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Posted: 03 Jun 2016 16:17:37
ARB Newsclips for June 3, 2016. 
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AIR POLLUTION

South Korea unveils emissions crackdown to tackle smog. South
Korea on Friday said it will introduce real-world emissions tests
of diesel vehicles from 2017 and unveiled ambitious new targets
for eco-friendly vehicle sales, as Asia's second-biggest diesel
car market tries to tackle air pollution.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-korea-emissions-idUSKCN0YP0EF


Korea's Air Is Dirty, But It's Not All Close-Neighbor China's
Fault.  Minhae Kim didn't check air pollution levels before
bringing her one-year-old to Seoul's Yongsan Family Park. Perhaps
she should have. On this day — and on most days this spring — the
measures of the most dangerous kind of pollution in Seoul exceed…
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/03/478796463/koreas-air-is-dirty-but-its-not-all-close-neighbor-chinas-fault


Spare the Air alert called for Friday. The second Spare the Air
alert of the season is called for Friday in the Bay Area because
of forecasts for unhealthy smog levels. Temperatures are expected
to climb to 100 degrees in inland valleys, accelerating the
conversion of auto and factory pollution into smog. The Bay Area
Air Quality Management District issued the alert, for the second
day in a row…
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29970771/spare-air-alert-called-friday

http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2016/06/03/spare-the-air-alert-proclaimed-for-2nd-straight-day



Your Office Air Is Killing You.  An invisible killer had
infiltrated Sto-Rox High School.
When workers installed a cell tower on top of the school outside
Pittsburgh, no one realized the exhaust spewed by its diesel
generator was being sucked into the building’s ventilation system
and inhaled by everyone inside.
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/10/indoor-air-pollution-revolution-465531.html


CLIMATE CHANGE

Global energy leaders look to nitty gritty of climate accord.
Energy leaders from countries that pump out 75 percent of the
world's climate-changing emissions talked Thursday on the
nitty-gritty of putting last year's Paris climate accord into
action, including funding the needed global technology overhaul.
The annual gathering of energy leaders representing 23 countries
and the European Commission was one of…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLIMATE_CHANGE_AFTER_PARIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Alaska’s huge climate mystery — and its global consequences. In
recent years, climate scientists have grown increasingly
concerned about a carbon problem in the far north. The fear is
that with the higher latitudes of the planet warming extremely
rapidly, that heat itself, and some of its consequences — such as
raging wildfires in northern forests — could unleash a climate
disaster.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/03/alaskas-huge-climate-mystery-and-its-global-consequences/


AAAS Symposium Highlights Steps to Reduce Carbon Dioxide
Emissions.  A range of policy solutions is necessary to reduce
carbon dioxide emissions generated by the energy and
transportation sectors, speakers at a 6 May symposium on energy
and the economy said.
http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=23390 

Climate change could trigger toxic corn: what can be done?
Climate change and extreme weather events stress crops out –
enough to make them toxic for human and animal consumption. But
scientists see challenge as opportunity to find more efficient
ways to grow food. Crops respond to the stress of warming
temperatures…
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0602/Climate-change-could-trigger-toxic-corn-what-can-be-done

Melting Alaska may not accelerate climate change as expected,
scientists now say. The results of new research released by the
U.S. Geological Survey have surprised scientists: Alaska is not
likely to emit as much carbon this century as they'd previously
expected. The report marks the first statewide inventory of
natural sources of carbon emissions and carbon storage.
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/environment/2016/06/01/melting-alaska-may-not-accelerate-climate-change-as-expected-scientists-now-say/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=c72a97a7ef-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-c72a97a7ef-327747457


CBO: Climate change will make hurricane damage more expensive.
Climate change and development along the nation's shores will
send hurricane damages soaring by $120 billion in the next 60
years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said yesterday. The
report from Congress' nonpartisan budget agency, requested by
Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),
estimated that destruction from hurricanes in the United States…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/03/stories/1060038237 


