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CAP AND TRADE

Canada's finance minister says confident on pan-Canadian carbon
price in near term. Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau said
on Tuesday he was confident the country was making progress
towards pan-Canadian carbon pricing. "Our focus right now is a
pan-Canadian approach to carbon pricing. We are making progress
on that and I believe we will be able to make progress on that in
the near term…
http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-carbonprice-idUSL9N0ZF043?feedType=RSS


AIR POLLUTION

China says air pollution worsens in October. Air quality in
China's smog-hit northern regions, which include the capital
Beijing, worsened in October despite overall improvements over
the course of the year, the environment ministry said in a notice
late on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said
concentrations of small breathable particles known as PM2.5, a
key smog indicator…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-idUSKBN13A028 

As a Noxious Smog Descends, Tehran Tries to Ignore It. This week,
as a yellow blanket of smog settled in for what is typically a
winter-long stay, Reza Shajiee, a prominent hipster socialite,
posted a picture of himself on Instagram wearing a gas mask under
his motorcycle helmet. The text reads, “My city is better than
yours, its air is better than yours,” and is accompanied by an
emoticon wearing a gas mask.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/world/middleeast/as-a-noxious-smog-descends-tehran-tries-to-ignore-it.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAir%20Pollution&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection


EPA gets hit from both sides in MACT standards case. In an
initial clash of court briefs yesterday, industry and
environmental groups leveled biting attacks on U.S. EPA's
pollution standards for brick and clay ceramics manufacturers,
issued last fall. A key part of the standards, for example, sets
maximum achievable control technology (MACT) emission limits for
mercury, particulate matter and other pollutants.
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/11/15/stories/1060045783 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Hollande: US must respect ‘irreversible’ climate deal. French
President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged the United States to
respect the “irreversible” Paris Agreement on climate change, and
said France will lead a dialogue on the topic with
President-elect Donald Trump “on behalf of the 100 countries that
have ratified” the deal.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_CLIMATE_TALKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-accord-idUSKBN13A12Z?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/15/climate-change-hollande-us-respect/

http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/15/climate-change-paris-agreement-irreversible-frances-hollande-insists/


Trump set to roll back Obama policies on energy, environment.
President-elect Donald Trump is considering an oil billionaire
and a North Dakota lawmaker for top posts as he moves to roll
back President Barack Obama's environmental and energy policies
and allow unfettered production of oil, coal and natural gas.
Trump has vowed to rescind "all job-destroying Obama executive
actions" and pledges to sharply increase oil and gas drilling…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


U.S. Officials Say World Climate-Change Efforts to Continue
Despite Trump’s Views. Senior U.S. officials at a major climate
change conference Monday, echoed by President Barack Obama,
contended the world will seek to keep cutting carbon emissions,
despite President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to turn back the
U.S.’s own efforts.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-officials-vow-world-climate-change-efforts-to-continue-despite-trumps-views-1479170840


Developing states get a helping hand to roll out climate action
plans. Developing nations will receive a much-needed boost to
roll out their climate change action plans through a partnership,
launched at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, that will improve
their access to expertise and financial support, its backers
said. Alongside the first meeting of countries that have ratified
the new global climate change agreement…
http://www.reuters.com/article/climatechange-accord-action-idUSL8N1DG66O


Germany, EU Commission dismiss call for CO2 tax on U.S. under
Trump. Germany and the European Commission rejected on Monday a
call for Europe to impose taxes on imports from the United States
if President-elect Donald Trump quits a global agreement for
fighting climate change. Trump, who has called man-made global
warming a hoax, has pledged to pull of the 2015 Paris Agreement… 
http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-climatechange-idUKKBN139281?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=1bdbfb6595-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-1bdbfb6595-327747457


As climate change uproots communities, innovation can rescue
culture. When powerful Cyclone Heta hit the tiny Pacific island
nation of Niue in 2004, it caused huge damage, including
destroying 95 percent of the collection in Niue’s museum.
Cultural losses like this are likely to increase as storms and
floods super-charged by climate change cause more damage and
displace a growing number of the world’s most vulnerable
people...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-migrants-culture-idUKKBN13A0ZE


