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Posted: 28 Jun 2016 14:20:10
ARB Newsclips for June 28, 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. CAP AND TRADE No carbon tax? GOP climate advocates rejoice. Not everyone who supports a carbon tax is unhappy about its exclusion from the Democrats' draft platform. Some are breathing a sigh of relief. Several Republican advocates of pricing carbon dioxide said Democrats' refusal to back the policy could make it easier for them to pitch the tax to conservative lawmakers as a product of the GOP. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/28/stories/1060039507 AIR POLLUTION Air quality unhealthy for sensitive individuals in Pomona area, Santa Clarita Valley. Air quality was projected to be unhealthy for sensitive individuals in the Pomona area and Santa Clarita Valley Monday, prompting county health officials to issue a health warning for people with certain medical conditions. Los Angeles County’s interim health officer, Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, advised people living… http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20160627/air-quality-unhealthy-for-sensitive-individuals-in-pomona-area-santa-clarita-valley Why the Inland smog is so bad so soon. Consider it a different kind of June gloom. This month, instead of mostly cool, cloudy starts to our Southern California days, we’ve gotten a lot of sunny, hot and stagnant conditions — ideal for cooking up unhealthful air pollution. Wildfires last week in the Angeles National Forest near Duarte just made it worse. This early start to Smog Season 2016 so far has given us… http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/environment-and-nature/20160627/why-the-inland-smog-is-so-bad-so-soon CLIMATE CHANGE Science groups to Congress: Climate change is real threat. Thirty-one of the country's top science organizations are telling Congress that global warming is a real problem and something needs to be done about it. The groups, which represent millions of scientists, sent the letter Tuesday, saying the severity of climate change is increasing and will worsen faster in coming decades. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_SCIENTISTS_CLIMATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Fading fishermen: A historic industry faces a warming world. The cod isn't just a fish to David Goethel. It's his identity, his ticket to middle-class life, his link to a historic industry. "I paid for my education, my wife's education, my house, my kids' education; my slice of America was paid for on cod," said Goethel, a 30-year veteran of these waters that once teemed with New England's signature fish. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FADING_FISHERMEN_ABRIDGED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Thanks to climate change, the Arctic is turning green. Earlier this month, NASA scientists provided a visualization of a startling climate change trend — the Earth is getting greener, as viewed from space, especially in its rapidly warming northern regions. And this is presumably occurring as more carbon dioxide in the air, along with warmer temperatures and longer growing seasons, makes plants very, very happy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/27/its-official-humans-are-making-the-earth-much-greener/?tid=pm_business_pop_b Paris climate deal approval on course, say analysts. Brexit unlikely to slow momentum towards global climate deal coming into force, with EU left to tackle complex negotiations with UK. The Paris climate deal is edging ever closer to coming into force say analysts, despite the UK’s Brexit vote last week plunging EU plans to ratify the deal into chaos. http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/06/27/paris-climate-deal-approval-on-course-say-analysts/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=31234fb722-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-31234fb722-327747457 US, Mexico, Canada to team up on clean energy, methane. Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada will announce a new joint climate change and energy platform during meetings in Ottawa this week, the White House said on Monday. The leaders will, among other things, commit to producing 50 percent of electricity from clean energy sources across North America by 2025. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/285078-us-mexico-canada-to-team-up-on-clean-energy-methane http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060039493 DROUGHT California has a lot more water than some think, new Stanford study suggests. Drought-stricken California might have a hidden water bonanza. A Stanford University study released Monday said the state has three times more groundwater located in deep aquifers than earlier estimated. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-water-20160627-snap-story.html California may have a huge groundwater reserve that nobody knew about. In a surprising new study, Stanford researchers have found that drought-ravaged California is sitting on top of a vast and previously unrecognized water resource, in the form of deep groundwater, residing at depths between 1,000 and nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of the state’s always thirsty Central Valley. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/27/deep-down-california-may-have-a-lot-more-water-than-scientists-thought/ http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/06/28/New-groundwater-found-deep-under-Californias-Central-Valley/3021467119756/ Is California sitting on the solution to its drought? Californians: A solution to the drought may be under your feet, according to a study from Stanford scientists. Thousands of feet beneath the surface of the state's Central Valley, one of the world's biggest agricultural hubs, there may be up to 2,700 cubic kilometers of usable groundwater -- nearly three times more than the amount previously thought. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/us/california-drought-underground-water/index.html Drought and bark beetles blamed for early fire season. Its clear wildfire season is here. According to the United States Forest Service as many as 66 million trees have died since 2010 throughout California, up from 29 million reported last year. The die off is being blamed on the drought and bark beetles. http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/drought-and-bark-beetles-blamed-for-early-fire-season/40256920 FUELS TransCanada seeks $15B for rejection of Keystone pipeline. The company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline is seeking $15 billion in damages from the federal government after the Obama administration rejected the Canada-to-Texas project, a company spokesman said Monday. TransCanada Inc. filed a request for arbitration Friday under the North American Free Trade Agreement, arguing that the State. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GHGs are rising despite fuel economy standards. What's the solution? Ingrid Fol chose her minivan, a 2007 Honda Odyssey, because it gets good mileage. Now that gas prices have gone down, the Northern Virginia resident said, there's less pressure to make every gallon count. "When it was $3-something, I would try to stay within a budget… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/06/28/stories/1060039475 VEHICLES Tesla’s quiet talks with this company could help redefine the gas station as we know it. One of the biggest problems for electric cars is encouraging adoption among drivers who may be skeptical about refueling. What if you run out of battery and there isn't a charging station for miles around? Although this isn't much of an issue for daily commuters who can fill up their electric vehicles (EVs) at home every night, it's a much bigger deal for long-haul trips. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/28/teslas-quiet-talks-with-this-company-could-help-redefine-the-gas-station-as-we-know-it/ Are 100-mile BMW, Nissan, VW electric cars already a lost cause? The continuing tepid sales of the Nissan Leaf electric car, despite a range upgrade to 107 miles, remains one of the puzzles in the plug-in car market. Sure, it's an aging model now in its sixth year with a polarizing design; it lost a huge swath of buyers in Georgia when that state canceled its electric-car tax credit; and gas is cheap. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1104717_are-100-mile-bmw-nissan-vw-electric-cars-already-a-lost-cause VW RECALL What Volkswagen owners can expect from emissions settlement. Volkswagen owners can finally dump their cheatin' cars, if they want to. The German automaker has agreed to an unprecedented U.S. settlement to make things right after admitting that it programmed about half a million of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOLKSWAGEN_OWNERS_QA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Volkswagen settles emissions-cheating cases for up to $15.3B. Volkswagen will spend up to $15.3 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. Up to $10 billion will go to 475,000 VW or Audi diesel owners… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOLKSWAGEN_EMISSIONS_SCANDAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOLKSWAGEN_EMISSIONS_SCANDAL_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VOLKSWAGEN_TIMELINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT VW agrees to buy back diesel vehicles, fund clean air efforts. German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) will pay as much as $15.3 billion after admitting it cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, agreeing to buy back vehicles from consumers and provide funding that could benefit makers of cleaner technologies. A deal formally filed by the Justice Department on Tuesday… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-settlement-idUSKCN0ZD2S5 http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-to-pay-up-to-14-7-billion-to-settle-diesel-emissions-claims-1467117548 http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-O9G6SYSYF01U01-4TCPBBOLH86E4SBLPN2465E8L2 http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-06-28/what-volkswagen-owners-can-expect-from-emissions-settlement http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/business/vw-diesel-emissions-us-settlement.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/business/volkswagen-settlement-diesel-scandal.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-vw-settlement-20160628-snap-story.html http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Key-dates-in-Volkswagen-s-diesel-emissions-scandal-8329112.php http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article86371402.html http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-06-28/vw-set-to-pay-147-billion-to-settle-diesel-emissions-cheating-scandal http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-will-pay-to-15-3-billion-in-emissions-cheating-settlement/ http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/06/28/volkswagen-settlement-is-biggest-of-its-kind/ http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20160628/volkswagen-agrees-to-147-billion-settlement-over-diesel-emissions-scheme http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/28/news/companies/volkswagen-fine/ http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/its-happening-volkswagen-to-repair-or-buy-back-diesel-vehicles/ GREEN ENERGY North American leaders to pledge more reliance on renewables. The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico will pledge this week to rely on renewable energy to generate 50 percent of North America's electrical power by 2025, White House officials said Monday. That's a big jump from last year's 37 percent level. But it's doable through greater efficiency and reliance on solar, wind and other clean energy sources… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_NORTH_AMERICA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT U.S., Mexico, Canada Pledge 50 Percent Clean Power by 2025. The U.S. and Mexico will commit to joining Canada in boosting their use of wind, solar and other carbon-free sources of electricity, helping North America meet an ambitious goal of generating at least 50 percent of its energy from “clean” sources by 2025. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-27/u-s-mexico-said-to-pledge-50-percent-clean-power-by-2025?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=31234fb722-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-31234fb722-327747457 Beset by scandals, the state's energy regulator is facing a massive reorganization. In a broad reorganization of California’s primary energy regulator, Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers announced a deal Monday to strengthen external oversight, boost transparency in communications with the electric and gas industries and jettison some authority over Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-energy-uber-regulator-reform-20160628-snap-story.html Obama's New Clean Energy Goal For North America: 50 Percent By 2025. President Obama and his counterparts from Canada and Mexico are preparing to unveil an ambitious new goal for generating carbon-free power when they meet this week in Ottawa. The three leaders are expected to set a target for North America to get 50 percent of its electricity from nonpolluting sources by 2025. That's up from about 37 percent last year. http://www.npr.org/2016/06/27/483766620/obama-to-set-new-clean-energy-goal-50-percent-carbon-free-power-by-2025 Here comes the sun: US solar power market hits all-time high. After a rocky start, the American solar market is taking off. What will it take to make it go truly mainstream? Solar energy in the US has had a rocky existence. Ever