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Posted: 09 Jun 2016 11:47:19
ARB Newsclips for June 9, 2016. 

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AIR POLLUTION

House approves bill to delay EPA rule on ozone pollution.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled
House on Wednesday approved a bill delaying an Obama
administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution
linked to asthma and respiratory illness. The bill, approved
234-177, would delay implementation of a new federal ozone
standard by at least eight years.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_OZONE_RULES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Air Pollution Seen Reducing China’s Economy 2.5% by 2060. Air
pollution may reduce the size of China’s economy as much as 2.5
percent by 2060 by extending worker sick days, damaging crops and
increasing health care costs, according to a new report that
urges governments to enact tougher environmental laws.
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O8I5RL6JTSES01-3OJS8AKBDQ6FK88314OLV1DBFS


Oil refineries sue Bay Area air district over pollution rules.
The five rules were proposed in the wake of a fire and heavy
smoke at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond in 2012 that sent
thousands to hospitals with eye and throat irritation. The
measures, adopted in December and April, aim to tighten pollution
controls on cooling and refining towers and other equipment…
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29992678/oil-refineries-sue-bay-area-air-district-over


Marathon agrees to $330M in upgrades to cut emissions. Marathon
Petroleum Corp. will invest more than $330 million to curb
pollution from refineries in five states, according to a
settlement announced this morning by U.S. EPA and the Justice
Department. Under the agreement, filed today in U.S. District
Court in Detroit, the Ohio-based firm will spend $319 million on
"state of the art"…
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038569 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Earth's super-sized El Nino is over; coming up, La Nina. This
year's monstrous El Nino, nicknamed Godzilla by NASA, is dead. It
heated up the globe, but didn't quite end California's four-year
drought. In its monthly update Thursday, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration said the El Nino has ended, 15 months
after its birth in March 2015.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_EL_NINO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


NASA takes 23,000-foot view of the world's coral reefs. Coral
reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in
the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather
data and knowledge about the larger ecosystems. But NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory is taking a step back and getting a wider
view, from about 23,000 feet above.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NASA_CORAL_STUDY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 

Del Mar adopts climate action plan. Del Mar became the second
city in the county to declare its goal of switching exclusively
to renewable energy by 2035, according to a climate action
approved Monday by the city council. The document, which follows
a similar plan approved by San Diego in December, spells out
measures to reduce the city’s carbon emissions.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jun/08/del-mar-climate-action-plan/?st


What If Global Warming Emptied India? Climate change poses
significant threats to the populous nation. In an armchair
experiment where humans are thought of as no wiser than animals,
scientists have found that climate change could empty some
nations by 2100. A warming of 2 degrees Celsius would cause 34
percent of the world’s population to migrate more than 300 miles…
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-if-global-warming-emptied-india/

http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038516 

McKibben vows to fight for carbon tax in Democratic platform. The
last two times Bill McKibben was in Washington, D.C., he was
cuffed and put in jail. This time he's fighting for climate
action from inside the Democratic Party, instead of a cell. "It's
good to be here in what is the hottest year we've ever recorded
on this planet…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038526 

Pro-carbon tax conservatives make their case ahead of House vote.
A handful of conservatives yesterday argued that Republicans can
eventually embrace a carbon tax, despite a congressional GOP
effort to formally oppose the market-based climate policy
instrument. A carbon tax "uses small-government principles,"…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038546 

Climate change may threaten pandas' bamboo banquets.  Giant
pandas living in the wild could struggle to find food because of
climate change, researchers at Drexel University cautioned this
week. As global temperatures rise, heat stress could cause bamboo
-- which pandas eat almost exclusively -- to die off or move to
higher elevations.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038523 

FUELS

RPT-ANALYSIS-Unlikely casualty in California's renewable energy
boom: natural gas. In February of 2001, then California Governor
Gray Davis stood at the site of Calpine Corp's new Sutter natural
gas power plant and unveiled his plan to fast-track construction
of similar stations to add 20,000 megawatts of modern, efficient
generation to the state in three years.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL1N19020R 
  
Methane emissions are extremely harmful, and the government might
not know how much there is. Methane is a colorless and odorless.
But it is a powerhouse in the way it contributes to global
warming. In the atmosphere, it’s more than 100 times more potent
than carbon dioxide. Now, after the growth of a natural gas
production operation commonly known as fracking…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/09/this-heated-fight-over-methane-emissions-is-almost-as-hot-as-the-gas/


EPA's plan to boost ethanol use in gasoline gets hearing. All
sides of the ethanol and biofuels debate are getting the chance
to weigh in on a federal agency's proposal to boost the amount of
renewable fuels blended into gasoline. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is holding its only hearing Thursday in Kansas
City, Missouri…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EPA_ETHANOL_IN_GASOLINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

OTHER RELATED STORIES
http://www.chicoer.com/business/20160609/epas-plan-to-boost-ethanol-use-in-gasoline-gets-hearing


Government reports were wrong about methane leaks' severity,
environmental group says. An environmental organization filed a
federal complaint Wednesday, alleging that key reports by a top
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official wrongfully stated
the severity of methane leaks across the nation's natural gas
industry.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article82618967.html#storylink=cpy


VEHICLES

Tesla to release lower-priced versions of Model S car. Tesla said
Thursday that it has started selling a cheaper version of its
Model S car in an attempt to make its electric vehicles more
affordable for more people. The new version, called the Model S
60, starts at $66,000. An all-wheel drive version of the Model S
60 will start at $71,000. Both cost less that the current Model S
90D, which starts at $89,500.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TESLA_LOWER_PRICED_MODEL_S?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


OTHER RELATED STORIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-09/tesla-brings-back-smaller-battery-model-s-at-lower-price-points

http://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-motors-to-restart-sales-of-lower-range-model-s-sedan-1465476547


