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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for October 21, 2014
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ARB Newsclips for October 21, 2014. This is a service of the California Air Resources Boards Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. AIR POLLUTION Return of Bicycle Culture In China Adds To Billionaires' Wealth. China's campaign to re-embrace its biking tradition is catapulting the wealth of two Chinese billionaires. To reduce air pollution and traffic jam, the country has become a leader in building sharable biking systems. Last year, China, with its fleet of 650,000 public bikes, surpassed Italy as the country with most bike-share programs. Now, the world's top four... http://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2014/10/20/return-of-bicycle-culture-in-china-adds-to-billionaires-wealth/ CAP AND TRADE California farmers getting $3.6 Million in grants. SACRAMENTO To help them pay for ways to reduce water use ?These projects are critical because? Three-point-six million dollars -- the state?s portion of Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds -- are being sent to farmers in California to help them pay for systems to save water, the California Department of Food and Agriculture says Monday. The money will pay for 93 different projects to implement... http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=26971 CLIMATE CHANGE U.S. Oil Exports Would Worsen Global Warming, Government Auditors Say. ...the vantage point of the climate crisis, GAO report discussing several benefits of lifting the oil export ban is more disturbing. Allowing United States oil producers to export crude would not only sway markets at home and abroad, it would also worsen global warming and present other environmental risks, the Government Accountability Office said in a new survey of experts. "Additional crude oil production may pose risks to the quality and quantity of surface groundwater sources; increase greenhouse... http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141020/us-oil-exports-would-worsen-global-warming-government-auditors-say As Peru's glaciers shrink, government says climate change is to blame. Our software detected that cookies are disabled in your browser. Cookies need to be enabled to access E&E Publishing's premium content. Please allow cookies from www.eenews.net and refresh this page. You may need to relaunch your web browser. Need... http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/10/20/stories/1060007542 EMISSIONS: U.S. should focus on black carbon, methane at Arctic Council. -- The United States should use its coming leadership of the Arctic Council to reduce black carbon and methane emissions that have a disproportionate impact on the rapidly melting polar region, according to a new study from an environmental advocacy group. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/10/20/stories/1060007548 Climate wars: The Pentagon doesn't need more global hotspots. Pittsburgh Post-GazetteOctober 20, 2014 Updated 3 hours ago The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday, Oct. 17: Conservative members of Congress may not be ready to acknowledge the reality of climate change, but the Pentagon sees it for what it is - a threat to national security. On Monday, the Pentagon issued a report assessing the immediate dangers of climate change. The military is no longer treating it as a theoretical... http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/20/3600613/climate-wars-the-pentagon-doesnt.html Warming Earth heading for hottest year on record. ...normal, Blunden said. If 2014 breaks the record for hottest year, that also should sound familiar: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010 all broke NOAA records for the hottest years since records started being kept in 1880. "This is one of many indicators that climate change has not stopped and that it continues to be one of the most important issues facing humanity," said University of Illinois climate scientist Donald Wuebbles. Some people, mostly non-scientists, have been claiming that the world... http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/20/3600864/another-month-another-global-heat.html How Climate Change Is Fueling the Miami Real Estate Boom. As a city sitting virtually at sea level, Miami has been called ground zero for the problems posed by climate change, a place where rising sea levels threaten its future existence. The latest forecast of sea level rise from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,... http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-20/how-climate-change-is-fueling-the-miami-real-estate-boom DROUGHT California drought: Governor Jerry Brown touts water bond measure at Stanford summit. ...his first two terms as governor, he set the table and made the proposals, he said. Another two terms are needed, he said, "to finally carry the ball across the finish line." More than 70 percent of the western United States is in the grip of an ongoing drought that shows no signs of