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03
Nov

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.3.14

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

UN IPCC REPORT 

UN climate report rings alarm, offers guidance (via Climate Central)

IPCC final report: We’ve blown two-thirds of our carbon budget (via Weather Underground)

UN warns planet headed toward “irreversible” climate damage (via The Hill)

10 things you need to know from the new IPCC climate report (via Grist)

RENEWABLES 

PSE&G building largest solar farm to date (via Renew Grid)

Emerging markets are leading the way on clean energy growth (via Forbes)

Brazil’s first solar PV power auction sets very low $86.79/MWh mark (via PV Tech)

German solar PV installations may undershoot target (via Recharge News)

Germany to reach more than 30% renewable power by 2015 (via Renewables International)

For cellulosic ethanol makers, the road ahead is still uphill (via Yale e360)

CLIMATE 

Climate change is making it harder to get to space (via National Journal)

U.S. Postal Service is worried about what climate change will mean for mail (via Huffington Post)

COAL 

Australia coal mining marks challenge for UN green push (via Reuters)

EMISSIONS 

Rio 2016 to offset Olympic Games’ entire carbon footprint (via Environmental Leader)

OIL 

Crude exports and re-exports continue to rise; some volumes sent to Europe and Asia (via U.S. EIA)

Hedge funds cut bullish oil bets on rising global output (via Bloomberg)

Public opposition has cost tar sands industry $17 billion, says report (via The Guardian)

Oil sands seen reaching Gulf without Keystone XL (via Bloomberg)

BOEM increases Arctic oil estimates in move to appease court (via The Hill)

For Texas farmers, drilling boom comes with a cost (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

Were small cars exactly the wrong way to launch EVs? (via Green Car Reports)

More cities experiment with electric buses and other clean mass transit (via ClimateWire)

GRID 

U.S. leads demand response, but not for long (via Energy Manager Today)

Superstorm Sandy motivates New York to explore microgrids (via Climate Central)

The next big opportunity to drop balance-of-system costs: Battery storage (via Greentech Media)

POLITICS 

Energy issues play role in Tuesday elections (via Houston Chronicle)

Coal, carpetbaggers, and Congressional candidates (via Forbes)

Post-Election Day tax extenders will be a bipartisan opportunity (via Energy Collective)

What a Republican-controlled Senate would mean for the climate (via Climate Progress)

Why oil and gas giants are trying to buy three local elections in California (via Climate Progress)

OPINION 

The UN just gave us an 85-year deadline on global warming (via National Journal)

Enough with the fat climate change reports already (via Bloomberg)

EIA study removes final barrier to U.S. oil exports (via Reuters)

The struggle to combine energy efficiency and solar power (via Clean Energy Finance Forum)

Millennials: Core of the green economy or overhyped as the green generation? (via Greentech Media)

Posted:   |   Categories: AR5, arctic, australia, battery, biofuels, BOEM, Brazil, california, Carbon budget, cellulosic ethanol, climate, Climate Change, coal, Demand response, eia, electric vehicles, emissions, Energy Efficiency, ev, fracking, germany, grid, Gulf of Mexico, IPCC, Keystone XL, Microgrids, new york state, News, offshore drilling, oil, Oil exports, Olympics, PSE&G, public transportation, renewables, solar, tar sands, texas, Transportation, UN, united nations
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18
Aug

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 8.18.14

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

EMISSIONS 

China’s carbon plans: Secrecy and oversupply darken outlook (via Reuters)

South Carolina coal plant, efficient but doomed, offers lessons for states grappling with EPA rule (via Greenwire)

NUCLEAR 

The costs of caring for Europe’s nuclear plants (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Courts worldwide reject anti-wind experts and their evidence (via Renew Economy)

China seeks to close loophole on solar polysilicon import duties (via Bloomberg)

Low-carbon technologies deliver over half Spain’s power as renewables output soars (via BusinessGreen)

Federal court upholds renewables integration planning rule for electric grid (via The Hill)

UC Irvine tops U.S. sustainability efforts in “Cool Schools” ranking (via CleanTechnica)

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air (via ABC News/AP)

Explosive U.S. solar power growth and jobs (via CleanTechnica)

TAR SANDS 

Data shows chemical air pollution around tar sands is getting worse (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE 

Colombia set to draft new climate law by November (via RTCC)

