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25
Nov

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.25.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

COP 19 

Modest deal breaks deadlock at UN climate talks (via Boston Herald/AP)

Main decisions at UN climate talks (via Yahoo! News/Reuters)

Warsaw climate talks set 2015 target for plans to curb emissions (via The Guardian)

EU climate chief says UN talks hinge on 2015 deal (via ABC News/AP)

Pollution pact from China to India shows rift for developing countries (via Bloomberg)

COAL 

China’s coal consumption to hit 4.8 billion tons by 2020 (via Xinhua)

RENEWABLES 

Solar PV production costs to drop in 2014 (via CleanTechnica)

Double-digit global PV installation growth expected for 2014 (via Solar Industry Magazine)

Renewable energy barriers fall with new FERC order (via CleanTechnica)

Solar dominates added US energy capacity in October (via Solar Industry Magazine)

Rooftop solar can reduce summer peak electricity demand by over 50% (via Climate Progress)

Iowans worry about ethanol’s lost political clout (via US News/AP)

Report says Ohio renewable energy laws reduce consumption (via Dayton Daily News)

Guilty plea in bird deaths at wind farms a first (via Washington Post/AP)

Minnesota solar manufacturing subsidy revised (via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

EMISSIONS 

EU and China to collaborate on low-carbon city projects (via Green Car Congress)

China to launch two new carbon trading exchanges (via Reuters)

China disappointed by Australian carbon repeal (via Renew Economy)

California’s carbon auction raises $297 million (via Sacramento Bee)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Strong fracking disclosure rules in Wyoming seen as model (via New York Times)

Scientists say pollution starts to migrate as US oil production sets in (via EnergyWire)

CLIMATE 

Sea-level experts concerned about “high-end” scenarios (via Climate Central)

Senate filibuster vote could boost EPA climate regulations (via The Hill)

Hagel, citing climate change, rolls out Arctic strategy (via The Hill)

Americans are convinced climate change is connected to stronger storms, says poll (via Huffington Post)

TRANSPORTATION 

Electric vehicles approach tipping point (via Energy Collective)

DOE loses $139 million on loan to Fisker Automotive (via ABC News/AP)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Whole Foods, Walgreens, other retailers see the light on retrofitting (via GreenBiz)

GRID 

Texas grid plan could overload consumer power bills (via Houston Chronicle)

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23
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.23.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

EMISSIONS 

EU may have road map on modified carbon fix in June (via Bloomberg)

EU carbon trading reform could face second ballot in June (via RTCC)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Canada launches oil sands online environmental monitoring portal (via CBC News)

EPA balks at State’s “insufficient” review of Keystone XL route (via The Hill)

Americans more supportive of Keystone than Canadians, poll finds (via Financial Post/Bloomberg)

Keystone XL foes say 1 million comments show power of grassroots (via Houston Chronicle)

Tar sands spill poses unusual threat (via Houston Chronicle)

Hedge-fund billionaire leads donors in pushing Obama on Keystone (via Bloomberg)

Former top US pipeline regulator backs Keystone XL (via Politico)

Keystone XL opponents to train 60k activists in civil disobedience (via The Hill)

RENEWABLES 

BNEF: renewables investment set to triple by 2030 (via BusinessGreen)

India offers to foot bill for 30% of solar construction costs (via Bloomberg)

As cities fill with smog, China embraces stable and regulated renewable development in 2013 (via Renewable Energy World)

US states turn against renewable energy as gas plunges (via Bloomberg)

Senators to offer bill expanding financing mechanism to renewables (via The Hill)

New tool to attract solar investors: monitor real-time performance (via Sustainable Business)

Will we ever really make much electricity from the ocean? (via EarthTechling)

CLIMATE 

Report: EU urged to develop climate adaptation strategy (via BusinessGreen)

Despite unseasonable cold in EU and US, March was 10th warmest on record (via Mongabay)

Bangladesh focuses on adaptation strategy as climate fears grow (via RTCC)

US shows rapid rise of temperatures since first Earth Day (via Climate Central)

TRANSPORTATION 

Report: EVs to make up 2-10% of world’s cars by 2035 (via Greentech Media)

US hybrid vehicle market share grew 41% in 2012 to 3.1% overall (via Green Car Congress)

West coast cities dominate Greenest Car Shoppers list (via Autoblog Green)

NYC launches electric taxi “fleet” with six Nissan Leaf EVs (via Autoblog Green)

Fisker Automotive misses DOE loan payment (via Los Angeles Times)

OIL 

Is Saudi Arabia losing its importance in the oil market? (via Motley Fool)

Halliburton seeks a deal over Gulf oil spill (via New York Times)

GRID 

Nest unleashes power of smart thermostats with data-driven services (via GigaOm)

University of British Columbia unveils smart grid energy storage system (via Renew Grid)

Why doesn’t dynamic pricing make sense for electricity customers? (via Greentech Media)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Interior chief Jewell: “one size doesn’t fit all” on fracking (via The Hill)

US trucking industry set to expand use of natural gas (via New York Times)

ENVIRONMENT 

US drought worsens, scorching much of the country (via AOL Energy)

Texas and Oklahoma head to Supreme Court over water (via StateImpact Texas)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Facebook lifts the lid on its water, energy use (via GreenBiz)

OPINION 

How Americans see global warming – in 8 charts (via Washington Post)

What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010 Gulf spill (via Newsweek/The Daily Beast)

Infrastructure and resilience: forging a national strategy for reconstruction and growth (via Climate Progress)

How the climate reform effort was poisoned from the inside (via The Nation)

Why aren’t younger Americans driving anymore? (via Washington Post)

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