Energy and Environment News Roundup – 9.24.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Cutting carbon emissions could save 3 million lives per year by 2100 (via Climate Progress)
New greenhouse gas accounting tool will help China’s cities pursue low-carbon development (via WRI Insights)
Carbon capture, sequestration may not be part of EPA rule for existing coal plants (via Washington Post)
Green groups strike back in social cost of carbon fight (via The Hill)
ENVIRONMENT
Beijing to invest $162.6 billion in 5 years to treat air pollution (via Xinhua)
China’s vanishing rivers (via Washington Post)
Property loss from Colorado flood damage estimated at $2 billion (via Huffington Post)
KEYSTONE XL
Environmentalists take hard line with Obama on Keystone XL (via Washington Post)
RENEWABKES
Merkel wins: New lease on life for renewables in German government (via Greentech Media)
Largest African PV project to begin construction early 2014 (via CleanTechnica)
Loans challenge big money’s leasing model for US rooftop solar (via Reuters)
Texas Panhandle wind bursting at the seams (via EarthTechling)
Big Solar is having a banner year in US (via EarthTechling)
Ohio legislator releasing rollback of state’s clean energy rules (via Columbus Dispatch)
New York State streamlining solar permit process (via Solar Industry Magazine)
CLIMATE
UN climate panel stresses solidity of new report on global warming (via Washington Post)
IPCC roundup: Early reports focus on warming “hiatus” (via Climate Central)
Study: Climate change pumps up risk of severe storms (via USA Today)
Coral reef destruction “accelerating” – half destroyed over past 30 years (via The Independent)
Climate change devastating ocean fishermen (via Climate Progress)
New US climate map shows temperature changes in HD (via Phys.org)
Cities leading the fight against climate change (via Sustainable Cities Collective)
COAL
Current US coal plants excluded from new carbon capture rules – EPA chief (via Reuters)
Southern Company’s Kemper coal plant comes to fore with EPA’s CO2 proposal (via Bloomberg BNA)
TRANSPORTATION
Airlines face carbon verdict on $708 billion industry (via Bloomberg)
Tesla’s vehicle buyback program could yield $368 million profit (via Autoblog Green)
ChargePoint’s new EV charging service borrows from solar leasing models (via Greentech Media)
California continues to dominate US electric car market (via Plugin Cars)
93 cities taking part in Sunday’s National Plug-In Day (via Green Car Reports)
OIL
More Colorado oil spills found after devastating flooding (via Huffington Post)
California governor’s signature on fracking bill comes with a twist (via EnergyWire)
GREEN BUSINESS
Environmental disclosure tied to higher financial performance (via Environmental Leader)
North American steel industry has recycled more than 1 billion tons of steel since 1988 (via Green Car Congress)
GRID
Smart meters deliver 1 billion data points daily (via Greentech Media)
Sandia National Laboratories release energy storage how-to guide (via Phys.org)
Silver Spring networks launches smart metering-as-a-service (via GreenBiz)
Skinny grids (via Huffington Post)
NUCLEAR
First US nuclear power closures in 15 years signal wider industry problems (via InsideClimate News)
POLITICS
German voters follow Merkel down bumpy path to clean energy (via Christian Science Monitor)
Federal shutdown would shutter EPA, says agency chief (via The Hill)
Obama cabinet stumps for climate action (via Politico)
OPINION
Global warming hasn’t stopped – it’s the hottest decade on record (via DeSmog Blog)
Cherry-pick climate facts all you like, Earth is still warming (via Renew Economy)
RGGI: Proof carbon trading can work in the US? (Via RTCC)
EPA emissions rules lighting the way on climate change (via Baltimore Sun)
How density makes us safer during natural disasters (via Mother Jones)