Scientists say climate change wiped out an entire underwater
ecosystem. Again. We’ve heard a lot lately about the destruction
of tropical coral reefs brought on by a warming climate. And
that’s a big deal — corals are the lynchpin of entire undersea
ecosystems. When they go, the damage reverberates widely and
ultimately, even people pay the price. But something similar has
been happening to corals’ more temperate…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/15/scientists-just-found-another-case-of-climate-change-wiping-out-an-underwater-ecosystem/


Climate Protection Advocates Fear a Rollback of Emissions
Standards. Of all the climate policies the Trump administration
has promised to undo, auto emissions standards could be the most
consequential. America’s 250 million cars, together with other
modes of transport, now emit more carbon dioxide than any other
segment of the United States — more than its power stations,
factories or households.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/business/energy-environment/climate-protection-advocates-fear-a-rollback-of-emissions-standards.html?_r=0


John Kerry’s Antarctica Visit Highlights a Continent, and Climate
Policies, Under Threat. A group of hikers in red parkas
approached a half-dozen seals resting on floating sea ice. The
leader of the entourage — Secretary of State John Kerry — raised
his arms and ordered everyone to halt. As an ethereal silence
descended, Mr. Kerry cocked his head in the stillness of one of
the world’s last truly wild places. In that moment, the frozen
landscape seemed timeless…
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/science/antarctica-john-kerry-global-warming.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGreenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection


UN Secretary General Predicts Trump Will Change His Views on
Climate Change. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he is
confident that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change his
approach to climate change after entering office, predicting that
“Mr. Trump will really hear and understand the seriousness and
urgency of addressing climate change.”
http://kticradio.com/abc_world/un-secretary-general-predicts-trump-will-change-his-views-on-climate-change-abcid35810189/

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765690822/UN-chief-sure-Trump-will-reconsider-climate-change-stance.html?pg=all


Carbon capture necessary, IEA says. The process is the "only
technology" that can cut emissions dramatically from coal-fired
power plants. Momentum needs to build up behind carbon capture
and storage technologies in order to put weight behind the Paris
climate deal, the director of the IEA said. In a 2013 study, the
International Energy Agency described carbon capture and storage
as a "necessary addition"…
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Industry/2016/11/15/Carbon-capture-necessary-IEA-says/9551479213000/


Hydroelectric dams emit a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a
year, study finds. Impact of dams on climate change has been
underestimated, researchers warn, as rotting vegetation creates
25% more methane than previously thought. Hydroelectric dams
contribute more to global warming than previously estimated…
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/14/hydroelectric-dams-emit-billion-tonnes-greenhouse-gas-methane-study-climate-change
 

Natural disasters push 26m into poverty each year, says World
Bank. Study finds floods, storms and droughts cost global economy
$520bn a year and highlights need to tackle climate change.
Floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and other extreme natural disasters
push 26 million people into poverty each year and cost the global
economy more than half a trillion dollars in lost consumption,
the World Bank has said.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/14/natural-disasters-poverty-world-bank-climate-change?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=1bdbfb6595-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-1bdbfb6595-327747457


Global carbon emissions remain flat three years in a row: Glimmer
of hope? An annual report projects global carbon dioxide
emissions will continue to have slowed in 2016. But the lead
author notes this reduction alone will not be enough to curb
rising global temperatures. Global carbon dioxide emissions have
stayed almost flat for the third year in a row, thanks to a
decrease in coal consumption by China…
http://m.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1114/Global-carbon-emissions-remain-flat-three-years-in-a-row-Glimmer-of-hope


Reports urge more CCS to avoid dangerous warming. Two reports are
warning today that the world is wildly off course in deploying
carbon capture and sequestration technology needed to avoid
catastrophic climate change. The International Energy Agency
reports that the number of planned or operational large CCS
projects has fallen by half in the past six years…
http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2016/11/15/stories/1060045777 

States say they 'are not going to be stopped' by Trump. State
climate leaders are striking a defiant note following the
election of Donald Trump to the presidency, pledging to redouble
their efforts to combat climate change even as they prepare for a
rollback in federal efforts. In California, Democratic Gov. Jerry
Brown promised to "confront the existential threat of our time —
devastating climate change."
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/14/stories/1060045683 

