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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for September 6, 2016.
Posted: 06 Sep 2016 16:26:33
ARB Newsclips for September 6, 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 Future climate change field test doesn't make Earth greener. In the course of a 17-year experiment on more than 1 million plants, scientists put future global warming to a real world test - growing California flowers and grasslands with extra heat, carbon dioxide and nitrogen to mimic a not-so-distant, hotter future. The results, simulating a post-2050 world, aren't pretty. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_WARMING_EXPERIMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OBAMA LEGACY: Quiet but big changes in energy, pollution. Mostly unnoticed amid the political brawl over climate change, the United States has undergone a quiet transformation in how and where it gets its energy during Barack Obama's presidency, slicing the nation's output of polluting gases that are warming Earth. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_OBAMA_LEGACY_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Hailing cooperation, US and China join global climate deal. Setting aside their cyber and maritime disputes, President Barack Obama and China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday sealed their nations' participation in last year's Paris climate change agreement. They hailed their new era of climate cooperation as the best chance for saving the planet. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_OBAMA_CHINA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Obama makes progress on climate change, the bright spot in his China policy. President Obama, often frustrated in his efforts to contain China’s regional power, advance human rights and open markets, has settled for progress elsewhere in relations between the world’s leading economies: tackling climate change. In an announcement Saturday that virtually no one predicted… http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-obama-china-policy-20160903-snap-story.html Pressure grows on UK to ratify Paris climate change deal. Pressure is growing on the UK government to ratify the Paris climate change deal immediately. A spokesman for the prime minister told the BBC the UK would ratify "as soon as possible", but did not suggest a date. But Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens say the UK has lost its long-term leadership on climate after the US and China jointly ratified the deal at the weekend. They say there is no good reason for the UK to delay. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37272671 N.Y. enviros push incentives to keep renewables in-state. Renewable energy interests in New York are warning that Massachusetts and other neighbors could siphon off green electrons from the Empire State. An aggressive new policy in Massachusetts has put some of New York's renewable power generators — mainly hydropower — at risk of exporting energy. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/09/06/stories/1060042330 FUELS US stocks inch higher on new hope for oil deal. U.S. stocks are inching higher Tuesday after a number of companies announced deals after the Labor Day holiday. Energy companies are making the biggest gains as investors hope for a deal that could limit oil production and send prices and company profits higher. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FINANCIAL_MARKETS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Texas company to purchase Yates Petroleum in $2.5B deal. One of the largest oil producers in the U.S. is purchasing a privately-held New Mexico company and some of its subsidiaries in a $2.5 billion deal that will expand its footprint in major energy-producing basins in the West. Houston-based EOG Resources, Inc. announced the agreement with Yates Petroleum on Tuesday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OIL_COMPANY_MERGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT U.S. Oil Prices Settle Higher. Unclear whether closer Saudi Arabia, Russia cooperation might put a floor under crude prices. Oil prices traded near flat Tuesday on skepticism that major producers can reach a deal to freeze production, which would reduce the global oversupply of crude. http://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-prices-subside-after-output-freeze-hopes-dashed-1473153589 VEHICLES Volkswagen Truck & Bus buying stake in Navistar for $256M. Volkswagen Truck & Bus, an arm of the German automaker Volkswagen, is buying a minority stake in Navistar for $256 million. The companies also said Tuesday that they will enter a procurement joint venture that will help source parts for both businesses. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NAVISTAR_VOLKSWAGEN?SITE=AP&ECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-to-take-19-9-stake-in-navistar-1473089215 California fails to extend green sticker program for plug-in hybrids. If you have a plug-in electric hybrid car like a Prius and want a coveted green sticker to drive solo in Bay Area carpool lanes, the news is not encouraging. The state Legislature took no action last week on Assembly Bill 1964, which would extend the driving perk beyond 2019 or allow more green stickers above the currently capped 85,000 limit. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_30330363/roadshow-carpool-sticker-program-stalls?source=rss GREEN ENERGY Enbridge to Buy Spectra Energy in $28 Billion Deal. New company will have assets in crude oil, liquids and natural gas pipelines, terminal and midstream operations. Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Houston’s Spectra Energy Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at about $28 billion, creating a major North American energy-infrastructure company at a time when energy-industry operators… http://www.wsj.com/articles/enbridge-to-buy-spectra-energy-in-28-billion-deal-1473160931 Toyota, Encana Energy Deal Devolves Into Legal Battle. Deals pairing an outside investor with an energy producer became a popular way of financing new wells a few years ago. Energy companies aren’t the only ones reeling from the industry’s bust. Japanese auto maker Toyota Motor Corp. ’s supply and trading arm, Toyota Tsusho Corp. , made an ill-timed bet on Canadian natural gas… http://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-encana-energy-deal-devolves-into-legal-battle-1472895001 Inside solar's secret society. A group of leaders in the solar industry have been holding secret meetings for the last 14 years, strategizing how to make solar the dominant source of energy on Earth. Called the Solar Circle, it is a quiet sort of brain trust made up of members hand-chosen for their talents and commitment to the cause (see sidebar). http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/09/06/stories/1060042311 Mega-wind farm moves forward; will others follow? The largest planned wind energy project in U.S. history cleared a key hurdle late last month as Iowa regulators ruled that MidAmerican Energy Co. could proceed with a $3.6 billion mega-wind farm to be built over the next three years. The 2,000-megawatt Wind XI project, to be built at a half-dozen sites across Iowa… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/09/06/stories/1060042331 OPINIONS ‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke. There is a new menace on America’s roads: diesel truck drivers who soup up their engines and remove their emissions controls to “roll coal,” or belch black smoke, at pedestrians, cyclists and unsuspecting Prius drivers. Sgt. Chris Worthington of the Montrose Police Department here is out to stop them. “You can hear those trucks across town, driving like idiots,”… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/business/energy-environment/rolling-coal-in-diesel-trucks-to-rebel-and-provoke.html?_r=0 Let's put priority on our air, and our environment. Yo the editor: Since most of the “dirty” industries remaining in the Los Angeles area are located cheek-to-jowl in sections populated by lower income families, the refusal to incorporate board members with a higher sense of concern for the environment leaves those citizens — as usual — very poorly represented on all fronts. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-captrade-20160906-snap-story.html A carbon tax for thee, but not for me. In 2006, the California Legislature enacted AB 32, which mandated that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. California’s cap & trade auction system followed. Last week the Legislature passed SB 32, which extends and deepens AB 32’s original mandate, requiring the state to further reduce emissions to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. http://niskanencenter.org/blog/carbon-tax-thee-not/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.