As climate changes, “underwater mortgage” make take on new meaning (via Bloomberg)

Will it be extinction or “translocation” as climate change impacts increase? (via ClimateWire)

Climate change reflected in altered Missouri River flow, says report (via Los Angeles Times)

Climate change study show Northwest U.S. prairie plants struggle with warming (via The Oregonian)

U.S. cities combating climate change on the local level (via Al-Jazeera)

New Jersey announces climate change mapping website (via NBC 10)

NATURAL GAS 

U.S. takes a crack at China’s tough shale (via Houston Chronicle)

A new fracking frontier: Drilling near the Arctic Circle (via Yale e360)

Natural gas execs fear they’re next for Obama regulations (via The Hill)

Fracking protests escalate on “national day of action” (via BusinessGreen)

Environmentalists split over green group’s fracking industry ties (via Al-Jazeera)

Natural gas will dominate Texas electric growth through 2040 (via Houston Chronicle)

Fact check: Florida fracking fracas (via USA Today)

OIL 

Billions in oil investments at risk from low crude prices (via Reuters)

BOEM to boost offshore drilling bond requirements (via Houston Chronicle)

Interior Department studies minimum standards for Arctic drilling (via Houston Chronicle)

Voters set to decide fate of Alaska oil production tax (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

Report: Policymakers must confront transport “taboos” to meet climate goals (via ClimateWire)

Save money this month ($10,064) with mass transit (via CleanTechnica)

GRID 

Eleven years after the U.S. Canada blackout, what has (and hasn’t) changed? (via National Geographic)

Survey reveals what U.S. consumers expect from their utilities (via Renew Grid)

Proof that interconnection reform is in the data (via Renewable Energy World)

ENVIRONMENT 

Indonesian government reiterates plan to clear 14 million hectares of forest by 2020 (via Mongabay)

Marine economy takes a dive as ocean acidity rises (via Climate Central)

West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis (via Washington Post)

California moves toward historic statewide ban on single-use plastic bags (via EcoWatch)

Report shows persistent drought lingers in western Oklahoma (via The Oklahoman)

POLITICS 

Tony Abbott’s push to ditch renewables could hand coal and gas industry $10 billion (via The Guardian)

Buying Main Street: Billionaires swamp local races (via Politico)

Many Republicans privately support action on climate (via Bloomberg)

Why is a major green group backing a Republican who supports Keystone and offshore drilling? (via National Journal)

Green group looks to “rebuild trust” with GOP (via The Hill)

Posted:   |   Categories: alaska, Arctic Circle, australia, BOEM, california, Carbon market, China, Clean Power Plan, climate, coal, Colombia, Concentrating solar power, deforestation, drought, emissions, environment, EPA, Extinction, Florida, fracking, global warming, grid, Indonesia, Interconnection, interior department, mass transit, Missouri River, natural gas, new jersey, News, nuclear, Ocean acidification, offshore drilling, oil, oklahoma, renewables, Sea level rise, Shale gas, solar, Solar trade war, south carolina, Spain, tar sands, texas, Tony Abbott, Transportation, University of California Irvine, wind
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18
Aug

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 8.18.14

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

EMISSIONS 

China’s carbon plans: Secrecy and oversupply darken outlook (via Reuters)

South Carolina coal plant, efficient but doomed, offers lessons for states grappling with EPA rule (via Greenwire)

NUCLEAR 

The costs of caring for Europe’s nuclear plants (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Courts worldwide reject anti-wind experts and their evidence (via Renew Economy)

China seeks to close loophole on solar polysilicon import duties (via Bloomberg)

Low-carbon technologies deliver over half Spain’s power as renewables output soars (via BusinessGreen)

Federal court upholds renewables integration planning rule for electric grid (via The Hill)

UC Irvine tops U.S. sustainability efforts in “Cool Schools” ranking (via CleanTechnica)

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air (via ABC News/AP)

Explosive U.S. solar power growth and jobs (via CleanTechnica)

TAR SANDS 

Data shows chemical air pollution around tar sands is getting worse (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE 

Colombia set to draft new climate law by November (via RTCC)

As climate changes, “underwater mortgage” make take on new meaning (via Bloomberg)

Will it be extinction or “translocation” as climate change impacts increase? (via ClimateWire)

Climate change reflected in altered Missouri River flow, says report (via Los Angeles Times)