Benz vs. BMW: A Century of Out-Inventing Each Other. In March,
BMW marked its centennial—and a century of technological rivalry
with Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz. In newspaper ads, Benz, which can
lay claim to having invented the car in 1886, congratu-mocked its
Bavarian archenemy: “Thanks for 100 years of competition. The 30
years before that were a little dull.” That’s like M-B doing
doughnuts on BMW’s driveway.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-09/benz-vs-bmw-a-century-of-out-inventing-each-other


BMW wins LAPD electric car contract, beating Tesla. German
automaker BMW has beaten California-based Tesla Motors Inc. by
winning a contract to supply the Los Angeles Police Department
with 100 electric cars. BMW is leasing 100 of its i3 all-electric
plug-in vehicles, which the LAPD plans to use for community
outreach and other police business — but not patrols or car
chases.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-lapd-chooses-bmw-20160608-snap-story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/06/08/l-city-workers-driving-bmws/85629320/
 
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1104379_la-police-to-buy-100-bmw-i3-electric-cars-for-department-use


HIGH-SPEED RAIL

China will not build L.A.-to-Vegas rail line — U.S. company calls
the deal off. Nine months after announcing that China would help
build a high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, the
private U.S. company behind the plan said late Wednesday that the
deal was off. XpressWest said the decision to terminate the
relationship…
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-xpresswest-rail-line-20160608-snap-story.html


VW RECALL

German prosecutors investigating missing data in VW scandal.
German prosecutors said Thursday that they are investigating an
employee at Volkswagen who allegedly asked his coworkers to
delete or hide data in connection with the company's emission
scandal. Braunschweig prosecutor Klaus Ziehe said the suspect,
whose name was not released, had in an "indirect but clear enough
way"…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VOLKSWAGEN_EMISSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


GREEN ENERGY

Solar Makes Up Most of New U.S. Power Capacity for First Time.
The U.S. solar industry had a record first quarter, accounting
for the majority of new power generation for the first time. The
1,665 megawatts of solar power that came online in the first
three months of the year represented 64 percent of new capacity,
and wind provided 33 percent…
http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O8GRF4SYF01T01-795DKKTDNHIEDF6HLL2GSI03CR


DONG Energy CEO says offshore wind to compete with fossil fuels.
DONG Energy's Chief Executive Henrik Poulsen said renewable
energy like wind will be produced at a lower cost in the future.
* "I have no doubt that costs of offshore wind and solar energy
over time will come down and be at same level as fossil fuels." *
"Our vision is that green energy will be cheaper than
conventional energy. It can happen within a decade."
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL8N19120H 

Norway, Sweden to meet green energy target under joint scheme.
Norway and Sweden's joint scheme to boost renewable energy
generation, set up in 2012, is on track to deliver 28.4
terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2020, Norway's energy regulator said on
Thursday. The scheme, the only one of its kind in the world, pays
energy producers a premium for each megawatt-hour (MWh) of
renewable power…
http://www.reuters.com/article/norway-sweden-renewables-idUSL8N1911TK?feedType=RSS&feedName=utilitiesSector


Who’s In Charge? Getting Western States to Agree on Sharing
Renewable Energy. In California, there is so much solar energy
that grid operators have to switch off solar farms. One solution
of dealing with the additional power generated is to share the
renewable wealth across state borders – but in the West, it’s
sparking some not-so-neighborly opposition.
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/09/whos-in-charge-getting-western-states-to-agree-on-sharing-renewable-energy


U.S. could outpace climate rule through mid-2020s, studies say.
The U.S. power sector may be able to comply with federal climate
regulations through 2025 without changing any plans, according to
a new analysis by MJ Bradley & Associates. The report
incorporates extended federal tax incentives for renewable power,
lower natural gas price forecasts from the U.S. Energy
Information Administration…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/09/stories/1060038525 

MISCELLANEOUS

New smoking age to take effect in California. Andrew Rodriguez
was 15 years old when he smoked his first cigarette. He knows how
addictive smoking can be and hopes a new California law raising
the smoking age will discourage young people from taking up the
habit. "I think it's better," said the 21-year-old
chef-in-training from Los Angeles. 
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_TOBACCO_LAWS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-06-08/new-smoking-age-to-take-effect-in-california


BLOGS

Why Have Solar Stocks Been Underperforming This Year? Solar
stocks have had a tough year so far, with the MAC Global Solar
Energy Index declining by nearly 30% so far this year, compared
to the broader S&P index, which has seen a modest year-to-date
increase. This under-performance comes despite reasonably strong
solar installation growth…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2016/06/09/why-have-solar-stocks-been-underperforming-this-year/#56f22d756b46

Trump’s Dubious Drought Claims. During a campaign rally in
Fresno, Donald Trump made two misleading claims about
California’s drought and water issues:
Trump suggested “there is no drought” in California because the
state has “plenty of water.” But California is in its fifth year
of a severe “hot” drought, the kind that’s expected to become
more frequent with global warming.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/trumps-dubious-drought-claims/ 

The End of the Free-Speech Consensus. Naturally, the Golden State
wants to lead the totalitarian way. What happens when the
consensus for free speech evaporates and those with political
power become willing to use any means necessary to silence people
who hold unpopular views?
http://spectator.org/the-end-of-the-free-speech-consensus/ 

Five Things You Didn’t Know about California’s Low Carbon Fuel
Standard. New industry compliance data on the state’s Low Carbon
Fuel Standard (LCFS) Program shows that the LCFS—which requires
the oil industry to help reduce carbon pollution from
transportation fuels by 10 percent by 2020 through increasing the
mix of low-carbon fuels—is already working and exceeding
expectations.
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/simon-mui/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard




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