ending. California is experiencing its third year of historic drought conditions, with losses to the agricultural sector totaling about $2.2 billion in 2014 alone. The governor has asked residents to cut back... http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_26763293/california-drought-governor-jerry-brown-touts-water-bond FUELS Diesel price continues near 4-month downslide, remains at 28-month low. ...ended Oct. 20 to $3.656, according to the Department of Energy's weekly report , marking the 16th week in a row without an increase. Related Cheaper crude driving down diesel prices; price drop expected to continue The country's average price for a gallon of diesel fuel should continue to fall this year and next, according to the Department of Energy, who ... The price of diesel has now fallen every week since the first week of the July, save for a week with no change in early September. It has fallen... http://www.overdriveonline.com/diesel-price-continues-near-4-month-downslide-remains-at-28-month-low/ VEHICLES Carmakers, utility research group unveil new EV charging software. Beginning with electric cars, appliances of the future may interact with the power grid and utilities via a two-way street -- receiving and even sending electricity more efficiently.In the electric car world, the phenomenon is called vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, technology. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/10/20/stories/1060007547 EV charging comes to S.F. apartment buildings. ...announced the size of those fees.) The idea has one other twist: All tenants who sign up with the service can use Powertree's chargers in any building, so long as there's space available. Need to run an errand in another neighborhood? You can drive your EV there, use Powertree's mobile app to locate a nearby garage and use the same app to open an electric garage door that Powertree will install in each building. Plug the car in, run your errand, then drive home. As an added bonus, you'll actually have... http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/EV-charging-comes-to-S-F-apartment-buildings-5835409.php GREEN ENERGY College View to go solar. ...panels at 13 campuses in the last two years, Glendale school officials are now looking to to add them to College View School. School officials dedicated about $8 million in Measure S funds to place panels at seven schools and another $4.6 million with clean renewable energy bonds for six other campuses. The school board last week agreed to hire Clyde Murley, an independent energy consultant, to look at options for installing panels at what would be a 14th school, College View School, a campus that... http://www.latimes.com/tn-gnp-college-view-to-go-solar-20141018-story.html Geothermal power industry lost steam but may be poised for comeback. Geothermal power was once king of California's renewable energy. So many companies were clamoring to transform steam into electricity that they sucked the world's largest geyser field dry. But the industry's shortsightedness and its slowness to innovate left geothermal floundering for... http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-geothermal-20141020-story.html Big Box Retail's Latest Bright Idea: Solar Power. Big companies are finally beginning to see the light. Over the past two years, the top 25 corporate solar users in America have more than doubled their capacity, according to a new report by the Solar Energy Industries Association. Cumulatively, these companies produced enough electricity last year to power more than 115,000 homes. Leading the pack by a significant margin: Wal-Mart Stores (WMT). The retail giant produced 105 megawatts... http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-20/big-box-retails-latest-bright-idea-solar-power For Waller Wind Turbines, Iowa Engineer Looks to Concrete. If wind turbines stood 20 or 40 meters taller than they typically do today, they would produce more energy and possibly make wind energy economically viable in areas where it currently is not. An Iowa engineer says the solution to provide the necessary growth spurt is to switch from steel to concrete. http://insideclimatenews.org/content/waller-wind-turbines-iowa-engineer-looks-concrete Cheap African Solar Energy Could Power U.K. Homes in 2018. Investors are seeking funding from the U.K. government for an ambitious plan to import solar energy generated in North Africa. http://insideclimatenews.org/content/cheap-african-solar-energy-could-power-uk-homes-2018 New solar modules set efficiency records and enter the power market. This summer, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems unveiled a solar module that operates with 36.7 percent efficiency, a world record. The device uses concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, bypassing some of the fundamental performance limitations in conventional solar panels. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/10/20/stories/1060007546 Solar Consolidation Expected as Tax Credit Drives Deals. Acquisitions in the solar industry will take off as manufacturers and developers prepare for the expiration of a tax credit that's helping drive a U.S. installation boom. With renewable-energy executives gathering for the Solar Power International conference that began yesterday in Las Vegas, some will be shopping their companies around and others may be evaluating potential purchases, said Michael Horwitz,... http://insideclimatenews.org/content/solar-consolidation-expected-tax-credit-drives-deals BLOG How Many Celebrities Drive Toyota Prius Hybrids? Well, What's A Celebrity? ...but the Toyota Prius hybrid's popularity with celebrities is well known. It's as much a fixture of Hollywood as gossip and botox. Celebrities looking to advertise their environmentalist principles flock to the Prius, but competitive hybrids and now plug-in electric cars have made the Toyota... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095029_how-many-celebrities-drive-toyota-prius-hybrids-well-whats-a-celebrity Official: 2015 Green Car Of The Year finalists announced, run alt-fuel gamut. ...Audi A3 TDI), your 40+ mile-per-gallon gas engine (the Honda Fit) and, finally, a car that can do a little bit of everything (the VW Golf). The Golf is available at least in some parts of the US with three different powertrains: a 2.0-liter diesel, a gasoline engine and all-electric drive. The Impala can burn either natural gas or gasoline in its 3.6-liter engine. The A3 is an efficiency champ, able to get 73.5 mpg on some European tests. The i3 can be a pure electric vehicle or... http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/21/2015-green-car-of-the-year-finalists-announced/ Video proof that LaFerrari has a pure electric mode. ...us? Well, it's quite obvious that you can drive a LaFerrari on nothing but electric power. As for why Ferrari doesn't advertise this fact, we're inclined to agree with the folks at Jalopnik, who uncovered the video. It's more than likely that the hypercar's EV range is so pitifully low that Maranello doesn't see it as worth mentioning. What do you think? Does an EV mode for a 949-horsepower, 205-mph hypercar even matter? Should Ferrari include it as an actual, driver-accessible item, even if the... http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/20/laferrari-pure-electric-mode-video/?icid=autoblog%7ccheck-these-out Ford Focus Electric gets $6,000 price drop, now starts at $29,995. Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive In early 2013, the Nissan Leaf shed a massive $6,500 from its $35,200 base price to offer a new starting price of $28,800. Since then, we have seen numerous other plug-in vehicles get smaller price tags,... http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/20/ford-focus-electric-ev-6k-price-drop-29995/ EV buyers not exactly happy with dealership experience. ...prospect of Tesla getting direct-sales rights. Michigan is the latest battleground between Tesla and pro-dealership entities. See below for an abstract on the UC Davis report and then read more here. New Car Dealers and Retail Innovation in California's Plug-In Electric Vehicle Market Abstract: Innovative new products like plug-in electric vehicles may need new approaches to market and sell them. We conducted 43 interviews with automakers and dealers selling plug-in vehicles in... http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/20/ev-buyers-not-exactly-happy-with-dealership-experience/ EPA researchers find widespread use of nano cerium diesel fuel additives could have measurable impact on air quality. Predicted surface-level concentrations of cerium due to use of nCe diesel fuel additives. Credit: ACS, Erdakos et al. Click to enlarge. Results of a modeling study by researchers from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggest that widespread use of nanoparticulate cerium (nCe) diesel fuel... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/10/20141021-nce.html Delaware Vehicle-To-Grid Test Lets Electric Cars Sell Power. The ability to have large numbers of electric cars store energy and feed it back into electric grids is still many years away, but researchers are studying how it could work in the real world. Vehicle-to-grid technology is seen by some as a way to smooth out demand for grid electricity... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094990_delaware-vehicle-to-grid-test-lets-electric-cars-sell-power Amsterdam's Schiphol airport launches fleet of 167 Tesla electric taxis. ...new fleet of 167 Tesla Model S taxis, giving it the largest fleet of all-electric taxis of any airport in the world. The cabs will be operated by two taxi companies BBF Schipholtaxi and BIOS-groep who will shuttle passengers to and from the airport with zero emissions. "This represents a crucial step in our efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and become one of the world's three most sustainable airports," said Schiphol Group CEO Jos Nijhuis. Last year, the airport authority brokered a deal to buy Europe's... http://green.autoblog.com/2014/10/20/schiphol-airport-167-tesla-model-s-taxis-official/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.