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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for October 17, 2016.
Posted: 17 Oct 2016 16:49:45
ARB Newsclips for October 17, 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 Sweden Floats Options to Strengthen EU’s Ailing Carbon Market. The European Union debate on a post-2020 overhaul of the bloc’s carbon market is set to intensify after Sweden outlined options to boost the cap-and-trade system tainted by a persistent oversupply of permits. Isabella Loevin, Swedish minister for international development cooperation and climate… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/sweden-floats-options-to-strengthen-eu-s-ailing-carbon-market http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-carbon-idUSKBN12H1N2 It could be the nation’s first carbon tax. And environmentalists are fighting over it. A new initiative slated for the ballot in Washington state next month would create the first-ever carbon tax to be implemented in the United States. But while the initiative promises to fight climate change by making it more expensive to emit greenhouse gases, it’s caused an unexpected controversy among environmentalists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/17/it-could-be-the-nations-first-carbon-tax-and-environmentalists-are-fighting-over-it/?utm_term=.34bbb4356c62 AIR POLLUTION How One Artist Is Turning Beijing's Smog Into Diamonds. Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde’s “Smog Free Tower” has debuted in the Chinese capital. Using a positive ionization process, the air-cleaning tower captures tiny particles suspended in the air and filters them out. Since more than 40 percent of the collected pollution is carbon, he has struck on a novel innovation: using high pressure to convert the residue to diamonds, which can be sold as jewelry. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-16/beijing-smog-how-one-artist-is-turning-it-into-diamonds CLIMATE CHANGE Companies Readying for New Limits to Emissions From Air Conditioners, Refrigerators. International deal would require countries to phase out greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons beginning in 2019. An international agreement struck on Saturday in Rwanda would limit the use of greenhouse gases emitted by air conditioners and refrigerators, a move for which some U.S. companies had already been preparing. Nearly 200 countries, including the U.S., China and India, agreed to the deal… http://www.wsj.com/articles/barack-obama-praises-global-accord-to-limit-use-of-hfc-greenhouse-gases-1476557568 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/africa/kigali-deal-hfc-air-conditioners.html?_r=1 http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article108483862.html http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060044335/search?keyword=california Exxon moves to block climate probes in New York, Massachusetts. ExxonMobil Corp. is asking a federal court to stop the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts from carrying out climate change-related investigations of the company. The nation’s largest oil and natural gas company filed a motion on Monday challenging a subpoena issued last year by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) that Exxon said shows impermissible bias against the company. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/301325-exxon-seeks-to-block-climate-probes-in-new-york-massachusetts?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=99e2986048-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-99e2986048-327747457 Green Climate Fund approves $745m funding round. The high profile Green Climate Fund has signed off on $745m of low carbon investment, taking funding from the agency past the $1bn mark. The latest meeting of the GCF, the international agency formed to mobilise low carbon investment in developing countries as part of the Paris Agreement, approved investments in 10 projects spread across 27 countries… http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2474290/green-climate-fund-approves-usd745m-funding-round?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=99e2986048-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-99e2986048-327747457 Can Canada reduce greenhouse gas emissions while still supporting western Canada’s oil industry? Last week, the Trudeau government announced a new carbon pricing system and ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. Having demonstrated a commitment to addressing climate change, the federal cabinet may approve a new pipeline next. The most likely project to be approved is Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion… http://www.vancouverobserver.com/opinion/can-canada-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-while-still-supporting-western-canada-s-oil Why are greens opposing a carbon tax? A ballot measure in Washington state seeking to impose the first carbon tax in the United States faces an uncertain future due to an unlikely source of opposition: environmentalists. The rancor among Evergreen State greens threatens to sink a long-standing priority of U.S. climate activists. A recent poll showed those in favor of a tax with a 5-point lead, 42 percent to 37 percent… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/10/17/stories/1060044310 DROUGHT State considers new drought rules as conservation ebbs. As California faces the daunting prospect of its sixth straight year of drought, regulators are preparing to roll out the state’s first-ever permanent “water budgets” aimed at slashing consumption on a district-by-district basis. The idea is to determine each water district’s allowable supply by establishing customized targets for indoor use and outdoor landscaping… http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/ Sewer water die hards refuse to give up. Though he knows it makes no financial sense, Sam Lipson regularly drives to a local sewer plant to haul home free effluent to irrigate the trees in his yard. A year ago, at the height of California’s drought when residents faced higher rates and penalties for using too much water, the time and effort saved Lipson money. http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/17/sewer-water-die-hards-refuse-to-give-up/ How the western water wars may end. A novel plan in Washington State overcomes old animosities and offers the region a way forward in era of global warming. Over the past 100 years, this arid region of Central Washington has undergone a stunning transformation. Engineers and farmers have captured the annual mountain snowmelt and used it to change the sagebrush steppe into an agricultural Eden of tree fruits, mint, hay, and corn. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Inhabit/2016/1016/How-the-western-water-wars-may-end DIESEL ACTIVITIES Study Shows What’s Working for Heavy-Duty Truck Fleets in Emissions Compliance. Heavy-duty truck fleets are trying out alternative fuels and fuel-saving technologies to efficiently comply with government regulations, according to a new study. The University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute conducted a survey with 96 heavy-duty fleet managers who operate a combined total of just over 114,500 truck-tractors and approximately 350,000 trailers. http://www.hybridcars.com/study-shows-whats-working-for-heavy-duty-truck-fleets-in-emissions-compliance/ VEHICLES One country has kept Volkswagen's global sales from cratering after its emissions scandal. In the year since the revelation of Volkswagen's catastrophic emissions cheating scandal last September, the German brand's reputation has been left in shambles. But as its reputation with many consumers lay in tatters, the brand's sales have not only not cratered — it's actually increased. In the first nine of months of 2015, the VW brand sold 4,349,600 cars around the world. http://www.businessinsider.com/volkswagen-sales-increased-after-emissions-cheating-scandal-china-2016-10 Carbon emissions from US power industry falls to 25-year low. Carbon-dioxide emissions from electricity generation during the first six months of 2016 were the lowest since 1991, according to the EIA. While automakers work to meet stricter carbon-emissions standards, another sector of the U.S. economy has already made notable progress in reducing its emissions. http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2016/1017/Carbon-emissions-from-US-power-industry-falls-to-25-year-low VW RECALL Volkswagen Avoids Consumer Probe in U.K. Over Emissions Scandal. The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog said it won’t pursue Volkswagen AG for admitting the use of software to cheat vehicle emissions tests, joining European regulators in being more reluctant to extract concessions from the carmaker than counterparts in the U.S. The Competition and Markets Authority won’t launch a formal probe… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/volkswagen-avoids-consumer-probe-in-u-k-over-emissions-scandal GREEN ENERGY What OPEC’s Oil U-Turn Missed: Peak Demand Keeps Getting Closer. OPEC’s decision last month to reverse its policy of unfettered production and cut oil output to boost prices may be at odds with the industry’s most important long-term trend: demand for what they produce could start falling within 15 years. If rapid improvements continue in renewable energy, electric vehicles and other disruptive technologies… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-16/what-opec-s-oil-u-turn-missed-peak-demand-keeps-getting-closer-iud8k6o5?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=99e2986048-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-99e2986048-327747457 Tesla to Partner with Panasonic to Make Solar Panels at Buffalo Factory. Facility originally intended to be a SolarCity manufacturing plant. Tesla Motors Inc. plans to join with Panasonic Corp. to make solar panels at a factory in Buffalo, N.Y., that was originally intended to be a SolarCity Corp. manufacturing plant. Tesla’s management team said in a blog post Sunday night that the company… http://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-to-partner-with-panasonic-to-make-solar-panels-at-buffalo-factory-1476709363?mod=trending_now_2 http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-solarcity-panasonic-buffalo-billion-solar-2016-10 http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/17/tesla-says-it-hopes-to-work-with-panasonic-on-solar-energy/ Wall Street slips as energy, consumer stocks drag. Wall Street ended modestly lower on Monday as energy stocks retreated along with oil prices, while Amazon and Netflix weighed on the consumer discretionary sector. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer warned that economic stability could be threatened by low interest rates and noted the central bank is "very close" to its employment and inflation targets… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN12H173 The world’s first tidal energy farm could power 175,000 homes. Off the northernmost tip of Scotland, in an area called the Pentland Firth, the world’s first large-scale underwater energy farm is being built. Whereas wind turbines use the movement of air to turn the blades and generate power, the new set of submerged turbines will be turned by the ocean’s tides. The project, called MeyGen, is expected to have a power generation capacity of 398 megawatts… http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-tidal-energy-farm-scotland-2016-10 OPINIONS When Is Something ‘Carbon Neutral’? Re “Concern Grows as Senate Allies Argue Biomass Is ‘Neutral’ Fuel,” by Eduardo Porter (Economic Scene column, Oct. 5), about the effort “to force the government to assume that burning forests to generate electricity does not add carbon dioxide to the air”: There’s an excellent reason that biomass is among the few issues with strong bipartisan support… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/opinion/when-is-something-carbon-neutral.html?_r=0 Morally and legally, the UK government has failed us on air pollution. No less than 17 years have passed since new rules were approved in the UK to save thousands of lives by limiting deadly air pollution in our towns and cities. Pollution is the “invisible killer” because, for the most part, it goes unseen. Its impact on human health and the planet is why those laws were necessary. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/17/morally-and-legally-the-uk-government-has-failed-us-on-air-pollution BLOGS How Agriculture Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Agriculture is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions after energy production, but gets far less attention than fossil fuels as a potential way to mitigate the threat of climate change. Changing what we eat is hard, but new technologies and approaches to agriculture can also make a big difference. http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2016/10/16/how-agriculture-can-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ ‘Cool Effect’ Promises Carbon Reduction Solutions. How many times have you experienced frustration about the issue of climate change, and felt powerless to effect tangible change? You’re not alone. According to a March 2016 study, Climate Change in the American Mind, 70 percent of Americans believe global warming is happening. (Tweet this) And they want to be proactive. Now folks have a chance to make a difference. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-g-yerman/cool-effect-promises-carb_b_12483322.html California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.