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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for August 26, 2015.
Posted: 26 Aug 2015 15:51:29
ARB Newsclips for August 26, 2015. 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 An FAQ on climate-change bills: What they mean for business. Champions of climate change regulations gathered in a Capitol hallway Tuesday in an attempt to answer critics about two bills pending before the Assembly. To show California’s business community is on board with the legislation, Senate leader Kevin de León appeared alongside representatives for Facebook… http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2015/08/26/an-faq-on-climate-change-bills-what-they-mean-for.html Cap-and-trade money replaces redevelopment funds for cash-short projects. National City in San Diego County was one of the last places in California to lock in redevelopment money to start an affordable housing project, just before the state abolished that revenue source. The city of 60,000 people had enough to launch the first half of its planned development… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060023941/search?keyword=california $2.2B in cap-and-trade funds begins flowing, boosting rail, housing, clean cars. California is starting to dole out nearly $2.2 billion generated by its cap-and-trade program to cut carbon emissions, allocating funds to hundreds of projects. Winners include regional rail, electric car rebates and rooftop solar for low-income residents. Revenue from auctions of pollution permits under the system… http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060023868 AIR POLLUTION New Mexico monitoring wildfires' impact on air quality. State health and environment officials are closely monitoring New Mexico air quality in the wake of wildfires still burning in the Pacific Northwest. Officials from the state Department of Health and Environment Department say the air quality may change on a daily basis. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NM_AIR_QUALITY_NMOL-?SITE=NMALJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Lawmakers will alter climate-change bills to boost oversight of Air Resources Board. With legislation to battle climate change facing a tough road in the Assembly, top state senators said Tuesday that they would make changes in an effort to alleviate some lawmakers' concerns that California's air regulator is gaining too much power. http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-fran-pavley-climate-change-legislation-20150825-story.html ARB opens applications window for CoolCalifornia Small Business Awards. The California Air Resources Board is accepting applications through Nov. 2 for its sixth annual CoolCalifornia Small Business Awards Program. The awards recognize small firms that integrate positive environmental practices and sustainability into their business practices, including reduced energy use… http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article32356671.html#storylink=cpy East Oakland Residents to Breathe Easier. Activists led a successful campaign to reroute diesel-spewing trucks away from residential streets. East Oakland residents suffer from some of the most polluted air in Alameda County, but they will soon breathe a little easier thanks to a successful years-long campaign to get big-rig trucks off local streets. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/east-oakland-residents-to-breathe-easier/Content?oid=4472208 Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in West. Massive wildfires in the West have led to poor air quality across the region, causing respiratory problems for people far from the fire lines as well as grounding firefighting aircraft. “It’s been a nightmare to breathe,” said Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers in Washington state. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/26/western-wildfires/32387257/ CLIMATE CHANGE Global insecurity and refugee crisis linked to climate change: expert. Climate change is "adding fuel to the fire" of worsening political instability and unrest around the world, an expert told a security forum. "We are experiencing a surprising uptick in global insecurity... partially due to our inability to manage climate stress," Columbia University professor Marc Levy, who conducts studies for U.S. government agencies… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/us-climatechange-security-aid-idUSKCN0QV0ER20150826 What glaciers might look like in a future haunted by global warming. The town of Fiesch, Switzerland, sits surrounded by the largest glaciers in the Swiss Alps: the Aletsch, Fiescher and neighboring Rhone glacier. Beginning in 1674, the people of the devoutly Catholic town have made an annual pilgrimage to pray for the glaciers to recede. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/08/26/what-glaciers-might-look-like-in-a-future-haunted-by-global-warming/ New Application Shows Projected Climate Change Impacts in California. An application that shows how climate change could alter ecosystems in the California desert and the natural range of birds, fish, and mammals was released today by the California Energy Commission. The Climate Console provides information that can improve landscape-level planning to better account for climate change. http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/4963-new-application-shows-projected-climate-change-impacts-in-california.html California climate researchers sound the alarm at symposium: ‘There’s no way out’. A warming atmosphere has already worsened California’s drought and harmed coastal ecosystems, but the worst is yet to come, according to the latest scientific research presented this week on the interactions of air pollution, water reserves and weather patterns. http://www.dailynews.com/article/20150825/NEWS/150829648 New Study Attributes Fewer Carbon Emissions To China. So Where Did They Go? The pollution caused by China’s coal use gets a great deal of attention, and for good reason. It causes health problems in both China and America — helping to kill 4,000 Chinese people per day and traveling across the Pacific Ocean to increase smog levels in the western United States. China burns four times as much coal as the United States does. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/25/3694669/chinas-missing-carbon-emissions/ DROUGHT Drought-plagued California readies for El Nino storms. While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Nino event has communities clearing out debris basins, urging residents to stock up on emergency supplies and even talking about how a deluge could affect the 50th Super Bowl. http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article32412183.html http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/26/california-drought-el-nino/32390855/ Drought-plagued California communities ready for nature's next challenge: El Nino. While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Nino event has communities clearing out debris basins and urging residents to stock up on emergency supplies. Roofers, on the other hand, are reveling in the uptick in business as homeowners ready for the prospect of downpours after four years of dry weather. http://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015/08/26/drought-plagued-california-readies-for-el-nino-storms Steyer launches fund to help drought victims. California climate activist Tom Steyer announced a relief fund today aimed at helping Californians cope with the state's historic drought. The California Drought Relief Fund will assist people who have run out of water or are affected by wildfires. Steyer said climate change is exacerbating the drought, underscoring the need to control greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060023964/search?keyword=california FUELS New Jersey’s $225 Million Settlement With Exxon Mobil Is Approved. New Jersey’s widely debated $225 million settlement of a pollution lawsuit with Exxon Mobil Corporation was approved on Tuesday by a state judge who called the deal fair, reasonable and in the public interest. The ruling comes in a longstanding legal battle in which New Jersey demanded $8.9 billion in compensation for natural resource damage… http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/nyregion/new-jerseys-225-million-settlement-with-exxon-mobil-is-approved.