the focus of the majority will be on zero emissions vehicles. my director is sick with the flu so he gave me permission to give you highlights he also wanted know relay to you and would be happy to come back and give you a full update on clean power sf. san francisco is loading on the use of the power grid. grid is 44% renewable with the goal of getting to 50% renewable by 2020 and 100% renewable by 2030. the department of the environment and energy team also works on developing reach codes or commissioner mcallister called them stretch codes. for example, with renewables we passed a better roof ordinance. that's considered a reach code. we also in san francisco in addition to municipal utility and what they contribute we know have clean power sf. launched in 2016 it's serving about 80,000 accounts today and has an enrollment goal of july 2019. it's account holders, utility accounts currently being served by sf puc hydro power system. the next face of the enrollment will happen in july. our colleagues at the puc have been busy procuring resource

how does the emissions trading scheme work. in the european union and it g intensive businesses and other big polluters have to buy carbon credits one credit allows a company to emit a ton of c o two for an equivalent greenhouse gas some firms need several million of these certificates every year. to cut carbon emissions throughout the e.u. brussels has agreed to reduce the number of credits available by around two percent a year. there are various options open to those affected they can invest in climate friendly technology to reduce their emissions to permitted levels. or they purchase credits from another company that has already lowered its emissions and therefore has more certificates than it requires. there's already a burgeoning market for surplus credits which businesses are entitled to buy or sell as they see fit. emissions trading all cap and trade works on the principle of boosting plan of action at minimal cost. practice however companies have more credits than they actually means. the ongoing surplus of certificate

over the emissions cheating scandal writing their. i've been fizzling let's do business the fate of fifteen million diesel vehicles are unknown this hour germany's administrative court is ruling on whether major cities can ban heavily by. living diesels according to the german environmental group d.u.h. every year an estimated twelve thousand people in germany die prematurely as a result of nitrogen oxide emissions even limit is forty micrograms per cubic meter of air on average every year but that's regularly exceeded banning the worst offending diesel cars could provide some quick relief but it's not that easy or thirty's in the cities of just got one superimpose a bad but right now they don't have the right at this hour the court in my pocket is deciding on that no surprise that motorists carmakers and politicians are all eagerly awaiting the decision many european cities of already announced bans and other measures. in london authorities are tackling pollution with a financial disincentive owners of the dirtiest vehicles now have

ban for years this is thousands of people a year die prematurely as a result of not using dioxide emissions from diesel car exhausts the parties in some cities were in favor of at least a partial ban did not believe that current laws allow them to impose these restrictions. let me how doing a political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in a live signal joins us now from our parliamentary studios here in britain simon first of four tell us more about what the court's verdict is. yeah region seems to be your federal administrative court has rejected the challenges there were people said you know maybe the idea of banning diesel vehicles or some of them anyway from parts of cities that possibly wasn't legal this causes say it is legal and that seems to open the way for a number of changes to the law a lot of people have said what will be needed is a nationwide regime that can be a ploy to everywhere that they had been some talk about the court boss in the decision up to a higher european court has that now been ruled out. you know i don't know what the court ha

we could have 100% electricity and still have a lot of emissions and area sources of emissions from all the heating appliances and cooking. that's really the task, how do we look for transitions there. bio sources of renewable gas which is part of the conversation. it can help with criteria pollutant of course. zero emission buildings, about half of the energy is associated with natural gas. it's really a goal that really goes beyond straight zero net energy. so this reduce in gas we need policy goals and that's what we're trying to develop with the commission. you know, this is residential, we have water heating, heating, h-vac that are typically done with natural gas now. we need to move over to heat pumps and i don't know if anybody has an induction cook top and i have one and i love it. this is a cultural shift we have to go. if you can avoid every single gas use in the house, you don't have to build a gas infrastructure and that's a huge saving, even building it to one appliance is a huge investment. we have to figure out how to move over to the new approach. we want -- the state w

