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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for April 11, 2017.
Posted: 11 Apr 2017 16:12:45
CARB Newsclips for April 11, 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. CARB BUSINESS The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff invites you to participate in an ongoing series of public working meetings to discuss: (1) changes to the pathway carbon intensity application and evaluation process, (2) improvements to reporting and credit generation processes, and (3) the integration of third-party verification requirements under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The next two meetings will be held at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building as follows: Monday, April 17, 2017, 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. • Fossil and Renewable Natural Gas, Including Biomethane From Dairy and Livestock Operations Monday, May 15, 2017, 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. • Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Today’s notice is intended to confirm the dates, provide the times and location, and supply instructions on how to participate (in-person, over the phone, or webcast). This information along with discussion papers and other materials for review will be posted at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs_meetings/lcfs_meetings.htm . The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public meeting at the time and place noted below to consider Truck Field Enforcement Activities and New Screening Technology for High Emitting Vehicles. DATE: April 27, 2017 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814 WEBCAST: http://www.cal-span.org/ Air Resources Board staff have posted a white paper on the health benefits of physical activity and air pollution exposure while walking and bicycling for transportation. Download the White Paper: https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/vprp/physical_activity_and_health_final_161216.pdf For more information, including the White Paper and other resources, visit our Built Environment webpage: https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/vprp/vprp.htm A fact sheet summarizing this document can be found here: https://www.arb.ca.gov/html/fact_sheets/physical_activity_fact_sheet.pdf On Monday, April 24th, the California Air Resources Board will host a research seminar focusing on household transportation choices and commitments of statewide greenhouse gas reductions required by SB 375. Announcement available here: https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/mokhtarian/mokhtarian.htm CAP AND TRADE Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme Upheld in CA. The decision keeps the program safe through 2020, when the program will “still be vulnerable to legal challenges that cite Proposition 26, a 2010 initiative that extended Proposition 13 to apply to fees as well as taxes,” writes Scientific American. The case, which can still be appealed to the California Supreme Court, began four years ago with a lawsuit… https://www.environmentalleader.com/2017/04/carbon-emissions-trading-scheme-upheld-ca/ California's Cap-and Trade Program Wins in Court, Program's Future Still Unclear. Introduction. For climate policy advocates, California has been a kind of sanctuary state, unflagging in its commitment to ambitious mitigation strategies even as the Trump Administration moves to unwind programs at the federal level. In 2016, the California Legislature enacted an aggressive target for the state: reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. http://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-s-cap-and-trade-program-wins-court-program-s-future-still-unclear Industry groups stump for cap and trade. As California debates the future direction of its climate policies, businesses are weighing in in favor of largely maintaining the status quo. The state has launched a wide-ranging consideration of which policies it should use to meet its 2030 target of 40 percent below 1990 emissions levels. One of the key questions is whether the state will retain a cap-and-trade system… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060052908/search?keyword=california AIR POLLUTION Tracking Air Quality Block By Block. A local environmental advocacy group last week launched a first-of-its kind monitoring project, installing air quality sensors in the densely packed neighborhoods near this city’s port to give the people who live and work there on-the-ground readings of pollutants that can seriously injure their health. http://californiahealthline.org/news/tracking-air-quality-block-by-block/ http://khn.org/news/tracking-air-quality-block-by-block/ Epic Fight Over Diesel Pollution And California’s Future Clean Air Authority. Governor Jerry Brown swore last December that if the federal government stopped collecting crucial climate data, the Golden State would launch its own satellite. Repeatedly since then California leaders have vowed to continue their pursuit of clean air and climate progress, no matter how the Trump administration proceeds. http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/apr/11/lawyer-hopes-undo-california-diesel-law-help-trump/ http://inewsource.org/2017/04/11/contractors-sue-epa-over-california-diesel/ Smog rule may be next on Trump's chopping block. An Obama Administration smog standard may be the next federal environmental regulation on President Trump’s chopping block. Late last week, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said the Environmental Protection Agency was "reviewing" the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone issued by EPA in 2015. http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/04/11/70664/smog-rule-may-be-next-on-trump-s-chopping-block/ Appeals court slams EPA for exempting farms from reporting air pollution. A federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed a decision the Environmental Protection Agency took nearly a decade ago, which may result in livestock farmers coming under more scrutiny for their air emissions under President Trump. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/appeals-court-slams-epa-for-exempting-farms-from-reporting-air-pollution/article/2619991 London's toxic air pollution is killing thousands every year. Decades ago, London suffocated under poisonous smogs. Now, deadly air is back. Diesel-burning vehicles are causing record levels of pollution linked to thousands of deaths in the United Kingdom, and the British government could face fines from the European Court of Justice if the smog is not controlled. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/10/london-toxic-air-pollution-killing-thousands-every-year/100304958/ CLIMATE CHANGE 'Witness Tree': An engrossing book on what a tree teaches us about climate. "Witness Tree," by Lynda Mapes, is science writing of a high order, a book that is lucid, learned, all the while and rooted in its author's infectious pleasure at sharing a journey of personal discovery. Mapes is environment reporter with The Seattle Times, and fixed on the 4,000 acre Harvard Forest, a research laboratory like none other… http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Witness-Tree-A-witness-to-global-warming-in-11064293.php U.S. emissions generally lower last year. Federal data show that the transportation sector was the only one without declines last year. The only U.S. sector where emissions of carbon dioxide increased last year was in the transportation sector, an Energy Department division reported. A daily brief from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported CO2 emissions from the transportation sector increased 1.9 percent from 2015 levels. http://www.upi.com/US-emissions-generally-lower-last-year/5701491827525/ A powerful new tool reveals how climate change could transform your hometown. The climate is changing. Most people know that it's changing, and a sizeable majority even say they worry about those changes. But at the same time, just 40% of Americans think it's going to harm them personally. And just 33% of Americans say they talk about climate change "even occasionally." http://www.businessinsider.com/what-will-climate-change-do-2017-4 Global Warming Could Thaw Far More Permafrost Than Expected, Study Says. Research says more than 40 percent of the frozen tundra could un-freeze if global temperatures continue to rise, scientists find. More than 40 percent of the world's permafrost—landscape covered in frozen soil—is at risk of thawing even if the world succeeds in limiting global warming… https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042017/permafrost-climate-change-arctic-carbon-release Legendary Climate Scientist Likes a GOP Proposal on Global Warming. James Hansen, the “father of climate change awareness,” wants the same carbon fee–and-dividend strategy proposed by Republicans. Pres. Donald Trump issued a major executive order last week that, if successful, could undercut the nation’s fight against global warming. In particular, the order kicks off an attempt to dismantle the… https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/legendary-climate-scientist-likes-a-gop-proposal-on-global-warming/ China's Xi Outshines Trump as the World's Future Energy Leader. Failure by the two presidents to discuss climate change leaves China ahead, based on actions if not words. Much of Pres. Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Fla., sits less than two meters above the Atlantic Ocean, meaning big parts of the resort could rest beneath the waves by the end of this century as seas rise in response to global warming. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinas-xi-outshines-trump-as-the-worlds-future-energy-leader/ Carbon emissions from energy sector drop. Carbon dioxide emissions from the United States’ energy sector fell last year, due mainly to a significant drop in the use of coal. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Monday that energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, the most common human-emitted greenhouse gas, were down 1.7 percent in 2016, compared with the previous year. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/328070-carbon-emissions-from-energy-sector-drop Trump can't affect global climate-change progress, says Mayor Bloomberg. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has gone on record saying publicly what most analysts have discussed privately: the notion that Washington can direct the energy market back towards coal is wrong. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1109843_trump-cant-affect-global-climate-change-progress-says-mayor-bloomberg Ruins, Not Reefs: How Climate Change Is Fast-Forwarding Coral Science. “It’s a complete change in the phenomenon that all of us study.” At about the same moment that millions of Americans sat staring at their television or laptop or phone—watching the results from the presidential election stream in, seeing state after state called for… https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/how-catastrophe-is-changing-the-science-of-coral-reefs/522648/ EPA Budget Slashes Emissions Testing Funds, Hikes Fees For Manufacturers. US automakers have been pleading for relief from what they consider burdensome fuel economy rules, but in an odd twist to the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it,” the Trump administration has announced plans to not only loosen those rules but to slash the funding that pays for EPA emissions testing as well. https://cleantechnica.com/2017/04/11/epa-budget-slashes-emissions-testing-funds-hikes-fees-manufacturers/ Assessing the impact of climate risks on the financial system. In the wake of 2015 Climate Paris Agreements to limit global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, many governmental and private stakeholders have advocated for the introduction of policies to mitigate climate change. This would affect directly only the fossil-fuel and utility sector, but it would also expose indirectly many other economic sectors… http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/51009 DIESEL ACTIVITIES BYD Partners with Goodwill on Electric Delivery Trucks in Bay Area. BYD, a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, joined the California Air Resources Board, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and SF Goodwill on the launch of a new project that will bring 11 clean, zero-emission battery electric trucks to operate throughout the Bay Area communities of San Francisco, Redwood City and Burlingame. http://fleetnewsdaily.com/byd-partners-goodwill-electric-delivery-trucks-bay-area/ http://www.worktruckonline.com/news/photos/267346/byd-trucks-partners-with-goodwill/34748.aspx GREEN ENERGY Wholesale energy prices dip below zero because of California’s solar power. Solar power shines bright in California, and wholesale energy prices prove it. Last winter and early spring’s dependence on solar drove wholesale energy prices to negative prices, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Solar power in the California Independent System Operator accounted for nearly 40%... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/11/wholesale-energy-prices-dip-below-zero-because-californias-solar-power/100317896/ German power company examining new wind energy options. E.ON said giant sails or fixed-wing options could be a development option for offshore wind power. Technology for wind energy could use fixed-wing or sails for power in a way that would make deployment easier for deep waters, a German company said. German energy company E.ON said it made an investment commitment with Ampyx Power to test so-called airborne wind energy technology. http://www.upi.com/Energy-News/2017/04/11/German-power-company-examining-new-wind-energy-options/9381491906813/ OPINIONS Column: Clean energy makes economic sense. President Donald Trump’s new executive order on climate change isn’t a green light to ramp up spending on coal plants. As more utilities and decision makers throughout the country are finally acknowledging, the market has turned against coal, regardless of what happens in Washington. For utility customers and taxpayers, this is a good thing. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2017/04/11/climate-change/100300256/