Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.16.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Efforts to set global carbon market standards may begin next month (via The Age)
Capital markets ignoring risk of unburnable carbon: report (via Renew Economy)
All flights in EU airspace to face emissions levy by 2014 (via RTCC)
Abbott publishes draft legislation to abolish carbon pricing (via Bloomberg)
Supreme Court will review EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions (via Washington Post)
ENERGY POLICY
Much ado about shale gas, but coal is still king (via Christian Science Monitor)
Shale gas and tight oil boom: US states’ economic gains and vulnerabilities (via Council on Foreign Relations)
RENEWABLES
Report: US leads world in advanced biofuels ranking (via Houston Chronicle)
Solar means business: Top 25 US corporate solar energy users (via CleanTechnica)
NREL debunks 15% ethanol blend car damage claims (via Environmental Leader)
Big box solar and the clean energy revolution (via Washington Post)
Statoil pulls offshore wind project in Maine (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
OIL
Behind Russia vs. Greenpeace, unreported oil pollution in the Arctic (via InsideClimate News)
Energy efficiency measures saved $420 billion of oil from 2005-2010 (via Bloomberg Businessweek)
Saudi Aramco plans “massive” spending to extend field life (via Houston Chronicle/Bloomberg)
Rising output, energy efficiency to halve US oil imports by 2020 (via Reuters)
North Dakota oil output could hit 1 million barrels-per-day by 2014 (via Reuters)
Booming US oil towns prepare for inevitable bust (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
North Dakota pipeline spill prompts calls for better oversight (via EnergyWire)
Halliburton manager pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence (via Reuters)
TRANSPORTATION
BMW mulls boosting electric car capacity on early demand (via Bloomberg)
Ford jumps EV battery gap with new $8 million research lab (via CleanTechnica)
CLIMATE
Climate change will affect almost every corner of ocean, study says (via Los Angeles Times)
Lloyd’s insurers mock climate skeptics over “global cooling” (via RTCC)
ENVIRONMENT
Changes to federal flood insurance program mean higher costs (via Boston Globe)
All taxpayers are footing the rising cost of fighting wildfires (via Minneapolis Post)
California bans lead bullets for hunting (via Sustainable Business)
GRID
Smart grid’s real-world economic and environmental benefits (via Renew Grid)
OPINION
Three ways to get rich off global warming (via Market Watch)
By repealing the carbon tax, Tony Abbott is failing to protect his people (via The Guardian)
Should newspapers ban letters from climate science deniers? (via The Guardian)
California’s big fracking mess (via National Journal)
US Supreme Court: EPA can tackle global warming, but we’ll review a few details (via Washington Post)
These maps show where the US is most vulnerable to oil shocks (via Washington Post)