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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for November 16, 2016.
Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:21:10
ARB Newsclips for November 16, 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 Mandatory wood-burning ban in effect for Nov. 16. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has issued a residential no-burn alert effective Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. http://myvalleynews.com/announcements/mandatory-wood-burning-ban-effect-nov-16/ CLIMATE CHANGE Radical energy shift needed to meet 1.5C global warming target: IEA. A radical shift in the energy sector, cutting emissions to zero by around 2040, is needed to limit the global rise in temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. The IEA's first report on meeting the climate target aspired to in the Paris agreement… http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iea-climatechange-idUSKBN13B0OY Paris Climate Deal Is Too Weak to Meet Goals, Report Finds. As negotiators meet in Morocco to hammer out details of the landmark global climate change accord reached in Paris almost a year ago, the independent International Energy Agency warned that the nearly 200-nation deal was too weak to meet its avowed temperature target. The I.E.A.’s annual World Energy Outlook stated that reaching the Paris targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was possible… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/science/paris-accord-global-warming-iea.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0 Kerry: Obama's climate change targets won't be reversed. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says an "overwhelming majority" of Americans know climate change is happening and want the U.S. honor its commitments under the Paris climate agreement. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a stirring appeal Wednesday to all countries — including his own — to press ahead with the fight against climate change… http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-11-16/kerry-overwhelming-majority-in-us-back-paris-climate-deal One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist. for later. As United Nations climate change talks get set to wrap up on Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, negotiators representing the Alliance of Small Island Nations underscored the need to speed up efforts to combat global warming and adapt to its effects. "I'm happy about the progress that we are making, but we have a lot more work to do," said Hugh Sealy, a climate change consultant for the United Nations who helped negotiate last year's Paris agreement… http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article115086863.html#storylink=cpy Paris climate deal at risk unless countries step up plans, says watchdog. International Energy Agency chief says current government pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions are inadequate. The Paris agreement on climate change risks failure unless countries come forward with more ambitious and detailed plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s energy watchdog has warned. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/16/paris-climate-deal-at-risk-unless-countries-step-up-plans-says-watchdog?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=46fbbaf5eb-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-46fbbaf5eb-327747457 Another victim of climate change: kelp. While increasing at some sites, kelp, a useful indicator of an ecosystem's health, is undergoing a worldwide decline. Kelp, with its incredible ability to overcome biological stressors and grow back quickly, is an important indicator of how healthy the ocean is. As such, two studies published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences… http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1115/Another-victim-of-climate-change-kelp Global warming record crumbles due in part to freak Arctic warmth. The planet's streak of heat milestones continued into October, which came in as the second-warmest such month on record, according to NASA. The top three warmest Octobers on record worldwide have each occurred in the past three years, NASA reported on Tuesday, with October 2015 ranking as the warmest of them. https://www.yahoo.com/news/global-warming-record-crumbles-due-174614087.html US business to Trump: support the UN climate deal. Mars, Kellogg and Levi are among 360 investors and multinationals telling Donald Trump low carbon policies will benefit US growth and jobs. Kelloggs, Mars and Levi Strauss joined over 300 US businesses on Wednesday in writing an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump, calling on him to support the green economy. http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/11/16/us-business-to-trump-support-the-un-climate-deal/?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=46fbbaf5eb-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-46fbbaf5eb-327747457 Canada criticized over fossil fuel expansion at Morocco climate summit. The Liberal government’s twin pursuits of expanded foreign markets for Canadian fossil fuels and global action on climate change are getting some unfavourable notice at an international climate summit in Morocco. The newly elected Trudeau government made a big splash at last December’s United Nations-sponsored COP21… http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-criticizied-over-fossil-fuel-expansion-at-morocco-climate-summit/article32874253/ How Trump could put U.S. on par with North Korea on climate. