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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for March 22-23, 2017.

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:34:48
CARB Newsclips for March 22-23, 2017. 

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CARB BUSINESS

Please see the agenda for this week’s 2 day CARB meeting in
Riverside:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/board/ma/2017/ma032317.pdf  

Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=900       

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to
participate in a public workshop on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18
Funding Plan for Low Carbon Transportation Investments, Air
Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), and the potential $25 million
Volkswagen settlement funds for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV)
aspects of vehicle replacement programs. The meeting will be held
at the following time and place:

Date:                     Thursday, April 6, 2017
Time:                     9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Place:                    Cal/EPA Headquarters Building
                              Coastal Hearing Room, Second Floor
                              1001 I Street
                              Sacramento, California 95814

A meeting notice for the workshop is posted at: 
https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/meetings/meetings.htm         


CAP AND TRADE

White House slams door on carbon tax. The Trump administration is
not considering a carbon tax, an official said after a White
House press briefing yesterday in which press secretary Sean
Spicer declined to rule it out. Interest in the administration's
stance on the issue has persisted while a lively debate is
reportedly taking place within the West Wing over President
Trump's economic agenda and various parties aim to influence the
result.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051882 

AIR POLLUTION

Carbon dioxide emissions stayed flat in 2016, global economy
expanded. Even without the Paris climate agreement, worldwide
carbon dioxide emissions stayed flat last year for the third year
in a row as the global economy grew, raising questions about the
need for the U.N. accord. Estimates from the International Energy
Agency released Friday…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/carbon-dioxide-emissions-stayed-flat-in-2016-globa/
 

Electric buses are not an option for tackling Cambridge's air
pollution problem, say Stagecoach. How Stagecoach is tackling the
biggest problem concerning air quality in Cambridge – congestion.
The boss of Stagecoach East has said the company is actively
playing its part in addressing congestion - "the biggest problem
concerning air quality in the city". Andy Campbell, Stagecoach
East managing director, said the launch of their new Park & Ride
fleet...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/stagecoach-air-pollution-electic-buses-12781830
 

Industry is ready to pour concrete — and release emissions.
President Trump's proposed infrastructure bill might not exist
yet, but it already has concrete and cement manufacturers on the
edge of their seats. While Trump has largely avoided specifics,
the concrete sector — and the cement industry that feeds into it…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051842 


CLIMATE CHANGE

The Trump administration wants to kill the popular Energy Star
program because it combats climate change. Under President Trump,
the Environmental Protection Agency is on the chopping block.
Both the president’s proposed budget and his executive orders on
cutting regulations would shrink the EPA. But of the 38 EPA
programs that the Trump administration has proposed cutting…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/23/the-trump-administration-wants-to-kill-the-popular-energy-star-program-because-it-combats-climate-change/?utm_term=.ff32514f070f


Bill would bar discrimination toward climate change doubters.
Maine laws protect people from discrimination based on factors
such as race, disabilities and sexual orientation, and a
Republican lawmaker wants to add a person's beliefs about climate
change to that list. Rep. Larry Lockman has introduced a bill
that would limit the attorney general's ability to investigate or
prosecute people based…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLIMATE_CHANGE_DISCRIMINATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 

Trump's Words Could Jeopardize His Environmental Rollbacks, Too.
President Donald Trump’s words may come back to haunt him in
court as he moves to roll back regulations that fight climate
change, just as they did when he tried to ban travel from six
predominantly Muslim countries. Environmentalists are
scrutinizing Trump’s tweets and the phrasing of presidential
orders, looking for evidence that an action…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-22/trump-s-words-could-jeopardize-his-environmental-rollbacks-too
 

Business leaders urge G20 to put climate change back on agenda.
Business executives and scientists on Tuesday urged the world's
leading economies to put global warming back on the G20 agenda
after finance ministers and central bankers failed to reaffirm
their readiness to finance measures against climate change. The
G20's outreach organizations for business (B20), think tanks
(T20)…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-climatechange-idUSKBN16S1W3
 

Aspen-area officials send climate message to Trump children.
Aspen-area lawmakers sent a message about climate change to the
children of President Trump during their visit to the ski resort
town. The Aspen Daily News reports that the Pitkin County
Commissioners placed full-page ads in both of Aspen’s newspapers
Tuesday that included a letter welcoming them to the area and
focusing on the negative effects of climate change.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/aspen-area-officials-send-climate-message-to-trump/
  

