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Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:49:02
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. 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 California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.