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06
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.6.13

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

CLIMATE

Philippines prepares for climate-resilient future post Typhoon Haiyan (via RTCC)

Diseases on the move because of climate change (via USA Today)

College endowment managers get schooled on climate change (via GreenBiz)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Riding the fracking wave all the way to China (via National Journal)

90 groups call for federal regulations to curb methane leaks (via Washington Post)

Is California’s Monterey Shale a major oil resource or over-hyped? (via EnergyWire)

RENEWABLES

Renewables’ share of new power capacity in China surpasses 50% (via Thompson Reuters)

Record German wind farm output lifts renewables share over 35% (via Bloomberg)

China’s installed solar PV to reach 10GW by end of 2013 (via CleanTechnica)

Can the cost of solar in the US compete with Germany? (via RMI Outlet)

Renewable fuel backers try to change EPA’s mind at hearing (via Reuters)

White House finalizing review of permits for wind farm eagle deaths (via The Hill)

Midwest wind cost-competitive with gas and coal (via Breaking Energy)

Secretive right-wing group ALEC continues its war on clean energy (via Climate Progress)

Poll shows 78% support for net metering in Colorado (via Renew Grid)

NUCLEAR

Fukushima radiation to reach US coast at safe levels, says NRC (via Bloomberg)

Japan finds scrapping nuclear boosts pollution, fuel cost (via Bloomberg)

GRID

Japanese energy giants rush into storage as solar booms (via Renew Economy)

Taking green-powered island microgrids to commercial scale (via Greentech Media)

Utility Xcel has plans to create its own transmission company (via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

Honda joins vehicle-to-grid demonstration project at University of Delaware (via Green Car Congress)

EMISSIONS

EU may extend aviation carbon freeze to 2020, says adviser (via Bloomberg)

Mining, fracking, and drilling have changed public lands from carbon sinks to carbon polluters (via Climate Progress)

FERC tells Congress EPA pollution rules will hit Midwest hardest (via Midwest Energy News/Greenwire)

TRANSPORTATION

Urban car use declines as biking and public transit rise in the US (via Yale e360)

300% increase in all-electric car sales in 2013 (via CleanTechnica)

House proposes 15-cent federal gas tax hike (via Autoblog)

Ohio Senate strips anti-Tesla amendment from legislation (via Autoblog)

OPINION

Is Chile the next star in renewable energy? (via Energy Collective)

EPA’s RFS proposal is a step backwards on clean energy path (via Energy Collective)

Understanding the facts of the renewable energy PTC (via CleanTechnica)

California’s renewable energy future (via EarthTechling)

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08
Oct

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.8.13

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

EMISSIONS 

How to slice a global carbon pie? (via New York Times)

US Supreme Court scheduled to consider climate change cases (via Reuters)

Divestment campaign against fossil fuels growing, says study (via The Guardian)

California highlights emissions reduction progress (via CleanTechnica)

New Jersey sets hearing on rejoining RGGI carbon trading program (via Bloomberg)

Microsoft achieves carbon neutrality, says NRDC (via Environmental Leader)

COAL 

Beijing to close main coal plants by 2015 in smog crackdown (via BusinessGreen)

King Coal’s last stand (via Vice)

RENEWABLES 

China set to lead 2014 solar energy boom (via RTCC)

Floating offshore wind power taking hold (via Renewable Energy World)

New British solar energy fund has chance to shine (via Daily Mail)

UK tests new method to balance renewables on the grid (via Greentech Media)

Nighttime solar power arriving in United States (via EarthTechling)

Will a new guide for regulators settle the debate over rooftop solar’s value? (via Greentech Media)

Oakland’s bid to become a solar power hub (via National Journal)

TRANSPORTATION 

Cumulative Nissan Leaf sales in Japan pass 30,000 mark (via Green Car Congress)

Honda plots US hybrid resurgence starting with Accord (via Bloomberg)

EV sales for 2013 up over 440% from one year ago (via Climate Progress)

Palo Alto requires homes to be pre-wired for electric cars (via EarthTechling)