Americans Ate 19% Less Beef From ’05 to ’14, Report Says. The
last decade or so has brought ample evidence that Americans are
gradually changing their diets, driven by health concerns and
other factors. But a new study points to one change that is
starker than many have thought: Americans cut their beef
consumption by 19 percent — nearly one-fifth — in the years from
2005 to 2014…
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/dining/beef-consumption-emissions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
 

Why global warming could lead to a rise of 100,000 diabetes cases
a year in the U.S. If the average temperature rises by 1 degree
Celsius, sea levels will rise, crop yields will fall and
vulnerable species will see their habitat shrink or disappear.
And, a new study suggests, the number of American adults
suffering from diabetes would rise by more than 100,000 a year.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-global-warming-diabetes-20170320-story.html
 

Arctic meltdown is the new normal: Sea ice sets 3rd straight
winter record low. Welcome to the new normal: For the third
straight year, Arctic sea ice peaked at a record low level during
the winter season, scientists said Wednesday. Arctic sea ice
cover reached its annual peak extent on March 7, the National
Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said…
http://mashable.com/2017/03/22/arctic-sea-ice-melt-record-low-winter/#_UXyeVnyasqI


State of the Warming Climate in 2016: 'Truly Uncharted Territory'
World Meteorological Organization reveals extent of global
warming's impacts last year, including epic Arctic melting,
drought and extreme weather. Arctic ice melted to new lows in
2016, temperatures soared to scorching highs and extreme weather
rocked all parts of the planet.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032017/climate-change-2016-world-meteorological-organization-arctic-weather
 

Farm Policy in Age of Climate Change Creating Another Dust Bowl,
Critics Say. The last Farm Bill contained incentives for farmers
to keep planting on degraded land, setting up potential
environmental catastrophe. Over the past decade, farmers in the
Great Southern Plains have suffered the worst drought conditions
since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032017/agriculture-climate-change-dust-bowl-southern-plains-drought


How one professor is finding the funny in climate change. We have
rising sea levels, world-record warming, acidifying oceans, an
approaching food crisis and a president who is determined to cut
any federal budget that is aimed at mitigating climate change. Is
there anything that's funny about this?
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051848 


Could Mattis and Tillerson buddy up on warming?  Secretary of
Defense James Mattis' views on climate change could impact not
only the Pentagon's work, but also the State Department's related
strategies and planning, according to a former Defense Department
official. Mattis broke from the Trump administration's usual line
in written statements made public for the first time last week …
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051877  

In Exxon climate change probe, how will the ‘lost emails’ be
recovered? A New York state judge has ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to
cooperate with New York's attorney general in recovering lost
emails from the 'Wayne Tracker' account once used by US secretary
of State Rex Tillerson. A New York state judge has ordered
ExxonMobil to work
with…http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2017/0323/In-Exxon-climate-change-probe-how-will-the-lost-emails-be-recovered


Coal's Steep Decline Keeps Climate Goal Within Reach, Report
Says. If the world stays on track in canceling coal projects and
retiring old plants, the trend to renewable energy could help
keep global warming below 2 degrees C. Coal power projects under
development around the world saw a precipitous drop in 2016,
according to a new report, bringing with it a dose of good news
for climate change.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22032017/coal-global-warming-china-india-paris-climate-agreement


Q&A: Forests soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their
protection?
Every year, 18 million hectares of tropical forest – an area the
size of England and Wales – are cut down, releasing millions of
tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. In just 40 years,
possibly 1bn hectares, the equivalent of Europe, has gone. Trees
soak up carbon dioxide so when they are gone the gas lingers…
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/mar/23/qa-forests-soak-up-greenhouse-gases-so-how-do-we-ensure-their-protection


Green states rebuke Trump climate attacks. West Coast governors
and mayors are pre-emptively opposing President Trump's actions
to gut climate regulations. The governors of Washington, Oregon
and California, along with the mayors of Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, said in a statement ahead of
executive action to withdraw the Clean Power Plan that they
support the electricity-sector standards.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051919 