one of the best examples was national air emissions monitoring study of the emissions of swine operations. pork producers used about $6 million of their own funds to support that epa supervised third party study and approximately 5,000 swine facilities enrolled in the epa in air consent agreements that made the work possible. but when necessary, mmpc will fight bad environmental policies and programs. pork producers do not oppose environmental regulations but they'll oppose rules not sound, effective, and practical. and an example of ladders requirement to report error emission releases. almost all live stock farmers are now required to report ammonia emissions from animal waste. when they did the rules in 2008 all the live stock farmers were exempt from that because producers never rou tuned the epa emissions from maneuver constituted the type of emergency or crisis that cirque la or ep ka were intended to address. animal agriculture never new farm emissions would have support of the legitimate emergency response purpose of those regulations. the reports that required under ep kra had to

study of the emissions of swine operations. pork producers used about $6 million of their own funds to support that epa supervised third-party study and aapproximately 5,000 swine facilities enrolled in the epa -- with epa and air consent agreements that made the work possible. but when necessary, nppc will fight bad environmental policies and programs. pork producers do not oppose environmental regulations, but they oppose rules that are not sound, effective and practical. an example of the latter is the requirement to report air emission releases. almost all livestock farmers are now required to report ammonia emissions that result from the natural breakdown of animal waste. when the epa first issued the rules on those reports in 2008, all -- reporting on all but the largest operations were exempt because producers and epa never believed that routine agricultural emissions from manure constituted the type of emergency or crisis that they were intended to address. animal agriculture also never understand how the reporting of f

local and regional climate action will help to close the emission gap. we are are all in together, a and we will take next steps with all of the joint vision capacity and energy. i am feeling encouraged by the engagement of u.s. mayors with the agreement as also reaffirmed by the chicago charter adopted one week after c.o.p. 23. i had fruitful exchange with my dear friend from des moines and in here. i see steppingstones ahead in our mutual cooperations. the next resilience city congress in april is ready and distribute the u.s. participation and i would be happy to see you at this conference in bonn. while the delegation of mayors is looking to be part of the uscm is extended to resilient country in april 26 through 28th, as well as to the enclave congress to be held in montreal in 19 june 22nd and i have brought invitation s s to this event. on the other hand, i will spread word for the upcoming climate conference in california and hope that many other mayors are going to be traveling in support of the climate cause with us. thank you for welcoming me

week of the emissions tests unleashed a new wave of indignation. it's absolutely understandable that people are outraged the tests on monkeys and even on humans cannot be justified. environmental groups however say the german government is part of the problem and that politicians have been in bed with the automotive lobby for years. really the first chancellor she even fights in brussels to make sure that emissions regulations are strict and if possible not controlled. this latest scandal delivers another blow to the german car industry's image especially revelations that monkeys were used in diesel emissions testing the automakers have apologized for their involvement while the university of often defended its research methods as ethically in line with the stablished testing protocols. seaman's workers from the east and cycled hundreds of kilometers to the annual shareholders meeting in munich to protest plans to dress tickly slash the company's workforce. we're continuing to fight for our future as long as we continue to do so and see a chance we

this means cars registered before 2006 orfall below the minimum carbon emissions star gets now have to zone, and that's on top of the £11.50 already in place. what tantalum say is that this piece of tech could be a fairer system for drivers. i always think... my daughter, when she was growing up, had to go to great 0rmond street hospital on a number of occasions, it was a number of repeat visits, and it was right in the centre of london and we had to drive. there was no alternative solution that we could have taken. i think people who behave like that should have the opportunity for paying less. tantalum think this is the future. drivers being encouraged to drive more efficiently by being given financial incentives for doing so. this could be done by changing gears at the right time or actively not driving in sensitive areas, such as near hospitals or schools. and at the moment they're using the data collected from the tests done at imperial to come up with an estimate of how a charging system could work. lincoln's shown us today that he's a very considerate driver, who actually thinks