Is there any business model for public electric car charging? (via Green Car Reports)

OIL 

Texas on track to be among world’s largest oil producers (via Houston Chronicle)

California Gov. Brown supports hydraulic fracturing (via Houston Chronicle)

BP spars with US government over size of Gulf of Mexico spill (via Reuters)

GRID 

PJM board approves $1.2 billion in transmission improvements (via Renew Grid)

Why the hot money is chasing energy storage (via Renew Economy)

ENERGY POLICY 

Proposed LNG exports spark controversy in British Columbia (via ClimateWire)

Quebec’s Keystone conundrum (via Politico)

Electricity utilities could lose half their market to solar and storage (via Renew Economy)

Grid Edge: How will utilities, vendors, and energy service providers adapt? (via Greentech Media)

ESCO market to reach $8.3 billion in 2020 (via Energy Manager Today)

California law to change energy rates, aid renewable power (via San Francisco Chronicle)

NUCLEAR 

Japanese prime minister seeks foreign help containing Fukushima water leak (via United Press International)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

How Denmark turned an efficiency obligation into opportunity (via Midwest Energy News)

Building energy benchmarking and window retrofits (via Energy Manager Today)

An illustrated guide to the enormous power of energy efficiency (via Greentech Media)

Energy management saves Office Depot $2.2 million annually (via Energy Manager Today)

Cincinnati launches energy benchmarking toolkit (via Energy Manager Today)

POLITICS 

Obama’s top climate and energy adviser to leave White House (via Washington Post)

Front-runner for FERC may be clean slate Obama’s looking for (via Greenwire)

The battle for FERC and the future of energy security (via Energy Trends Insider)

OPINION 

Solar power, in small doses (via The Economist)

Who created the global warming “pause”? (via Mother Jones)

The future of the electricity system is called Grid Edge (via Greentech Media)

Burning question: Are Europe’s biomass imports sustainable? (via Renewable Energy World)

America’s net metering war (via CleanTechnica)

Can we fly more and still meet carbon targets? (via The Guardian)

We might blow our carbon budget sooner than we think (via Renew Economy)

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12
Aug

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 8.12.13

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

EMISSIONS 

Australia can achieve 25% emissions cut by 2020, says report (via RTCC)

Obama’s regulations chief plunges into carbon policy fray (via The Hill)

California to hold carbon auction as it considers giving away more allowances for free (via Bloomberg BNA)

GRID 

Flexible grid is the key to a clean energy future (via CleanTechnica)

633 energy storage projects now underway worldwide (via CleanTechnica)

White House calls for increased grid spending (via AP)

Ten years after northeast blackout, US power grid smarter and sturdier (via Reuters)

California aims to “bottle sunlight” in energy storage push (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Solar shipments surge in second quarter as demand rises in Asia (via Bloomberg)

Western Australia backs down on solar feed-in tariff (via Renewable Energy World)

Honda goes solar in Japan, will sell renewable energy in 2015 (via Autoblog Green)

Interior Department halfway to its renewables goal, but hurdles remain (via Center for American Progress)

Bid to repeal ethanol mandate seen diluted by EPA change (via Bloomberg)

US wind power prices down to $0.04 per kWh (via CleanTechnica)

Small wind makes big gains in US (via EarthTechling)

Wind power company Pattern Energy to seek IPO (via EarthTechling)

Stained glass windows on cathedral are solar panels (via CleanTechnica)

COAL 

Switch to coal power held back in gas-starved India (via Reuters)

EPA confirms coal ash contaminates water across the country (via Climate Progress)

Interior Department proposes changes to royalties, land restrictions for coal mines (via The Hill)

CLIMATE 

Arctic sea ice loss dramatically slows, record minimum unlikely in 2013 (via Washington Post)

Antarctic ozone layer hole may be adding to global warming (via NBC News)

Tiny Pacific islands make big plans for climate resilience (via ClimateWire)

Agriculture assets face $8 trillion risk from climate change, water scarcity (via Environmental Leader)