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering making the United States the only country on Earth that is not part of the U.N. climate change process except for North Korea. Withdrawing from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) would allow the United States to formally exit the Paris Agreement in one year rather than four, as mandated by last year's climate deal. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045833 Future of SEC's climate risk disclosure in doubt. The resignation of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to ascend to the White House has thrown a cloud of uncertainty over the agency's regulatory agenda and how it intends to enforce financial disclosures about climate change. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045829 Carbon capture still viable under Trump, experts say. David Mohler, who leads the Department of Energy's Office of Clean Coal and Carbon Management, declared yesterday that prospects for carbon capture technology are strong. Still reeling from the presidential election results last week, Mohler yesterday told a panel in Washington, D.C., that the technologies for capturing carbon dioxide emissions… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045826 D.C. plans for flooding as climate warms. Downtown Washington, D.C.; portions of the Southwest; and communities around Watts Branch, a tributary of the Anacostia River, face serious flooding risks due to climate change, a new D.C. guide warns. The D.C. government's plan to help the city cope with climate change, Climate Ready D.C., has been two years in the making. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045807 DROUGHT Animal Legal Defense Fund Urges Drought-ridden California to Regulate State’s Worst Water Waster. Today the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a petition for rulemaking to the California Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board asking both agencies to address the severe water shortage in California. The petition requests that the agencies exercise their authority to regulate water usage by industrial factory farming… http://yubanet.com/california/animal-legal-defense-fund-urges-drought-ridden-california-to-regulate-states-worst-water-waster/ DIESEL ACTIVITIES Camiones son inspeccionados para reducir contaminación de aire. El dia de hoy la junta de Recursos de Aire con la Patrulla de Caminos de California inspeccionaron camiones en Winterhaven para verificar que tuvieran el equipo necesario para reducir la contaminación del aire. "Aquí en el área de Imperial sabemos que tenemos alta polución que afecta a todos los que viven aquí en el área y también a los que viven en Arizona", dice Eloy Florez, especialista de polucion con la junta de Recursos de Aire. De acuerdo a la Asociación Americana de Pulmones, California está en la lista de lugares más contaminados en los Estados Unidos, es por eso que es importante hacer estas inspecciones a los camiones. http://www.kyma.com/telemundo/telemundo-yuma/camiones-son-inspeccionados-para-reducir-contaminacin-de-aire/161666103 ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Trucks are inspected to reduce pollution of air. The day the air resources with the California Highway Patrol Board inspected trucks in Winterhaven to verify that they have the necessary equipment to reduce air pollution. "Here in the area of Imperial we know that we have high pollution that affects all who live here in the area and also to those who live in Arizona," says Eloy Florez, specialist of pollution with the air resources Board. According to the American Association of lungs, California is on the list of most polluted places in the United States, so it is important to do these inspections of the trucks. Truck inspections. California Air Resources Board air pollution inspectors Jose Andujar (left) and Valente Armenta take a look at a big rig heading towards Yuma along I-8 Tuesday morning. CARB was at the old eastbound agriculture inspection station checking for driver compliance with state laws that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.yumasun.com/gallery/truck-inspections/collection_efff3306-ab93-11e6-9bb1-474042ca1a9c.html#1 KSWT (CBS) - Yuma, AZ - http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=4335&DateTime=11%2F15%2F2016+5%3A04%3A57+PM&Term=california+air+resources+board&PlayClip=TRUE KYMA (NBC) - Yuma, AZ - http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=4340&DateTime=11%2F15%2F2016+5%3A25%3A38+PM&Term=california+air+resources+board&PlayClip=TRUE KLIF-AM - Dallas, TX - http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=8210&DateTime=11%2F15%2F2016+5%3A28%3A37+PM&Term=california+air+resources+board&PlayClip=TRUE ABC 5 - Yuma, AZ - http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=12490&DateTime=11%2F15%2F2016+5%3A34%3A56+PM&Term=california+air+resources+board&PlayClip=TRUE California ARB awards funding to San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to deploy 15 Proterra electric buses. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) awarded funding to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) to deploy 15 Proterra Catalyst buses; 11 Proterra depot-chargers; and 4 Proterra fast-chargers. Proterra will deploy its buses and charging stations throughout the Valley, including the City of Visalia Transit Division… http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/11/20161116-arb.html FUELS Biofuels Play Central Role in Brazil’s Climate Goals. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change entered into force in September, starting a coordinated effort by the world’s governments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and limit climate change impacts. It’s far from the end, though. Entering into force starts the hard work—meeting each nation’s decarbonization targets. http://www.theenergycollective.com/leticia-phillips/2393097/biofuels-play-central-role-in-brazils-climate-goals Alaska Airlines flies passengers using wood-based biofuel. The isobutanol blend used cellulose from logging industry waste wood. On Monday, an Alaska Airlines flight took off in Seattle and touched down in Washington, DC. As it flew, fossil fuels made from material that sat in the ground for millions of years burned, as they do every day in our travels. http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/16/alaska-airlines-flies-passengers-wood-based-biofuel/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/11/15/alaska-airlines-says-first-fly-forest-powered-flight/93911274/ http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/1116/Powered-by-wood-Why-can-t-renewable-jet-fuels-take-off The 12 Days of Biofuels. RFA president and CEO takes stock of the year past to the tune of a well-loved tune. This article appears in the December print issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine. As the holidays approach, it’s the time of year we take stock, mentally rewinding the past 12 months and years past. Have you been naughty or nice? Did you meet your New Year’s goals? http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/13880/the-12-days-of-biofuels U.S. refineries hurt by loss of access to cheap crude. U.S. refineries are losing their competitive advantage to overseas rivals due to the loss of access to cheap domestic crude oil. The shale boom in the United States provided U.S. refineries with cheap crude. The abundance of supply resulted in a wide spread in the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate and the European benchmark Brent… http://www.eenews.net/energywire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045837 VEHICLES Work stops at electric-car factory site outside Las Vegas. Work has been suspended at a site outside Las Vegas where Nevada has pledged up to $335 million worth of incentives to an upstart electric car company that promises to have a vehicle still on the drawing board rolling off a new $1 billion assembly line in 2018. The idling of the Faraday Future project at the Apex Industrial Park… https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/work-stops-at-electric-car-factory-site-outside-las-vegas/2016/11/15/5af18d14-ab92-11e6-8f19-21a1c65d2043_story.html Motor Trend taps GM's electric vehicle as Car of the Year. Motor Trend magazine has named the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle as its car of the year. The all-electric car with a range of 238 miles on a full charge goes on sale next month in California and Oregon. “The Bolt EV is certainly a game changing vehicle and we look forward to seeing whether we’ll be recognizing another Chevrolet next year… http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/11/15/motor-trend-taps-gms-electric-vehicle-car-year/93902760/ California committed to car emissions targets regardless of Trump’s decisions. Investors who pushed up shares of GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler on a bet that Donald Trump will gut clean-air rules may have forgotten another player with a big say: California. The state has more people and cars than any other, giving its regulators an outsize influence on what auto makers build. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/news/industry-news/california-committed-to-car-emissions-targets-regardless-of-trumps-decisions/article32870684/ Calif. to deploy thousands of EV charging ports. It got messy, but California's largest utility is one step closer to installing 7,500 electric vehicle charging ports to spur clean car sales. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will learn as soon as Dec. 15 whether it can deploy the charging stations and have ratepayers foot the $130 million bill as part of California's mission to reduce carbon emissions from transportation. http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/16/stories/1060045808 OPINIONS Trump Can't Kill The Electric Car. Come January, President-elect Donald Trump will be ferried around in a very thirsty set of wheels: The Presidential Limousine, nicknamed "The Beast," reportedly gets less than 4 miles to the gallon, on average. What's more, Trump's fossil-forward energy approach means he should be open to letting us, the little people, tool around in less-efficient vehicles, too. https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-11-16/donald-trump-and-fuel-efficiency-electric-cars-will-survive Donald Trump, Help Heal the Planet’s Climate Change Problem. Dear President-elect Trump: Well, you won. You were not my choice, but you’re soon going to be my president. I have no intention of forgetting or forgiving the abhorrent things you said and did during the campaign. They hurt real people, debased our political process and erased social norms vital for keeping our diverse society together. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/opinion/donald-trump-help-heal-the-planets-climate-change-problem.html?_r=0 If you want to tackle carbon emissions let indigenous people control their land. Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage. n my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important concentration of threatened wildlife on Earth. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/16/indigenous-communities-control-over-land-mitigate-climate-change California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.