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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for October 14, 2014.
Posted: 14 Oct 2014 13:37:22
ARB Newsclips for October 14, 2014. 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. CAP AND TRADE E.ON wants deep EU emissions cuts, early carbon trade reform. The head of Germany's biggest utility, E.ON (EONGn.DE), said on Monday an EU package of 2030 targets for tackling climate change looks likely to bring deep carbon emissions cuts and early reforms to the bloc's Emissions Trading System. Leaders of the 28 EU countries meet on Oct. 23-24 to agree on a package of 2030 targets for emissions cuts, the deployment... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-climatechange-summit-eon-idUSKCN0I217C20141013 CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change a threat to national security, Pentagon says. ...13, 2014 Updated 24 minutes ago In this Oct. 10, 2014 photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at a new conference at the Tolemaida military base in Melgar, Colombia. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday released a report asserting decisively that climate change poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages. It also predicted rising demand for military disaster responses as extreme weather creates... http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/13/3589900/pentagon-signals-security-risks.html U.S. military lays out plan for coping with climate change. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday laid out its plan to respond to climate change, arguing that rising temperatures and more frequent destructive weather around the globe pose "immediate risks to U.S. national security." Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-usa-climatechange-defense-idUSKCN0I227Y20141013 Companies woefully unprepared for climate events-S&P. (For others news from Reuters Global Climate Change Summit, click on: here) * Grid operators most exposed to weather event risks * Energy firms most exposed to climate policy risk * Emissions cuts could benefit automotive sector LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Many companies... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/climatechange-summit-sp-idUSL6N0S821A20141013 FUELS Gas prices fall another nickel in Sacramento area. Sacramento-area gasoline prices edged down for the 14th consecutive week, and analysts believe the cost-lowering streak will continue well into November. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/10/13/6780110/gas-prices-fall-another-nickel.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News Fuels San Joaquin Valley gas prices continue to tumble. The Fresno BeeOctober 13, 2014 Updated 1 hour ago Gas prices dropped 9 cents in the last month. Gas prices in Fresno have been sliding since the fall switch to a less-expensive blend of wintertime gasoline. Falling oil prices in recent weeks have helped push prices down further. Prices in Fresno have fallen 9 cents in the last week to an average $3.56 a gallon, according to AAA of Northern California. In the Visalia-Tulare-Porterville area,... http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/13/4176994/san-joaquin-valley-gas-prices.html?sp=%2f99%2f170%2f VEHICLES How the New Tesla 'D' Will Upend Your Expectations for Electric Cars. Tesla unveiled an all-wheel drive version of its Model-S on Thursday. The new car is an improvement over the two-wheel-drive version in almost every way, with increased efficiency, range, acceleration, top speed, and a slew of futuristic auto-pilot features. http://insideclimatenews.org/content/how-new-tesla-d-will-upend-your-expectations-electric-cars Self-driving Cars are Coming. ...cover more than 1/3 of the land area.” But what if you never need to park your car? What if it just drops you off and goes and does something useful? No need for parking garages, parking lots, driveways… Plus, one MIT study found that 40 percent of total gasoline use in cars in urban areas is spent while drivers look for parking. No Mandatory Car Insurance: Self driving cars won't crash and will disrupt the $200 billion auto insurance industry. A Cultural Shift to Sharing – The 6 D's of Transportation:... http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdiamandis/2014/10/13/self-driving-cars-are-coming/ GREEN ENERGY EPA says it has met with 600 groups on CO2 rule. ...Vermont, to meet by 2030. EPA says the standards will result in about a 30pc reduction in the sector's emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. The proposal would allow states to use a broad range of measures to meet the targets, including emissions trading, more renewable energy and energy efficiency. EPA is accepting public comment on the proposal until 1 December. EPA says it has already received more than 1mn comments. http://www.argusmedia.com/pages/NewsBody.aspx?id=934601&menu=yes Most Australian Households Consider Switch to Solar, Survey Shows. Nine out of 10 Australians have considered, or would consider, switching to solar energy as a way to cut their power bills, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by Ernst & Young, found that money was the key driver for 70 percent of those people who had already installed solar, while the cost of installation... http://insideclimatenews.org/content/most-australian-households-consider-switch-solar-survey-shows Companies abandon ambitious desert solar project. The Associated PressOctober 14, 2014 Updated 23 minutes