by design emissions dozens of german cities have recorded annual levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions above your threshold in the last month toxic air pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year the court's decision would dramatically hit the value of diesel cars on germany's roods. reporter chrysippus fingered is in strict got and sent us this report. it's the busiest time of day at this family run bakery and. dozens of customers throughout the city are waiting for their morning deliveries. like many small businesses in germany it's invested in diesel powered delivery vehicles which are cheaper to run due to years of tax breaks for diesel a ban on day use would hit the company hard eyes of industry. if a ban on diesel powered vehicles covers the whole city then we have a problem in principle we'd have to shut down. remember we can't deliver our products by public transport so we'd have nowhere to go. next under all this. design of blames the sheer volume of traffic in german cities and has some of the country's worst it's in a city absorbs over four hundred thousa

the new regulations address concerns over high levels of nitrogen dioxide in diesel emissions. the gas is linked to cardiovascular and lung disease in a study by germany's federal environment agency researchers linked nitrogen dioxide in diesel exhaust to some eight thousand premature deaths from heart related disease. i don't think politicians are serious about the results of these studies because otherwise we'd have to really enforce these driving restrictions. regardless of any doubt surrounding the findings one thing is certain traffic contribute significantly to nitrogen dioxide pollution and the main culprit is diesel levels are over the limit at nearly half the measuring stations in germany. this applies mainly to main traffic arteries it's a different picture in residential areas. and in those places on average we see levels between twenty and thirty micrograms per cubic meter which is well below the limits access levels are really just an issue on base here roadways and few before . the highest levels are found in large cities such as stuttgart cologne and berlin which

the emissions of swine operations. work producers used about $6 million of their own funds to support that epa to provide third-party study and approximately 5000 science facilities enrolled in the epa and their consent agreements that made the work possible. but when necessary, nppc will fight bad environmental policies and programs, producers cannot oppose regulations but they will pull rules that are not found, and effective. air emission releases, almost all livestock farmers are now required to report emissions that result from a breakdown of animal waste. epa first issued the rules in 2008, all the farmers were exempt from reporting and all the largest operations were exempt from aftra because producers and epa never really leave to the agriculture emissions from manure neconstituted the types of emergency or crisis that eftra was intended to address. agriculture also never understood how the reporting of farming missions to the coast guard under circular would have supported the legitimate emergency response pur

cashback with the emissions scandal. —— the emissions scandal.companies they lost all credibility and it is a fault by our government who predicted for years that diesel technology —— who protected the diesel technology. this is the reason why we have this bad situation in air quality because no one was controlling and now there is a flashback, european standards for air quality have to be fulfilled and it is higher and more important than the question of mobility. what does this mean for the individuals, the individuals who perhaps are rich enough to buy a new car with the cleaner technology? the people who thought that they were doing the right thing by doing —— by buying a diesel car a few years ago, this is surely not fair on them? it is not fairand we are surely not fair on them? it is not fair and we are fighting as a consumer organisation as well for about 9 million buyers of these ca rs. about 9 million buyers of these cars. the industry was promising that these cars were clean and environmentally friendly and co2 effective and that is no

san jose said unveiled an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions in keeping with the paris agreement. while it does have a high price tag, it could end up saving the city $5 billion and help make the city a heather place to live at the same time. >> reporter: his ambitious climate plan is going to need some help from a wide cross section of residents. >> if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it's not going to happen from city hall. >> reporter: the city wants to cut carbon emissions by 1 million tons a year by 2030, produce 1 gig watt of sold war energy. >> unless we can rely on water, and the less reliant on - >> reporter: the buy in for residents of san jose is to create a healthier and happier place, a place where more people will bike and walk and perhaps spend less time in traffic, spending that time instead with family and friends. san jose hopes to be a model for cities across the united states. the goals are in mind with the paris climate agreement which is not in keeping with the trump administration. san jose will not likely see a federal contribution. >> without su

year an estimated twelve thousand people die in germany prematurely as a result of nitrogen oxide emissions now the e.u. debate is forty micrograms per cubic meter of air on average. over a year but that is regularly exceeded now banning the worst offending diesel cars could provide some quick critique but it's not that easy or thirty's in the cities of just hold off and got want to impose a ban but right now they do not have the rights now at this hour germany's top coat in leipzig deciding whether to make bans legal after all and if so who would be allowed to impose them no surprise then that drivers can make is and politicians are all eagerly awaiting that decision and many european cities are already thinking of ways to clean up their act. these special plants right and pollution enthusiastic in germany say they can grab a particular matter out of the air and even convert it into proper matter. several places in germany now have the so-called city trees. london has another right it since october drivers of old polluting cars have paid an extra ten pounds a day more than eleven euro's to