How two reservoirs have become billboards for what climate change is doing to the American West (via Climate Progress)

Prepare buildings to withstand climate change, says Boston study (via Energy Manager Today)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

California legislature faces bills on fracking (via Los Angeles Times)

Methane leaks could be big business (via Wyoming Star-Tribune)

ENVIRONMENT 

China plans to spend more to tackle environmental pollution (via Reuters)

Half of the US is under threat of floods (via ABC News)

To save water, parched southwest cities ask homeowners to lose the lawn (via New York Times)

OIL 

Mexico moves to relax decades-old grip on oil (via Houston Chronicle)

Is peak oil demand just around the corner? (via Washington Post)

Amid pipeline debate, two costly oil spill cleanups forever change towns (via New York Times)

TRANSPORTATION 

Tesla Model S hits the European market (via CleanTechnica)

Japan moves to become a plug-in EV leader (via Navigant Research)

Southern California utility girds for 350,000 electric cars (via Green Car Reports)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

States pressure feds to cut energy efficiency backlog (via Stateline)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs (via Reuters)

Taiwan says nuclear water still leaking inside power plant (via Bloomberg)

Florida residents angered over scrapped nuclear plant (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

ENERGY POLICY 

German utilities hammered in market favoring renewables (via Bloomberg)

Finally, the US considers a national energy bill (via Navigant Research)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

Oil sands industry turns to algae to appease Obama (via Bloomberg)

Exxon knew its Arkansas pipeline was old, defective and brittle, but still added new stresses (via InsideClimate News)

Who really discovered the 2011 Keystone leak? (via EnergyWire)

POLITICS 

In his second term, Obama becomes bolder on the environment (via Washington Post)

League of Conservation Voters launch $2 million campaign targeting climate change skeptics (via The Hill)

Ex-FERC commissioners defend nominee Binz (via The Hill)

OPINION 

Why the World Bank is taking on climate change (via National Journal)

Three ways ALEC will push its fossil fuel agenda this year (via Climate Progress)

Massive demand for solar in Asia shows us where the industry is headed (via Climate Progress)

The cellulosic ethanol industry faces big challenges (via MIT Technology Review)

Posted:   |   Categories: ALEC, algae, Antarctic, arctic, Arkansas, australia, Blackout, california, cap and trade, cellulosic ethanol, climate, Climate Change, Climate resilience, coal, coal ash, drought, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, energy storage, environment, EPA, ethanol, ev, Exxon, feed-in tariff, FERC, Flood, Florida, fracking, germany, green building, grid, honda, india, interior department, japan, Keystone XL, methane, Methane leakage, mexico, natural gas, News, nuclear, oil, oil spill, Ozone layer, Pattern Energy, Pipeline, Renewable Fuels Standard, renewables, Ron Binz, Sea ice melt, small wind, smart grid, Social cost of carbon, solar, South Korea, Taiwan, tar sands, Water scarcity, wind, World Bank
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12
Aug

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 8.12.13

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

EMISSIONS 

Australia can achieve 25% emissions cut by 2020, says report (via RTCC)

Obama’s regulations chief plunges into carbon policy fray (via The Hill)

California to hold carbon auction as it considers giving away more allowances for free (via Bloomberg BNA)

GRID 

Flexible grid is the key to a clean energy future (via CleanTechnica)

633 energy storage projects now underway worldwide (via CleanTechnica)

White House calls for increased grid spending (via AP)

Ten years after northeast blackout, US power grid smarter and sturdier (via Reuters)

California aims to “bottle sunlight” in energy storage push (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Solar shipments surge in second quarter as demand rises in Asia (via Bloomberg)

Western Australia backs down on solar feed-in tariff (via Renewable Energy World)

Honda goes solar in Japan, will sell renewable energy in 2015 (via Autoblog Green)

Interior Department halfway to its renewables goal, but hurdles remain (via Center for American Progress)

Bid to repeal ethanol mandate seen diluted by EPA change (via Bloomberg)

US wind power prices down to $0.04 per kWh (via CleanTechnica)

