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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for July 14, 2016.
Posted: 14 Jul 2016 16:34:23
ARB Newsclips for July 14, 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 California Proposes 258.6 Million Ton Emissions Cap for 2030. California would cap statewide greenhouse gas emissions at 258.6 million metric tons in 2030, under a draft regulatory proposal headed to the state's Office of Administrative Law for review. California's existing statewide emissions cap for 2020 is 431 million metric tons, a limit designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by that date. http://www.bna.com/california-proposes-2586-n73014444710/ Brown Administration Proposes Another 10 Years Of Cap-And-Trade. California air regulators have proposed new rules that would extend the state’s signature climate change program by another decade--and likely add fuel to a smoldering dispute between Governor Jerry Brown's administration and business groups. http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/07/13/brown-administration-proposes-another-10-years-of-cap-and-trade/ AIR POLLUTION The port that fuels L.A.'s economy and fouls its air gets a pollution-reduction team. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday announced the appointment of an advisory panel tasked with reducing air pollution from the Port of Los Angeles by expanding the use of zero-emissions technology. The 10-member Sustainable Freight Advisory Board, made up of representatives from industry, environmental groups… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-port-advisory-board-20160712-snap-story.html EPA publishes SO2 compliance findings, opening lawsuit window. U.S. EPA has formally published a roster of attainment designations for compliance with its sulfur dioxide (SO2) standard, opening a 60-day window for any legal challenges to be filed. The agency had released the designations earlier this month… http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/07/12/stories/1060040129 http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/07/12/stories/1060040140 CLIMATE CHANGE U.S. Faces Dramatic Rise in Extreme Heat, Humidity. Across the U.S., we’ve hit the dog days of summer. Most regions are now seeing their hottest temperatures of the year, and the combination of heat and high humidity sends most people running for a cold drink, some shade, or an air conditioner. Heat is the No.1 weather related killer, and as carbon pollution continues… http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sizzling-summers-20515?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=98cf4ba638-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-98cf4ba638-327747457 Brexit will force EU countries 'to make deeper, costlier carbon cuts'. Bloc will have to draw up new plan with higher cuts for remaining 27 states in order to meet its carbon reduction target, which could cost billions of euros. Brexit will force the European Union’s remaining 27 countries to spend billions of euros on cutting carbon emissions more deeply to compensate for the UK leaving… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/14/brexit-will-force-eu-countries-to-make-deeper-costlier-carbon-cuts?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=e9ff708545-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e9ff708545-327747457 Climate change department killed off by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move. Campaigners called for 'urgent reassurance from the new government' that the fight against climate change and pollution will not be 'abandoned'. The decision to abolish the Department for Energy and Climate Change has been variously condemned as “plain stupid”… http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-department-killed-off-by-theresa-may-in-plain-stupid-and-deeply-worrying-move-a7137166.html A climate report that we ignore at our peril. Though it does not actually say so, the report of the Committee on Climate Change (Report, 12 July) is a salutary reminder that a capitalist economy based on infinite economic growth, as expressed in terms of consumption-led GDP, is unsustainable and, if allowed to continue in its present form, will ultimately devastate the entire planet. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/14/a-climate-report-that-we-ignore-at-our-peril Exxon's giving report contains mixed messages on climate. At a time of immense political pressure over its stance on climate change, Exxon Mobil Corp. has beefed up its public positioning on warming in its latest corporate social responsibility report to shareholders. Exxon has supported a carbon tax that would be revenue-neutral… http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060040096?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=e9ff708545-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e9ff708545-327747457 DROUGHT U.S. experiencing record hurricane drought, just 4 strikes in 7 years. The U.S. is experiencing a remarkable, record drought from hurricane hits, with only four strikes in the past seven years. That's the fewest in any 7-year stretch since records began a few years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president. One of the only comparably quiet eras occurred in the late 1970s through the early 1980s… http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/07/12/us-hurricane-drought/86990408/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=98cf4ba638-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-98cf4ba638-327747457 Authorities eye fire risk from trees weakened by drought, insects. As the California drought has taken hold over five years, broad swaths of a rusty red have grown in forests around the state – the pallor of millions of trees withering from thirst and succumbing to beetle infestations. Patches of the dead and dying pines have dotted parts of the rural Upvalley… http://napavalleyregister.com/calistogan/news/local/authorities-eye-fire-risk-from-trees-weakened-by-drought-insects/article_e3004fea-1574-5cd0-8657-e79f96391e25.html Quick thinking may have saved SGV water wells from drying up this summer. Ed Hills peered into the underground vault where water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta sounded a deafening roar as it vibrated through a pipeline stretching