german court is set to decide on whether cities across the nation can ban diesel vehicles after emission levels are found to exceed. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we begin this program in syria where a daily five hour truce proposed by russia was put in place today but russia's military is now claiming that there has been mortar fire from the rebel side today the call for a suspension of hostilities comes after russian president vladimir putin faced pressure from the international community to help and force a u.n. improved crew spot that resolution provided for a month long not a daily ceasefire the bombing of eastern has killed more than five hundred civilians in about a week. well meanwhile the international committee of the red cross in geneva saying getting aid to traps of mill civilians remains the top priority. is that humanitarian access should be separated from political agreements political agreements are hard to reach we don't need long lasting and the metrics this fact what we need is for or those fighting to agree to windows during which date let's humanit

how about taxpayers here in germany stumping up some of the cash to make vehicles compatible with emission standards that is the proposal from one of four expert groups mandated by the government to come up with a solution to avoid an all out these o'beirne. this suggestion that german taxpayers should partake in any of the costs of upgrading dirty diesels has sparked consternation many people in germany believe it's car makers responsibility to bear the entire cost of reducing emissions. but it's unclear how far carmakers are willing to go forth for example still reeling from revelations achieved an emissions test has questioned the idea or perhaps more likely the expense of installing new hardware c.e.o. saying we are in general ruling out hardware upgrades not only due to the effort that would be required but also because of questions over its effectiveness. germany has come under increasing pressure from the e.u. to improve air quality the government is exploring a variety of measures to reduce pollution that with the image of the car industry already badly damaged the idea that taxpay

would be. would be. quarter of global energy—related carbon emissions, are the target. carbon emissions to pay twice the amount to drive in central london. drive in central london. that's on top of the £1150 already in place. in place. this piece of tech could be a fairer system for drivers. in place. ” always think... always think... the centre of london and we had to drive. drive. there was no alternative solution that we could have taken. solution that we could have taken. should have the opportunity for paying less. they think this is the future. future. given financial incentives for doing so. given financial incentives for doing so. so. not driving in sensitive areas, such as near hospitals or schools. as near hospitals or schools. imperial to come up with an estimate of how a charging system could work. of how a charging system could work. what happened now is he has a charge of around £5. of around £5. it said a lot less than the £10 would be. than the £10 would be. still £5 when he leaves the congestion zone today. he leaves the congestion zone today. streets, it will be at sli

maintain customer loyalty even after being caught red handed committing emissions fraud. marketing professionals like those here at mehta design in berlin have some ounces. folks logon as a client of theirs as a porsche and siemens. it's clear that high profile brands have the ability to weather scandals. and the market the it's a brand that people trust and why is that. well people grow up with it and it's become a part of their social environment a part of their personal journey in life the brand has always been an integral part of their community and a central figure in society and it's always put a human face on its communications has developed its products so people have developed a standing trust in the brand and there's a huge personal investment in it. was. folks logging didn't just walk away scot free of course in the u.s. the carmaker was slapped with a twenty five billion euro fine. and even though overall sales have risen sales of its diesel vehicles in europe are under threat. twenty seventeen saw market share has dropped in spain by over eight percent and in

from bike parking and shuttle services to low emissions city vehicles and supporting sf state efforts to adopt transit pass initiative building capabilities into student id cards. the proposed expenditures for this year are the same as last year. we first make sure projects meet the district eligibility requirements and then prioritize projects based on type. first zero emissions on bike infrastructure, parking facilities, second are shuttle services that provide services to transit service and don't overlap on existing muni routes and third, fuel vehicles and infrastructure. the criteria for cost effectiveness, emission reductions and considers project readiness, program diversity and track record. once the local expenditure is adopted, we'll release the call for projects and after evaluating the proposals, present the staff accommodation to the cac on may 23rd and june 13th on this board. with that, i'll take any questions. >> supervisor peskin: any questions? seeing none, public comment? commissioner yee. >> supervisor yee: yeah, i'm curious in regards to previous year's projects t

