Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.8.14
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
NATURAL GAS
Ukraine leader warns of Russian natural gas shut-off (via Wall Street Journal)
Half of 2013 US power plant capacity additions came from natural gas (via US EIA)
EMISSIONS
EPA’s McCarthy says draft emissions rules will give states new tools (via Los Angeles Times)
ENERGY POLICY
Where clean energy dollars went in 2013 (via Bloomberg)
Four snapshots of American energy use (via Energy.gov)
RENEWABLES
Cheap solar power pushes renewables growth worldwide (via Climate Central)
Germany ushers in renewable energy reform (via Reuters)
India ups 2014 solar PV target by 30% to 1,000MW (via CleanTechnica)
Chile installs record-breaking 150MW solar PV in Q1, 380MW under construction (via Greentech Media)
SunEdison quits 20MW India PV project over domestic content requirements (via Recharge)
US wind power blows to new records, again and again (via Bloomberg)
Capital keeps pouring into booming US residential solar market (via Greentech Media)
EPA delays, ethanol credits take center stage in RFS court battle (via Greenwire)
New York Green Bank open for business, deals in the works (via Breaking Energy)
Texas awards $2.2 million to fund offshore wind research (via Recharge)
State regulators approve Block Island offshore wind deal (via Recharge)
TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL
When will Obama make his call on Keystone XL? (via The Hill)
Does Koch Industries hold most Canadian oil sands leases? It’s complicated. (via Washington Post)
CLIMATE
How climate change can make food less nutritious (via Climate Progress)
Three-quarters of World Bank-backed projects still don’t evaluate climate risks (via Huffington Post)
Green scientist is Tom Steyer’s new policy guru (via National Journal)
TRANSPORTATION
Maersk Line lowers shipping emissions 12% during 2013 (via BusinessGreen)
Why the US government just invested $225 million on hybrid electric trains (via Climate Progress)
ENVIRONMENT
Britain’s honeybee colony deaths among worst in Europe, reveals study (via The Guardian)
In another blow to Pebble Mine, Rio Tinto pulls out (via Washington Post)
Drought now affecting two thirds of Texas (via Houston Chronicle)
OPINION
Renewable energy investment is down – and that’s okay (via Time)
Cellulosic biofuels aren’t dead (via Navigant Research)
Why are so many veterans serving in the US solar industry? (via GreenBiz)
Demand response the best cure for ailing Texas grid (via Energy Manager Today)