from Devil Canyon in northern San Bernardino. The Northern California water ended its journey here… http://www.sgvtribune.com/environment-and-nature/20160713/quick-thinking-may-have-saved-sgv-water-wells-from-drying-up-this-summer DIESEL ACTIVITIES Carlsbad switches fleet to renewable diesel. Low-carbon fuel made from waste products cuts greenhouse gases. Carlsbad recently became the first city in San Diego County to switch its fleet of diesel-powered vehicles to a 100 percent renewable fuel made entirely of waste vegetable oil and animal fats. Renewable diesel, sometimes called “green diesel,” delivers about the same performance as petroleum… http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jul/13/carlsbad-switches-fleet-to-renewable-diesel/ FUELS LA County and SoCal Gas in court fight over gas leak cleanup. Los Angeles County will contest Southern California Gas Co.'s request that a judge void an order that the utility deep clean thousands of Porter Ranch homes affected by the massive natural gas leak that erupted last fall, a public health official said Wednesday. SoCal Gas has already cleaned the homes of 1700 families… http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/07/13/62589/la-county-and-socal-gas-in-court-fight-over-gas-le/ Huge stocks overhang threatens oil price recovery: IEA. The global glut in oil is refusing to ease and acts as a major dampener on crude prices despite robust demand growth and steep declines in non-OPEC production, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. The IEA, which co-ordinates the energy policies of industrial nations … http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/iea-says-oil-glut-remains-a-major-dampener-on-prices/article30898914/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=98cf4ba638-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-98cf4ba638-327747457 Fuel industry divided as EPA weighs 2017 RFS levels. Comments sent to U.S. EPA on proposed 2017 alternative fuel levels show the fuel industry is as divided as ever. Thousands of comments submitted by yesterday's deadline warn EPA that it's either stifling grain farmers or helping them too much, either destroying engines or not pushing them to their true limits… http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/07/12/stories/1060040118 VEHICLES Appeals Court Deals Blow to GM on Ignition-Switch Suits. Federal appeals court finds bankruptcy sale shouldn’t shield General Motors from accident claims. A federal appeals court denied General Motors Co. ’s attempt to use a bankruptcy shield to block some lawsuits over faulty ignition switches, ruling the Detroit auto maker’s failure to reveal the defect violated consumers’ legal rights in chapter 11 court proceedings. http://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-deals-blow-to-gm-on-ignition-switch-suits-1468425439 A 'second era' in electric vehicles, spurred by incentives. Jane Koca grinned as she stepped out of a Tesla Model S at a neighbor's ride-and-drive event, where half a dozen models were on display. Her next car, she said, will be a plug-in. "I've been waiting," she said. "Each year, they get better and better." The rollout of new and second-generation plug-in models that can go longer on a single charge… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060040249/search?keyword=california VW RECALL VW Faces Setback as California Rejects 3-Liter Car Recall Plan. Volkswagen AG suffered a setback in its efforts to emerge from the 10-month-old emissions-cheating scandal as California regulators rejected a recall proposal for 85,000 diesel-powered vehicles, raising the prospect that the German carmaker will have to buy them back. http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-OAA3KX6S972D01-0VAHVTAHO243FBH7G3VGPSGVJB Volkswagen Executive in South Korea Indicted in Emissions Case. Mr. Yoon was arrested last month. An executive at Volkswagen AG ’s South Korean unit has been indicted on charges of submitting manipulated emissions data to authorities and violating an air-quality law. http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-executive-in-south-korea-indicted-in-emissions-case-1468379701 California rejects VW's recall plan for larger diesel cars. California's chief air regulator has rejected a proposed recall plan from Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) to fix 16,000 3.0-liter diesel Volkswagens, Audis and Porsches in the state equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions tests. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said on Wednesday the plan to fix the VW and Audi luxury vehicles… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-california-idUSKCN0ZU054 . California rejects Volkswagen’s plan to fix polluting diesel cars. California regulators Wednesday again rejected Volkswagen’s plan to fix diesel cars that were programmed to cheat on air pollution tests, saying the proposal lacked enough detail for the state to gauge its effectiveness. The California Air Resources Board, which helped uncover the cheating last year… http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Californis-nixes-Volkswagen-plan-to-fix-polluting-8377014.php California rejects Volkswagen recall plan on 3-liter cars. Two weeks after agreeing to an epic settlement, Volkswagen is still having major headaches with California and federal regulators over its tainted diesel-engine vehicles. The California Air Resources Board announced late Wednesday that it has rejected Volkswagen’s plans for recalling the 3-liter diesel cars implicated in the German automaker’s air-pollution scandal. http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article89552237.html#storylink=cpy California rejects VW's plan to fix 3-liter diesel cars. California's air-quality authority Wednesday again rejected Volkswagen Group's plan to recall and repair 16,000 of its polluting vehicles with six-cylinder 3-liter "clean diesel" engines in the state, saying the proposal is too vague. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has been acting in concert with the California Air Resources Board, issued its own statement saying it also finds VW's plan to be incomplete. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/07/13/california-rejects-vws-plan-fix-3-liter-diesel-cars/87062504/ California rejects Volkswagen recall for 3-liter diesel cars. The California Air Resources Board has rejected Volkswagen's plan to recall vehicles with 3-liter diesel engines, calling the proposal incomplete and deficient. The German automaker has agreed to spend up to $15.3 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that diesel cars… http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5850737-181/california-rejects-volkswagen-recall-for?artslide=0 California rejects VW recall plan for 3-liter diesels. California's Air Resources Board has rejected Volkswagen's (VW's) plan for recalling thousands of 3-liter diesel vehicles, posing a new challenge for the German carmaker to settle its emissions cheating scandal. http://www.dw.com/en/california-rejects-vw-recall-plan-for-3-liter-diesels/a-19399261 Calif. rejects recall plans for 2nd group of vehicles. The California Air Resources Board yesterday rejected an "incomplete" Volkswagen AG proposal to recall 16,000 3.0-liter diesel passenger cars equipped with software meant to skirt air emissions standards, in a step that could open the door for regulators to consider more mitigation options. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/07/14/stories/1060040295 Settlement aimed at improving environmental justice – EPA. U.S. EPA officials today said they hope an air pollution mitigation fund to be created as part of the settlement for Volkswagen AG's emissions-cheating scandal will be used to advance environmental justice. http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/stories/1060040228/search?keyword=california GREEN ENERGY Environmental protests spur Morocco to halt waste imports for energy. Morocco has suspended imports of European waste to be incinerated for energy after a spate of protests by environmental activists and outrage on social media, officials said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocco-environment-idUSKCN0ZU26R Solar-powered plane nears end of successful flight. Solar Impulse, a fuelless aircraft, has nearly completed its around-the-world journey. The solar-powered plane landed in Cairo yesterday after a more-than-48-hour flight from Seville, Spain, that crossed seven countries. The plane's pilots, André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, are now preparing for the final leg of the flight to the United Arab Emirates. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/07/14/stories/1060040245 OPINIONS What Happens When You Die Waiting for a Tesla? The Model 3 is at least 18 months away, and not everyone on the waitlist will make it. There are more than 300,000 people in line for a Tesla Model 3, and at least one of them is going to die before getting the car. This isn't an electric-vehicle prophecy, just a sober reading of statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-13/what-happens-when-you-die-waiting-for-a-tesla California Should Stay the Course on Low Carbon Fuel Policy. Companies such as UPS, Frito-Lay and Waste Management are expanding their trucking fleets in California and at the same time reducing the amount of oil they use for every mile their vehicles drive. In public policy speak, they are decreasing the carbon intensity of their fuel. https://www.trucks.com/2016/07/14/california-low-carbon-fuel-policy/ Why Santa Monica is staying in drought mode. Last year, faced with one of the worst droughts in California history, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a mandate to cities across the state to cut water use by 25%. And guess what – the cuts were successful. Up against a daunting challenge, Californians proved that, when asked, they could come together to meet the task at hand. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-santa-monica-drought-brown--20160714-snap-story.html Cutting carbon emissions isn’t enough. We need negative emissions. Humans will have to not only stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2085, but also develop technology that will result in negative emissions — the removal of 15 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year by the end of the century — in order to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), according to a new study. http://grist.org/science/cutting-carbon-emissions-isnt-enough-we-need-negative-emissions/ EDITORIAL: Despite New Rules, Water Still Scarce. The drought is dead. Long live the drought. At this time last year, the media was full of concern over the lack of water in California. People were told they had to use 25% less water — by the governor himself — just to survive the multi-year drought. There was talk of one-song showers, brown is the new green… http://www.gazettes.com/opinion/editorial-despite-new-rules-water-still-scarce/article_2ea95140-4924-11e6-a4ba-a3e07e0d1923.html We are the 5 percenters, stretching our water supplies to get by. Water supplies in many parts of the state are seemingly better than they’ve been in recent memory. Major reservoirs in northern California are near capacity. The state water board lifted mandatory restrictions on urban water use. Some water agencies say they won’t be asking their customers to conserve this summer. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-722395-state-percent.html BLOGS Saving the ozone layer is warming the planet but it can be fixed. It belongs to the law of unintended consequences. Back in the 1980s, when the hole in the ozone layer was the world’s number-one environmental problem, few people worried about global warming. So when nations signed the Montreal Protocol in 1987 – which aimed to save the ozone layer by banning ozone-eating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from use in aerosols… https://www.newscientist.com/article/2097581-saving-the-ozone-layer-is-warming-the-planet-but-it-can-be-fixed/ Trucks Have Made Remarkably Little Progress in Reducing Emissions. Passenger cars have improved substantially, but heavier-duty vehicles have a long way to go, a new report shows. New cars, pickups, and SUVs sold in the U.S. have become remarkably more fuel-efficient, and their contributions to the national carbon footprint have declined significantly. In 1990, these vehicles represented 15.6 percent of total emissions in the U.S. http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/07/heavy-duty-vehicle-emissions-on-rise/491111/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.