along with so many others cheating on emissions tests for years just to get the cheap and dirty diesel run vehicles on to the roads with maximum profits and to trick motorists into thinking they driving something that's environmentally friendly the so-called defeat device is built into the engine so if we recorded artificially low levels under real conditions the vehicles that made up to forty times as much nitrogen oxide some of the german car giants were foolish enough to fund tests on animals and humans to try proving diesel exhaust is harmless old at that find big time the press is having a field day but none of this is denting sales of v.w. . the end of folks fog and the downfall of the automotive industry such were the prophecies in the wake of the emissions scandal. but the reality was less bleak. twenty seventeen turned out to be one of the most successful years in v.w. history. the v.w. group sold a record ten million vehicles last year that's a four point three percent increase on twenty sixteen. hours are possible how can we double you maintain customer loyalty even after be

federal states we know that many of the cities affected today don't have all too big an excess of emissions targets don't again as more from berlin. this ruling has profound implications for much of the german automotive industry and specifically also for millions of road users let's be clear this ruling basically means that specific individual cities can now move to imposing either a ban or some sort of restriction on diesel engine engine vehicles coming into into their central areas into their vicinity specifically the cities where the emission levels of what the environmentalist calls call dangerous emissions are very high and that point is something angela merkel has said while she's reacting to this ring she believes well actually there aren't that many cities but actually there are quite a few also then that the question which will be post is who will pay to deal with the sorts of retrofitting two engines that will need to happen the point is that there are millions of these lands in vehicles in this country and some estimates suggest that to retrofit to change the hardware of these d

is so significant that it is bringing it on a park, in terms of these particular emissions.ducts you just think are clean and good for you. if we are currently take it seriously we have to have a fundamental rethink? these chemicals are designed to evaporate, we do not see them. they are designed to go into the environment. there are some businesses thatjust cannot‘s i mean, hotels, the turnaround is they have four rooms, they have no choice but to ask staff to use these sprays, bleach, chemicals. that might be a marginal case, but everyday household products we can move to environmentally friendly versions. this one is on the bbc news business page, £10,000 for everyone. sounds great? anyone under 55, reports suggesting if they introduce this new universal wage to deal with the threat tojobs, from new universal wage to deal with the threat to jobs, from automation? automation is an interesting angle. it is for over 55s, the idea of a basic income is attractive to economists. how it would be funded is quite difficult. looking at the norway model, they have a lot of oil recei

for years they say thousands of people a year die prematurely as a result of rockridge and dioxide emissions from diesel car exhaust authorities in some cities one favor off at least partially bans the did not believe that's current laws allow them to impose restrictions. now political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in leipzig he joins me now from up on i'm interested ian's here in berlin some first of all tell us more about the court's verdict yeah i read it just to recap the local courts in stuttgart and dusseldorf originally said that driving bans were ok the state governments barred inverting bagga north rhine-westphalia had appealed against that now all the country's highest administrative court has said no driving bans can be introduced they are legal and indeed it is ordered that the cities of stuttgart and duesseldorf to date their pollution plans around the pollution plans and to make sure that people are protected from the harmful effects of diesel vehicles and i think this verdict clearly will not just apply to those two cities but will apply to

there isa to nitrogen dioxide emissions.e lobby that says it is time to clean up the air in the cities. but at the same time, car—makers in germany talk about potential job losses if radical plans are implemented with regard to diesel cars. yes, and that is a headache for the german government as 800,000 people are employed by the car industry in germany. looking at the sales of diesel, they have slid dramatically ever since the volkswagen emissions scandal. down 45% to 33% of the market this year, so 45% to 33% of the market this year, so it's a huge problem for the manufacturers and another interesting statistic is that somebody survey german drivers about what they think of the car manufacturing industry and found 87% of germans simply don't trust car manufacturers to reduce emissions and that's one of the reasons why we are looking at the judgment today. many will say it is too little, too late. there are other measures in place in german cities to try to clea n place in german cities to try to clean up the air but it's