ago BERLIN — It sounded like a good idea: build massive solar energy plants in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East to supply Europe with 15 percent of its electricity needs by 2050. But the consortium behind the ambitious plan has now admitted defeat following disagreements over funding... http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/14/4177685/companies-abandon-ambitious-desert.html?sp=%2f99%2f170%2f IKEA may tighten carbon rules to protect environment. ...emissions price to help its drive to protect the environment and create a "new and better" company, chief executive Peter Agnefjall said. IKEA, seen as global trend-setter among retailers on green issues, is also on target to invest $1.5 billion in solar and wind power by 2015, and bought a higher proportion of its wood and cotton from sustainable sources in 2014 to aid consumers shift to greener lifestyles. "We see sustainability as a driver of building a new and better IKEA," Agnefjall told... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-climatechange-summit-ikea-idUSKCN0I211020141013 Wind Power Is Cheapest Energy, E.U. Analysis Finds (Guardian). Wind Power Is Cheapest Energy, E.U. Analysis Finds Onshore wind is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of 'external' factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account,... http://insideclimatenews.org/content/wind-power-cheapest-energy-eu-analysis-finds BLOGS EPA says 24.1-mpg new car average is best-ever. 2013 Model Year Was Half-Gallon MPG More Efficient Than 2012 Well done, America. Through some combination of market forces and government regulations and advancing technology, you've managed to buy enough fuel efficient vehicles to raise the overall average for the 2013 model year to 24.1 miles per gallon – that's 0.5 mpg higher than model year 2012. It's also... http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/08/epa-24-mpg-new-car-average-best-ever/?icid=autobloggrn%7ctrend%7call-time-high-mpg-averages Cadillac To Offer All-Electric Car As Well As Plug-In Hybrid, ELR Successor.While General Motors' plug-in electric cars are in a bit of a sales lull this fall, the company has an expanding number of plug-in products planned for years to come. The latest to be uncovered--at least in the planning stages--is an all-electric Cadillac sedan. DON'T MISS:... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094907_cadillac-to-offer-all-electric-car-as-well-as-plug-in-hybrid-elr-successor Auction to place first VW e-Golf, raffle to place first Toyota FCV in US. ...Inc. (VWoA) and Global Green USA will auction the first 2015 battery-electric Volkswagen e-Golf in the US. That announcement follows Toyota's announcement that it is partnering with the Environmental Media Association (EMA) to raffle off the company's first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle when it arrives in California in late 2015. BMW earlier had auctioned off a one-of-a-kind 2014 BMW i8 for $825,000 during Gooding & Company's annual Pebble Beach Auctions. Volkswagen e-Golf.... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/10/20141013-auction.html Worldwide sales of Toyota Corp. hybrids top 7 million; Prius family accounts for 67.8% ...production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008. Click to enlarge. Toyota calculates that as of 30 September, Toyota hybrid vehicles have resulted in approximately 49 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions than would have been emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance. Toyota also estimates that its hybrid vehicles have saved approximately 18 million kiloliters (4.755 billion gallons US) of gasoline compared to the amount used by gasoline-powered... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/10/20141014-tmc.html Paul Ryan Thinks Humans Might Not Be The Cause Of Climate Change. KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The planet has faced climate change forever and humans' pollution might not be to blame for shifts, Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan said Monday during a debate against his Democratic challenger. Ryan, favored to win re-election to his seat representing GOP-leaning... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/paul-ryan-climate-change_n_5980398.html?ir=Politics&utm_hp_ref=politics California Farmers Pray for Rain, Prepare for Continued Drought. KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk reporter Rachael Myrow moderates a panel discussion on sustainable agriculture for The Center for Land-Based Learning. Panelists (L to R): Kat Taylor, Founding Director of TomKat Ranch & CEO of Beneficial State Bank; Bonnie... http://blogs.kqed.org/feeds/2014/10/13/california-farmers-pray-for-rain-prepare-for-continued-drought/ Drop a brick, feel better about the California drought. ...and arrive in the mail squished flat. They're filled with a hydro-gel that expands once you add a bit of water and makes the thing heavy enough to sink. It's a great PR campaign for water-saving techniques in a state that's probably going through its worst drought in 500 years and whose dwindling aquifers are getting slammed with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater, along with plenty of other bad news. Americans use more water flushing toilets than showering or any other activity, according to the... http://grist.org/article/drop-a-brick-feel-better-about-the-california-drought California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.