FUELS

U.S. ethanol prices at 18-month highs raise expectations of
rising output. The rise in U.S. ethanol prices, which hit their
highest in 18 months on Thursday, could be about to lose steam as
the move draws more production back into the market and
potentially puts off buyers, traders and experts said. Cash
prices have been following futures prices for ethanol, corn and
gasoline higher.
http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ethanol-idUSL1N18U208 

Los Angeles gasoline jumps on Chevron El Segundo power outage -
trade sources. Los Angeles CARBOB gasoline prices jumped more
than 10 cents on Friday following a power outage at Chevron's
269,000 barrel per day El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles,
according to three trade sources. Chevron did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL1N18V0RP 

Bionic leaf converts energy from the sun better than nature does.
Researchers at Harvard have created a device that mimics the
natural process of photosynthesis, taking solar energy and
converting it into chemical energy or liquid fuel. Researchers at
Harvard University have created a system that allows them to
store the energy…
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0603/Bionic-leaf-converts-energy-from-the-sun-better-than-nature-does


Underwater Greek city isn't a city, after all. Scientists first
thought that they had found an ancient city's columns and floors,
but an absence of other cultural remnants made them think twice.
When divers off the shores of Greece's Zakynthos island found
smooth floors and what looked to be circular column bases, they
thought that they had found the remains of an ancient
civilization.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0603/Underwater-Greek-city-isn-t-a-city-after-all


Texas to vote on challenging federal methane rules. Texas oil and
gas regulators may join the legal fight against federal
methane-reduction rules for the oil industry. The Railroad
Commission of Texas, which oversees energy production, is
scheduled to vote Tuesday on challenging the federal plan. Two of
the three commissioners said through representatives that they're
in favor of suing the government.
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/06/03/stories/1060038228 

VEHICLES

GM’s Opel Refutes Emissions Allegations as German Review Begins.
General Motors Co.’s European Opel division said it has submitted
documents to the German Transport Ministry to allay doubts over
its engine technology and denied a magazine’s renewed allegations
that it might use illegal motor software. “We will continue the
constructive dialogue with the authorities…
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O8719A6JTSEH01-2G1TH48TJ7KASL41K2N0QP5QME

http://www.autonews.com/article/20160603/COPY01/306039924/opel-refutes-emissions-allegations-as-german-review-begins


Electric-car battery costs not too sensitive to lithium prices.
Relatively low lithium-ion battery-cell prices are crucial to
keeping the prices of electric cars reasonable.
But how much does the volatility of the price of lithium itself
affect the prices of those cells? Global lithium prices have
doubled over the last six months, leading to a scramble for new
supplies of the metal.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1104286_electric-car-battery-costs-not-too-sensitive-to-lithium-prices


Will a gas shortage in France spike electric car sales? Renault,
a French automaker, has amped up its marketing of electric cars,
hoping to take advantage of gas shortage in France. When it comes
to spurring electric-car sales, it seems a gas shortage is pretty
helpful. In France, strikes have brought the oil industry to a
standstill, leading to a shortage of fossil fuels and lines at
pumps.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2016/0603/Will-a-gas-shortage-in-France-spike-electric-car-sales


VW RECALL

Volkswagen Receives Approval to Fix Emissions Cheat Software in
Germany. The fixes are for the software on Passat, CC and Eos
models with two-liter diesel engines. Volkswagen AG said it will
immediately recall 800,000 cars fitted with emissions cheat
software after Germany’s motor vehicle authority approved the
auto maker’s proposed fix for the issue.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-receives-approval-to-fix-emissions-cheat-software-in-germany-1464962891

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N18V2UL 

EU Still Questions Volkswagen Data on CO2 Emissions, Documents
Show. German car maker says revised data showed cars run within
EU environmental limits. The European Commission continues to
doubt Volkswagen AG ’s data on carbon-dioxide emissions, despite
assurances by the car maker and the German government that
emissions didn’t break European Union rules…
http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-still-questions-volkswagen-data-on-co2-emissions-documents-show-1464863775
 
