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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 2, 2015.
Posted: 02 Sep 2015 14:26:43
ARB Newsclips for September 2, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change could alter key ocean bacteria: study. Climate change could put a type of oceanic bacteria into evolutionary overdrive in a way that could pose a threat to its long-term survivability and its important role in the food chain, according to a study published on Tuesday. The research published in the journal Nature Communications focuses on trichodesmium… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/01/us-usa-microbes-study-idUSKCN0R149K20150901 Indonesia to pledge to make deeper emission cuts by 2030. Indonesia will pledge to increase its commitments on cutting greenhouse gas emissions growth by 29 percent by 2030, the environment and forestry minister said on Wednesday, but giving few details on how this would be done. Indonesia, ranked third in the amount of land covered by tropical forests and the world's top palm oil producer… http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL4N1182KZ20150902 Denmark’s Government Readies U-Turn on Ambitious Climate Targets. Denmark’s widening budget deficit is forcing its policy makers to take some hard decisions in the very area where they are considered global role models: the fight against climate change. Denmark’s Liberal government is to reverse ambitious CO2 emission targets The news about Denmark’s cost-cutting measures, which also include a reduction in… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NTZWYZ6KLVRV01-0HETAGE4NLAVFPL7KQLF03TRQU International Efforts to Cut Carbon Pollution Won’t Be Enough. Pledges from dozens of nations to rein in carbon emissions aren’t enough so far to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to four European research centers. Plans submitted by China, the U.S., the European Union and other top polluters won’t limit global warming… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NU0KX16KLVRB01-0A27KA7G23JAIC8P1DFQHIFU10 Analysts: Emission cuts for Paris climate pact not enough to stop Earth warming 2 degrees C. Analysts tracking efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions say the reductions pledged by major economies ahead of an envisioned climate pact this year won't be enough to avoid warming the Earth by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) or more. http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/09/02/nations-pledges-to-cut-emissions-called-insufficient UN: This El Nino to be among the strongest since 1950. The current El Nino weather pattern may be on track to become one of the strongest in more than half a century, experts at the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. The El Nino event involves a shift in winds in the Pacific Ocean along the equator every few years, warming the water more than usual and triggering a change in global weather patterns. http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/UN-agency-predicts-El-Nino-to-be-among-strongest-6478098.php DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected eight projects to receive almost $25 million in funding to construct small- and large-scale pilots for reducing the cost of CO2 capture and compression through DOE’s Carbon Capture Program. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/09/20150902-fcedfc.html California Forest Helps Offset Volkswagen Emissions. Volkswagen is relying on a privately managed forest in California to help offset its contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. Auto industry analyst Karl Brauer writes in Forbes that although the German auto giant is in the midst of various steps to curb its environmental impact, VW can't eliminate its emissions entirely. http://www.mbtmag.com/news/2015/09/california-forest-helps-offset-volkswagen-emissions PRESIDENT OBAMA - ALASKA ARTIC Obama visits Arctic community to discuss Native issues. President Barack Obama on Wednesday will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit a community north of the Arctic Circle, a trek the White House hopes will bring into focus how climate change is affecting Americans. http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL1N1171LJ20150902 Rapid Arctic Change Adds Pressure to Climate Talks. President Barack Obama's historic trip to the rapidly warming Alaskan Arctic could help put pressure on international negotiators to successfully ink a global deal to fight climate change at a year-end summit in Paris. Urgency has been a theme of the three-day trip: The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. http://www.bna.com/rapid-arctic-change-n17179935453/ Obama points to melting glacier in climate change campaign. President Barack Obama stared down a melting glacier in Alaska on Tuesday in a dramatic use of his presidential pulpit to sound the alarm on climate change. From a distance, Exit Glacier appears as a river of white and blue flowing down through the mountains toward lower terrain. In fact, it's just the opposite. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/glacier-336934-ocprint-obama-climate.html President Obama Announces New Investments to Enhance Safety and Security in the Changing Arctic. Climate change is reshaping the Arctic in profound ways. The global Arctic has warmed approximately twice as fast as the rest of the world, resulting in significant impacts on land and sea. Among the most noticeable changes is the retreat of Arctic sea ice, which has experienced significant… http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/national-news/5063-president-obama-announces-new-investments-to-enhance-safety-and-security-in-the-changing-arctic.html In climate bid, Obama stares down melting Alaska glacier. President Barack Obama stared down a melting glacier in Alaska on Tuesday in a dramatic use of his presidential pulpit to sound the alarm on climate change. From a distance, Exit Glacier appears as a river of white and blue flowing down through the mountains toward lower terrain. In fact, it's just the opposite. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/In-climate-bid-Obama-stares-down-melting-Alaska-glacier-323802001.html Obama ends Alaska trip with climate funds for Native towns. President Obama will wind up his historic three-day trip to Alaska today by providing millions of dollars in federal funding and assistance to help the state's Native communities grapple with climate change and high energy costs. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2015/09/02/stories/1060024171 DROUGHT When the wells run dry: California families cope in drought. Looking for water to flush his toilet, Tino Lozano pointed a garden hose at some buckets in the bare dirt of his yard. It’s his daily ritual now in a community built by refugees from Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl. But only a trickle came out; then a drip, then nothing more. “There it goes,” said Lozano, a 40-year-old disabled vet, masking his desperation with a smile. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-680308-california-okieville.html GREEN ENERGY UPDATE 2-EEX to launch wind power contract in early 2016. The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will launch a wind power futures contract in the first quarter of 2016, it said on Wednesday, allowing customers to hedge risks and speculate on an increasingly important part of the electricity market. The contract could help both wind and conventional power plants cope with the unpredictability of wind production. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/02/power-bourse-eex-idUSL5N1181KJ20150902?feedType=RSS&feedName=utilitiesSector Scott Walker's Record on Wind and Solar Power Leaves Renewables Industry Fuming. Five years after Walker took office, renewable energy in Wisconsin is lagging the boom in the rest of the country and industry blames the two-term governor for the shortfall. Walker and his appointees have pushed new restrictions on windmills… http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NU1L0B6KLVR801-7AH1H1DFOQU7SKKHVAVPNU0VPL Better Health a Key Benefit of Renewables, Study Says. Building wind and solar farms helps to reduce the human impact on climate change by displacing noxious emissions from coal-fired power plants. A new study says there’s another important benefit to renewables development: cost savings from cleaner air that saves lives. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/renewables-benefit-climate-public-health-19397?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20climatecentral/djOO%20Climate%20Central%20-%20Full%20Feed MISCELLANEOUS This Democrat's decision on climate change could be a game changer. Henry T. Perea was having a change of heart. For years, the Democratic assemblyman had griped about the Central Valley getting shortchanged by Sacramento and overshadowed by Los Angeles, San Francisco and other big-city magnets for state dollars. Now he was in a poor Fresno neighborhood, not far from where he grew up… http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-pol-c1-henry-perea-20150902-story.html Mercury News reporters win Oakes environmental writing award for drought reporting. Two San Jose Mercury News reporters have won one of environmental writing's most prestigious prizes -- the 2015 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism -- for their reporting on the California drought. http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_28743993/mercury-news-reporters-win-oakes-environmental-writing-award OPINIONS In Alaska, Obama warns against climate change but OKs drilling. President Obama is doing God’s work in Alaska by highlighting the ominous shifts in the Arctic environment being caused by climate change, but his administration has made a deal with the devil by approving Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-alaska-obama-climate-20150901-story.html It's not 'the environment vs. jobs' anymore. To the editor: The conclusion in the UC Berkeley study that stronger requirements for renewable energy would create jobs is another piece of evidence that California has known for a long time. Renewable energy regulations have helped to make California a leader in the country in creating jobs, reducing harmful air pollution… http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0902-wednesday-renewable-energy-20150902-story.html Transit is key to both climate change and transportation. We are in the midst of a record drought and wildfire season that scientists tell us is one of the effects of climate change. We clearly cannot continue business as usual, yet two deeply intertwined debates are underway in their usual separate silos in the Legislature. Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing even more ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions… http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article33219828.html#storylink=cpy Fabian Nuñez: On climate change, California matters. In three months, world leaders will gather in Paris at the United Nations climate summit. As the evidence mounts that man made greenhouse gas emissions are a significant cause of climate change--now an incontrovertible, scientific fact--the summit represents a narrow window of opportunity for the world's largest economies to reach common ground on reducing emissions and turning the tide before it's too late. http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_28740569/fabian-nunez-climate-change-california-matters BLOGS Marcos Breton: Consumption, contradiction and climate change. The allure of a big truck is strong even though I have no need for one. I would never drive it off-road. I wouldn’t use it to haul anything heavier than laundry and groceries. But there I am late at night, scanning car websites, imagining myself behind the wheel of a massive vehicle that would not fit my lifestyle. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/marcos-breton/article33306153.html#storylink=cpy Fossil Fuel Execs Made Twice As Much As U.S. Pledged To Help Fight Climate Change Overseas. "If we don't reverse these perverse incentives, we all remain at risk." The top executives at the largest publicly held fossil fuel companies in the United States have made nearly $6 billion in the last five years -- enough to double the U.S. commitment to addressing climate change abroad. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fossil-fuel-execs-climate-change_55e62913e4b0b7a9633ac41a How China Is Taking Major Steps to Control Shipping Air Pollution. In a series of announcements over the weekend and on Monday, the Chinese government took several important steps to control emissions from shipping activities, which until now have been virtually unregulated. Vessels and ports are major sources of the severe air pollution choking many coastal cities in China… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-a-finamore/how-china-is-taking-major_b_8078334.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.