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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for March 3, 2016.
Posted: 03 Mar 2016 14:22:40
ARB Newsclips for March 3, 2016. 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 U.S. top court denies bid to block mercury air pollution rule. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Obama administration on Thursday in rebuffing a bid by 20 states to halt an Environmental Protection Agency rule to curb emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. The action came about a month after the high court put on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-mercury-idUSKCN0W523N 'Winter Spare the Air' season ends. Only one wood-burning ban issued during entire season. The Bay Area "Winter Spare the Air" season ended this week with only one wood-burning ban issued during the entire season, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. More frequent storm systems moving through… http://mv-voice.com/news/2016/03/03/winter-spare-the-air-season-ends Long Beach Port Improves Air For 11 Years. Shipping lines calling at the Port of Long Beach cut thousands of tons of air pollution last year by voluntarily participating in the Port's Green Flag Program, which offers financial rewards for ships that reduce their speed near the harbor to decrease emissions. The program, initiated 11 years ago as part of Long Beach's Green Port Policy, gives participants… http://www.marinelink.com/news/improves-beach-years406054.aspx ALISO CANYON At $2 million a day, Porter Ranch residents get to keep their temporary housing. Southern California Gas Co. will have to continue paying for temporary accommodations for Porter Ranch residents who do not believe it is safe to move home in the wake of the largest methane leak in U.S. history, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-porter-ranch-appeal-20160302-story.html CLIMATE CHANGE Oil gears up for another climate fight. A Harvard economist known globally for his work on climate change policy sat in the Sacramento office of the oil industry’s lobbying firm recently, making the case that California is fighting global warming the wrong way. The state has a good cap and trade system, Robert Stavins said, but some of its other environmental policies are weakening it. https://calmatters.org/articles/oil-gears-up-for-another-climate-fight/?utm_source=Sac+Aggregators&utm_campaign=9d7a4bfc6c-News_Analysis_22_aggregators&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_000c574d3b-9d7a4bfc6c-123389401 Palo Alto to tackle climate change, block by block. Palo Alto will be part of a three-city experiment to get residents to work block by block on sustainability and climate change goals in their daily lives. Climate change often is discussed broadly, but the Cool Block pilot program takes a "bottom-up" approach, said Sandra Slater… http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29588857/palo-alto-tackle-climate-change-block-by-block DROUGHT El Nino leaves much of drought-stricken California in dust. Ed Heinlein surveys the steep mountainside that has repeatedly unleashed tons of mud into the backyard of his Southern California home since a 2014 wildfire and still hopes the drought-stricken state gets more rain. "We have to have the rain," said Heinlein, whose home east of Los Angeles has become a poster child for the region's cycle of fire and flood. http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/El-Nino-has-left-much-of-drought-stricken-6868085.php Desert Water Agency steps up conservation enforcement. If you live in Palm Springs or certain parts of Cathedral City and aren't following the water conservation rules, you could pay the price. A new ordinance passed by Desert Water Agency on Tuesday outlines a tougher enforcement plan for violators of water conservation regulations imposed by both the utility agency and the state. http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/03/02/58166/desert-water-agency-steps-up-conservation-enforcem/ After a dry February, ‘March miracle’ on the way. After a very dry February and a Sierra-Nevada Mountain snowpack that has fallen below average, March could make up for both. A series of storms is expected to hit California late this week and continue into next week, with the Central Coast and Central Valley expected to experience the strongest effects. http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/local/2016/03/02/dry-february-march-miracle-way/81248220/ March Storms Needed To Build Sierra Snowpack. California reservoirs are 'stable' with help from above-average January precipitation, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But March is needed to build Sierra Nevada snowpack, counted on for water supply in the spring and summer. "In northern and central California, after experiencing decent December and January precipitation and mountain snows… http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/03/03/march-storms-needed-to-build-sierra-snowpack/ OPINIONS The Climate Change 1%. The well-paid professor who wanted to punish climate skeptics. Remember the university professor who wanted the government to use the RICO law created to prosecute mobsters as a tool against global-warming dissenters? Well, taxpayers may be the ones calling for an investigation after examining the nonprofit venture that… http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-climate-change-1-1456886481 Is AQMD easing up on smog? Less than a month after the California Coastal Commission booted its executive director, raising fears that agency would allow more development on the coast, leaders of another key regulatory body are contemplating a personnel change that's raising similar questions about the future of environmental regulation in the state. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0303-aqmd-leadership-20160303-story.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.