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AIR POLLUTION

Failure to cut air pollution condemned
A senior Conservative MP who chairs a Commons committee has
accused the government of shirking its responsibility to save
thousands of lives by reducing air pollution.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/failure-to-cut-air-pollution-condemned-8pflkxxsv


CLIMATE CHANGE

Q&A: Secretary of state pick could affect climate policy
President-elect Donald Trump this week tapped ExxonMobil CEO Rex
Tillerson to serve as his secretary of state.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_TILLERSON_ENVIRONMENT_QA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Obama environmental legacy at stake as GOP, industry align
President Barack Obama's administration will leave behind a host
of disputed recent actions and unfinished business on the
environment - from shelved energy leases and blocked mining
projects to pollution restrictions and decisions on hundreds of
potentially imperiled species.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_ENVIRONMENT_FRAGILE_LEGACY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-12-15-17-41-33


EPA to appeal court-ordered analysis of coal jobs lost
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to appeal a
federal judge's ruling that it must begin evaluating how many
power plants and coal mining jobs are lost because of air
pollution regulations, analysis it hasn't done in decades.
http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/aef20f55074d49d8955c2fbd7af54243/epa-appeal-court-ordered-analysis-coal-jobs-lost


Climate change worsened deadly heat waves last year
From Europe to India to Australia, climate change worsened
several deadly heat waves around the world in 2015, according to
a report released Thursday.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/12/15/climate-change-intensified-heat-waves/95431732/

http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/scientists-strong-evidence-human-caused-climate-change-intensified-2015-heat-waves


Agriculture Eyed as Culprit in Global Methane Emissions Spike
New research published this week found that global atmospheric
methane has risen sharply over the past decade, particularly in
the last two years.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14122016/agriculture-methane-emissions-climate-change?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=69159831f8-InsideClimate_News12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-69159831f8-327494049


Climate change denial in the Trump cabinet: where do his nominees
stand?
As Donald Trump assembles his cabinet, one consistent theme has
emerged: many of his nominees have expressed doubt about the
science of human-caused climate change.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/15/trump-cabinet-climate-change-deniers


Rick Santorum: I have ‘concerns’ about Rex Tillerson over climate
change
Former Sen. Rick Santorum says he has “concerns” about ExxonMobil
CEO Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for
secretary of state, over the issue of climate change.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/16/rick-santorum-i-have-concerns-about-rex-tillerson-/


DROUGHT

A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington
Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules
Poseidon Water hopes to help quench Orange County’s thirst, but
first the company’s proposed desalination project must slake a
thirst of its own. That’s why Poseidon has long eyed a coastal
power plant that has, for more than a half-century, sucked up
seawater to cool its massive generators.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-poseidon-desalination-20161005-snap-story.html


VEHICLES

State regulators approve proposal for 7,500 new vehicle charging
stations
State regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s largest
expansion of vehicle charging stations through a $130-million
project that will be developed and run by Pacific Gas & Electric
Co.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-vehicle-charging-stations-20161215-story.html


OPINIONS

Donald Trump Should Know: This Is What Climate Change Costs Us
Last week, Donald J. Trump’s transition team sent a startling
questionnaire to the Department of Energy. Among other things,
the questionnaire asked for the names of all employees and
contractors who attended meetings of the Interagency Working
Group…
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/opinion/donald-trump-should-know-this-is-what-climate-change-costs-us.html?_r=0


Why Walmart is doubling down on its commitment to climate change
In 2005, Walmart announced a goal to be fully supplied by
renewable energy sources, and to work to avoid and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. We didn't set this goal because anyone
forced us
to.http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/15/climate-change-walmart-business-leadership-commentary.html


Editorial: With Trump vowing to increase offshore drilling, Obama
should try to prevent future oil and gas exploration
Few things define California to the rest of the world like its
coast, from the sandy beaches of Southern California to the
stunning vistas of Big Sur and the rugged north coast. Nearly 50
years ago, the state got a taste of how damaging an offshore oil
spill 
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-oil-gas-drilling-california-obama-trump-20161215-story.html


 



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