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newsclips -- CARB Newsclips for July 3, 2017.
Posted: 03 Jul 2017 14:05:04
CARB Newsclips for July 3, 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 Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is pleased to announce that the Dairy and Livestock Working Group Subgroup #1 (Fostering Markets for Non-Digester Projects) will hold its kickoff meeting on July 17, 2017. Date: July 17, 2017 Time: 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM Location: CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building, Main Auditorium 1220 N Street, Sacramento More information on Subgroup #1 can be found at: https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/dairy/dsg1/dsg1.htm ________________________________ 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 AIR POLLUTION Air quality officials urge people to avoid fireworks to limit air pollution. Officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District are asking San Francisco Bay Area residents to avoid setting off their own fireworks this Fourth of July to limit air pollution. The smoke, dust and soot from fireworks can trigger asthma attacks, coughing, wheezing and eye irritation. People who are sensitive to air pollution such as those with respiratory conditions… http://www.ktvu.com/news/265346981-story CLIMATE CHANGE Rising temperatures could bump you from your flight. Thanks climate change. Over three days in late June, American Airlines canceled 57 regional flights out of Phoenix due to extreme heat of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. More heat waves in the future could mean flights get canceled, delayed or have to lose some weight. That weight could be you. In the aviation business, really hot days are called “weight restriction days,” because when it’s hot… https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/03/rising-temperatures-could-bump-you-from-your-flight-thanks-climate-change/?utm_term=.cd4966587616 E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, plans to convene a team of researchers to test the scientific premise of human-caused climate change, he told coal industry executives on Thursday. Speaking at a board meeting of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/climate/scott-pruitt-climate-change-red-team.html EPA chief pushing governmentwide effort to question climate change science. The Trump administration is debating whether to launch a governmentwide effort to question the science of climate change, an effort that critics say is an attempt to undermine the long-established consensus human activity is fueling the Earth’s rising temperatures. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/01/epa-chief-pushing-governmentwide-effort-to-question-climate-change-science/?utm_term=.cf677868edd6&wpisrc=nl_most-draw7&wpmm=1 Obama Rues Loss of ‘American Leadership’ on Climate Change. Former President Barack Obama on Saturday indirectly criticized President Trump in a speech delivered in Indonesia for withdrawing “American leadership” on climate change by abandoning the Paris accord. “In Paris, we came together around the most ambitious agreement in history about climate change… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/world/asia/obama-indonesia-climate-change.html G20 Summit: What To Expect From Talks On Climate Change After US’ Exit From Paris Agreement. All eyes will be on Hamburg where President Donald Trump is set to attend the G20 summit on 7-8 July. The summit has gained significance since German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to make the Paris Agreement on climate change a part of the key agenda. http://www.ibtimes.com/g20-summit-what-expect-talks-climate-change-after-us-exit-paris-agreement-2560705 The Navy showed Arnold Schwarzenegger how bad climate change will be for its bases. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the US military have at least one thing in common: they're both worried about climate change. The actor and former Republican governor of California recently visited Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world, to see how it's under threat from climate change. http://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-visits-naval-station-norfolk-which-climate-change-threatening-2017-6 UN chief: US may meet Paris climate goals despite exit. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United States may meet the Paris climate agreement's targets despite pulling out of the deal. Guterres says Michael Bloomberg, a U.N. special envoy on climate change, is "convinced" the U.S. will reach the Paris goals. Guterres says that is because some U.S. states, cities and businesses are committed to green energy. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chief-us-meet-paris-climate-goals-exit-48413383 FUELS Canada Report Touts Nat-Gas as Marine Fuel for Cost, Emissions Reductions. A new report released by the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance (CNGVA) says major economic benefits and emissions reductions can occur by expanding the use of natural gas as a marine fuel on Canada’s Great Lakes and East Coast. https://ngtnews.com/report-natural-gas-provides-cost-emissions-reductions-marine-fuel Court rejects Trump's delay of EPA drilling pollution rule. The Trump administration cannot delay an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule limiting methane pollution from oil and natural gas drilling, a federal court ruled Monday. In an early court loss for President Trump’s aggressive agenda of environmental deregulation… http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/340536-court-rejections-trumps-delay-of-epa-drilling-pollution-rule https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/07/03/stories/1060056926 VW RECALL Volkswagen To Launch Electric Car-Sharing Program In Sacramento. Volkswagen wants to launch an electric car-sharing program, and has chosen Sacramento as the first host city. The company says its $44 million Green City Initiative just needs approval from the California Air Resources Board. It's part of the company's settlement for its emissions cheating scandal. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/07/01/volkswagen-to-launch-electric-car-sharing-program-in-sacramento/ GREEN ENERGY Latin America is going through an energy transformation, and it could be a huge benefit to the U.S. From the northernmost point in Mexico to the tip of Tierra del Fuego in Chile, Latin American countries are experiencing an energy transformation. Some countries are moving faster than others. Some are struggling with long-running political battles that threaten development. The issues may seem remote to energy consumers in the United States, a country that, in the space of less than a decade, has experienced what’s been called an “energy renaissance” in oil and natural gas production… http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-latin-american-energy-20170703-story.html MISCELLANEOUS Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start. In the four months since he took office as the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt has moved to undo, delay or otherwise block more than 30 environmental rules, a regulatory rollback larger in scope than any other over so short a time in the agency’s 47-year history, according to experts in environmental law. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/politics/trump-epa-chief-pruitt-regulations-climate-change.html OPINIONS Nuclear Power and Climate Change. To the Editor: Re “Glut of Natural Gas Pressures Nuclear Power, and Climate Goals, Too” (news article, June 14): Your article’s contention that premature nuclear plant shutdowns will have “adverse consequences for climate change” is exactly right. That’s because existing nuclear plants provide a fifth of our energy in this country, and more than 60 percent of our carbon-free electricity. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/opinion/nuclear-power-and-climate-change.html?ref=opinion California may be leading on climate change, but that doesn’t mean it can ignore local pollution. Last year California lawmakers doubled down on the state’s landmark law to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The passage of Senate Bill 32 obligated the state to reduce emissions 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. It is an ambitious target that has, again, made California one of the world leaders in fighting climate change. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cap-and-trade-20170701-story.html Opinion: Speak up to stop Trump plan to drill off California’s coast. Breaching humpbacks, perky kingfishers, iridescent dolphinfish and perpetually cute sea otters are just a few of the 34 species of marine mammals, 180 types of birds and over 500 fish species that call the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary home. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/03/opinion-speak-up-to-stop-trump-plan-to-drill-off-californias-coast/ Is it enough? In a June 22 Register article, the impact of climate change on the wine industry is briefly addressed. During a panel presented by the Wine Spectator, Harvard professor John Holdren notes, “200 years of climate-change science leaves no room for doubt that climate changes are due to emission of heat-trapping gases from fossil-fuel burning and land-use change.” (Note: heat–trapping gases aka greenhouse gases). http://napavalleyregister.com/opinion/letters/is-it-enough/article_2d2f077d-8b43-5ad3-b21c-8a1c7af2f7d3.html BLOGS Four Green Technologies Growing Fast Enough To Achieve Zero-Emissions World, IEA Says. Four green technologies are growing fast enough to do their part in a zero-carbon-emissions world by mid-century, an International Energy Agency official said this week in Chicago. But they need a little help from other technologies, said Eric Masenet, the head of IEA's Energy Demand Technology Unit… https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/07/02/solar-and-wind-growth-on-track-for-a-zero-emissions-world-international-energy-agency-says/#1976bffd7779 In The U.S., The South Will Pay The Most For Climate Change, Study Finds. “If we continue on the current path, our analysis indicates it may result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the country’s history.” As temperatures rise in the coming decades, no part of the United States will pay a bigger price than the South. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-costs-south_us_5956644de4b05c37bb7de26a Germany breaks green energy record by generating 35% of power from renewables in first half of 2017. Country aiming to phase out nuclear plants by 2022. Germany raised the proportion of its power produced by renewable energy to 35 percent in the first half of 2017 from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association. Germany is aiming to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-green-technology-record-power-generation-35-per-cent-renewables-solar-wind-turbines-a7820156.html