Climate change study show Northwest U.S. prairie plants struggle with warming (via The Oregonian)

U.S. cities combating climate change on the local level (via Al-Jazeera)

New Jersey announces climate change mapping website (via NBC 10)

NATURAL GAS 

U.S. takes a crack at China’s tough shale (via Houston Chronicle)

A new fracking frontier: Drilling near the Arctic Circle (via Yale e360)

Natural gas execs fear they’re next for Obama regulations (via The Hill)

Fracking protests escalate on “national day of action” (via BusinessGreen)

Environmentalists split over green group’s fracking industry ties (via Al-Jazeera)

Natural gas will dominate Texas electric growth through 2040 (via Houston Chronicle)

Fact check: Florida fracking fracas (via USA Today)

OIL 

Billions in oil investments at risk from low crude prices (via Reuters)

BOEM to boost offshore drilling bond requirements (via Houston Chronicle)

Interior Department studies minimum standards for Arctic drilling (via Houston Chronicle)

Voters set to decide fate of Alaska oil production tax (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

Report: Policymakers must confront transport “taboos” to meet climate goals (via ClimateWire)

Save money this month ($10,064) with mass transit (via CleanTechnica)

GRID 

Eleven years after the U.S. Canada blackout, what has (and hasn’t) changed? (via National Geographic)

Survey reveals what U.S. consumers expect from their utilities (via Renew Grid)

Proof that interconnection reform is in the data (via Renewable Energy World)

ENVIRONMENT 

Indonesian government reiterates plan to clear 14 million hectares of forest by 2020 (via Mongabay)

Marine economy takes a dive as ocean acidity rises (via Climate Central)

West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis (via Washington Post)

California moves toward historic statewide ban on single-use plastic bags (via EcoWatch)

Report shows persistent drought lingers in western Oklahoma (via The Oklahoman)

POLITICS 

Tony Abbott’s push to ditch renewables could hand coal and gas industry $10 billion (via The Guardian)

Buying Main Street: Billionaires swamp local races (via Politico)

Many Republicans privately support action on climate (via Bloomberg)

Why is a major green group backing a Republican who supports Keystone and offshore drilling? (via National Journal)

Green group looks to “rebuild trust” with GOP (via The Hill)

Posted:   |   Categories: alaska, Arctic Circle, australia, BOEM, california, Carbon market, China, Clean Power Plan, climate, coal, Colombia, Concentrating solar power, deforestation, drought, emissions, environment, EPA, Extinction, Florida, fracking, global warming, grid, Indonesia, Interconnection, interior department, mass transit, Missouri River, natural gas, new jersey, News, nuclear, Ocean acidification, offshore drilling, oil, oklahoma, renewables, Sea level rise, Shale gas, solar, Solar trade war, south carolina, Spain, tar sands, texas, Tony Abbott, Transportation, University of California Irvine, wind
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16
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.16.14

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

CLIMATE 

Right wing threatens EU climate change goals (via RTCC)

Study ties epic California drought, “frigid east” to manmade climate change (via Climate Progress)

KEYSTONE XL 

The green case against Keystone XL (via Politico)

Jimmy Carter comes out against Keystone XL pipeline (via The Hill)

RENEWABLES 

Clean energy investment rises 9%, led by solar power (via Bloomberg)

European Investment Bank promises €2 billion clean energy funding boost (via BusinessGreen)

India signs power contracts for 700MW of new solar capacity (via Bloomberg)

IFC backs 50MW Pakistan wind project (via Recharge)

Solar trends for Q1 of 2014 and beyond: View from Mercom Capital (via Forbes)

Department of Defense undertakes largest solar project to date (via Climate Progress)

Oil group says EPA may flip-flop on ethanol mandate (via The Hill)

Dual turning point for biofuels (via New York Times)

Tiny portable wind turbine fits in your bag, charges your gadgets (via TreeHugger)

EMISSIONS 

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 0.8% in 2013 (via Reuters)

Plants are key to removing 63 million tons of CO2 a year (via The Guardian)

US greenhouse gas emissions dropped 3.4% in 2012 (via Los Angeles Times)

Federal appeals court says EPA can force power plans to cut mercury emissions (via Washington Post)

US EPA studies whether to regulate methane from oil and gas (via Reuters Point Carbon)

Pitzer College selling fossil fuel stocks in environmental move (via Los Angeles Times)