Small wind makes big gains in US (via EarthTechling)

Wind power company Pattern Energy to seek IPO (via EarthTechling)

Stained glass windows on cathedral are solar panels (via CleanTechnica)

COAL 

Switch to coal power held back in gas-starved India (via Reuters)

EPA confirms coal ash contaminates water across the country (via Climate Progress)

Interior Department proposes changes to royalties, land restrictions for coal mines (via The Hill)

CLIMATE 

Arctic sea ice loss dramatically slows, record minimum unlikely in 2013 (via Washington Post)

Antarctic ozone layer hole may be adding to global warming (via NBC News)

Tiny Pacific islands make big plans for climate resilience (via ClimateWire)

Agriculture assets face $8 trillion risk from climate change, water scarcity (via Environmental Leader)

How two reservoirs have become billboards for what climate change is doing to the American West (via Climate Progress)

Prepare buildings to withstand climate change, says Boston study (via Energy Manager Today)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

California legislature faces bills on fracking (via Los Angeles Times)

Methane leaks could be big business (via Wyoming Star-Tribune)

ENVIRONMENT 

China plans to spend more to tackle environmental pollution (via Reuters)

Half of the US is under threat of floods (via ABC News)

To save water, parched southwest cities ask homeowners to lose the lawn (via New York Times)

OIL 

Mexico moves to relax decades-old grip on oil (via Houston Chronicle)

Is peak oil demand just around the corner? (via Washington Post)

Amid pipeline debate, two costly oil spill cleanups forever change towns (via New York Times)

TRANSPORTATION 

Tesla Model S hits the European market (via CleanTechnica)

Japan moves to become a plug-in EV leader (via Navigant Research)

Southern California utility girds for 350,000 electric cars (via Green Car Reports)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

States pressure feds to cut energy efficiency backlog (via Stateline)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs (via Reuters)

Taiwan says nuclear water still leaking inside power plant (via Bloomberg)

Florida residents angered over scrapped nuclear plant (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

ENERGY POLICY 

German utilities hammered in market favoring renewables (via Bloomberg)

Finally, the US considers a national energy bill (via Navigant Research)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

Oil sands industry turns to algae to appease Obama (via Bloomberg)

Exxon knew its Arkansas pipeline was old, defective and brittle, but still added new stresses (via InsideClimate News)

Who really discovered the 2011 Keystone leak? (via EnergyWire)

POLITICS 

In his second term, Obama becomes bolder on the environment (via Washington Post)

League of Conservation Voters launch $2 million campaign targeting climate change skeptics (via The Hill)

Ex-FERC commissioners defend nominee Binz (via The Hill)

OPINION 

Why the World Bank is taking on climate change (via National Journal)

Three ways ALEC will push its fossil fuel agenda this year (via Climate Progress)

Massive demand for solar in Asia shows us where the industry is headed (via Climate Progress)

The cellulosic ethanol industry faces big challenges (via MIT Technology Review)

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17
Jul

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.17.13

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

COAL 

World Bank to limit financing of coal-fired plants (via Reuters)

ENERGY POLICY 

Power plants face “collision course” with water, researchers say (via Houston Chronicle)

States file lawsuit against EPA over “sue and settle” strategy (via The Hill)

NATURAL GAS 

China in $5 billion drive to develop disputed East China Sea natural gas (via Reuters)

Brussels says no plans for EU-wide shale gas ban (via Phys.org)

California seeks record fine in PG&E San Bruno pipeline explosion (via Houston Chronicle)

RENEWABLES 

Thailand boosts renewable energy goal to 13.9GW (via Recharge)

Dutch push back 2020 renewable energy targets (via Recharge)

New crystals yield solar power breakthrough (via BBC News)

Study says renewables more water-friendly than carbon capture (via Houston Chronicle)

US ranchers round up the power of the Sun (via Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy survives ALEC’s attack in states, grows stronger (via Sustainable Business)

US oil executive says biofuel credits “out of control,” urges action (via Globe and Mail)

Xcel to boost its wind power in Upper Midwest by 600MW (via Minnesota Star-Tribune)

