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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for June 17, 2016
Posted: 17 Jun 2016 16:36:54
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. AIR POLLUTION China orders 255 Shanghai industrial facilities to shut for G20. China ordered at least 255 Shanghai-based industrial facilities, including part of a major oil refinery operated by Sinopec Corp, to shut for 14 days to reduce pollution ahead of the G20 summit, according to an official document reviewed by Reuters. The document, issued by the Shanghai Environment Protection Bureau, has ordered… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-industry-pollution-idUSKCN0Z3145 DA’s Office buys air pollution monitor for Oroville. A pollution monitor will be checking the health of Oroville’s air soon, paid for from a source one might not expect: the District Attorney’s Office. Under a memorandum of understanding approved by the Board of Supervisors this week, the Air Quality Management District will operate the monitor, but the District Attorney’s Office is actually buying the $17,000 machine. http://www.chicoer.com/general-news/20160616/das-office-buys-air-pollution-monitor-for-oroville Rajshahi: the city that took on air pollution – and won. In Bangladesh, one of the world’s most polluted cities has led the way globally in ridding itself of harmful PM10 particles. Once, Rajshahi’s sweltering summers were made worse by a familiar problem on the Asian subcontinent: windows would have to be shut, not because of the wind or monsoon, but because of the smog. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/17/rajshahi-bangladesh-city-air-pollution-won CLIMATE CHANGE Obama heads to national parks with climate message in mind. U.S. President Barack Obama is taking his family to two national parks this weekend on a working vacation where he will spend some time with his teenaged daughters while making the case for more spending on conservation and curbing climate change. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-parks-idUSKCN0Z310K?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=dbbc0b5742-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-dbbc0b5742-327747457 EU Carbon Has Biggest Drop in Six Weeks as Brexit Risk Seen. European Union carbon allowances had their biggest weekly drop since May 6 amid speculation that traders are unwilling to bet on higher prices before next week’s Brexit referendum in the U.K. Carbon allowances for December slipped 4.9 percent this week, also tracking a decline in crude… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O8X1SNSYF01S01-4JHKSSBA3HSS1L5H9S4H16A7S8 Environmental Groups Change Tune on Nuclear Power. Focus on climate change has raised profile of reactors, now viewed as reliable, carbon-free source of energy. Some of the nation’s most influential environmental groups are softening their longstanding opposition to nuclear power, marking a significant shift in the antinuclear movement as environmentalists’ priority shifts to climate change. http://www.wsj.com/articles/environmental-groups-change-tune-on-nuclear-power-1466100644 Exxon Mobil Fights Back at State Inquiries Into Climate Change Research. In the eight months since the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, announced the first investigation of Exxon Mobil over its past research statements about climate change, nearly 20 other state attorneys general have voiced their support. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/science/exxon-mobil-fights-back-at-state-inquiries-into-climate-change-research.html?_r=0 How Dell Saved $39.5 Million, Cut Carbon Pollution via Telecommuting. Allowing US employees to telecommute has saved Dell $39.5 million and avoided an estimated 25 million kWh of energy and 13,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since fiscal year 2014. https://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/06/17/how-dell-saved-39-5-million-cut-carbon-pollution-via-telecommuting/ Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn. Unprecedented temperature levels mean more heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and hurricanes as experts say global warming is here and affecting us now. May was the 13th month in a row to break temperature records according to figures published this week that are the latest in 2016’s string of incredible climate records… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/17/shattered-records-climate-change-emergency-today-scientists-warn EPA proposes climate rule incentives despite court hold. The Obama administration is moving ahead with an incentive program for its contentious climate change rule, despite the Supreme Court’s action halting the regulation. Under the program, known as the Clean Energy Incentive Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would give states compliance credits for renewable energy… http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/283776-epa-proposes-climate-rule-incentives-despite-court-hold?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=dbbc0b5742-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-dbbc0b5742-327747457 What would a global warming increase of 1.5C be like? The Paris climate conference set the ambitious goal of finding ways to limit global warming to 1.5C, rather than the previous threshold of 2C. But what would be the difference? And how realistic is such a target? Environment 360 reports. How ambitious is the world? The Paris climate conference last December astounded many… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/16/what-would-a-global-warming-increase-of-15c-be-like Kerry's Arctic climate change adventure hits Greenland. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has brought his tour of the Arctic to Greenland, where he's visiting the Northern Hemisphere's largest glacier to bring attention to the dangers of climate change. A day after visiting an ice cap in Norway's extreme north that has been significantly eroded by rising temperatures… http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/17/kerry-arctic-climate-change-adventure-hits-greenland.html 13 state AGs pen letter calling for end to climate change probe. A campaign by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to end the investigation into ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies over false statements on climate change is gaining support among other state law enforcement officials. http://fuelfix.com/blog/2016/06/16/attorneys-general-pen-letter-calling-for-end-to-climate-change-probe/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=dbbc0b5742-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-dbbc0b5742-327747457 Northeastern boreal forests may escape worst consequences of warming. To catch a glimpse of the future of the northeastern boreal forest, look even farther north. There, new research suggests, climate change may not be devastating for the ecosystem's key species. A study published yesterday in the journal Science finds forests north of the 49th parallel could become a climate refuge for black spruce… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/17/stories/1060038966 DROUGHT Water Supply A 'Concern' This Summer In California. The U.S. Drought Monitor says a lack of rain in May and in early June has caused the expansion of abnormally dry conditions in northwest California. Remember that white area on the California state graphic showing "no drought" along the northwest coast and slightly east on the border with Oregon? It’s gone now. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/06/16/water-supply-a-concern-this-summer-in-california/ Drought eased by winter rain, but here is why you should still conserve water. The wet winter eased California’s drought situation a great deal, but water resource agencies are saying Southern Californians still need to conserve through the summer. Here’s why. SNOW COVER The best news for the state is that the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly 30 percent of California’s water supply… http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jquery-719568-text-children.html DIESEL ACTIVITIES Heat wave could bring more diesel pollution from SoCal power plants. A Death Valley-like heat wave expected to descend on Southern California this weekend could bring new diesel pollution from local power plants instead of rolling blackouts, air regulators said Thursday. An air control district law panel this week gave the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power permission to burn diesel fuel at power plants… http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20160616/heat-wave-could-bring-more-diesel-pollution-from-socal-power-plants VEHICLES Karma comes around again: California's newest car factory aims to rival Tesla. A premium luxury sedan born from the ashes of the Fisker Karma – a Tesla rival that wowed the automotive world before collapsing into bankruptcy three years ago – will soon begin rolling off a production line at California's newest car factory. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-karma-car-factory-20160617-snap-story.html State tax credit for third California electric car company. A state board has approved $10 million in tax credits for an electric vehicle company promising to add more than 900 jobs in San Jose and San Francisco. The board of California Competes considered the credit for NextEV USA among $47 million taken up at its meeting Thursday to encourage job creation. http://hosted2.ap.org/CAANR/CA/Article_2016-06-16-CA--California%20Economy-Tax%20Credits/id-749cace426a3435aaef87074588a2664 EVs could mean major grid challenges -- or opportunities. Electric vehicles, specifically Tesla's vehicles, have far exceeded car market expectations and are poised to transform the entire industry if growth continues at this rate. While electric vehicles sound great, think tank Rocky Mountain Institute found one problem with such fast growth: EVs are energy hogs. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/06/17/stories/1060038952 VW RECALL After diesel scandal, Volkswagen bets the future on electric. Volkswagen AG is betting big on electric, autonomous and on-demand vehicles as the scandal-ridden company seeks to catch up to other automakers investing in new technologies. CEO Matthias Müller outlined the new investments and urged a change in company culture in a sweeping restructuring plan yesterday. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/17/stories/1060038973 GREEN ENERGY Clean energy for poorest starved of investment: researchers. Only a tiny fraction of climate change funding is going into small-scale solar, biogas and other off-grid systems that may be the best way to get power to the world's poorest, researchers say. That problem, evident in new figures from the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-energy-renewables-aid-idUSKCN0Z30ZA The huge flaw in how Congress is approaching burning wood for energy. Along with 196 other countries around the world, the United States has made a number of ambitious climate commitments that experts say will depend heavily on the expansion of renewable energy and the increasingly stringent regulation of carbon output. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/16/the-huge-flaw-in-how-congress-is-approaching-burning-wood-for-energy/ California tries to capture offshore wind energy. While the industry predicts a clean-energy bonanza from the West Coast's steady and powerful breezes that may go a long way to help the state meet its ambitious clean energy mandates, reaping the wind must first overcome a whirlwind of technological, economic and political challenges. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jun/16/offshore-floating-wind/ OPINONS 'Carbon to stone'? Fee and dividend is a better way to fight climate change. To the editor: In my opinion, “carbon to stone” is utterly impractical as a method. (“How to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant and turn it into stone,” June 9) You still must separate carbon dioxide from other gases and pump billions of tons underground, requiring an infrastructure as vast as current oil pipelines. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-carbon-stone-climate-change-fee-and-dividend-20160615-snap-story.html BLOGS Republican Attorneys General Defend Big Oil Over Climate Fraud Probe. A group of Republican state attorneys general is standing up for oil giants over an investigation into whether companies like Exxon Mobil misled the public about the risks of climate change. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-ag-letter-big-oil-climate-probe_us_5762f38ee4b0df4d586f8e09 Climate Change: Antarctica Carbon Dioxide Levels Cross 400 Parts Per Million For First Time In 4 Million Years. In May 2013, the carbon dioxide monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded a major milestone — the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide had crossed the symbolic “red line” of 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping began. http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-antarctica-carbon-dioxide-levels-cross-400-parts-million-first-time-4-2383269 California Climate Change Initiatives Fall Victim To Politics. California is the leading state in the nation when it comes to taking aggressive measures to combat climate change. Over the past few years, it has operated a program that offers incentives to low income families so they can get their dirty old clunkers off the road and purchase a low emissions car instead. To date, the program has enabled 150,000 Californian’s to drive clean. http://gas2.org/2016/06/17/climate-change-initiatives-fall-victim-politics/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.