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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for November 7, 2016..
Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:06:21
ARB Newsclips for November 7, 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. AIR POLLUTION New Delhi’s Thick, Toxic Smog Forces School Closures. India’s capital shutters classes for three days, temporarily bans construction and diesel generators in effort to fight the problem. India’s capital ordered the city’s schools closed for three days starting Monday, as authorities moved to combat the effects of thick smog that has choked residents and prompted public outcry. http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-delhis-thick-toxic-smog-forces-school-closures-1478443076 How Is Your Family Coping With Delhi’s Air Pollution? More than one million students will be out of school on Saturday in India’s capital after the authorities decided to close public primary schools to protect children from exposure to dangerous levels of air pollution. Does this decision affect your family? How do you cope with the pollution? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/world/asia/how-is-your-family-coping-with-delhis-air-pollution.html?_r=0 CLIMATE CHANGE Marrakech climate talks: giving the fossil fuel lobby a seat at the table. Is it a conflict of interest to have representatives of coal and oil companies at the climate change discussions? As the world gathers in Morocco for the historic first meeting under the Paris agreement – called “COP22” but now also “CMA1” – it does so with the unprecedented involvement of corporate interests who have fought climate action around the world, funded climate change denial... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/07/marrakech-climate-talks-giving-the-fossil-fuel-lobby-a-seat-at-the-table?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=52914c725f-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-52914c725f-327747457 China Announces Plan to Curb Carbon Emissions. China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. Under the plan, by 2020, the level of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be 18 percent lower than in 2015, the State Council said on its website Friday… http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/china-pledges-18-percent-carbon-emissions-cut-2020-43320404 FUELS Carbon-capture project's startup date delayed again. Southern Co. again has pushed back the startup date for its next-generation coal plant in Mississippi, driving the 582-megawatt power plant's costs toward $7 billion. If the company does not meet the Dec. 31 deadline, it will have to give up $250 million in federal tax benefits that would ease the cost burden for the Kemper County energy facility. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/07/stories/1060045341 VW INVESTIGATION More defeat devices in Audi vehicles? Report: CARB discovers more tech designed to detect emissions testing. The California Air Resources Board has discovered another undisclosed defeat device in Audi vehicles including the A6, A8 and Q5, the German weekly Welt am Sonntag reports. The agency reportedly discovered software in diesel- and gasoline-engined vehicles that monitors… http://autoweek.com/article/vw-diesel-scandal/more-defeat-devices-audi-vehicles#ixzz4PLyHXQUI New Discovery Broadens VW Emissions-Cheating Crisis. California regulators find Audi engines were rigged to produce lower CO2 emissions in tests than on road. Regulators in California recently discovered software installed on some of Volkswagen AG’s Audi models that appears to have allowed the cars to cheat carbon-dioxide emissions testing standards, according to people familiar with the matter. http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-probe-in-germany-extended-to-chairman-1478429066 Germany to Follow Up on Latest Volkswagen Emissions Findings. Software installed on Audi models now in the spotlight. Germany’s transport ministry said it would follow up on any findings from regulators in California on software installed on some of Volkswagen AG’s Audi models though it has no fresh information from the U.S. authorities, a spokesman for the ministry said Monday. http://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-to-follow-up-on-latest-volkswagen-emissions-findings-1478530532 GREEN ENERGY Solar power agency Masen issues Morocco's first green bond. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) has issued Morocco's first green bond to help to finance the country's development of solar power, it said on Monday. The 1.15 billion dirham ($118 million) bond issue will help to fund three schemes that form part of the NOOR PV 1 solar power project. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocco-bonds-solar-idUSKBN1321X8 Iran Working on Laws to Spur Renewable Energy Investments. Iran is working on regulations to attract investment in renewable energy, according to Elham Aminzadeh, adviser to President Hassan Rouhani, as the nation considers solar, wind and hydro power as ways to diversify from regular crude-based fuel. The government is working on laws designed to be as attractive for foreign investment… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-06/iran-working-on-laws-to-spur-renewable-energy-investments Report: US regulator finds emissions cheat device in some Audi vehicles. Audi cheat device: A German newspaper reported Sunday that regulators with the California Air Resources Board have discovered software in some Audi vehicles that reduces carbon dioxide emissions during testing. Some Audi vehicles contained software to lower their carbon dioxide emissions under test conditions, according to German weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag. http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/1107/Report-US-regulator-finds-emissions-cheat-device-in-some-Audi-vehicles For Renewable Energy, Brexit Spurs Mixed Prospects. When Mark Meyrick sat down with a developer to review plans for two solar farms the company he works for is building in Wales and southwestern England, one number jumped out at him. With the value of the pound sliding since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the cost of the imported solar panels Good Energy must buy has risen. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/energy-environment/for-renewable-energy-brexit-spurs-mixed-prospects.html?_r=0 Renewables disappoint but don't deter Duke. Duke Energy's commercial renewables unit will fall short of its original earnings expectations this year, company executives said Friday. Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke's commercial portfolio, mostly wind and solar, has earned $65 million so far in 2016, updated figures show. That is less than half the $140 million Duke originally projected. http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/07/stories/1060045314 SolarCity sees big growth in Pittsburgh area. SolarCity Corp., the nation's largest residential solar installer, has opened its first operations center in the Pittsburgh region. Attracted by the potential for growth in the Steel City, the company began sales in the region in April and has seen a rapid increase in business. "We've probably installed in the last three months as much as was installed in the last decade" in the Pittsburgh area… http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/07/stories/1060045322 BLOGS What Delhi Government Says It Is Doing to Combat Air Pollution. Local government has shut down schools and banned construction as city is enveloped in dirty smog. New Delhi has been engulfed by a toxic smog for more than a week as air pollution soars in India’s capital. The haze, which is the second-worst in nearly 10 years, is a deadly mixture of dust, car exhaust, soot from burning garbage… http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/11/07/what-delhi-government-says-it-is-doing-to-combat-air-pollution/ Getting to Green. Denmark has long been committed to stem climate change. That, perhaps, is not surprising, being a small, coastal, low-lying country vulnerable to rising sea levels, and enthusiastically engaged in international affairs. But no single nation - not even the United States of America - can stop climate change single-handedly. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lars-gert-lose/getting-to-green_b_12842326.html California Community Colleges partner with private sector to train needed energy workforce. Just over a year ago, Governor Jerry Brown approved California State Senate Bill 350. The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 mandates a doubling of the energy efficiency goals set out in Assembly Bill 32, which passed in 2006. Clearly good for the environment, these bills create a path to a cleaner future for… http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-community-colleges-partner-with-private-sector-to-train-needed-e More Renewable Diesel: City of San Diego Transitions Vehicle Fleet. In the latest rollout of its kind, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer has announced that San Diego has begun using renewable diesel in its vehicle fleet – a change that is expected to significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and help meet the goals in Mayor Faulconer’s Climate Action Plan. http://ngtnews.com/more-renewable-diesel-city-of-san-diego-transitions-vehicle-fleet/ California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.