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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 10, 2015.
Posted: 11 Sep 2015 12:00:46
*My Apology for those who did not receive the newsclips on 9/10/15. ARB Newsclips for September 10, 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. AIR POLLUTION Lawsuit says new L.A. streets plan creates more air pollution, not less. A Westside-based nonprofit group went to court Wednesday to overturn Los Angeles' sweeping new 20-year transportation plan, saying officials failed to properly examine its effects on public safety, air pollution and other aspects of city life. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mobility-plan-20150908-story.html Fires in West Have Residents Gasping on the Soot Left Behind. The air in the San Joaquin Valley hangs thick with gray-brown dust, a result of the state’s largest fire, which has burned through more than 160 square miles in the nearby hills. The fire has so far spared lives and homes. But it has exposed one of the obscured effects that four years of record drought has unleashed here: dangerous drops in air quality… http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/fires-in-west-leave-residents-gasping-on-the-soot-left-behind.html?_r=0 Unhealthy air quality remains with record heat wave. Unhealthy air quality that arrived with this week’s record-setting heat wave is expected to remain in the region through Thursday, leading the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to issue another Spare the Air alert for smog. It marks the third consecutive day for the alert and the seventh alert of the year. http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/unhealthy-air-quality-remains-with-record-heat-wave/ Duke Energy settles federal air case for $5.4 million. Duke Energy will spend about $5.4 million to resolve longstanding federal air pollution violations at five North Carolina power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced the settlement Thursday of a federal lawsuit filed against Duke in 2000. A trial had been set to begin next month. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article34661772.html#storylink=cpy CLIMATE CHANGE California Democrats drop oil mandate in climate proposal. California will continue to lead the fight in curbing greenhouse gas emissions for the sake of future generations, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats said as they scaled back an ambitious climate change proposal amid opposition from oil interests. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_CALIFORNIA_CLIMATE_CHANGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OTHER RELATED STORIES http://www.wsj.com/articles/california-democrats-drop-petroleum-provision-from-climate-change-bill-1441854651 http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NUFOE06JIJVE01-28Q4LASV25DTORJULH96KTL7D5 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/california-democrats-drop-plan-to-force-50-percent-cut-in-oil-use.html http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ln-gasoline-reduction-dropped-from-climate-change-bill-20150909-story.html http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Jerry-Brown-Oil-lobby-gutted-climate-bill-6494672.php http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article34613694.html http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_28784374/california-bills-climate-change-taxes http://www.vcstar.com/news/state/oil-usereduction-provision-dropped-from-climate-change-bill_44163969 http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_28784375/republicans-gov-jerry-brown-no-new-gas-tobacco http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/09/08/key-climate-change-bill-fails-in-california-assembly-for-now/ http://ww2.kqed.org/news/Democrats-strip-oil-goal-from-climate-legislation http://www.ocregister.com/articles/brown-681837-oil-climate.html http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/10/oil-industry-california-bill-gasoline-sb350 http://www.ibtimes.com/oil-reduction-measure-dropped-california-climate-change-bill-2090313 http://www.wfmd.com/onair/bill-handel-30603/california-democrats-drop-petroleum-provision-from-13932733 http://grist.org/climate-energy/california-democrats-cave-to-oil-industry-drop-major-piece-of-climate-bill/ http://www.autonews.com/article/20150910/OEM11/150919989/california-lawmakers-drop-fuel-economy-provision-from-climate-bill http://www.wral.com/california-democrats-drop-oil-mandate-in-climate-proposal/14888195/ http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/09/10/stories/1060024479 Climate change denial days over in oil rich Alberta –minister. The environment minister of Alberta, the province where the oil sands industry is Canada's fastest growing source of carbon emissions, says the days of denying climate change are over. The minister, Shannon Phillips, told a conference on Wednesday that the New Democratic Party provincial government elected in May was taking action after Alberta's climate change… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/canada-climatechange-alberta-idUSL1N11F2VB20150909 Southern Ocean soaks up more greenhouse gases, limits warming. The vast Southern Ocean around Antarctica has started to soak up more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in recent years, helping limit climate change, after signs its uptake had stalled, a study said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-climatechange-oceans-idUSKCN0RA29O20150910 Australian PM fends off climate critics at Pacific summit. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday defended his country's climate change policy during a regional summit in Papua New Guinea, amid calls from Pacific island leaders to end new coal mine construction worldwide. Impoverished, low-lying Pacific Islands such as Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-pacific-climatechange-idUSKCN0RA08P20150910 World nuclear capacity set to grow by 45 percent by 2035. Global nuclear power generation capacity could increase by more than 45 percent in the next 20 years but the pace of growth will still fall short of what is needed to curb climate change, an industry organization report showed on Thursday. The World Nuclear Association Nuclear Fuel report forecasts global nuclear capacity will grow to 552 gigawatts equivalent (GWe)… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-energy-nuclear-idUSKCN0RA14220150910 National Geographic fans worry about partnership with climate change skeptic Rupert Murdoch. Last month, Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter to vent his frustration about an upcoming United Nations climate summit in New York. A week later, he blamed “extreme greenies” for hindering economic growth. “Seems beyond reason,” he wrote. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/10/national-geographic-fans-worry-about-partnership-with-climate-change-skeptic-rupert-murdoch/ This animated map shows an alarming change in sea levels over the last 23 years. Sea level rise is an expected result of climate change but few realize how much the sea has already risen in the past few decades. Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have compiled satellite data to show how sea level has changed since 1993 and it's alarming. http://www.techinsider.io/nasa-animated-sea-level-rise-map-climate-change-2015-9#ixzz3lM1TCUzr California Lawmakers Abandon Key Part Of Climate Legislation, Blaming Oil Industry Lobbying. California Democrats dropped a major component of their ambitious climate change legislation Wednesday, after a group of moderate Democratic holdouts threatened to spell the end for the bill. The legislation affected was Senate Bill 350, which originally aimed for a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use in cars and trucks… http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/10/3700145/california-drops-petroleum-measure-sb-350/ The Climate Story Nobody Talks About. On Nov. 30, world leaders will gather in Paris for a pivotal United Nations conference on climate change. Given its importance, I want to use the next couple months to explore some alternative perspectives on the unruly aggregate of topics lumped together as "climate change." There is an urgent demand for such alternative narratives and it rises, in part… http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=438913284 Canada's tar sands heartland can't deny climate change, says Alberta minister. Shannon Phillips says ‘great appetite for action’ on carbon emissions exists in Canadian province despite economy relying heavily on fossil fuel extraction. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/10/canadas-tar-sands-heartland-cant-deny-climate-change-says-alberta-minister Industrial Revolution, Global Warming Impact Centuries of Ocean Cooling. The high frequency and magnitude of volcanic eruptions could have been the cause of the progressive cooling of ocean surfaces over a period of 1,800 years. This is made apparent in an international study published recently in the journal Nature Geoscience, involving researcher P. Graham Mortyn of the Institute for Environmental Science… http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=22474 New Orleans sees limits to adaptation efforts as sea level rises. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina and a failed federal levee system killed more than a thousand and devastated the Gulf Coast, this city is littered with constant reminders of the risks locals face each storm season. Seventeen "evacuspots" around the city, marked by metal sculptures of 14-foot waving stick figures… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/09/10/stories/1060024453 DROUGHT Scientists seek insights from 6-state western drought study. Federal scientists are conducting a drought study in six western states in an attempt to gain insights that could help resource managers better allocate scarce water supplies during future droughts. U.S. Geological Survey workers are measuring flows and temperatures through September in nearly 500 streams… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ID_DROUGHT_STUDY_WAOL-?SITE=VABRM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Scientists-seek-insights-from-6-state-western-6496323.php Forecasters see 95 percent chance of El Niño. California has a 95 percent chance of experiencing an El Niño winter, bringing possible relief to the state’s four-year drought, forecasters said Thursday. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, in its monthly update, said the El Niño phenomenon is continuing to gather strength. http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article34656051.html#storylink=cpy El Niño to provide little relief for drought. A stronger than average El Niño is expected to sweep through the United States this winter and last through Spring 2016. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predictions show strong rainfall for certain parts of the country. But early forecasts indicate that the North State region will not receive a big boost in rainfall this coming winter season. http://www.redding.com/news/local-news/el-nio-to-provide-little-relief-for-drought This Corona del Mar home is so drought-friendly, the trees are made of steel. Some listings for homes on the market in Orange County reflect the trend toward water-wise landscaping. Instead of lush, green lawns, the photos show front yards with drought-tolerant or native plants. A Corona del Mar homeseller takes it a step further. http://www.ocregister.com/lansner/one-681815-steel-home.html DIESEL ACTIVITIES Government launches £5m fund to drive down bus emissions. Local authorities can bid for up to £500,000 to install emission-slashing technology in their buses. Local authorities are being urged to bid for a share of a new £5m government grant scheme that aims to improve curb emissions from the UK's bus fleet. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2425394/government-launches-gbp5m-fund-to-drive-down-bus-emissions FUELS France ends export subsidies for coal before climate talks. The French government is ending export subsidies for building coal plants abroad, as the country tries to clean up its environmental reputation before hosting landmark U.N. climate talks. Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Thursday the immediate end to the coal credits, primarily used by French group Alstom… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_COAL_SUBSIDIES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT U.S. regulators' biofuels plan to cost at the pump: industry study. The U.S. government's proposal for biofuels use will hit consumers at the pump, according a study prepared for an oil group, just months after regulators refuted similar claims and as pressure mounts ahead of a deadline to finalize the plan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-renewablefuels-idUSKCN0R91Q420150909 Energy Pipeline Boom Ebbs. Demand for new oil-and-gas pipelines subsides as output slows in once-hot shale production. Falling U.S. oil production and low crude prices are casting a shadow over one of the bigger energy-infrastructure building sprees: pipeline construction. The shale boom that began in 2008 created a huge need for new pipelines in places… http://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-pipeline-boom-ebbs-1441791001?