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Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:49:02
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UN CLIMATE TALKS

With 151 days left until COP21, business hones in on what to
expect.
At times it has appeared that journalists almost could get away
with rehashing old news stories from the last United Nations
climate summit, repeating stock phrases about "painstakingly slow
progress," rows between rich and poor countries and NGOs warning
of the fossil fuel lobby's malign influence on any future deal.
At the most recent meeting in Bonn, Germany last month, countries
once again disappointed, when after two weeks' talking they had
succeeded in reducing the unwieldy 80-plus page text by just four
pages.
http://www.greenbiz.com/article/151-days-left-until-cop21-business-hones-what-expect


AIR POLLUTION

Beijing says its air pollution better in first half of 2015.  
Air quality in Beijing, notorious for its smoggy sky, improved
during the first six months of 2015, the city government said.
The concentration of PM 2.5 — tiny airborne particles that are
particularly harmful to human health — dropped by 15.2 percent
from a year earlier to an average of 77.7 micrograms per cubic
meter during the first half of the year, the government said,
citing data from the municipal environment protection bureau.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_AIR_POLLUTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/beijing-says-its-air-pollution-better-in-first-half-of-2015/2015/07/03/e596f304-2174-11e5-a135-935065bc30d0_story.html


How Fireworks Pollution Could Be Hurting Your Health.
Fireworks on the Fourth of July dramatically increase air
pollution, boosting exposure to potentially dangerous pollutants
for millions of onlookers, according to a recent study in the
journal Atmospheric Environment.
http://time.com/3943702/fourth-of-july-fireworks-pollution/ 

Fourth of July fireworks linked to spike in air pollution.
A new study suggests fireworks not only put on a dazzling light
show, they also release large amounts of pollution. On average,
concentrations of air-borne particles rose 42 percent around the
Fourth of July, according to a new study from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Researchers used several
years of data from 315 U.S. air quality monitoring stations
around the country to gather their results.
http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/07/03/52833/4th-of-july-fireworks-linked-to-spike-in-air-pollu/


CLIMATE CHANGE

Scientists convinced European heat waves boosted by climate
change.
As Germany and Spain sweated and London sweltered through its
hottest July day on record this week, scientists said it is
"virtually certain" that climate change is increasing the
likelihood of such heat waves in Europe. In real-time data
analysis released on Friday, a team of international climate
scientists from universities, meteorological services and
research organizations said the kind of heat waves hitting Europe
this week – defined as three-day periods of excessive heat – are
becoming much more frequent in the region.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/03/us-climatechange-heatwaves-europe-idUSKCN0PD1PU20150703


How America is quietly becoming a climate change leader.
When it comes to the fight against climate change, the United
States is often cast as a laggard – if not an outright pariah.
But that portrait is quietly changing. On one hand, the
fundamentals of America’s conflict over the human role in climate
change remain unchanged. A cap-and-trade bill to reduce carbon
emissions remains a nonstarter in Congress, and 41 percent of
Americans say global warming has more to do with natural causes
than human activity,according to Gallup.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0702/How-America-is-quietly-becoming-a-climate-change-leader


DIESEL EMISSIONS

CARB Approves Emissions Capture System as Alternative to Shore
Power.  
Clean Air Engineering-Maritime (CAEM) Wednesday announced that it
has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) approval for
the Maritime Emissions Treatment System (METS), a portable ship
emissions capturing system and alternative to shore power. The
METS-1, CAEM's first-generation system, is mounted and deployed
from a barge that is positioned alongside ships berthed at the
Port of Los Angeles
http://shipandbunker.com/news/am/208322-carb-approves-emissions-capture-system-as-alternative-to-shore-power-video


DROUGHT

Rural Sonoma County residents ordered to conserve water use.
Rural Sonoma County residents are about to fall under state
mandates to conserve water, largely through cutting back on
outdoor irrigation, under an emergency measure aimed at
protecting endangered coho salmon. The water limits, including
prohibitions on watering lawns and washing vehicles, initially
will apply to the owners of about 3,750 parcels who rely
primarily on private wells in the “critical areas” of four
watersheds key to young coho salmon. The board has the option to
expand the rules to all 13,000 parcels in the watersheds. 
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4139839-181/rural-sonoma-county-residents-ordered


FUELS

Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels
will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting”
policy implications.
A study by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and a Michigan State University colleague has concluded that even
with a relatively high rate of electrification of the US
light-duty fleet (40% of vehicle miles traveled and 26% by fuel),
an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 relative to 1990 can
only be achieved with significant quantities of low-carbon liquid
fuel. The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental
Science & Technology. 
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/07/20150703-meier.html

GREEN ENERGY

Solar Impulse: One Giant Leap for Green Energy.
As the U.S. East Coast enjoyed a lazy Sunday afternoon on June
28, an airplane took off from Nagoya, in central Japan, without
any gas aboard. Four days later it’s still in the air, proceeding
across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii at the stately pace of around
30 knots. Its pilot and lone occupant, André Borschberg, has
already set the world record for longest-duration solo flight,
and as of this afternoon he has nearly another day ahead of him
at the controls. The weather is not cooperating. It is a tense
time.
http://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/short-flight-man-one-giant-leap-batteries-180955809/?no-ist


MISCELLANEOUS

Solar-powered plane lands in Hawaii after flight from Japan.
A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a
record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from
Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg and his single-seat aircraft landed
at Kalaeloa, a small airport outside Honolulu. His 120-hour
voyage from Nagoya broke the record for the world's longest
nonstop solo flight, his team said. The late U.S. adventurer
Steve Fossett set the previous record of 76 hours when he flew a
specially-designed jet around the globe in 2006.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/technology/article26215081.html


Green movement coloring way sports looks at environment.
Andrew Ference was at the beginning of his NHL career when he met
Dr. David Suzuki, who hosts a TV show in Canada. The conversation
with the award-winning scientist changed the life of the young
defenseman. Ference told Suzuki about all the ways he's
environmentally responsible at home. The famous environmentalist
responded with a shrug.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPORTS_ENVIRONMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT




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