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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 29, 2016.
Posted: 29 Sep 2016 16:07:43
ARB Newsclips for September 29, 2016. 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. CAP AND TRADE Inside the judges' questions on carbon trading. Coal-heavy states and companies have centered their political challenges to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan on arguments that the rule is unachievable. But those arguments didn't fare well this week in front of federal judges. A range of studies have shown that many states' power companies are already near the 2030 greenhouse gas levels EPA has assigned. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060043590/search?keyword=california AIR POLLUTION Giant air purifier aims to raise smog awareness in China, artist says. A Dutch artist opened what he calls the world's largest air purifier in Beijing on Thursday, beginning the first leg of a China tour to raise awareness of environmental problems. The seven-metre-high (7.66-yard-high) Smog Free Tower, part of the Smog Free Project started by artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde, creates a "bubble of clean air enabling citizens to experience clean air for free," according to his website. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-idUSKCN11Z1P2 Floods and farms fuel jump in methane emissions: researchers. A sharp increase in methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in the Earth's atmosphere since 2007 is the result of higher emissions from biological sources such as rice paddies, cattle and swamps rather than fossil fuels, researchers said on Tuesday. Methane traps heat, contributing to global warming. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-emissions-science-idUSKCN11X1TG CLIMATE CHANGE No big shift in U.S. flood patterns despite climate change: study. U.S. flooding patterns have shown some regional changes but no countrywide shift despite heavier rains spawned by global warming, a study by U.S. and Austrian researchers said on Wednesday. Findings that the biggest changes were in the Upper Mississippi Valley, northern Great Plains… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-floods-idUSKCN11Y2UA?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=3f1eae3062-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3f1eae3062-327747457 Will California see a wet winter? Forecasters call it a ‘crapshoot’ Last year at this time, weather forecasters had a pretty good idea of what was in store as California headed into the rainy season. The Pacific Ocean surface was warming, and they were predicting one of the strongest El Niño weather patterns in recorded history. El Niño ended up making an appearance, but it wasn’t the series of gully washers for which some had hoped. This year, the forecast is even less certain. http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article104812236.html#storylink=cpy Officials admit no modelling shows how Australia will meet Paris climate pledge. Environment officials tell parliamentary inquiry there is no modelling on how current policies will affect emissions beyond 2020, or when emissions will peak. Government officials have acknowledged that Australia’s 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reductions pledged at Paris in 2015 were made without any modelling to show whether existing policies could achieve those targets. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/29/officials-admit-no-modelling-shows-how-australia-will-meet-paris-climate-pledge?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=3f1eae3062-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3f1eae3062-327747457 Earth's CO2 levels have crossed the 400 ppm threshold for good. The Earth hit a worrying climate change milestone this month, and it appears to be permanent. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million during the annual low point of the Earth's CO2 cycle, and it's not expected to dip below that threshold anytime soon. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/09/29/stories/1060043585 Inside the judges' questions on carbon trading. Coal-heavy states and companies have centered their political challenges to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan on arguments that the rule is unachievable. But those arguments didn't fare well this week in front of federal judges. A range of studies have shown that many states' power companies are already near the 2030 greenhouse gas levels EPA has assigned. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/09/29/stories/1060043590 FUELS OPEC Agrees to Cut Production, Sending Oil Prices Soaring. OPEC’s 14 oil producing nations agreed on Wednesday to modestly cut their collective oil output later this year in an effort to bolster sagging prices, according to a cartel official. The decision sent global oil prices soaring by more than 5 percent. Under the agreement, reached in Algiers, cartel members would decide at the group’s next formal meeting… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/business/energy-environment/opec-agreement-oil-prices.html?_r=0 VEHICLES Daimler to make more than 10 electric cars by 2025. Daimler's (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands will launch more than 10 electric cars by 2025, and zero-emission vehicles will make up between 15 percent and 25 percent of overall Mercedes sales by then, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said. Speaking to journalists at the Paris Motor Show on Thursday, Zetsche said the automaker was preparing a major push in pure electric vehicles thanks to advances in battery technology and greater. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autoshow-paris-mercedes-digital-idUSKCN11Z1ON Media Alert From TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite. KFBK. http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=6580&DateTime=9%2F29%2F2016+5%3A35%3A34+AM&Term=california+air+resources+board&PlayClip=TRUE California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.