Proposed wind farm could double South Dakota’s wind capacity (via Argus-Leader)

KEYSTONE XL 

Report: Keystone XL will hike gasoline prices for some US drivers (via Houston Chronicle)

Keystone’s public comments reveal economic woes of small towns (via InsideClimate News)

GRID 

Demand response programs will reach nearly 22 million sites worldwide by 2020 (via Navigant Research)

Battery seen as way to cut heat-related power losses on grid (via New York Times)

Reconnecting buildings to the grid (via Navigant Research)

EMISSIONS 

EU and Australia set to accelerate emissions trading links (via RTCC)

UK government promises electricity market reform to cut cost of decarbonization (via BusinessGreen)

ExxonMobil, PG&E fined for violating California emissions reporting rule (via Los Angeles Times)

Cement industry cuts carbon emissions 17% (via Environmental Leader)

Policies using carbon capture and storage in soil are too costly, say experts (via Phys.org)

OIL 

Capacity at existing US oil refineries increases in 2013 (via US EIA)

Refinery receipts of crude oil by rail, truck, and barge continue to increase (via US EIA)

TRANSPORTATION 

Honda seeks mass-market fuel cell car by 2020 (via Wall Street Journal)

AAA: $3 gasoline “a thing of the past” (via The Hill)

US House votes to keep $25 billion DOE advanced-powertrain loan program open (via Autoblog Green)

CLIMATE 

Thousands of years of rising seas (via MIT Technology Review)

Scientists predict looming climate shift: will ocean heat come back to haunt us again? (via Climate Progress)

More New Jersey homeowners targeted for flood buyouts (via Philadelphia Inquirer/AP)

Koch Brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute (via Washington Post)

GREEN BUSINESS 

Ceres, ICCR draft blueprint for sustainable investing (via GreenBiz)

Investment funds divested from fossil fuels “will perform better” (via Energy Collective)

LEED brings Cradle-to-Cradle into green building certification (via GreenBiz)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

The big book of building energy data, 2008-2012 (via Greentech Media)

EPEAT adds green ratings to mobile phones (via GreenBiz)

POLITICS 

Climate policy is dominating the Australian election (via Grist)

Senate advancing federal flood insurance reform bill (via Washington Post)

OPINION 

Australia’s carbon mess a warning to the world (via Reuters)

Can Jim Yong Kim end World Bank backing for coal-fired power? (via The Guardian)

Costs of climate change and extreme weather pass the high-water mark (via Time)

Why don’t farmers believe in climate change? (via Slate)

Did US carbon emissions bottom in 2012 or will they fall 20% by 2020? (via Facts of the Day)

As solar panel efficiencies keep improving, it’s time to adopt new metrics (via Forbes)

Posted:   |   Categories: AAA, ALEC, australia, battery, biofuel, california, cap and trade, carbon capture, Carbon capture and storage, ccs, Ceres, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, Demand response, Divestment, emissions, Energy Efficiency, EPA Natural gas, EPEAT, EU ETS, European Union, Extreme weather, ExxonMobil, Flooding, Fossil fuel divestment, fuel cell, gas prices, Gasoline, green building, green business, grid, honda, ICCR, Jim Yong Kim, Keystone XL, Koch Brothers, LEED, Netherlands, new jersey, News, offshore drilling, oil, PGE, Pipeline, Renewable fuel standard, Renewable portfolio standards, renewables, RFS, rps, San Bruno explosion, Sea level rise, Severe weather, Shale gas, solar, solar pv, South Dakota, Transportation, uk, united kingdom, Water scarcity, wind, World Bank, xcel
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17
Jul

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.17.13

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

COAL 

World Bank to limit financing of coal-fired plants (via Reuters)

ENERGY POLICY 

Power plants face “collision course” with water, researchers say (via Houston Chronicle)

States file lawsuit against EPA over “sue and settle” strategy (via The Hill)

NATURAL GAS 

China in $5 billion drive to develop disputed East China Sea natural gas (via Reuters)