Old ice could provide 1.5M years of climate data. Scientists are
on a quest to find the oldest ice in Antarctica. The chemistry of
ice, as well as the air trapped inside it, can provide the
scientific community with key evidence about how the Earth's
climate has changed. Some researchers now hope to find samples of
ice that contain continuous data from 1.5 million years ago to
present.
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/15/stories/1060045723 

Pencils still down, but endgame could drag on. President Obama's
signature greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants
are bound to hang on a while longer, although utility regulators
aren't holding their breath. President-elect Donald Trump has
vowed to scrap the Clean Power Plan, which has been stayed by…
http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060045751/search?keyword=california


DROUGHT

Forest Fires Spread by Drought Strike Southern Appalachians.
Dozens of wildfires threaten homes and tax firefighters as they
evacuate people from the region. A prolonged drought in the
southeast U.S. is sparking dozens of wildfires in the forests of
the southern Appalachian Mountains, threatening homes and taxing
state and federal firefighters as they evacuate people from the
area.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/forest-fires-spread-by-drought-strike-southern-appalachians-1479236747


DIESEL ACTIVITIES

BYD and Wayne Engineering unveil all-electric refuse truck. BYD
and Wayne Engineering announced the launch of an all-new,
fully-electric refuse truck for use in cities across the country.
“This truck represents a new era in waste management, one of the
last remaining sectors untouched by green energy and
electrification,” said Stella Li, president of BYD America.
http://fleetowner.com/running-green/byd-and-wayne-engineering-unveil-all-electric-refuse-truck


FUELS

US finalizes rule to limit gas 'flaring' at drilling sites. With
two months left in President Barack Obama's term, his
administration issued a rule Tuesday intended to clamp down on
oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands. The new
rule seeks to reduce waste and harmful methane emissions as part
of a strategy to address climate change.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_METHANE_GAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/15/obama-administration-releases-new-oil-and-gas-rule-in-the-face-of-an-incoming-trump-administration/


EPA gas-mileage labels accurate, helpful, unlike 2005: Consumer
Reports. EPA gas-mileage label (window sticker), design used
starting in model year 2013. Car buyers remain aware that the
real-world fuel economy of new vehicles may not match the ratings
on their window stickers. The year-old Volkswagen diesel scandal
has also shown the vulnerability of laboratory emissions tests to
deliberate cheating by manufacturers.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1107260_epa-gas-mileage-labels-accurate-helpful-unlike-2005-consumer-reports


Cow Manure Turns To Biofuel At A California Dairy Farm.
California’s dairy industry has managed to push back tough new
regulations to reduce the amount of methane gas created by cows
and their manure. But some dairies are much more progressive. One
farm has been reducing its emissions for decades.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/11/14/california-dairy-farmer-uses-cow-manure-to-make-biogas/


VEHICLES

Fiat Chrysler, Cummins reject diesel cheating suit. Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) and Cummins Inc (CMI.N) said on Monday
they will fight a class-action lawsuit filed against the
companies accusing them of cheating on diesel emissions tests. On
Monday, lawyers representing owners of older 2500 and 3500 Dodge
Ram trucks filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in
Detroit…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fiat-chrysler-emissions-idUSKBN1392NX?il=0

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20161115_Dodge_Truck_Owners_Accuse_Chrysler_of_VW-Like_Cheating.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/fiat-chrysler-cummins-reject-claims-of-emissions-test-cheating-2016-11

Germany's Tank & Rast could boost electric car charging efforts.
German motorway service station operator Tank & Rast, which is
playing a key role in creating more charging points for electric
cars, is open to working with interested parties on developing
the network further. German tabloid Bild reported earlier on
Tuesday that carmakers were in talks with Tank & Rast about
setting up a nationwide network of charging stations in Germany,
citing industry sources.
http://www.reuters.com/article/germany-autos-electricity-idUSL8N1DG57A