COAL 

Identifying the global coal industry’s water risks (via World Resources Institute)

The Pacific Rim coal bubble (via Sightline Daily)

Washington University students continue Peabody protest (via St. Louis Business Journal)

ENERGY POLICY 

American penitentiaries emphasize the need for sustainability (via TreeHugger)

BOEM announces plan to auction 21 million Gulf acres (via Houston Chronicle)

Investors urge Duke Energy to vote out directors (via News Observer)

ENVIRONMENT 

China poised to beef up national Environmental Protection Law (via BusinessGreen)

Congo deforestation could cause region to warm 3C by 2050 (via RTCC)

Pollution is substantially worse in minority neighborhoods across the US (via Washington Post)

GAO audit finds lack of data on environmental reviews (via The Hill)

A brutal allergy season is ahead – blame the polar vortex (via Mother Jones)

OIL 

Radioactive waste booms with shale oil as new rules mulled by US (via Bloomberg)

BP, Coast Guard end spill cleanup on Gulf shoreline (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

US to stay global first in vehicle miles drive, says futurist (via Green Car Reports)

BMW lifts i3 electric car production 43% on higher demand (via Bloomberg)

Where do US electric cars save money the quickest? (via Green Car Reports)

DOE announces $10 million to upgrade technology for renewable drop-in fuels production (via Green Car Congress) 

GRID 

How a small California county went grid positive (via RMI Outlet)

Home energy management grows in some mind-bending ways (via EnergyWire)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

EIA: Natural gas will slash diesel’s dominance as rail fuel (via Houston Chronicle)

Pennsylvania DEP “monitoring” Ohio earthquake situation (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)

Is Pennsylvania wasting its fracking wealth? (via National Journal)

New York City hotel commissions combined heat and power plant (via Energy Manager Today)

OPINION 

A backup plan for climate change (via Washington Post)

Felipe Calderon: Economic arguments needed to fight climate change (via Forbes)

The eight factors driving global industrial efficiency (via Greentech Media)

It’s okay to support nuclear power and still enjoy a movie now and then (via Bloomberg)

Why it’s a big deal that half of the Great Lakes are still covered in ice (via The Atlantic)

Energy companies need to remake their boards before activists force them to (via Forbes)

Why the great Washington University sit-in against Peabody Coal matters (via Huffington Post)

Posted:   |   Categories: Air pollution, Allergies, australia, biofuels, BMW, BOEM, BP, california, Carbon bubble, climate, Climate Change, coal, Combined heat and power, Congo, Defense Department, deforestation, diesel, Divestment, DOE, drought, duke energy, earthquakes, eia, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPA, ethanol, European Investment Bank, European Union, ev, Felipe Calderon, Fossil fuel divestment, fracking, GAO, Great Lakes, grid, Gulf of Mexico, Home energy management, IFC, india, Jimmy Carter, Keystone XL, methane, natural gas, New York City, News, nuclear power, offshore drilling, Ohio, oil, oil spill, pakistan, Peabody, pennsylvania, Pitzer College, Polar vortex, Renewable Fuels Standard, renewables, Shale oil, small wind, solar, Transportation, US Coast Guard, Washington University, wind
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02
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.2.14

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

EMISSIONS 

Hubei province starts China’s second-biggest carbon exchange (via Bloomberg)

India mulls low-carbon fuel standard to cut vehicle exhaust by 2021 (via Bloomberg)

US EPA carbon rule for existing power plants sent to White House (via Reuters)

Promotion of cap-and-trade money for residents downplays looming higher electricity rates (via ClimateWire)

Companies try to catch CO2 before it touches the sky (via Bloomberg)

NATURAL GAS 

Russia tightens pressure on Ukraine with rise in natural gas prices (via New York Times)

UK could produce shale gas within four years in emergency (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

India to award 1 gigawatt of solar permits by 2015 (via Bloomberg)

Brazil planning its first solar-specific national auction (via Renewable Energy World)

Iceland’s clean energy lures metal companies from abroad (via SmartPlanet)

Senators leave Production Tax Credit out of renewable fuel proposal (via Houston Chronicle)

Crowdfunding for solar, wind reaching fevered pitch (via Sustainable Business)

Advancements in wind turbine technology improve efficiency; reduce cost (via Renewable Energy World)

