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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for January 6, 2017.
Posted: 06 Jan 2017 13:51:08
ARB Newsclips for January 6, 2017. 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 London breaches annual air pollution limit for 2017 in just five days. Brixton Road in Lambeth has already broken legal limits for toxic air for the entire year, with many other sites across the capital set to follow. London has breached its annual air pollution limits just five days into 2017, a “shameful reminder of the severity of London’s air pollution”, according to campaigners. By law, hourly levels of toxic nitrogen dioxide must not be more than 200 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3)… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/london-breaches-toxic-air-pollution-limit-for-2017-in-just-five-days http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/health/london-air-pollution/index.html EPA seeks public input on ozone reg's 'good neighbor' data. U.S. EPA is seeking public input on preliminary interstate ozone modeling data that will play a key role in guiding states' efforts to comply with "good neighbor" requirements embedded in the stricter ozone standard set last year. The agency has set a 90-day comment period on the data, which are geared to detailing the downwind movement of ozone… http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/01/06/stories/1060047981 CLIMATE CHANGE Energy-sector CO2 to stagnate without Clean Power Plan — EIA. Coal use and energy-sector carbon emissions in the United States would both flatline without the Obama administration's climate standards for power plants, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration outlook released yesterday. Natural gas and renewable power would grow to meet increasing power demand, although the specific levels will depend on how much each cost, the annual report notes. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/01/06/stories/1060047925 Meet an animal pathologist uncovering climate mysteries. Kathy Burek often spends her days cutting up creatures of all sorts in Alaska and trying to figure out what killed them. She is one of only two board-certified anatomic pathologists in the state and the only one who regularly goes out into the field with knives and vials to harvest samples. With ecosystems in Alaska shifting as the climate changes, strange events are the new normal. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/01/06/stories/1060047965 DROUGHT How California went from drought to dangerous rain and snow. After years of dry conditions, California is getting its winter back. A series of storms over the last month have dumped feet of snow and rain in some parts of Northern California. And Southern California had its wettest December in several years. Heavier precipitation in the north of the state has slowly been easing the drought, though it is not over. Storms over the next few days are expected to continue this trend but also bring dangers. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-storms-scene-20170106-htmlstory.html NWS: Northern California now on pace for 'wettest water year on record'. After many long years of waiting, California's drought relief may finally be here. Snow has piled up over five feet in some parts of the Sierra Nevada since the Sunday storm. And while the first snow survey of the year actually came in below average in terms of snow accumulation, there are reasons for optimism. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Northern-California-now-on-pace-for-wettest-10837847.php VW RECALL U.S. approves first fix for 70,000 polluting VW diesel vehicles. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a fix for about 70,000 polluting Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) diesel vehicles, involving an initial software change available now, it said on Friday. A second phase of the fix will start about a year from now when VW will install more software updates and new hardware, including a diesel particulate filter, diesel oxidation catalyst and NOx catalyst. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-idUSKBN14Q21P Volkswagen Near Settling U.S. Criminal Case Over Emissions Cheating. Settlement with Justice Department could come as soon as next week. Volkswagen AG is near resolving a criminal investigation into the German auto giant’s emissions cheating, said people familiar with the matter, aiming to reach an accord as soon as next week that would require the company to pay a financial penalty… http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-near-settling-u-s-criminal-case-over-emissions-cheating-1483724523 Regulators approve fix for some Volkswagen cars that cheated on U.S. emission tests. Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board said Friday they have approved a fix for around 67,000 of the 475,000 Volkswagens and Audis with 2-liter diesel engines that were programmed to cheat on U.S. emissions tests. http://www.latimes.com/business/ US approves fix for some Volkswagen diesels. Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board said Friday that they have approved a fix for around 67,000 of the 475,000 Volkswagens… http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2017-01-06/us-approves-fix-for-some-volkswagen-diesels Volkswagen, U.S. Justice Dept. nearing $3B emissions settlement. Volkswagen AG and the U.S. Justice Department are nearing an agreement to resolve the government's civil and criminal investigations that would require the German automaker to pay a penalty of more than US$3 billion, sources briefed on the talks said on Friday. The agreement is not final and could still change or fall apart but a deal could be announced as early as next week. http://www.bnn.ca/volkswagen-u-s-justice-dept-nearing-3b-emissions-settlement-1.645139 U.S. approves fix for some Volkswagen diesels. Volkswagen will soon be able to repair some of its diesel cars so they meet U.S. emissions standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board said Friday they have approved a fix for around 67,000 of the 475,000 Volkswagens and Audis with 2-liter diesel engines that were programmed to cheat on U.S. emissions tests. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-approves-fix-for-some-volkswagen-diesels/ MISCELLANEOUS Sununu: ‘New Hampshire is open for business’ In inaugural speech, governor calls for tax cuts, energy projects. Right to work, supporting Northern Pass, cutting business taxes and a three-month freeze on new regulations. Them’s fighting words, yet Gov. Chris Sununu intermingled them in his inaugural speech Thursday with platitudes about the need to work together after an ugly election cycle. On the other hand, he also promised that he would be blunt. http://www.nhbr.com/January-20-2017/Sununu-New-Hampshire-is-open-for-business/ OPINIONS Our View: Pursuing science of climate change never more vital. It might seem out of sync to be talking about climate change and global warming amid the cold, damp days of January in Flagstaff – even as those topics dominate White House transition plans for the EPA and the Department of Energy. But to the climate scientists at NAU, the U.S. Forest Service, USGS and other local agencies, it’s not about looking out the window and drawing conclusions about global trends. http://azdailysun.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-view-pursuing-science-of-climate-change-never-more-vital/article_221942f6-5082-504e-9e95-e58e7ae7f333.html Trump's secretary of state nominee may soon testify in a global warming trial. Alex Loznak is about to head into the second semester of his sophomore year at Columbia University, but he's not your typical student. He's one of 21 people, ages nine to 20, suing the federal government for failing to protect them from the damaging effects of climate change. http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/youth-climate-lawsuit-rex-tillerson-deposition/#G6txtLgrRaqH It’s Time to Hold Climate Change Policy-Makers Accountable. In reaction to the election of Donald Trump California’s Governor, state legislature and Air Resources Board have made clear their intention to double down on our state’s already strictest-in-the-nation climate change policies. Making such claims is easy when ignoring the current cost burden of the state’s climate policies… http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2017/01/time-hold-climate-change-policy-makers-accountable/ As Donald Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die of It. She is just a frightened mom, worrying if her son will survive, and certainly not fretting about American politics — for she has never heard of either President Obama or Donald Trump. What about America itself? Ranomasy, who lives in an isolated village on this island of Madagascar off southern Africa, shakes her head. It doesn’t ring any bells. Yet we Americans may be inadvertently killing her infant son. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/opinion/sunday/as-donald-trump-denies-climate-change-these-kids-die-of-it.html?_r=0 California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.