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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for October 5, 2016.
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 14:39:56
ARB Newsclips for October 5, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE Sensing opportunity, cities seek business backing for climate change efforts. Cities around the world, including in developing nations, are increasingly grasping the economic opportunities generated by the need to tackle climate change and are pursuing concrete partnerships with business, a climate research group said. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-climatechange-cities-investment-idUKKCN1240S1 Insured crabs, tea help China's farmers avoid extreme weather losses. Ma Rongda, a tea grower for nearly 30 years, knows how badly his business can be affected by extreme weather. But when heavy snow and cold hit his tea garden earlier this year, Ma was not as worried as he used to be. “I bought insurance for my tea plantations,” he explained. For an annual premium of some 7,000 yuan (815 pounds)… http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-insurance-climatechange-idUKKCN1230QM Factbox: How are cities acting on climate change? The number of cities reporting on their efforts to tackle global warming has jumped 70 percent to 533 across 89 countries since a new climate change agreement was adopted late last year, according to the group gathering the data. London-based climate research group CDP said more cities are now doing an inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions… http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-climatechange-cities-investment-factb-idUKKCN1240SD With EU backing, Paris climate deal clears last hurdle to taking effect. The European Parliament approved the Paris accord to fight climate change on Tuesday, tipping it over the threshold needed for the global deal to enter into force, in what U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon hailed as an historic vote. The Paris Agreement reached by nearly 200 nations nearly one year ago will help guide a radical shift of the world economy… http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-climatechange-eu-idUKKCN1240ZU http://www.reuters.com/article/climatechange-eu-idUSL5N1CA1PF https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/paris-climate-pact-set-to-enter-force-after-eu-greenlight/2016/10/04/3d991bd4-8a21-11e6-8cdc-4fbb1973b506_story.html Hurricanes will worsen as planet warms and sea levels rise, scientists warn. Some say Hurricane Matthew, which slammed Haiti and is headed towards the US, is the sort of fierce lashing that will be more common due to climate change. Major storms such as Hurricane Matthew, which has slammed into Haiti and is now headed towards the US, will grow in menace as the world warms and sea levels rise, scientists have warned. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/climate-change-hurricane-matthew-sea-level-rise?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=51b0eb43dc-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-51b0eb43dc-327747457 Al Gore to campaign for Clinton, hoping to galvanize young voters on climate change. Former vice president Al Gore will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to individuals briefed on the plan, in an effort to mobilize young voters who see climate change as a key issue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/04/al-gore-to-campaign-for-clinton-hoping-to-galvanize-young-voters-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.f691a1527fc8 Climate change deal is a turning point for world, Obama says. History may judge today as a turning point for the planet in the fight against climate change, President Obama said Wednesday, as the United Nations reached a key threshold triggering the implementation of the Paris climate agreement. With nations representing more than 55% of world carbon emissions now having signed on to the agreement… http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/05/climate-change-deal-turning-point-world-obama-says/91617814/ Disappearing Yosemite glacier becomes symbol of climate change. When naturalist John Muir explored Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park about 150 years ago, the river of ice stretched as far as 10 football fields between the peaks of the Lyell Canyon, a glacier one might expect to see in Alaska, not California. Today, it’s a sliver of the natural feature Muir called a “living glacier.” http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article104776131.html#storylink=cpy California dairy industry voices concerns about new climate change law. Law calls for 40 percent methane reduction by 2030. California dairy industry voices concerns about new climate change law. The California Dairy Campaign said local dairy farmers are already struggling and increased costs due to more regulations will put many out of business. http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/32833/ Paris climate agreement to take effect Nov. 4. A landmark agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, backed by a coalition of the world's largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas. U.N. Spokesman Farhan Haq said the EU, Canada and Nepal are all expected to deposit their instruments of ratification over the course of the day Wednesday. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20161005_ap_9daff3d1c8c9413f99224d5057f0b096.html 'Crisis is a way of life': helping farmers cope with devastating climate change. Changing weather patterns are having a dramatic effect on the livelihoods of smallholders in the developing world. So what can be done? Coffee farmers in Peru suffered heavy losses in 2013 when 40% of the country’s coffee plantations were adversely affected by coffee leaf rust. The disease, which scientists blamed on climate change… https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/05/climate-change-smallholders-farmers-developing-world GHGs from power plants, industrial sites fell in 2015. A decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants drove an overall decline in emissions from industrial facilities in 2015, according to new data released by U.S. EPA. Large stationary sources in the power, oil and gas production, refining, iron and steel mill, and landfill sectors reported an overall decline in greenhouse gases of 4.9 percent from 2014. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/05/stories/1060043855 Past climate, not current changes, key to some mammal communities. There's plenty of research into the predicted effect of climate change on the world's animal populations, but a group of researchers from Arizona State University have tried to turn this thought process on its head. Their premise was simple: What sort of effects have changing climates had on animal populations in the past? http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/05/stories/1060043850 Hansen study finds meeting Paris Agreement could cost trillions. The world is now hotter than it's been in 115,000 years, and reversing this trend could be a costly operation. According to a study from a 12-member team of researchers, including former NASA scientist James Hansen, the temperature in 2016 will probably be 1.25 degrees Celsius more than average temperatures during preindustrial times. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/05/stories/1060043840 Legal experts: Climate case won't turn on constitutional questions. The constitutionality of the Clean Power Plan tends to generate headlines and hot takes. But another matter is more likely to prove decisive in the fight over President Obama's signature environmental law: the extent of U.S. EPA's carbon-cutting authority. That conclusion, delivered by a panel of legal experts… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/05/stories/1060043853 DROUGHT Official: California water conservation slipping. Water conservation continues to slip in drought-stricken California after officials lifted mandatory cutbacks, officials said ahead of formally releasing the figures on Wednesday. The State Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento is expected reveal the amount of water Californian's saved statewide in August. "We're concerned that conservation levels are continuing to drop off as we enter a sixth year of exceptional drought… http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CA_CALIFORNIA_DROUGHT_CAOL-?SITE=CASON&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-05-00-30-15 BLOGS Power plant, industrial emissions continue to fall, EPA reports. Emissions of greenhouse gases from the country’s power plants and other industrial facilities continue to fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday. Within the power industry, the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, emissions last year were down 6 percent from 2014 and 11 percent since 2011. http://fuelfix.com/blog/2016/10/04/power-plant-industrial-emissions-continue-to-fall-epa-reports/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=51b0eb43dc-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-51b0eb43dc-327747457 Another Environmental Epic Fail. As everyone who follows the dreary world of environmental politics knows, the great concern these days is with “environmental justice,” which is exactly what you think it is—an attempted fusing of the Edmund Pettis Bridge with the Cuyahoga River fire. So it is with a great deal of amusement that I see a new report from USC, UC Berkeley and Occidental College casts doubt on the… http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/10/another-environmental-epic-fail.php California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.