BOEM publishes environmental assessment of potential Georgia offshore wind area (via Recharge)

BOEM readies Massachusetts offshore wind auction (via Recharge)

Vermont raises net metering cap to 15% (via Solar Industry)

Mystery property tycoon makes $533 million bet on solar (via Bloomberg)

ENERGY POLICY 

German states water down energy reform but Merkel pleased (via Reuters)

Net US energy imports in 2013 lowest in more than 20 years (via US EIA)

Hearings begin today in latest push against Ohio energy laws (via Midwest Energy News)

OIL 

Canadian safety board urges faster phase out of oil rail tankers (via Reuters)

Crunch year ahead for Norway’s Arctic oil adventure (via Reuters)

TRANSPORTATION 

Number of electric vehicles doubling every year (via Autoblog Green)

Nissan Leaf has 2nd-best sales month ever, Chevy Volt does a 2013 repeat (via Autoblog Green)

Volkswagen could bring wireless EV charging to market by 2017 (via Autoblog)

California forms waiting list for electric car rebates (via Plugin Cars)

Tesla to use North American materials amid pollution worry (via Bloomberg)

Koch Brothers quietly seek to ban new mass transit in Tennessee (via Climate Progress)

TAR SANDS 

Oil sands link to health concerns, says Canadian report (via Globe and Mail)

CLIMATE 

Climate change responses to shape Asia’s future (via Washington Post)

China and EU pledge joint climate action (via BusinessGreen)

Biofuels might hold back progress combating climate change (via Scientific American)

NUCLEAR 

Japan may only be able to restart one-third of its nuclear reactors (via Reuters)

Utility Exelon wants to kill wind and solar subsidies while keeping nukes (via Greentech Media)

GRID 

Utility spending on smart grid IT systems will total nearly $140 billion from 2014 through 2022 (via Navigant Research)

Unique state models offer a glimpse of New England’s microgrid future (via Greentech Media)

Maine Public Utilities Commission: Smart meters are safe (via Renew Grid)

RES Americas launch 8MW energy storage system in PJM (via Energy Manager Today)

Grid Edge 20: Companies transforming the US power sector (via Greentech Media)

COAL 

Chinese coal firms creak under heavy debt, tumbling prices (via Reuters)

ENVIRONMENT 

Meager snowpack bad news for drought-parched California (via USA Today)

Rains won’t quell California wildfire season (via Climate Central)

OPINION 

Climate change: Is anybody listening? (via Newsweek)

Global warming and the developing world (via New York Times)

Will Oregon cook up a carbon tax? (via Sightline Daily)

Rumsfeldian climate risks (via Energy Collective)

Posted:   |   Categories: arctic, biofuels, BOEM, Brazil, california, canada, cap and trade, carbon capture, Carbon market, carbon tax, chevy volt, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, drought, electric vehicles, emissions, energy storage, environment, EPA, EU, European Union, ev, Exelon, Georgia, geothermal, germany, grid, Hubei, Iceland, india, japan, Koch Brothers, Maine, mass transit, massachusetts, Microgrid, natural gas, Natural gas exports, Net metering, News, nissan LEAF, norway, nuclear, offshore drilling, offshore wind, Ohio, Oil train, oregon, PJM Interconnection, production tax credit, renewables, RES Americas, Russia, Shale gas, smart grid, smart meters, solar, tar sands, Tennessee, Tesla, Transportation, uk, Ukraine, united kingdom, vermont, Volkswagen, Wildfire, wind
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28
Mar

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 3.28.14

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

CLIMATE 

IPCC report: Climate change felt “on all continents and across the oceans” (via The Guardian)

Sinking island nations battle tides of climate change (via Deutche Welle)

Facing rising seas, Bangladesh confronts climate change consequences (via New York Times)

NATURAL GAS 

Environmentalists debate impacts of LNG exports on global warming (via Greenwire)

Fracking the USA: New map shows 1 million oil, gas wells (via Climate Central)

Report says each Marcellus gas well costs thousands in road damage (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)

RENEWABLES 

2013: Renewable energy’s best of times, worst of times (via CleanTechnica)

Future of Chile’s energy sector lies with renewables, shows new report (via Renewable Energy World)

Wind power “could yield €8.3 billion” for Ireland (via Recharge)

As solar prices fall, wind still finds a role in microgrids (via Navigant Research)

