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Posted: 05 Jul 2017 16:40:47
CARB Newsclips for July 5, 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 CAP AND TRADE Governor pushes for cap-and-trade deal as deadline looms. Gov. Jerry Brown is working with lawmakers, business groups and environmentalists to reach a deal on extending cap and trade, California's landmark program aimed at slowing global warming. Brown wants a consensus before lawmakers start summer recess on July 21. Reaching a deal this week means the Legislature can vote by Monday… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APFN_CA_CALIFORNIA_CLIMATE_CHANGE_CAOL-?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT AIR POLLUTION Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution. An appeals court Monday struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s 90-day suspension of new emission standards on oil and gas wells, a decision that could set back the Trump administration’s broad legal strategy for rolling back Obama-era rules. In a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the EPA had the right to reconsider a 2016 rule limiting methane… https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-court-blocks-trump-epa-on-air-pollution/2017/07/03/464a7344-601e-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html?utm_term=.8955b52c74f9 Oh, say can you see…air pollution on the Fourth of July? The Fourth of July produces more than bursts of red, white and blue in the sky. It creates plumes of rancid smoke that can cause breathing problems. Officials at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District say the central San Joaquin Valley summer air already is laden with ozone pollution, and fireworks only add to the toxic mix. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article159446964.html#storylink=cpy Valero refinery sues PG&E over outage that idled gas making, spewed pollution. The Valero oil refinery is seeking $75 million from PG&E in a federal lawsuit that blames the utility for a May 5 power outage that disrupted gasoline production for a month, damaged equipment, and showered tons of air pollution on downwind areas. Some Benicia residents have criticized the oil refinery over pollution from hours of flaring that led to an industrial park being evacuated and an air quality agency issuing at least four... http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/07/03/valero-refinery-sues-pge-over-outage-that-idled-gas-making-spewed-pollution/ CLIMATE CHANGE Trump May Find Some Allies on Climate Change at G-20 Meeting. Western European efforts to isolate President Trump for rejecting the Paris climate change agreement appear to be faltering as leaders gather for a summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany, at the end of the week. The gulf between Mr. Trump’s worldview and that of most European leaders on topics from trade to immigration will be on display in the coming days. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/climate/g20-climate-change-paris-accord-trump-merkel-germany.html . A landmark climate lawsuit against Trump is scheduled for trial next year. Here’s what to expect. A trial date has finally been set for a groundbreaking, climate-change lawsuit being brought against the federal government after multiple hurdles in the past year threatened to prevent it from moving forward. Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin ordered that the trial begin Feb. 5, 2018.The order also permitted three fossil fuel industry trade associations… https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/05/__trashed/?utm_term=.b17dc72032e0 Trump administration cuts could stymie climate change research at UC Irvine. Researchers working on climate-oriented science at UC Irvine are cutting or scaling back their programs in anticipation of budget cuts that reflect the Trump administration’s skeptical views about global warming. The changes are coming as the school, as well as researchers at other institutions in Southern California, prepares to receive fewer… http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/03/trump-administration-cuts-could-stymie-climate-change-research/ Information is investment power in climate change era. Here's one way to deal with climate risk: "The fact that anyone is actually quantifying something like two degrees is laughable in the extreme." That was Nicholas Limb, chairman of Petroleum Company FAR, responding to a question at this year's AGM about climate change and his company's continued exploration in the face of action to combat climate change. http://www.smh.com.au/business/information-is-power-in-climate-change-era-20170705-gx55s1.html Dems who killed a carbon bill took $1.2M from industry. A group of California Democrats who helped kill a key climate proposal received $1.2 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry and other opponents of the measure. Those 17 Democrats are viewed as an important swing bloc as Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and lawmakers craft another bill that aims to add 10 years to the state's cap-and-trade program for carbon pollution. https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056933 58% believe humans cause warming — poll. Most Americans believe climate change is caused by human activities, according to a survey conducted by Yale University's Program on Climate Change Communication. Seventy percent of Americans believe climate change is happening, and 58 percent believe it is caused by human emissions, the highest number since researchers began the biannual survey in 2008. https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056959 FUELS Climate, poverty woes fuel BLM rule debate in N.M. gas patch. Desert sand crunches beneath Don Schreiber's boots as he approaches a gas well on his sprawling ranch in the heart of the San Juan Basin. The equipment is painted yellow and green to blend in with the scrub. But there's no hiding the odor of rotting eggs that wafts across the arid terrain. "Smell that?" Schreiber asks. Methane itself has no scent… https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056895 Methane ruling doesn't signal future court losses for Pruitt. Environmental groups welcomed a ruling from a federal appeals court this week overturning part of U.S. EPA's attempts to halt federal controls on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The decision, they said, shows that the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit is being "vigilant" about the agency following the law. https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056942 VEHICLES Why Sacramento leaders believe curbside vehicle chargers will be a game-changer. No garage? No problem. That’s what city officials want Sacramento residents thinking as they consider buying an electric car without regard for their overnight parking situation. The city’s first curbside electric vehicle chargers are set to go up at Southside Park next summer, allowing anyone to pull into a parking space and plug in. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article159509784.html#storylink=cpy Volvo: Gas-only cars are history after 2019. The future of cars: Self-driving and electric Volvo is going all in on the electric car. The Swedish automaker is slamming on the brakes on vehicles powered solely by internal combustion engines, announcing that every car it makes from 2019 onward will have an electric motor. The move makes Chinese-owned Volvo the first traditional carmaker to fully embrace electric and hybrid production. http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/05/autos/volvo-electric-cars-internal-combustion-engine/index.html?iid=surge-story-summary https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056955 GREEN ENERGY Utility proceeds with big wind investment in top coal state. President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back coal and climate-change regulations aren't discouraging a utility from making a $3.5 billion investment in wind energy, the bulk of which will build dozens of new wind turbines in the top coal-producing state. Rocky Mountain Power is ready to present its detailed wind plan to regulators in Wyoming… http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/utility-proceeds-big-wind-investment-top-coal-state-48360450 MISCELLANEOUS Port of Hueneme receives environmental certification. The Port of Hueneme recently became the first California port to receive the Green Marine Certification, which designates it as a national leader in environmental conservation. The Green Marine Certification is given to marine transportation industry companies throughout the nation that actively work to decrease their environmental footprints and continually improve their conservation efforts. http://www.vcstar.com/story/money/business/2017/07/04/port-hueneme-receives-environmental-certification/441260001/ Trump's alarming environmental rollback: what's been scrapped so far. Since January, the White House, Congress and EPA have engineered a dizzying reversal of regulations designed to protect the environment and public health. Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal may have followed months of anguished division amongst his closest advisers… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/04/trump-emvironmental-rollback-epa-scrap-regulations CO2 defender 'presumptive nominee' for CEQ boss. A fossil fuel champion is the presumptive nominee to lead the White House environmental shop, according to sources familiar with the hiring decision. Kathleen Hartnett White — a former Texas regulator who thinks carbon dioxide has been unfairly vilified — is expected to be President Trump's choice to lead the Council on Environmental Quality… https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2017/07/05/stories/1060056936 OPINIONS EPA’s Scott Pruitt is Trump’s most adept and dangerous hatchet man. Donald Trump is a crude buffoon who spends his days picking Twitter fights with people he sees on TV. He displays no skill, sophistication or capacity for subtle nuance in foreign or domestic policy. But Trump’s personal ineffectualness has not kept his administration from rapidly reversing the direction of the federal government in key areas… http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-hatchet-pruitt-20170702-story.html Nature a Powerful Force to Fight Climate Change. One month in, it is still hard to process President Donald Trump's decision to pull America out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. And yet as the Group of 20 leading economies meets in Hamburg, Germany, this week, the other 19 countries in attendance remain committed to the agreement. Not one country, rich or poor, has dropped out. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-07-05/at-g-20-countries-should-discuss-natures-power-to-fight-climate-change BLOGS Democrat Tackles Climate Change Issues, Defying GOP Leadership. Congressperson Eddie Bernice Johnson plans to hold a series of round tables on critical science issues, including ocean acidification and environmental justice. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson recently held an alternative hearing on climate change for members of Congress and the public, defying the leadership of the House Committee on Science… https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/democrat-tackles-climate-change-issues-defying-gop-leadership/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScientificAmerican-News+%28Content%3A+News%29 Air Pollution Solutions via Innovative CleanTech. The fight against air pollution is a costly battle being waged on a global scale. Famously catastrophic, the overwhelming air pollution in China has only worsened since receiving the media spotlight in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. China represents an extreme example of what our world could become. https://cleantechnica.com/2017/07/04/air-pollution-solutions-via-innovative-cleantech / Indigenous knowledge Helps Scientists To Assess Climate Change. Climate change is already well visible in the Alps. Over the last century, many glaciers have retreated back farther than humans have ever witnessed in historic times. The risk for rock-falls and landslides has significantly increased over time, impacting infrastructure and forcing to close traditional routes for tourists. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/07/05/indigenous-knowledge-helps-scientists-to-assess-climate-change/#657aa7215527 Scientists Grapple With the Mysteries of Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet. The ice sheet’s thaw has sped up in recent years – a change that could have a significant impact on global sea levels. Scientific research underway may help explain why. Every year, Greenland sheds more than 250 gigatons of ice – enough to fill the entire state of Texas with over a foot of water. Despite being one-tenth the size of Antarctica, Greenland’s ice sheet is now the single largest contributor to sea-level rise. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/07/05/scientists-grapple-with-the-mysteries-of-greenlands-melting-ice-sheet