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CAP AND TRADE

Obama says carbon price is better than regulations. Steven Chu
was meeting with the president for his "exit interview" when the
outgoing Energy secretary told his boss that the best way to
attack climate change is with a carbon tax. That marked a shift
in thinking for the physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in 1997.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/12/02/stories/1060028785 

AIR POLLUTION

India to ban old trucks as cities choke on dirty air. India will
force all commercial trucks more than 15 years old off the road
from April and is reviewing how it checks vehicle emissions, a
senior transport official said, as the government tries to curb
soaring urban air pollution. The World Health Organization said
last year that India had 13 of the 20 most polluted cities on the
planet, including the worst offender, New Delhi.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/02/us-india-pollution-idUSKBN0TL2SD20151202#WbOKtSCZV1ARYDLC.99


UN CLIMATE TALKS

Brown Pledges California's Help for Obama Paris Climate Summit
Goals. As President Obama departs Paris still lacking Republican
congressional support for an emerging multi-national treaty
obliging the United States to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions,
California Governor Jerry Brown is heading to the French capital
pledging that the largest U.S. state will help limit global
warming to below 2 degrees Celsius.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-02/brown-pledges-california-s-help-for-obama-paris-climate-summit-goals


Brown readies to take spot on global climate stage: 'They're not
calling him Moonbeam anymore'. Gov. Jerry Brown was deep into a
two-hour meeting on climate change with some of California’s top
scientists when he interjected a highly technical and much more
personal question. He wanted to install solar panels to generate
his own power on his family’s ranch in Colusa County, then find a
way to feed the electricity directly into energy-efficient
lighting.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-climate-brown-profile-20151201-story.html


California isn't a country, so why are so many in the state
headed to climate talks in Paris? California will have a massive
footprint at the United Nations summit on climate change in
Paris, a symbol of the state’s political commitment to fighting
global warming and the business interest of companies that can
benefit from clean-energy policies.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-climate-california-preview-20151202-story.html

Jerry Brown to Paris, a ‘Johnny Appleseed’ in climate fight. Gov.
Jerry Brown, preparing to travel to France this week for
international climate talks, said Tuesday that humanity is
engaged in a “race against dramatic climate change,” while
casting himself as a Johnny Appleseed in the struggle.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article47448775.html#storylink=cpy


Californians need 'lighter, more elegant' lifestyle. Starting
Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown will attend more than 20 events over six
days during his trip to the global climate summit in Paris. When
Gov. Jerry Brown and other state leaders land in Paris this week
for a global climate summit, they are expected to tout
California's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.kcra.com/news/brown-californians-need-lighter-more-elegant-lifestyle/36747298


Solar Lobby Questions Gov. Brown’s Commitment To Solar Panel
Industry.  As world leaders discuss climate change, Gov. Jerry
Brown is preparing to head to Paris this week to provide input.
But at home, Brown is facing criticism for not doing enough to
protect California’s solar panel industry. “They are very
aggressive in their lobbying as are the utilities and my job is
to do what is right for California,” Brown said.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/12/01/solar-lobby-questions-gov-browns-commitment-to-solar-panel-industry/


Gov. Jerry Brown Talks Climate Change, Terrorism Before Trip to
Paris. California and Gov. Jerry Brown will be in the spotlight
during the COP21 Conference. The governor has criss-crossed the
world in the last year, gathering support and showing off
California's ambitious goals.
http://fox40.com/2015/12/01/gov-jerry-brown-talks-climate-change-terrorism-before-trip-to-paris/


Jerry Brown lambastes Republicans for climate vote ‘disgrace’.
Gov. Jerry Brown, on the eve of his six-day trip to Paris to
address world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference,
lambasted Republican leaders in Congress for what he called
“dangerous” and disgraceful efforts to “subvert” the Obama
administration on the issue of climate change.
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/california/2015/12/8584437/jerry-brown-lambastes-republicans-climate-vote-disgrace