New US wind power projects fall 93% in 2013 (via The Hill)

As net metering battles move to small markets, solar advocates claim early victories (via Energy Collective)

Solar “net metering” extended by California regulators (via San Francisco Chronicle)

California utility PG&E exceeds 20% renewable energy standard (via Greentech Media)

BOEM to hold competitive Maryland offshore wind energy lease auction this summer (via Recharge)

Waste-to-energy could help Wisconsin expand sustainable energy (via Journal-Sentinel)

Kansas flirts with repeal of renewable energy standard (via EnergyWire)

Virginia awards $860,000 in offshore wind research (via Virginian-Pilot)

EMISSIONS 

RGGI announces 2015 CO2 allocation (via Environmental Leader)

OIL 

One year after Exxon’s Arkansas spill, basic questions still unanswered (via InsideClimate News)

TRANSPORTATION 

EVs, plug-ins already saving 45 million gallons of gasoline per year in US (via Autoblog Green)

COAL 

North Carolina inspectors failed to notice crack before coal ash spill (via The Guardian)

ENVIRONMENT 

Water, wildlife surge back into once-parched Colorado River delta (via Los Angeles Times)

US lists lesser prairie chicken as threatened, energy groups wary (via Reuters)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Ohio GOP drafts plan to freeze state’s renewable, energy efficiency rules (via Columbus Dispatch)

Indiana governor lets energy efficiency program expire (via Indianapolis Star)

OPINION 

Can evolution outrace climate change? (via FiveThirtyEight)

Spring training, and Spring, starting way earlier than usual (via Bloomberg)

Three utilities most likely to fall in death spiral, via Morningstar (via Forbes)

How distributed energy resources affect US capacity markets (via Solar Industry)

Posted:   |   Categories: Arkansas, Bangladesh, BOEM, california, Capacity market, Chile, climate, Climate Change, coal, coal ash, Coal ash spill, colorado river, distributed generation, electric vehicles, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, EVs, Exxon, fracking, indiana, IPCC, Ireland, kansas, Lesser Prairie Chicken, LNG, marcellus shale, maryland, Microgrids, natural gas, Natural gas exports, Net metering, News, North Carolina, offshore wind, Ohio, oil, oil spill, PGE, Plug-in hybrids, Renewable energy standard, renewables, rggi, Sea level rise, solar, Transportation, virginia, wind, Wisconsin
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19
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.19.13

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

ENERGY POLICY 

Senate Democrats to make eleventh-hour push for tax extenders (via The Hill)

Baucus proposal replaces dozens of energy breaks with credits for “clean” fuel, electricity (via Greenwire)

EMISSIONS 

China seeks to curb worst air pollution in 50 years (via The Guardian)

Guandong carbon market, expected to be China’s biggest, begins briskly (via Reuters)

Most companies still releasing unsustainable amounts of CO2, says study (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Asia key to 2014 solar PV forecasts (via Recharge)

Europe’s highest court fuels doubt over French wind tariffs (via Reuters)

Hydro-Quebec calls for 450MW wind power tender (via Recharge)

Clean energy shines as climate index outperforms equities (via Renew Economy)

EIA continues to lowball its renewable energy forecast (via Greentech Media)

BOEM announces third US offshore wind competitive lease auction (via CleanTechnica)

Michigan conservatives launch renewable energy group (via Michigan Live)

OIL 

Dolphins suffering from lung disease due to Gulf oil spill, says study (via Wall Street Journal)

GRID 

$43 million in USDA loans flow to rural smart grids (via Greentech Media)

Four ways to grow grid-scale energy storage in 2014 (via Greentech Media)

Fitch Ratings: US net metering set to grow (via Solar Industry)

California ISO board adopts joint plan with CPUC to ensure future electric reliability (via BusinessWire)

California ISO unveils roadmap to advance demand response, energy efficiency (via Renew Grid)

Texas electricity prices falling since power market deregulation (via Texas Tribune)

TAR SANDS 

TransCanada weighs rail bridge amid Keystone pipeline delay (via The Hill)

CLIMATE 

The UN will try for a new disaster risk reduction agreement (via Climate Progress)

Climate change divides political parties in Iowa, nation (via Cedar Rapids Gazette)

COAL 

Coal use hits record high in Japan (via Smart Planet)

GREEN BUILDING 

Future looks green for building industry (via Environmental Leader)