Electric cars are less than 1% of the market. Yet automakers are
pushing them big time. Why? dmit it: You’ve thought about buying
an electric car. If but for a fleeting moment, you considered the
possibilities: Zero tailpipe emissions. No more oil changes, no
more tune-ups. Cheap fuel. And it seems pretty cool. Then, if
you’re like most people, you set the idea aside. That disconnect
is apparent in the U.S., where all-electric vehicles account for
less than 1% of new car sales.
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-electric-car-future-auto-show-20161114-story.html


US demands electric cars make noise at low speed. A US road
safety body has demanded that electric cars travelling at low
speed make a noise to warn pedestrians.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said
the rule was needed because battery-powered vehicles are very
quiet. It said the rule would particularly help blind
pedestrians, or those with a visual impairment, detect electric
cars and hybrids on the road.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37986774 

Duke Energy funding 200 car-charging stations statewide. Duke
Energy is sending notices to about 80 cities and organizations
that they have won grants totaling $1 million to set up charging
stations for electric vehicles. The notices are going to
applicants all over the state. All together, the $1 million will
establish about 200 car-charging stations at the 80 locations.
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2016/11/15/duke-energy-funding-200-car-charging-stations.html


VW RECALL

VW Said to Reach U.S. Deal to Fix Most Tainted Audi Diesels.
Volkswagen AG has reached an agreement with U.S. environmental
regulators to fix or buy back around 80,000 Audi, VW and Porsche
vehicles with tainted 3-liter diesel engines, nearing a
resolution on a key aspect of the emissions-cheating scandal,
people familiar with the discussions said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/vw-reaches-deal-to-to-fix-most-of-audi-s-tainted-diesels


VW, Audi May Face Higher Costs to Resolve Emissions Issues.
Consumer class-action lawsuits filed against Audi in U.S. federal
courts in Illinois and in Minnesota. Volkswagen AG and its Audi
luxury-car unit face the prospect of significantly higher costs
to resolve emissions-cheating litigation in the U.S. following a
recent disclosure about Audi that unleashed new consumer
lawsuits. At least two consumer class-action lawsuits against
Audi were recently filed in U.S. federal courts…
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vw-audi-may-face-higher-costs-to-resolve-emissions-issues-1479229745


VW, Audi Confirm Investigation Into Carbon Dioxide Levels in Some
Audi Cars. U.S., European authorities take a fresh look into
emissions damping in tests of some of the German luxury auto
maker’s models. Volkswagen AG and its Audi AG luxury unit on
Saturday confirmed that U.S. and European investigators are
looking into fresh irregularities related to carbon dioxide
emissions levels in certain Audi automatic-transmission vehicles.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vw-audi-confirm-investigation-into-carbon-dioxide-levels-in-some-audi-cars-1478990940


Audi software can distort emissions in tests, VW says. Audi cars
with automatic transmissions have technology capable of
distorting emissions when they are tested, Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE)
said, as its luxury flagship is battling allegations over a
reported discovery of a new cheat software device. Germany's Bild
am Sonntag newspaper said a week ago that…
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-audi-idUSKBN1370Q3


A fix and buyback program for Audi V6 diesels may be on the way.
While Volkswagen reached a settlement to buy back 2.0-liter
diesel inline-fours with emissions defeat devices, the roughly
80,000 cars with 3.0-liter diesel V6s built by Audi have yet to
be addressed. But a new report from Bloomberg indicates that a
solution is near. The publication says that sources familiar with
the situation say the company has a fix ready for the majority of
the cars…
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/15/audi-v6-diesels-fix-buy-back/


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GREEN ENERGY

French oil major Total to install solar panels at 5,000 service
stations. French oil major Total (TOTF.PA) announced on Tuesday
plans to equip 5,000 of its service stations across the world
with solar panels, which it said would cut Total's electricity
bill by $40 million a year. Total added that the project
represented an investment of around $300 million over 5 years and
would cut its carbon emissions by 10,000 tons per year.
http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-total-solar-idUKKBN13A0N7 

