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ARB Newsclips for September 29, 2016. 

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CAP AND TRADE

Inside the judges' questions on carbon trading. Coal-heavy states
and companies have centered their political challenges to U.S.
EPA's Clean Power Plan on arguments that the rule is
unachievable. But those arguments didn't fare well this week in
front of federal judges. A range of studies have shown that many
states' power companies are already near the 2030 greenhouse gas
levels EPA has assigned.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060043590/search?keyword=california

 
AIR POLLUTION

Giant air purifier aims to raise smog awareness in China, artist
says. A Dutch artist opened what he calls the world's largest air
purifier in Beijing on Thursday, beginning the first leg of a
China tour to raise awareness of environmental problems. The
seven-metre-high (7.66-yard-high) Smog Free Tower, part of the
Smog Free Project started by artist and innovator Daan
Roosegaarde, creates a "bubble of clean air enabling citizens to
experience clean air for free," according to his website.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-idUSKCN11Z1P2 

Floods and farms fuel jump in methane emissions: researchers. A
sharp increase in methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in the
Earth's atmosphere since 2007 is the result of higher emissions
from biological sources such as rice paddies, cattle and swamps
rather than fossil fuels, researchers said on Tuesday. Methane
traps heat, contributing to global warming.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-emissions-science-idUSKCN11X1TG


CLIMATE CHANGE

No big shift in U.S. flood patterns despite climate change:
study. U.S. flooding patterns have shown some regional changes
but no countrywide shift despite heavier rains spawned by global
warming, a study by U.S. and Austrian researchers said on
Wednesday. Findings that the biggest changes were in the Upper
Mississippi Valley, northern Great Plains…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-floods-idUSKCN11Y2UA?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=3f1eae3062-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3f1eae3062-327747457


Will California see a wet winter? Forecasters call it a
‘crapshoot’ Last year at this time, weather forecasters had a
pretty good idea of what was in store as California headed into
the rainy season. The Pacific Ocean surface was warming, and they
were predicting one of the strongest El Niño weather patterns in
recorded history. El Niño ended up making an appearance, but it
wasn’t the series of gully washers for which some had hoped. This
year, the forecast is even less certain.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article104812236.html#storylink=cpy


Officials admit no modelling shows how Australia will meet Paris
climate pledge. Environment officials tell parliamentary inquiry
there is no modelling on how current policies will affect
emissions beyond 2020, or when emissions will peak. Government
officials have acknowledged that Australia’s 2030 greenhouse gas
emissions reductions pledged at Paris in 2015 were made without
any modelling to show whether existing policies could achieve
those targets.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/29/officials-admit-no-modelling-shows-how-australia-will-meet-paris-climate-pledge?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=3f1eae3062-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3f1eae3062-327747457


Earth's CO2 levels have crossed the 400 ppm threshold for good.
The Earth hit a worrying climate change milestone this month, and
it appears to be permanent.
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere
has surpassed 400 parts per million during the annual low point
of the Earth's CO2 cycle, and it's not expected to dip below that
threshold anytime soon.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/09/29/stories/1060043585 

Inside the judges' questions on carbon trading. Coal-heavy states
and companies have centered their political challenges to U.S.
EPA's Clean Power Plan on arguments that the rule is
unachievable. But those arguments didn't fare well this week in
front of federal judges. A range of studies have shown that many
states' power companies are already near the 2030 greenhouse gas
levels EPA has assigned.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/09/29/stories/1060043590 

FUELS

OPEC Agrees to Cut Production, Sending Oil Prices Soaring. 
OPEC’s 14 oil producing nations agreed on Wednesday to modestly
cut their collective oil output later this year in an effort to
bolster sagging prices, according to a cartel official. The
decision sent global oil prices soaring by more than 5 percent.
Under the agreement, reached in Algiers, cartel members would
decide at the group’s next formal meeting…
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/business/energy-environment/opec-agreement-oil-prices.html?_r=0


VEHICLES

Daimler to make more than 10 electric cars by 2025. Daimler's
(DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands will launch more than
10 electric cars by 2025, and zero-emission vehicles will make up
between 15 percent and 25 percent of overall Mercedes sales by
then, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said. Speaking to
journalists at the Paris Motor Show on Thursday, Zetsche said the
automaker was preparing a major push in pure electric vehicles
thanks to advances in battery technology and greater.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autoshow-paris-mercedes-digital-idUSKCN11Z1ON


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