuel wildfires, El Nino
floods    
Calling it “the worst epidemic of tree mortality in modern
history,” Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency this
week, asking for swift removal of dried-out trees either through
controlled burns or as feed for biomass energy plants.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/environment-and-nature/20151102/california-dead-tree-emergency-could-fuel-wildfires-el-nino-floods


FUELS

TransCanada Asks U.S. to Suspend Keystone Pipeline Application
The company behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from
Canada to the U.S Gulf Coast has asked the U.S. State Department
to pause its review of the project.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/02/world/ap-cn-canada-us-pipeline.html

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-keystone-xl-20151102-story.html


DIESELS

Supreme Court Boots Calif. Truckers' Emissions Upgrade Row
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a challenge to a
California Air Resources Board regulation requiring emissions
upgrades on heavy-duty diesel trucks, which the Western States
Trucking Association had contended was not protected by federal
law.
http://www.law360.com/articles/721864/supreme-court-boots-calif-truckers-emissions-upgrade-row


VEHICLES

EVs Can Save China (And The US) From Its Air Pollution Problem
Sparked by eco-concern, the high maintenance cost of internal
combustion vehicles, and the ever-dwindling oil supply, EVs have
found a definite lasting foothold in the personal vehicle market.
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/02/evs-can-save-china-and-the-us-from-its-air-pollution-problem/


VW RECALL

Germany's VW: new C02 problems with 800,000 vehicles
Germany's Volkswagen, already reeling from news that it had
cheated on U.S. tests for nitrogen oxide emissions, said Tuesday
that an internal investigation had revealed "unexplained
inconsistencies" in the carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000
vehicles that could cost the company another 2 billion euros
($2.2 billion).
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VOLKSWAGEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/volkswagen-emissions-woes-deepen-as-800-000-more-cars-affected


U.N. Official 'Delighted' at VW Scandal, Sees Clean Car
'Revolution'
The United Nations climate change chief said on Tuesday she was
"delighted" by the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal because
the company will now hasten manufacturing of electric and hybrid
cars, speeding a global shift away from fossil fuels.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/11/03/business/03reuters-volkswagen-emissions-climatechange-un.html


Porsche, more Audi models pulled into VW emissions scandal
Volkswagen used devices to cheat air pollution tests in diesel
luxury vehicles, U.S. environmental regulators said on Monday, in
a new blow to the automaker already reeling from similar
allegations regarding millions of smaller diesel engines.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/02/us-volkswagen-usa-epa-idUSKCN0SR22L20151102#gZiPCfs0RJaU7fyc.99

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOLKSWAGEN_EMISSIONS_CHEATING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/vw-also-cheated-audis-porsches-epa-says-new-round-charges-n45610

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/vehicles-347822-ocprint-diesel-epa.html

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/11/02/calif-regulators-find-1,600-more-cars-evading-emissions-tests/

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-vw-emissions-porsche-20151103-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/nation/ct-epa-says-volkswagen-cheated-second-time-20151102-story.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-notifies-volkswagen-of-added-emissions-violations-1446491504


Volkswagen denies Porsche cars involved in emissions scandal 
German car maker Volkswagen has denied cheating air pollution
tests with its luxury diesel vehicles as well as its smaller
engines. It follows new accusations by the US government that VW
has been economical with the truth. If proven it drags VW’s
Porsche line into the scandal for the first time.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/03/volkswagen-denies-porsche-cars-involved-in-emissions-scandal/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-02/vw-prepares-to-fight-epa-s-latest-diesel-cheating-allegations


VW shares sag after new accusation of emissions cheating   
Shares in automaker Volkswagen are sliding after U.S.
environmental officials said the company equipped more models
than previously thought with software that let the cars cheat on
diesel emissions tests. The company's ordinary shares fell 3.0
percent to 109.30 each in midday trading in Europe on Tuesday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20151103/eu-volkswagen/

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/VW-shares-sag-after-latest-emissions-cheating-6607031.php


GREEN ENERGY

By the Numbers: China's Clean Energy Investments Show Big
Strides.
China does things in a big way, and nowhere is that more evident
than in renewable energy. The world’s most populous nation was
the biggest center of investment in the quarter ended Sept. 30,
with $26.7 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New
Energy Finance. The U.S. was second for the same period at $13.4
billion.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-02/by-the-numbers-china-s-clean-energy-investments-show-big-strides


EBRD earmarks $250 mln for renewables in N. Africa, Middle East
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has
launched a $250 million financing programme to spur private
sector investment in renewable energy in Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia
and Jordan, it said on Tuesday.
http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKCN0SS13720151103


ENERGY: Batteries coming to boost California's grid
But some think this area of the state’s energy future is moving
too slowly. The grid in California’s future will rely on
electricity storage – batteries – to supply power when demand is
highest.
http://www.pe.com/articles/edison-785175-electricity-gas.htm 

MISCELLANEOUS

Lumber Liquidators' Legal Woes Still Loom Following Felony Plea 
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. investors showed relief last
month when the company resolved a U.S. federal investigation over
importing flooring made with illegal timber.
After the company agreed to pay nearly $13.2 million in penalties
in October, its stock surged almost 30 percent over two days.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/lumber-liquidators-legal-woes-still-loom-following-felony-plea


OPINIONS

The Costs of Solar Energy to the Environment
Solar energy is widely seen as a crucial means of reversing
climate change by replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources.
Drought-stricken California has been particularly aggressive in
its use.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/11/03/the-environmental-costs-of-solar-energy


BLOGS

The Papal Encyclical and Climate Change Policy
June 18, 2015, Coral Davenport, writing in the New York Times,
was the first in the press to note that the encyclical on the
environment, Laudato Si', released by Pope Francis that same day,
with tremendous praise from diverse quarters, "is as much an
indictment of the global economic order as it is an argument for
the world to confront climate change."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-stavins/the-papal-encyclical-and_b_8456424.html


How Trash Is Adding to Delhi’s Air Pollution Problems 
It’s that time of year again in India’s capital: The season of
mists and yellow acridness.
Delhiites opening their windows on a winter morning are often
greeted by the smell of wood smoke mingled with gasoline as they
peer through the yellowy air.
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/11/03/how-trash-is-adding-to-delhis-air-pollution-problems/




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