Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.28.15
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Supreme Court to hear cases against EPA climate rule (via The Hill)
Why size doesn’t matter: Divesting from fossil fuels with a small endowment (via Huffington Post)
NATURAL GAS
NTSB finds “systemic problems” in gas pipeline oversight (via The Hill)
ENERGY POLICY
Utility bosses see change coming, look to clean and distributed energy (via Grist)
How these energy geeks are reimagining an old school utility (via Reuters)
The University of California’s new retail energy supplier: Itself (via Energy Manager Today)
RENEWABLES
USTDA to commit nearly $2 billion to renewable energy projects in India (via PV Tech)
German ground-mount solar to be limited to 1.2GW for 2015-2017 (via PV Tech)
Brazil’s Banco Itau Unibanco to finance $408 million in renewable energy projects (via Recharge)
Bangladesh looks to establish world’s “first solar nation” (via Telesur)
U.S. solar complaint against India set to reopen as Obama leaves town (via PV Tech)
UK study says solar panels made from perovskite far cheaper, more efficient (via Reuters)
U.S. approves Argentina proposal to qualify for biodiesel credits (via Reuters)
NextEra-HECO deal likely linked with Hawaiian utility’s about face on rooftop solar (via Forbes)
Every $1 of solar incentives puts $2.46 into the economy (via CleanTechnica)
West Virginia legislature repeals state renewable portfolio standard (via Charleston Daily Mail)
Cape Wind project faces new hurdles (via Navigant Research)
Can you turn your home into a hydroelectric plant? (via Forbes)
OIL
Obama’s plan: Allow drilling in the Atlantic, but limit it in Arctic (via New York Times)
Green light for some would-be U.S. oil exporters, more questions for others (via Reuters)
Sen. Cruz won’t seek vote to end crude oil export ban (via National Journal)
TRANSPORTATION
American Airlines expects to save $5 billion from tumbling oil prices (via Forbes)
Kansas City Power & Light to build 1,000 EV charging sites (via Green Car Reports)
After steadily falling, gas prices notch an increase (via New York Times)
Boston Power targets own battery gigafactory (via Inside EVs)
CLIMATE
U.S. corporate supply chains vulnerable to climate risks (via Environmental Leader)
GRID
Storage to follow solar’s path of falling costs, says Citigroup (via PV Tech)
Are carbon nanoballs the answer to renewable’s grid woes? (via BusinessGreen)
The case for long duration storage: Net electricity load in California is five years ahead of schedule (via Greentech Media)
OPINION
Are stranded assets wearing down oil and coal industries? (via GreenBiz)
What utility executives think the future holds (via Utility Dive)
Solar Outlook 2015: Still growing, but no longer energy’s young kid (via Renewable Energy World)
10 Members of Congress who actually get sustainable business (via GreenBiz)
Another state fights war on solar and energy efficiency (via EcoWatch)