ENERGY

Two investors are betting they can make a profit from coal by
burning hardly any of it. QuickTake Confronting Coal. Daniel
Kretinsky, 40, and Patrik Tkac, 43, are trying to capitalize on
Europe’s rapid expansion into renewables by embracing the fuel, a
mainstay of European energy before efforts to curb global
warming, in its new role as a backup for when the wind dies down
and the sun fails to shine.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-02/investors-bet-coal-has-a-future-as-backup-to-renewable-energy?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=8a947456d3-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8a947456d3-327747457


Australia’s Momentum Continues To Build Toward Renewable Energy
Target. Australia’s Clean Energy Council insists momentum
continues to build for the country’s renewable energy sector as
it progresses toward its 2020 Renewable Energy Target.
According to a new analysis of the progress of Australia’s
Renewable Energy Target, published this week by the Clean Energy
Council…
http://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/02/australias-momentum-continues-build-toward-renewable-energy-target/


Experts see N.Y. offshore wind project as key to clean energy
goals. The Obama administration's decision yesterday to lease
81,000 acres of ocean area off New York for wind energy
development could be the linchpin to reaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
(D) goal of sourcing 50 percent of the state's electricity with
renewable resources by 2030, clean energy advocates and public
officials said.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/03/stories/1060038239 

Clean energy gathering sees 'no backtracking' from Paris. Energy
ministers from around the world converged on the Bay Area this
week to convert the soaring rhetoric and aspirational targets of
the Paris climate summit into air conditioning units and research
and development dollars. The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and
Mission Innovation meetings, which occurred side by side, saw a
largely overlapping group of countries…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/03/stories/1060038238 

OPINIONS

Renewable Energy Isn't About to Doom Oil. For hydrocarbon
doomsayers, there's good news and bad news. In 2015, there were
record investments in renewable energy, and record capacity was
added, much of it in emerging economies. Yet despite the huge
investment, the global share of fossil fuels is not shrinking
very fast. Renewables such as wind, solar and geothermal still
account for a tiny share of energy production…
http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-01/renewable-energy-isn-t-about-to-doom-oil


The Id That Ate the Planet. On Tuesday the political arm of the
Natural Resources Defense Council, one of America’s most
influential environmentalist groups, made its first presidential
endorsement ever, giving the nod to Hillary Clinton. This meant
jumping the gun by a week on her inevitable designation as the
presumptive Democratic nominee, but the NRDC Action Fund is
obviously…
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/opinion/the-id-that-ate-the-planet.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGlobal%20Warming&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

Cheaper fuel may be on the horizon thanks to an unlikely source.
If you drive — or even if you don't — fuel prices are probably on
your mind. But paying more at the pump isn't the only thing
people are concerned about; they're also increasingly aware that
relying on gasoline is terrible for the planet. As far back as
1826, people have been researching alternatives to
highly-polluting gasoline.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cheaper-fuel-from-an-unlikely-source-2016-6


BLOGS

Proposal by California Dem. would allow prosecution of climate
change skeptics. If California State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa
Monica, has his way, those who disagree with the idea of man-made
climate change could be sued by prosecutors for allegedly
deceiving the public on the risks of climate change, the
Washington Times reported Thursday.
http://www.examiner.com/article/proposal-by-california-dem-would-allow-prosecution-of-climate-change-skeptics


Industry Study Applies Own Numbers to EDF Study, Strengthens Our
Case for Regulation. The natural gas industry group Our Nation’s
Energy (ONE) Future Coalition released a paper yesterday applying
their own set of assumptions to an earlier analysis commissioned
by EDF, which had shown that oil and gas methane emissions can be
dramatically reduced for about a penny per thousand cubic feet of
gas sold.
http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2016/06/03/industry-study-applies-own-numbers-to-edf-study-and-makes-a-strong-case-for-regulation/


A Record Year For Renewable Energy. This week the Renewables 2016
Global Status Report (GSR) was released by the Renewable Energy
Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). REN21 is a global
renewable energy network that connects governments,
nongovernmental organizations, research and academic
institutions, international organizations and industry to share
information and advance renewable energy.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2016/06/03/a-record-year-for-renewable-energy/#56c816042066




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