Los Angeles becomes first major city to require “cool roofs” (via Climate Progress)

Cool roofs rising (via Sustainable Industries)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

USGS releases New York baseline drinking water study in Marcellus Shale region (via Breaking Energy)

TRANSPORTATION 

US gasoline pump prices to hit 2013 low (via The Hill)

Tesla will more than double Model S production with help of state tax breaks (via GigaOm)

OPINION 

White House to get aggressive on climate change? (via Washington Post)

British Columbia’s carbon tax leadership now more important than ever (via Vancouver Sun)

Why environmentalists should hope nuclear power sticks around (via Washington Post)

Here’s how the shale gas boom is saving Americans money (via Washington Post)

Christie Administration ignores climate change in New Jersey’s post-Sandy rebuild (via InsideClimate News)

Posted:   |   Categories: BOEM, british columbia, california, California ISO, Carbon market, carbon tax, China, Chris Christie, climate, Climate Change, coal, Cool roofs, CPUC, eia, emissions, energy storage, europe, fracking, France, gas prices, Gasoline, green building, grid, Guandong, Gulf of Mexico, Hydro-Quebec, japan, Keystone XL, los angeles, marcellus shale, maryland, Max Baucus, michigan, natural gas, Net metering, new jersey, new york, News, nuclear, offshore wind, oil, oil spill, production tax credit, ptc, renewables, smart grid, solar, Subsidy, tar sands, Tesla, Tesla Model S, texas, TransCanada, Transportation, united nations, usda, usgs, wind
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19
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.19.13

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

ENERGY POLICY 

Senate Democrats to make eleventh-hour push for tax extenders (via The Hill)

Baucus proposal replaces dozens of energy breaks with credits for “clean” fuel, electricity (via Greenwire)

EMISSIONS 

China seeks to curb worst air pollution in 50 years (via The Guardian)

Guandong carbon market, expected to be China’s biggest, begins briskly (via Reuters)

Most companies still releasing unsustainable amounts of CO2, says study (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Asia key to 2014 solar PV forecasts (via Recharge)

Europe’s highest court fuels doubt over French wind tariffs (via Reuters)

Hydro-Quebec calls for 450MW wind power tender (via Recharge)

Clean energy shines as climate index outperforms equities (via Renew Economy)

EIA continues to lowball its renewable energy forecast (via Greentech Media)

BOEM announces third US offshore wind competitive lease auction (via CleanTechnica)

Michigan conservatives launch renewable energy group (via Michigan Live)

OIL 

Dolphins suffering from lung disease due to Gulf oil spill, says study (via Wall Street Journal)

GRID 

$43 million in USDA loans flow to rural smart grids (via Greentech Media)

Four ways to grow grid-scale energy storage in 2014 (via Greentech Media)

Fitch Ratings: US net metering set to grow (via Solar Industry)

California ISO board adopts joint plan with CPUC to ensure future electric reliability (via BusinessWire)

California ISO unveils roadmap to advance demand response, energy efficiency (via Renew Grid)

Texas electricity prices falling since power market deregulation (via Texas Tribune)

TAR SANDS 

TransCanada weighs rail bridge amid Keystone pipeline delay (via The Hill)

CLIMATE 

The UN will try for a new disaster risk reduction agreement (via Climate Progress)

Climate change divides political parties in Iowa, nation (via Cedar Rapids Gazette)

COAL 

Coal use hits record high in Japan (via Smart Planet)

GREEN BUILDING 

Future looks green for building industry (via Environmental Leader)

Los Angeles becomes first major city to require “cool roofs” (via Climate Progress)

Cool roofs rising (via Sustainable Industries)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

USGS releases New York baseline drinking water study in Marcellus Shale region (via Breaking Energy)

TRANSPORTATION 

US gasoline pump prices to hit 2013 low (via The Hill)

Tesla will more than double Model S production with help of state tax breaks (via GigaOm)

OPINION 

White House to get aggressive on climate change? (via Washington Post)

British Columbia’s carbon tax leadership now more important than ever (via Vancouver Sun)

Why environmentalists should hope nuclear power sticks around (via Washington Post)

Here’s how the shale gas boom is saving Americans money (via Washington Post)

Christie Administration ignores climate change in New Jersey’s post-Sandy rebuild (via InsideClimate News)

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