Sea ice should be at its peak. It just hit a 3-year low. Arctic
sea ice hit a record low wintertime maximum this month, yet
another troubling sign from one of the world's most vulnerable
regions to climate change. The Arctic's sea ice cover at a time
of year when it should be at its peak is instead 471,000 square
miles below average, the National Snow and Ice Data Center
(NSIDC) in Colorado announced yesterday.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051943 

U.S. Global Change program plugging ahead amid uncertainty.
Scientists with the U.S. Global Change Research Program are
continuing to work under a cloud of uncertainty after the Trump
administration revealed its so-called skinny budget. The $2.6
billion program is in charge of putting together a report on the
impacts of climate change in the United States every four years
as per the 1990…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051918 

DROUGHT

People are walking miles for clean water in drought-struck Kenya
— and finding none. Imagine walking three or four miles to get a
drink. It’s hot, it’s dry — there’s no water where you live. You
arrive at what used to be the nearest river but it’s now a
beach-like strip of dirt. Yes, there is water, but it’s opaque
with mud at the bottom of a small well dug in hopes of finding
moisture beneath the former riverbed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/03/22/people-are-walking-miles-for-clean-water-in-drought-struck-kenya-and-finding-none/?utm_term=.f254d608ac18


DIESEL ACTIVITIES

AMSA advises on ship emissions regulations. Australian Maritime
Safety Authority (AMSA) issued a marine notice, in order to
provide general information to shipowners, masters and crews on
Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). Annex VI of MARPOL contains
regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships.
http://www.green4sea.com/amsa-advises-on-ship-emissions-regulations/


FUELS

California about to go its own way on methane. While Congress and
the Trump administration may roll back a just-enacted federal
rule regarding methane emissions, California is on the verge of
going in a much different direction. On Thursday, the California
Air Resources Board (CARB) is expected to pass what is considered
the nation’s strictest rule aimed at curbing emissions from the
potent greenhouse gas.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-california-methane-20170322-story.html


Texas joins battle over BLM rule. A high-stakes legal fight over
an Obama-era rule for methane emissions from oil and gas
development on public lands may have a new player: Texas. State
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) yesterday asked a federal court
for permission to join a lawsuit over the Bureau of Land
Management's Methane Waste Prevention Rule.
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051865  

Most methane in groundwater is not a result of fracking — study.
A broad review of Texas water data has found that oil and gas
drilling is not the source of most methane found in Texas
aquifers. But the lead researcher says the findings don't mean
that production wells can't leak stray gas into drinking water.
"Most of the methane is natural, or at least can be explained
through natural processes…
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051844 

VEHICLES

Trump Says Regulations Impede. Perhaps Not in the Electric Car
Business. President Trump is not fond of regulations. Within
weeks of taking office, he and his appointees began to roll back
rules that govern the financial industry, guns, the energy
business and broadband internet providers. Last week was the auto
industry’s turn. In a speech in Ypsilanti, Mich., Mr. Trump said
he would alter rules imposed…
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/technology/electric-car-regulations-trump.html?emc=edit_ca_20170323&nl=california-today&nlid=79449713&te=1&_r=0


CA Officials Poised to Reaffirm Clean Cars Standards. Officials
from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will gather
tomorrow in Riverside – a city facing among the worst air
pollution in the nation – to discuss the status of the state’s
clean car standards following the results of staff’s formal
review. The 16-member Air Resources Board is expected by many to
reaffirm the existing standards for model years 2022-2025…
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/simon-mui/ca-officials-poised-reaffirm-clean-cars-standards


Cuomo rolls out electric car incentives. New York rolled out new
electric car incentives yesterday, a move that environmentalists
hope will buttress the technology as its support erodes in other
states and in Washington. Under a plan announced by Gov. Andrew
Cuomo (D), New York will offer rebates of up to $2,000 toward a
new plug-in hybrid, all-electric or fuel-cell car.
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051868  

Can demand for clean cars really raise oil prices? Data from
Facts Global Energy suggest that demand for oil will continue to
be healthy for a minimum of two decades. By 2040, around 1.8
billion passenger vehicles are expected to be on the road. The
share of electric and hybrid cars, however, will only be 10
percent and 20 percent, respectively.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051832 

State reviews clean car rules as Trump seeks to ease standards.
California tomorrow will consider sticking with its mandate
requiring more cars that don't pollute, even as the Trump
administration weighs rolling back federal mileage and emissions
rules. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will decide if
standards adopted in 2012 — and stretching out to 2025…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051947 


