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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for August 31, 2016.
Posted: 31 Aug 2016 12:49:09
ARB Newsclips for August 31, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE Obama rolls out climate initiatives for Western US. President Obama is unveiling millions of dollars in programs Wednesday to help the Western United States adapt to the effects of climate change. The announcements come as Obama travels to southern Nevada for the 20th Lake Tahoe Summit, a gathering to celebrate progress in cleaning up the lake and plan for future environmental efforts. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/293941-obama-rolls-out-climate-adaptation-initiatives-for-western-us Landmark CA climate bill could have wide effects on cars, energy. California already leads to the nation in efforts to limit air pollution and reduce carbon emissions. The Golden State has promoted electric cars like no other, not to mention efforts to boost renewable energy and other technologies that cut emissions. But a landmark climate bill recently passed by the California state legislature… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105871_landmark-ca-climate-bill-could-have-wide-effects-on-cars-energy New Study Suggests that Human-Caused Global Warming Began in the mid-1800s. According to a new study, global warming began in the Arctic and tropical oceans before thermometers were widespread enough to record the early signal. Northern Arizona University's Darrell Kaufman, Regents’ professor, and Nicholas McKay, assistant professor… http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=23620 Australia needs two emissions trading schemes, Climate Change Authority says. Special review recommending steps needed to strengthen climate policies receives a mixed response. The Climate Change Authority has advised the Australian government to institute two emissions trading schemes and strengthen regulations in order to meet Australia’s 2030 emission reduction targets… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/australia-needs-two-emissions-trading-schemes-climate-change-authority-says 167 Tiny Maps Tell the Major Story of Climate Change. Climate change just got another telling visual courtesy of the famed temperature spiral creator. But rather than a graph, it’s a series of 167 maps. Alone, they each tell the story of whether a year was mostly hot or mostly cold or mostly average. Together, they show unequivocally how much our planet has warmed since the 1850s… http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tiny-maps-climate-change-20652?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=22786e3444-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-22786e3444-327747457 DROUGHT California water guzzlers to face new penalties, possible public disclosure of names. California's top water guzzlers -- the people who use tens of thousands of gallons more than their neighbors to keep lawns bright green during serious droughts -- could soon be hit with higher water bills and their names made public if the drought continues. http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_30308037/california-drought-water-guzzlers-face-new-penalties-possible http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20160830/NEWS/160839979 Wildfire fears made real by Southern California's drought dry brush. Low moisture in chaparral shrubs increases Southern California wildfire risk and intensity. As the Blue Cut fire raged out of control in the San Bernardino Mountains one fire commander described the chaparral brush fueling the blaze as a kind of living dead. “It was green vegetation, but it burned like it was dead,”… http://www.pe.com/articles/california-811873-chaparral-southern.html With Water In Short Supply, One California Farmer Grows Feed Indoors. The extended drought in California has farmers looking for ways to use less water. Among them: growing feed indoors using hydroponics. The new diet is making some Central Valley sheep very happy. On Golden Valley Farm an hour north of Fresno, Mario Daccarett's employees milk 500 sheep every day, in rounds of 12. http://wshu.org/post/water-short-supply-one-california-farmer-grows-feed-indoors DIESEL ACTIVITIES Truckers sue EPA over 'job-killing' Calif. equipment rules. Trucking groups sued U.S. EPA yesterday for approving California air regulations for forklifts and other off-road equipment, calling the rules "job-killing." The case concerns EPA's September 2013 decision to grant California a waiver to implement its own air standards for a wide range of vehicles and equipment — from forklifts to excavators. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060042240/search?keyword=california FUELS Fracking denied credit as Obama administration touts 20-year carbon emissions low. The Obama administration is heralding the nearly 20-year low in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions as President Obama prepares to talk climate change in China, but so far the fracking revolution isn’t getting any credit. White House senior advisor Brian Deese cheered the falling carbon dioxide levels… http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/30/fracking-denied-credit-as-obama-administration-tou/ VEHICLES Uber plans to have 50 fully electric cars in London by end Sept. Ride service Uber [UBER.UL], which allows users to instantly hail a taxi ride using their smartphone, said some British customers would soon be traveling in electric cars, in keeping with London's drive to lower emissions. Uber said that by the end of September some of its drivers would make use of 50 fully-electric cars under a partnership deal with car manufacturers BYD and Nissan, with hundreds of the environmentally-friendly cars potentially being on its books by next year. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-britain-electric-cars-idUSKCN1161CG Uber is rolling out fully electric vehicles in London. A handful of Uber drivers in London are now driving fully electric cars as part of a new three-month study. The San Francisco taxi-hailing company, which already has thousands of hybrid Toyota Prius cars in London, has teamed up with Nissan and Chinese car firm BYD to offer Uber drivers the chance to rent Nissan Leaf vehicles or BYD 6 vehicles at "great rates. http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-electric-cars-london-2016-8 VW RECALL VW could agree U.S. large-car diesel emissions settlement by October: Audi exec. Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) could reach a "final" settlement with U.S. authorities as early as October over its large-engine diesel cars found to have cheated emissions tests in a global scandal, the sales chief of its premium Audi brand said. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-audi-china-idUSKCN1160EK?feedType=RSS&virtualBrandChannel=11563 GREEN ENERGY Eastern U.S. can handle 30% clean power — report. Wind and solar can supply 30 percent of the annual power for the nation's Eastern grid without reliability concerns, new research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory said. The Eastern Interconnection, which stretches from Maine to New Mexico, currently gets less than 7 percent of its annual power from the two renewable sources. http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/08/31/stories/1060042231 MISCELLANEOUS Former Air Quality chief Barry Wallerstein to be UC Riverside fellow. Barry Wallerstein will be a senior fellow at the School of Public Policy. Barry Wallerstein, who was ousted from his 19-year tenure as executive officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in March, has landed at UC Riverside. Wallerstein was removed from the air district earlier this year by the new Republican majority on the air board that wanted a more business-friendly approach to air-quality regulations… http://www.pe.com/articles/air-811957-research-quality.html OPINIONS Future uncertain over cap-and-trade auctions. On Tuesday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the latest quarterly allowance auction results for California’s cap-and-trade program. While demand rose compared to the previous auction in May, a majority of allowances still went unsold due to uncertainty over the program’s future past 2020 – suggesting policymakers should take action… http://capitolweekly.net/cap-and-trade-auctions-future/ China Aims To Kill Off Most Of Its Electric Vehicle Makers. Will It Work? “The top makes the policy. The bottom takes counter measures.” That’s the adage every smart Chinese businessperson knows by heart. Translation: Central government planners in Beijing love to declare ambitious national economic goals. http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldunne/2016/08/30/china-aims-to-kill-off-most-of-its-electric-vehicle-makers-why-and-will-it-work/#14ab62685208 California’s Cap and Trade Policy is Actually Working Against its Climate Action Targets. Tying the fate of important climate actions to the sale of carbon permits has snatched defeat from the jaws of a broader victory in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. California’s cap-and-trade scheme is in trouble. The latest carbon auction announced Aug. 23 failed to sell two-thirds of the available pollution permits, a third successive flop. http://www.ips-dc.org/californias-cap-trade-policy-actually-working-climate-action-targets/ China has a plan for all its electric-car startups; they may not like it. It has been an official goal of the Chinese government to encourage the development and sale of plug-in electric cars for several years now. They are intended not only to help fight the choking air pollution in many parts of the country, but also give China's auto industry an edge in future decades. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105878_china-has-a-plan-for-all-its-electric-car-startups-they-may-not-like-it BLOGS The Cost of Slashing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. President Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050 would cost $5.3 trillion, a new study shows. President Barack Obama’s pledge to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 2005 levels by 2050 might cost more than $5 trillion over three decades, according to a new analysis. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/08/31/the-cost-of-slashing-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ Is Coffee Going Extinct? Climate change will wreak havoc on the coffee industry: In this century, it will reduce the land fit for coffee production by half, impacting the livelihoods of 120 million of the world’s poorest people. This is according to a report by the Climate Institute, commissioned by Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand… http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/08/report-claims-climate-change-will-devastate-coffee-regions.html U.S. universities using less coal for heat, power. U.S. colleges and universities have burned coal to produce electricity and heat for 200 years. Now they’re using far less of it. The country’s educational institutions, pushed by rising hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, have cut coal consumption by almost two-thirds over the past eight years, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy. http://fuelfix.com/blog/2016/08/30/u-s-universities-using-less-coal-for-heat-power/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=22786e3444-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-22786e3444-327747457 California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.