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CARB Newsclips for June 30, 2017. 

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CARB BUSINESS

Do you own or operate forklifts, sweeps/scrubbers, industrial tow
tractors, or airport ground support equipment? If so, this
regulation may apply to your business.
For more information please go to the ARB Rulemaking webpage:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2016/sparkignition2016/sparkignition2016.htm
    


The Air Resources Board (ARB) announces the launch of its new
California Dairy and Livestock GHG Reduction Working Group (Dairy
Working Group) and Subgroup list serves that will provide
interested stakeholders with up-to-date information about current
activities and processes.  Sign-up for the main Dairy Working
Group process List Serve:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=dairy  


CAP AND TRADE 

Greens see oil industry fingerprints on climate legislation.
California environmentalists are outraged over speculation that
the state's governor is pushing the oil industry's wish list in
negotiations to extend the state's cap-and-trade climate program.
Language being circulated by Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) office would
extend the current program through 2030, including a glut of
existing unsold allowances…
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/30/stories/1060056859


AIR POLLUTION

NY Polluters pay too little to cover cost of state air pollution
permit program. Costs for the state's air pollution control
system, which under federal law must be paid for by polluting
industries, keep sinking under a rising tide of red ink that
taxpayers keep bailing out. As of March, taxpayers have had to
come up with nearly $21 million to cover chronic deficits at the
state Department of Environmental Conservation, which issues air
pollution permits…
http://www.timesunion.com/allnews/article/Polluters-not-paying-enough-to-cover-state-11256924.php
 

New Bill Would Allow for More Air Pollution Inspectors. The city
of St. Louis would have more money to hire air pollution
inspectors, under a bill before the board of aldermen. Alderwoman
Cara Spencer says there aren’t enough state inspectors here to
make sure buildings are knocked down properly without sending
asbestos into the air. “The state has one inspector for the
entire region who spot-checks demolitions in the city.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/06/30/new-bill-would-allow-for-more-air-pollution-inspectors/


CLIMATE CHANGE

An extensive first-of-its-kind study says global warming is
likely to hit southern and poorer US counties harder. Poor and
southern U.S. counties will get hit hardest by global warming,
according to a first-of-its-kind detailed projection of potential
climate change effects at the local level. The study, published
Thursday in the journal Science, calculates probable economic
harms and benefits for the more than 3,100 counties in the United
States…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_WARMING_COUNTIES_TXOL-?SITE=CAFRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


OTHER RELATED STORIES
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/29/climate/southern-states-worse-climate-effects.html?_r=0


A warming Antarctica will create new animal habitats. That could
lead to some epic competition. As climate change continues to
cause massive melting and ice loss in Antarctica, new habitats
may begin to open up for wildlife across the thawing continent,
scientists reported Wednesday. But while that may sound like a
boon for plants, microbes, birds and other organisms…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/06/28/a-warming-antarctica-is-becoming-more-hospitable-to-animals-that-could-lead-to-some-epic-battles/?utm_term=.71b0d5d568a3


Europe's extreme June heat clearly linked to climate change,
research shows. Heatwaves that saw deadly forest fires in
Portugal and soaring temperatures in England were made up to 10
times more likely by global warming, say scientists. Human-caused
climate change dramatically increased the likelihood of the
extreme heatwave that saw deadly forest fires blazing in Portugal
and Spain, new research has shown.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/30/europes-extreme-june-heat-clearly-linked-to-climate-change-research-shows


Heat Deaths in U.S. Cities Could Jump 10-fold If Climate Change
Isn't Slowed. America's exit from the Paris climate change
agreement will lead to more punishing summer heat waves and
thousands of additional heat-related deaths each year in major
U.S. cities, a new report claims. Conducted by the Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the report projected that all
51 of the country's urban areas…
http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/heat-deaths-in-u-s-cities-could-jump--fold/article_9a1b2c0e-af80-5156-8d11-5859c8b36a60.html


Here's where climate change will hit the U.S. the hardest.
Communities across the U.S. should brace themselves for severe
economic losses if climate change continues undeterred, according
to a new analysis. Every jump of 1 degree Celsius in temperature
will cost the U.S. about 1.2 percent in gross domestic product,
researchers said in a study that appears Friday in the journal
Science.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-changes-economic-impact-income-inequality/


Climate Change Could Spark Another Great Recession. This Time, It
May Be. Climate change will wreak havoc on the U.S. economy,
leading to as much as a 3% decline in national GDP by the end of
the 21st century if left unaddressed — and losses will be far
higher in some of the country's poorest areas, according to a new
study. Researchers behind the study, published in the journal
Science, evaluated a number of factors…
http://time.com/4837020/climate-change-economy-recession/ 

Cracking ice shelf affected by humans, but maybe not CO2. The
world is about to meet its biggest iceberg. When a huge segment
of the Larsen C Ice Shelf breaks off Antarctica, the floating
chunk will be the size of Delaware and could expand our
understanding of a region that holds 60 percent of Earth's fresh
water, locked in ice.
In recent days, the growth of the miles-long crack across the
ice…
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/30/stories/1060056856