DROUGHT

Californians miss water savings target for first time.
California’s water savings slipped in October as cities and towns
failed to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s 25 percent conservation target
for the first time since reductions became mandatory in June,
according to state water data released Tuesday. Urban water use
dropped 22.2 percent statewide compared to the same month in
2013.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Californians-miss-water-savings-target-for-first-6667725.php


FUELS

More than $3.4 Trillion in Assets Vow to Divest from Fossil
Fuels. The list of institutions committed to ridding their
portfolios of at least some fossil fuel interests has surged in
recent months, organizers say. More than 500 institutions
representing about $3.4 trillion in assets have agreed to sell
their investments in fossil fuel companies, divestment leaders
announced on Wednesday, a nearly 24 percent increase since the
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/02122015/divestment-campaign-grows-more-34-trillion-assets-vow-exit-fossil-fuels


VW RECALL

VW Diesel NOx Problem: So Tough Angela Merkel Complained About It
(In 2010). Weeks after it was first announced that the carmaker
used "defeat device" software in diesel cars to cheat U.S.
emissions tests, Volkswagen is no closer to implementing a plan
for fixing the affected cars. But new information hints at just
how far back Volkswagen's concerns over emissions standards may
go.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101223_vw-diesel-nox-problem-so-tough-angela-merkel-complained-about-it-in-2010


VW sales plummet in wake of emissions scandal. November was a
smooth financial ride for the American auto industry, although
the emissions scandal surrounding Volkswagen AG continued to have
ripple effects. Sales of Volkswagens in the United States
plummeted last month despite Black Friday specials and deals, the
company said yesterday, three months after regulators accused VW
of deliberately cheating federal emissions standards.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/12/02/stories/1060028786 

GREEN ENERGY

Terna on smart drive to cope with green revolution. Terna is
banking on smart technologies to help it harness growing
renewable energy to cut emissions, as the Paris talks put climate
change high on the world's agenda, its chief executive officer
said. Terna, one of Europe's biggest independent power grids with
almost 64,000 kilometres of high-tension lines, is spending more
than 200 million euros to upgrade power lines…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/02/us-terna-ceo-idUSKBN0TL1HU20151202#IY1GuivxRrDsvsc3.97


German utility splits as power producers move away from nuclear
toward solar and wind. RWE AG, the second-largest of Germany's
"Big Four" utilities, will split in two, the company announced
yesterday. Renewable energy operations, including some offshore
wind farms, grids and retail activities in Germany and abroad,
will be transferred into a new subsidiary company that will be
listed on the stock market probably by late 2016.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/12/02/stories/1060028807 

Rooftop project to boost D.C.'s solar capacity by 70%. The
District of Columbia is set to increase its share of electricity
from renewable sources with a new solar power project on the
roofs of government buildings. The D.C. Department of General
Services (DGS) has entered into a 20-year power purchase
agreement with Nextility Inc.,
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/12/02/stories/1060028808 

OPINIONS

Op-Ed: West Coast thinking globally, acting locally on climate
change. SOMETIMES the easiest way to solve a large, vexing
problem is to look right under your nose. Here on the West Coast,
we refuse to be daunted by the scale of climate change. Starting
right in our own backyard, we are leading the way in creating and
sustaining the clean economy of tomorrow.
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/west-coast-thinking-globally-acting-locally-on-climate-change/


BLOGS

False air pollution reports net General Electric $2.25 million
federal fine. General Electric Co. will pay a $2.25 million
penalty for releasing unsafe levels of air pollution from a
hazardous waste incinerator at its former silicone plant in
Waterford, a host of federal and state officials announced
Wednesday. A settlement and complaint released by federal
officials today revealed that General Electric, which owned the
Momentive Performance Materials plant off Route 32  from 1947 to
2006…
http://blog.timesunion.com/business/false-air-pollution-reports-net-general-electric-2-25-million-federal-fine/71097/
  



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