since Ronald Reagan symbolically removed Jimmy Carter’s solar panels from the White House roof in 1986, federal policy has been unpredictable… http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jun/28/solar-power-energy-us-utilities-environment-climate-change India’s National Hydro Power Corporation Plans 600 MW Floating Solar Project. Another public sector power generation company in India has announced an ambitious foray into solar energy. India’s National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC Limited) has announced plans to set up a 600 MW floating solar project at one of its largest hydro power complexes. http://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/28/indias-national-hydro-power-corporation-plans-600-mw-floating-solar-project/ Falling Renewable Energy Prices Threaten Energy Storage. Here’s What We Need to Do. Clean energy and energy storage go together like peanut butter and jelly. But the falling cost of renewable energy threatens to break up this indispensable pair. According to a new paper in Nature Climate Change, energy storage stands at a critical juncture. For now, energy storage can make wind and solar more profitable, but that may not always be the case. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/06/28/3793537/energy-storage-falling-renewable-prices/ MISCELLANEOUS California land regulators to weigh end of nuclear power. California regulators are expected to decide Tuesday whether to drop their longstanding environmental objections to the state's last nuclear power plant in return for its promised early closing. The State Lands Commission will consider foregoing an environmental review… http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_NUCLEAR_PLANT_CLOSURE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Sweeping Public Utilities Commission changes announced. A deal between Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers announced Monday will bring major changes to the oft-criticized California Public Utilities Commission, including removing the regulator’s enforcement authority over ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article86227082.html#storylink=cpy OPINIONS California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco. California's high-speed rail project increasingly looks like an expensive social science experiment to test just how long interest groups can keep money flowing to a doomed endeavor before elected officials finally decide to cancel it. What combination of sweet-sounding scenarios, streamlined mockups… http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-28/california-hits-the-brakes-on-high-speed-rail-fiasco Oil Is Still Heading to $10 a Barrel. Back in February 2015, the price of West Texas Intermediate stood at about $52 per barrel, half of its 2014 peak. I argued then that a renewed decline was coming that could drive it below $20, a scenario regarded by oil bulls as unthinkable. But prices did fall further, dropping all the way to a low of $26 in February. http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-28/why-oil-is-still-headed-as-low-as-10-a-barrel Does California shutdown mean the end of nuclear power? Not so fast. The debate around the closing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., signals a broader conversation around power sources that could be crucial to the nation's energy future. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0628/Does-California-shutdown-mean-the-end-of-nuclear-power-Not-so-fast BLOGS 'Water Windfall' Found in Drought-Stricken California. California’s Central Valley has three times more freshwater in underground aquifers than previously thought. California’s Central Valley has three times more freshwater in underground aquifers than previously thought, drinking water that could help the state weather future drought and fortify itself against a changing climate… http://www.alternet.org/environment/water-windfall-found-drought-stricken-california OTHER VOLKSWAGEN STORIES http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/06/attorney-general-reaches-agreement-volkswagen-emission-fraud-consumer-protection-violations/ http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/06/attorney-general-reaches-agreement-volkswagen-emission-fraud-consumer-protection-violations/ http://lovelandmagazine.com/2016/06/attorney-general-dewine-announces-settlement-with-volkswagen-over-emissions-fraud/ http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/06/28/volkswagen-will-pay-diesel-owners-up-to-10k-offer-buybacks.html http://kplu.org/post/volkswagen-will-pay-us-diesel-car-owners-10-billion http://phys.org/news/2016-06-volkswagen-147b-emissions-settlement.html http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/06/28/volkswagen-settles-emissions-cheating-cases-for-147b/ http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article86371402.html http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/volkswagen-to-pay-washington-state-26-million/40262154 http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1104736_volkswagens-18b-tdi-buyback-would-be-largest-consumer-car-action-in-us-history http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-considers-criminal-charges-over-volkswagen-emissionscheating-scandal-34839376.html http://sacredheartspectrum.com/2016/06/volkswagen-offers-up-to-7000-to-diesel-owners/ http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/252676/new-york-scores-147m-as-part-of-volkswagen-settlements/ http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-volkswagen-settles-emissions-cheating-cases-for-over-15-billion-1424583 http://portalemdia.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-agrees-15bn-emission-cheating-payout-in-the-us.html http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/volkswagen-reaches-36147-bn-emissions-settlement_6938181.html http://iusbpreface.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-to-pay-14-bn-for-emissions-rigging-scandal-258234/ http://fortune.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-emissions-settlement/ http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-reportedly-agrees-to-almost-15-billion/ http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/volkswagen-reaches-dollar15b-settlement/vi-AAhJd35 http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/massive-volkswagen-settlement-would-buy-back-cars-issue-cash-payments-to-consumers/Content?oid=3833704 http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2016/06/28/cnnmoney-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-timeline.cnn http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-settles-claims-for-147-billion/ http://tribumagazine.net/2016/06/volkswagen-agrees-to-14-7-billion-settlement-over-diesel/ http://quadrangleonline.com/2016/06/28/volkswagen-agrees-to-landmark-14-7-billion-emissions/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.