Brussels says no plans for EU-wide shale gas ban (via Phys.org)

California seeks record fine in PG&E San Bruno pipeline explosion (via Houston Chronicle)

RENEWABLES 

Thailand boosts renewable energy goal to 13.9GW (via Recharge)

Dutch push back 2020 renewable energy targets (via Recharge)

New crystals yield solar power breakthrough (via BBC News)

Study says renewables more water-friendly than carbon capture (via Houston Chronicle)

US ranchers round up the power of the Sun (via Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy survives ALEC’s attack in states, grows stronger (via Sustainable Business)

US oil executive says biofuel credits “out of control,” urges action (via Globe and Mail)

Xcel to boost its wind power in Upper Midwest by 600MW (via Minnesota Star-Tribune)

Proposed wind farm could double South Dakota’s wind capacity (via Argus-Leader)

KEYSTONE XL 

Report: Keystone XL will hike gasoline prices for some US drivers (via Houston Chronicle)

Keystone’s public comments reveal economic woes of small towns (via InsideClimate News)

GRID 

Demand response programs will reach nearly 22 million sites worldwide by 2020 (via Navigant Research)

Battery seen as way to cut heat-related power losses on grid (via New York Times)

Reconnecting buildings to the grid (via Navigant Research)

EMISSIONS 

EU and Australia set to accelerate emissions trading links (via RTCC)

UK government promises electricity market reform to cut cost of decarbonization (via BusinessGreen)

ExxonMobil, PG&E fined for violating California emissions reporting rule (via Los Angeles Times)

Cement industry cuts carbon emissions 17% (via Environmental Leader)

Policies using carbon capture and storage in soil are too costly, say experts (via Phys.org)

OIL 

Capacity at existing US oil refineries increases in 2013 (via US EIA)

Refinery receipts of crude oil by rail, truck, and barge continue to increase (via US EIA)

TRANSPORTATION 

Honda seeks mass-market fuel cell car by 2020 (via Wall Street Journal)

AAA: $3 gasoline “a thing of the past” (via The Hill)

US House votes to keep $25 billion DOE advanced-powertrain loan program open (via Autoblog Green)

CLIMATE 

Thousands of years of rising seas (via MIT Technology Review)

Scientists predict looming climate shift: will ocean heat come back to haunt us again? (via Climate Progress)

More New Jersey homeowners targeted for flood buyouts (via Philadelphia Inquirer/AP)

Koch Brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute (via Washington Post)

GREEN BUSINESS 

Ceres, ICCR draft blueprint for sustainable investing (via GreenBiz)

Investment funds divested from fossil fuels “will perform better” (via Energy Collective)

LEED brings Cradle-to-Cradle into green building certification (via GreenBiz)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

The big book of building energy data, 2008-2012 (via Greentech Media)

EPEAT adds green ratings to mobile phones (via GreenBiz)

POLITICS 

Climate policy is dominating the Australian election (via Grist)

Senate advancing federal flood insurance reform bill (via Washington Post)

OPINION 

Australia’s carbon mess a warning to the world (via Reuters)

Can Jim Yong Kim end World Bank backing for coal-fired power? (via The Guardian)

Costs of climate change and extreme weather pass the high-water mark (via Time)

Why don’t farmers believe in climate change? (via Slate)

Did US carbon emissions bottom in 2012 or will they fall 20% by 2020? (via Facts of the Day)

As solar panel efficiencies keep improving, it’s time to adopt new metrics (via Forbes)

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03
Jul

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.3.13

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

EMISSIONS 

European parliament votes for backloading plan to push up carbon price (via BusinessGreen)

EU ministers and blue chips unite in call to save carbon market (via BusinessGreen)

33 cities test new framework for community-scale greenhouse gas inventories (via WRI Insights)

Lesser-known CO2 storage idea merits attention (via Reuters)

United Church of Christ passes fossil fuel divestment strategy (via Huffington Post)

GREEN BUSINESS 

Ratings and rankings: how competition promotes corporate sustainability (via GreenBiz)