HEATWAVE

California Today: Heat Wave’s Triple Threat. The winter’s
abundant snowfall in the Sierra Nevada was a godsend for
California’s water needs. The snowpack operates like a water tap
for the state. In a perfect world, melted snow flows at an even
pace into a network of waterways that help quench the needs of
farmers and city dwellers through the dry months of summer.
That’s not exactly what’s happened this year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/us/california-today-heat-wave-snowpack.html?em_pos=large&ref=headline&te=1&nl=california-today&emc=edit_ca_20170630&_r=0


VEHICLES

Electric Cars Are Coming Faster Than You Think, Enel Chief Says.
The pace of adoption for electric cars over the next few years
"could be surprising" and changing the global energy and auto
industries faster than people expect, the boss of Europe’s
largest utility said. Enel SpA is set to invest nearly 300
million euros ($341 million) to install about 12,000 recharging
columns for electric cars across Italy…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-30/electric-cars-are-coming-faster-thank-you-think-enel-chief-says

Volkswagen submits revised plan for installing charging stations
as part of emission-cheating settlement. Volkswagen would build
more electric vehicle charging stations in disadvantaged
communities under an updated plan being submitted to state
regulators on Thursday. The company’s subsidiary, Electrify
America, revised its proposal after an earlier version was
rejected as inadequate by the California Air Resources Board.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-volkswagen-electric-1498759445-htmlstory.html


Where to plug in? Lack of charging options is a big barrier to
electric car adoption in California. California has just 300,000
electric vehicles – far short of Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of 1.5
million by 2025. A new report says one of the biggest barriers to
getting more electric cars on the road is a lack of places to
plug in. In the past, the price of electric cars was an
impediment to their adoption.
http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/06/29/73379/where-to-plug-in-lack-of-charging-options-is-a-big/


UPS’s new vehicles are tiny — and Teamsters say they’re putting
them in peril. United Parcel Service Inc. is planning to use golf
carts to make package deliveries in suburban and residential
areas when needed. The new delivery option comes as Kentucky law
was recently loosened up on these vehicles. But Teamsters Local
89, which represents many UPS employees in Louisville, is
speaking out against it.
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2017/06/30/ups-s-new-vehicles-are-tiny-and-teamsters-say-they.html


More charging stations for electric cars pop up across South
Florida. The charging station for the electric car, once a thing
of the future, is starting to proliferate across South Florida.
They’re showing up at places like your local library or mall as
electric cars surge in popularity, officials say. Search electric
charging stations near you…
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-pn-boca-electric-car-charging-stations-20170627-story.html


Electric-car lessons, better hybrids, Tesla crash data, rigging
renewable energy: Todays Car News. Today, we've got a video on
some sleazy politics, information on Tesla insurance claims, an
opinion on which kinds of hybrids are best, and some lessons
learned on electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1111294_electric-car-lessons-better-hybrids-tesla-crash-data-rigging-renewable-energy-todays-car-news
 

China's SAIC Motor can start testing autonomous vehicles in
California. China's state-owned automaker SAIC Motor now has
clearance to start testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in
California. The SAIC Innovation Center in Silicon Valley,
established in 2015 as a subsidiary of SAIC Motor, received the
permit this week, according to the California Department of Motor
Vehicles website.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/29/chinas-saic-gets-california-autonomous-vehicle-testing-permit.html


GREEN ENERGY

Trump's energy promises? Some already exist. President Trump
announced a slate of initiatives yesterday to ramp up U.S. energy
development and exports as part of a mission to make America
"energy dominant." Trump told a room full of industry executives
at the Energy Department headquarters that he wants to boost
nuclear power, export more gas and coal, and expand oil and gas
drilling offshore and on public lands.
https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/06/30/stories/1060056863


BLOGS 

Waste as an Energy Source: the Path to a Low-Carbon Economy. The
goals agreed at the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference
(COP21) in 2015 are an ambitious call for action: The aim is to
keep global warming below 2 degrees C. For this to happen, the
emission of greenhouse gases will have to be completely halted
between 2045 and 2060, and the production of CO2…
https://eponline.com/articles/2017/06/30/waste-as-an-energy-source.aspx?admgarea=ht.globalwarming


Climate change sceptics suffer blow as satellite data correction
shows 140% faster global warming. New research 'substantially
undermines' claims that satellite data proved the Earth was not
warming as quickly as thought, Dr. Zeke Hausfather says. Climate
change deniers and sceptics have long pointed to satellite data
showing lower temperatures than those recorded on the ground.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/climate-change-sceptics-satellite-data-correction-global-warming-140-per-cent-zeke-hausfather-a7816676.html


Air Pollution Cuts Solar Power Generation By 25% in India, China.
Air pollutant particulate matter (PM), which accounts for three
million deaths a year, has significantly affected solar power
generation capacity in India and China, with a study saying it
could be as high as 25% in the land mass comprising the two
countries and the Arabian Peninsula.
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201706301055108764-air-pollution-india-china/


Cap HPI research reveals the cheapest diesel and petrol vehicles
to run. Research from Cap HPI has revealed the cheapest diesel
and petrol vehicles to run based on the total cost of ownership
(TCO) for the first three years. Cap HPI’s consumer and retail
editor Philip Nothard (pictured) said: “When it comes to the
pinpointing the leading cars with the lowest total cost of
ownership…
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/car-industry-news/2017/06/29/results-reveal-the-cheapest-diesel-and-petrol-vehicles-to-run