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0 Troubled California oil field regulator faces major overhaul. California’s embattled oil field regulatory agency will undergo a sweeping overhaul following revelations that the office for years let petroleum companies dump their waste water into federally protected aquifers. The state’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources will reorganize its staff into teams… http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Troubled-California-oil-field-regulator-faces-6465373.php GAS PRICES: If price of crude oil's down, why are fuel costs so high? But Inland motorists for the most part aren’t seeing the benefits of the lowest oil prices since 2009. Gas is 12 cents cheaper than it was a week ago across Inland Southern California and half a dollar less than it was in late July. “It’s a start,” said Jose Alvarado, who works as a groundskeeper at UC Riverside, while filling up with mid-level octane… http://www.pe.com/articles/california-778036-oil-prices.html US environmental agency advising Australia on impact of fracking on water. The US’s Environmental Protection Agency has given Australia’s Department of the Environment details of recent fracking study and is peer reviewing papers. The Australian government has obtained information from US environmental regulators on the impact of fracking upon water supplies… http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/26/us-environmental-agency-advising-australia-on-impact-of-fracking-on-water VEHICLES Electric-Car Driver To Plant Trees In 48 States On Cross-Country Trip. Despite its name, National Drive Electric Week is actually an international awareness event for plug-in electric cars. And in concert with this year's event, one driver is taking a road trip. Quite an impressive road trip, actually--in an electric car, naturally. Formerly known as National Plug-In Day, it's organized by advocacy group Plug-In America… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099741_electric-car-driver-to-plant-trees-in-48-states-on-cross-country-trip GREEN ENERGY E.ON targets United States in solar push. Germany's biggest utility E.ON (EONGn.DE) aims to aggressively expand its solar business and is banking on the United States where President Barack Obama has pledged to promote renewables in a bid to fight climate change. E.ON, which has spent about 10 billion euros ($11.50 billion) on renewable since 2007, has a pipeline of around one gigawatt (GW) of solar… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/us-e-on-renewables-idUSKCN0QV0PZ20150826?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews MISCELLANEOUS U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $9.5 Million in Workforce Development Grants to Promote Careers in Transit, Ladders of Opportunity. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced $9.5 million in grants to 19 projects in 13 states selected to help train a new generation of skilled workers and support long-term careers in the public transportation industry. The announcement was made at the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC), http://www.transportation.gov/us-transportation-secretary-foxx-announces-95-million-workforce-development-grants-promote-careers#sthash.jNjI3bt7.dpuf Moreno Valley OKs 40 million-square-foot warehouse project. A divided Moreno Valley City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to approve a 40 million-square-foot warehouse project to be developed on the eastern edge of town. The proposed World Logistics Center had split the city between those who said it would bring needed jobs to a struggling bedroom community and those who worried it could have major environmental consequences… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-moreno-valley-warehouse-20150820-story.html OPINIONS Dan Walters: California has other calamities to worry about. Gov. Jerry Brown says California’s drought and the wildfires it has spawned are wake-up calls about the potentially cataclysmic effects of climate change. That may be true. But they are not the only indications of potential disaster that could devastate a state perched, however precariously, on the continent’s western edge. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article32378976.html#storylink=cpy Past efforts to promote electric cars in California ran out of juice. Senate Bill 350, from state Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, is the latest attempt to nudge California motorists from their gas-guzzlers and into supposedly more ecofriendly vehicles. SB350, among other things, mandates a 50 percent cut in gasoline use by 2030. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/vehicles-679291-percent-california.html Wildfire Smoke Becomes The Health Threat That Won't Go Away. I stepped out my parents' front door last Thursday, expecting a typically glorious summer day in southern Oregon. Instead, I was hit with acrid wood smoke that stung my eyes and throat. The air was thick with haze that obscured the mountains. I quickly retreated inside. Health departments across the West are mobilizing to protect residents from smoke generated by dozens… http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/25/434609238/wildfire-smoke-becomes-the-health-threat-that-wont-go-away BLOGS The sense in Republican climate-change nonsense. Conservatives often insist that it’s pointless to cut climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions: It would amount to unilateral economic disarmament; China and the rest of the world wouldn’t reduce pollution, instead taking all the emissions-heavy industries that climate regulations squeeze out of the United States. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/08/25/the-sense-in-republican-climate-change-nonsense/ California Lawmakers Say Fracking Study Shows Lax Oversight. California lawmakers say the report by the California Council on Science and Technology and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab outlined the lack of information state regulators have about fracking. The study said the state lacks data about the toxicity of hundreds of chemicals used in fracking as well as how wastewater from the process is disposed of or reused. http://www.capradio.org/55942 Calif. may already have a cleanup bill from limited fracking. California will likely have to clean up years' worth of residual contamination from hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional oil production that occurred before the state imposed tighter regulations this year, scientists and agency heads told the state. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/stories/1060023936/search?keyword=california California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.