Energy and Environment News Roundup – 6.27.14
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
CLIMATE
Green bonds show path to $1 trillion market for climate (via Bloomberg)
Wall Street: Your climate war has arrived (via National Journal)
What are schools teaching your kids about global warming? (via National Journal)
New mapping technology shows whether global warming will drown your town (via Washington Post)
ENERGY POLICY
French proposal on 2030 EU energy goals could ease gridlock (via Reuters)
RENEWABLES
Denmark to establish $1 billion green fund (via Energy Manager Today)
China boosts solar exports to developing countries as trade tension mounts with U.S. (via BusinessGreen)
UK audit questions $28 billion in clean energy projects (via Bloomberg)
El Salvador awards contracts for 94MW of solar (via Bloomberg)
Utilities move to kick rooftop solar off the grid in Australia (via Renew Economy)
Brazil to retain transmission and distribution discount on wind energy (via Recharge)
CBO says U.S. gas prices to rise if biofuel mandate not cut (via Reuters)
Distributed renewable energy comes under fire (via CleanTechnica)
As Ohio shuts down clean energy, businesses say they want more renewables (via Greentech Media)
Wisconsin electric cooperative unveils state’s first community solar project (via Madison.com)
EMISSIONS
EU seen curbing coal use by quadrupling carbon price (via Bloomberg)
Beijing emitters trade 1.6 million carbon permits in fist seven months of pilot program (via Reuters)
Abbott “optimistic” on carbon tax repeal despite crossbench senator’s concerns (via The Guardian)
OIL
Saudi Arabia, Russia, U.S. produced most oil in 2013, says BP report (via Christian Science Monitor)
Federal officials say oil train dangers extend past Bakken shipments (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
Oil boom fuels drop in average age of Great Plains states (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
North Dakota plans to double pipeline capacity in just two years (via Climate Progress)
TRANSPORTATION
EVs get support in Canada with tax incentives, wireless charging (via Autoblog Green)
Tesla’s patent giveaway paves the EV freeway (via Navigant Research)
Will Georgia’s $5,000 EV tax credit be axed in 2015? (via Green Car Reports)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
U.S. shale spurs record investments by foreign chemical makers (via Bloomberg)
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas exploring possible connections between fracking, earthquakes (via Topeka Capital-Journal)
Goldman says shale gas boom driving fear from market (via Bloomberg)
Air pollution spikes in homes near fracking wells (via Forbes)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
High-tech firms focus on energy efficiency to confront climate change (via Los Angeles Times)
LEED for roads: Greener infrastructure gains momentum (via GreenBiz)
KEYSTONE XL
Support for Keystone XL is almost universal (via Washington Post)
ENVIRONMENT
Indonesia seeks $5 billion to cut CO2 from deforestation (via Bloomberg)
Battle gets underway for control of .eco domain name (via The Guardian)
California wind farm first in U.S. to avoid penalty for dead eagles (via Wall Street Journal)
NASA shows big drop in air pollution over D.C., I-95 corridor since 2005 (via Washington Post)
POLITICS
Obama has a response to GOP “I am not a scientist” line (via National Journal)
OPINION
Scorched farms, flooded homes, lower productivity: The cost of doing nothing (via The Economist)
Solar tariffs seem certain to hurt U.S. installation market (via Solar Industry Magazine)
How solar finance is driving solar businesses to change (via CleanTechnica)
The oil boom in one slick infographic (via Grist)
How climate change ate conservatism’s smartest thinkers (via The Week)
Lessons from Rhode Island: How to pass climate laws in the U.S. (via RTCC)