EPA overestimated costs of vehicle standards — study. The costs
of complying with vehicle emissions standards could be 40 percent
lower than U.S. EPA previously estimated, according to a new
study. An analysis by the nonprofit International Council on
Clean Transportation found that automakers would have to invest
$886 on average per vehicle in new technology to meet the 2025
standards, compared to EPA's estimate of $1,378.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051949 

VW RECALL

The emissions tester that checked VW sees opportunity in Trump.
The Swedish vehicle inspector whose technology identified
emissions discrepancies in Volkswagen diesel engines sees Donald
Trump as an opportunity-in-waiting. While it’s generally “not a
good situation for us” when a government is not pro-environment,
any decision by the U.S. president to roll back fuel-consumption
rules put in place…
http://www.autonews.com/article/20170322/OEM11/170329942/the-emissions-tester-that-checked-vw-sees-opportunity-in-trump


GREEN ENERGY

80% of rooftops can hold solar — Google.  Wondering whether solar
power might be viable for your roof? Google wants to provide an
answer. The technology giant expanded its "Project Sunroof"
program into all 50 states this month and found that nearly 80
percent of rooftops it assessed around the country are suitable
for solar power. That doesn't mean those 60 million buildings are
likely to adopt panels — only that they technically can,
according to Google.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051972 

Deluge of hydro may lead to solar curtailments in Calif. Brimming
hydropower dams, combined with record installments of solar
power, have led California's grid operator to warn it might
curtail between 6 and 8 gigawatts of solar power this spring. The
news demonstrates that good things — a wet winter that erased
California's four-year drought and the state's steady march
toward meeting its low-carbon power goals…
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/03/23/stories/1060051940 

Xcel 'investing big' in wind over 7 states. Xcel Energy Inc. will
undertake the nation's largest multistate expansion of wind
energy over the next five years, with 3,380 megawatts of new
capacity expected to come online in seven states. The
multibillion-dollar build-out will see wind energy account for
nearly 35 percent of Xcel's total generation capacity and
solidify its status as the nation's No. 1 utility provider of
wind power.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051843 


Solar could grow globally if trade war with China ends. A new
report published by a center at Stanford University calls for the
United States and China to end their trade war over solar energy
modules and join forces to spur innovation and private capital.
The outcome could help China raise the efficiency of its solar
program and promote multinational research, development…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051841 

MISCELLANEOUS

Gov. Brown, on Trump's turf, warns 'we're going to fight’.
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is not finding common ground with
the Trump administration on vehicle emissions standards. Normally
one of the sharpest gubernatorial critics of President Trump,
Brown is seeking to strike a conciliatory tone this week as he
makes the rounds on Capitol Hill and federal agencies.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/03/22/stories/1060051869 

OPINIONS

A Tesla owner tests the Chevy Bolt. What's the verdict? The Chevy
Bolt is really impressive. But does it measure up to a Tesla? One
driver finds out. Fleeing my home in New York’s Hudson Valley for
California during February and March has a number of charms. 
Currently at the top of the list: reading about Winter Storm
Stella while watching the surfers at Rincon Beach.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2017/0316/A-Tesla-owner-tests-the-Chevy-Bolt.-What-s-the-verdict?cmpid=ema:nws:WS3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Welcome%20Series%20Email%20%233


BLOGS

The ‘Job-Killing’ Fiction Behind Trump’s Retreat on Fuel Economy
Standards. The Trump administration is expected to roll back the
fuel economy standards that were a signature achievement of the
Obama administration. The move won’t save auto industry jobs, but
it will increase air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. When
President Trump traveled to Michigan last week to announce that
his administration will reevaluate (and almost certainly weaken)
a key environmental achievement…
http://e360.yale.edu/features/trump-fuel-economy-cafe-standards-decicco
 

Climate change effects should concern everyone. Keeping up with
the weather and our climate have been a passion of mine for over
forty years. During the past two decades two phrases keep
appearing that concern me. They are: Sea levels are rising
“faster than our earlier expectations” and are “exceeding our
previous predictions.” Two years ago I wrote a letter detailing
the epidemic of climate change denial in our Congress.
http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/opinion/climate-change-effects-should-concern-everyone/article_719affd1-eeec-593b-91e8-c50de2ad29a5.html




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