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f Bill to Reverse Ban on U.S. Oil Exports Advances in House. A congressional panel voted Thursday to lift the nation’s 40-year ban on exporting crude oil. A House panel voted to end the nation’s decades-old ban on exporting crude oil Thursday, adding momentum to a bipartisan drive to lift the 1970s-era restriction and – as one of the first meetings lawmakers scheduled after the end of their five-week recess Monday… http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/10/bill-to-reverse-ban-on-us-oil-exports-advances-in-house U.S. gasoline prices projected to hit $2.03 by December. U.S. gasoline prices are projected to fall through the end of the year to almost $2 a gallon -- but California drivers won't be so fortunate. he U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that low oil prices and the end of the summer driving season will continue to propel a decline in gasoline prices nationwide. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gasoline-prices-december-20150909-story.html VEHICLES Toyota unveils a Prius that moves beyond 50 mpg with a sleeker design. In Japan in 1997, Toyota, at the time a medium-sized force in a U.S. car market still dominated by Detroit's Big Three, launched the first-generation Prius. It was the first mass-produced hybrid and a seminal blueprint to a new type of car. On Tuesday evening in Las Vegas, Toyota unveiled the latest iteration of the car that helped move a middle-of-the-pack automaker… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2015/09/10/stories/1060024477 GREEN ENERGY California board told 91 clean-energy projects completed. California officials told a citizens oversight board Tuesday that they know of 91 school energy-efficiency projects completed with funding from a green energy ballot initiative, and they expect the number will climb as districts provide updates at the end of the year. California Energy Commission staff told the Proposition 39 Citizens Oversight Board that 43 education districts out of more… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GREEN_ENERGY_PROMISES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OPINIONS Weak climate deal would harm new global goals: Robinson. A new set of U.N. development goals, due to be adopted later this month, will be undermined if an international deal to tackle climate change does not set the world on track to keep within a safe limit of global warming, top human rights advocate and U.N. envoy Mary Robinson said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-development-goals-climatechange-idUSKCN0RA0JA20150910?virtualBrandChannel=11563 Updated: California climate bills merit support. State Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Calabasas, addresses the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento in this April 23, 2015 file photo. With just two days left in the legislative session, two bills that would solidify California’s — and Gov. Jerry Brown’s — leadership on slowing climate change remain in limbo. http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20150909/updated-california-climate-bills-merit-support Further deep emissions cuts would stifle housing. One reason housing costs so much in California is that building new dwellings is so expensive – and abuses of the California Environmental Quality Act contribute to those costs. Such abuses could become even more widespread if Senate Bill 32, by state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Calabasas, is passed in its current form by the Legislature. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/california-681761-ceqa-sb32.html Opinion: Obama, Pope Francis, UN scientists can’t save Planet Earth. They’re losing the global warming battle. In spite of all their efforts, our power players — the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. President Barack Obama and Roman Catholic Pope Francis — really are losing the 21st century war to save the world from overheating and self-destructing. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-pope-francis-un-scientists-cant-save-planet-earth-2015-09-09 BLOGS Next Steps in the Climate Change Policy Debate. Yesterday saw a strategic retreat by Governor Brown and legislative leaders on climate change policy. While disappointing to leaders who want to seize the moment, this is in truth a good time to reassess mechanisms to achieve climate and energy goals. Like most Californians, I believe our elected leaders should take sensible actions to address global warming. http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2015/09/next-steps-in-the-climate-change-policy-debate/ Big Oil Slick Captures Round 1 of CA Climate Change Drive. The power of California's oil refiners is always felt but rarely visible in Sacramento. It was on full display at Wednesday's press conference when the Governor, State Senate leader and Assembly Speaker acknowledged that California's effort to lead the world by cutting petroleum use in half was dead for the year due to oil company lobbying and advertising. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-court/big-oil-slick-captures-ro_b_8117642.html GOP Congressman Wants To Impeach EPA Chief Gina McCarthy. He said she's "guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors." Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) is looking to remove Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy from office, circulating a resolution calling for McCarthy's impeachment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-congressman-wants-to-impeach-epa-chief-gina-mccarthy_55f0bc0ae4b03784e277edd9?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green§ion=green Shipping Not Covered in UN Climate Deal ? Shipping has a carbon footprint the size of Germany and growing. Unchecked, it could account for up to 14% of global emissions by 2050, says a report from RTCC (Responding to Climate Change). UK and US envoys admit to industry the International Maritime Organization could be overruled on emissions goals. http://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/shipping-covered-climate-deal-277557 The Republican Plot to Destroy an International Climate Agreement. Humanity’s response to the threat of climate change, like just about every good thing humanity has ever done, is happening later than it should have. But the signs are everywhere that it is happening. My story in the magazine describes how political pressure and technological innovation are feeding into each other, producing a virtuous cycle of affordable green energy… http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/gop-plot-to-destroy-climate-agreement.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.