This $86,000 solar-powered tiny house rotates to face the sun.
More homeowners are investing in solar panels as a more
environmentally (and budget) friendly energy source. But solar
panels work best when the sun shines directly on them, which
means they're only working at their full potential for one or two
hours of the day. A team of students at Santa Clara University
may have found a more efficient way to harvest the sun's energy.
http://www.businessinsider.com/revolve-rotating-tiny-house-2016-11


How Microsoft’s Latest Wind Energy Purchase Will Enable Faster
Adoption of Renewables. Microsoft yesterday announced its largest
wind energy purchase to date, bringing its total wind energy
investments in the US to more than 500 megawatts. The two new
agreements represent 237 megawatts of wind energy.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/11/15/how-microsofts-latest-wind-energy-purchase-will-enable-faster-adoption-of-renewables/#ixzz4Q6mgBHaH


MISCELLANEOUS

California ARB holding public workshop on how to spend VW’s $800M
ZEV payment. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding
a public workshop on Friday, 2 December 2016, to provide
suggestions for Volkswagen’s $800-million 10-year zero emission
vehicle (ZEV) Investment Commitment in California. The ZEV
Investment Commitment is a component of California’s partial
settlement…
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/11/20161115-arb.html 

'We're not going to let him get away with it' — enviros on Trump.
Environmental lawyers are using a lot of war metaphors these
days. In preparation for clashes expected after Donald Trump
takes power, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation
Director Brendan Cummings is laying out plans for "the very big
fight ahead," while Western Environmental Law…
http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/15/stories/1060045749

OPINIONS

RPT-COLUMN-Old and worn out, U.S. coal-fired power plants easy
prey for gas: Kemp. President Barack Obama's administration has
been blamed for the closure of a record number of coal-fired
power plants across and heavy job losses in the mining industry.
Since the current administration began in January 2009, more than
400 coal-fired power units have closed across the United States
and around 33,000 coal-mining jobs have disappeared.
http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-coal-kemp-idUSL8N1DF6DY  

With a climate denier in the White House, California must lead
the way on global warming.  To the editor: Global warming, caused
by mankind’s continued reliance on fossil fuels, threatens the
stability and habitability of our fragile planet, yet we now have
a president-elect described in your editorial as “the only world
leader who questions whether climate change is real.” (“With
Trump’s election, science — and the global environment — will
lose,” editorial, Nov. 11)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-climate-change-california-20161115-story.html


Why Trump's vow to kill Obama's sustainability agenda will lead
business to step in and save it. During the campaign,
then-candidate Donald Trump called climate change a hoax,
threatened to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency,
committed to easing restrictions on drilling and mining on
federal lands, and promised to push for oil pipelines and other
controversial energy infrastructure.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Why-Trump-s-vow-to-kill-Obama-s-sustainability-10614436.php


BLOGS

Climate Expert Says China Committed To Battling Climate Change --
Even If The U.S. Drops Out Of Paris Accord. With Donald J. Trump
the President-elect of the United States, the momentous Joint
Agreement on Climate Change, signed by U.S. President Barack
Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which was heralded as a
rare moment of policy coordination, may soon be relegated to the
dustbin of history.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jillbaker/2016/11/14/climate-expert-says-china-committed-to-battling-climate-change-even-if-the-u-s-drops-out-of-paris-accord/#77425b1e7440


California expected to top quarter-million EVs this month.
California expects to top a total of a 250,000 plug-in electric
vehicles sold this month. That’s a lot of juice.
Since plug-in vehicles came to the broad market in 2011, sales
have climbed through a mix of incentives, rebates and growing
consumer choices. It’s not just the high-profile, $100,000 Teslas
hitting the Golden State roads and highways.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/11/14/california-expected-top-quarter-million-evs-month/?doing_wp_cron=1479190644.6550819873809814453125


California breaks ground on new electric car fast-charging
corridor. If you drive an electric car, California is a great
place to be. It’s the only U.S. state that actually requires
manufacturers to sell zero-emission vehicles, and it offers
generous incentives to get people to buy them. Next year,
California electric car drivers will get one more perk.
Northern California will soon get a new network of DC
fast-charging stations for electric cars.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/drivethearc-electric-car-charging-corridor/#ixzz4Q6zPEYTc




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