Report says less carbon pollution and more manufacturing can go together (via Climate Progress)

Why American businesses should fight for renewable portfolio standards (via GreenBiz)

RENEWABLES 

Saudi Arabia starts survey of renewable energy potential (via Bloomberg)

Desertec in trouble as founders quit €400 billion solar project (via RTCC)

UK feed-in tariff generates 380,000 small-scale renewable projects in three years (via BusinessGreen)

Uganda launches renewable energy feed-in tariff program (via Renewable Energy World)

Solar water heaters bloom on China’s rooftops, but not in the US (via ClimateWire)

Vestas wins 93MW South African wind turbine order (via Bloomberg)

Algae species shows promise in reducing power plant pollution to make biofuel (via Green Car Congress)

Interior approves 500MW Arizona wind farm (via Renew Grid)

Connecticut’s green bank: a model for public-private renewables partnerships? (via Breaking Energy)

COAL 

Obama revamps $8 billion coal loan program amid objections (via Bloomberg)

CLIMATE 

UN charts “unprecedented” global warming since 2000 (via Bloomberg)

Japan’s climate finance plan welcomed by vulnerable nations (via RTCC)

Rich countries’ proposal to bypass poorer governments on climate aid rejected in UN (via The Guardian)

Death estimates from Indian floods range to 10,000 (via Wall Street Journal)

Arizona wildfire continues to burn out of control (via Arizona Republic)

Death Valley hit hottest US June temperature ever recorded Sunday – 129 (via Washington Post)

OIL 

Federal court rejects SEC rule on oil company payments (via Houston Chronicle)

Obama administration boosts oil industry with $8 billion in loan guarantees (via Houston Chronicle)

Steelmakers file US trade case seeking duties on oil pipes (via Houston Chronicle)

Sickened by Exxon oil spill, Arkansas victims face confusion of officials and doctors (via InsideClimate News)

TRANSPORTATION 

GM and Honda to collaborate on fuel-cell development (via New York Times)

Strong June sales push Chevy Volt ahead of Nissan Leaf for first time since February (via Autoblog Green)

Fisker bankruptcy likely, says Delaware governor (via Autoblog Green)

NUCLEAR 

Fukushima plant operator seeks to restart two nuclear reactors (via New York Times)

Lower power prices and high repair costs drive nuclear retirements (via US EIA)

GRID 

PJM seeks additional resources to restart electric system if power lost across grid (via Wall Street Journal)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Tar sands coal petcoke exports hit second-highest level ever in April (via DeSmog Blog)

Keystone XL foes turn focus to local governments (via ABC News/AP)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Cambridge plans $1.5 billion in energy efficiency retrofits (via Energy Manager Today)

How Obama’s climate plan will boost US energy efficiency (via Greentech Media)

Empire State Building efficiency retrofit model rolls out across US (via CleanTechnica)

NPR’s LEED Gold headquarters a radio nerd’s dream (via EarthTechling)

POLITICS 

What would happen if candidates and elected officials were asked to sign a climate action pledge? (via Climate Progress)

Has the GOP stopped denying climate science, and will they begin participating in solutions? (via The Guardian)

OPINION 

Solar offers hope in fight against climate change (via Huffington Post)

Kosovo a chance for World Bank, Obama to show climate change leadership (via National Geographic)

Heroes and villains of the renewable energy fight (via CleanTechnica)

A closer look at Obama’s $7 billion plan to bring electricity to Africa (via Washington Post)

What’s causing the West’s heat wave and why hot nights are so dangerous (via Washington Post/AP)

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31
May

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.31.13

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

OIL/NATURAL GAS 

OPEC maintains 30 million bpd oil output target for 2013 (via Retuers)

Texas leads US in drilling activity with 47.7% of all rigs (via Houston Chronicle)

California lawmakers turn down fracking moratorium (via Bloomberg)

EMISSIONS 

Carbon offsets rise 4% in 2012 (via Phys.org)

Forest and soil carbon important, but does not offset fossil fuel emissions (via Phys.org)

ENVIRONMENT 

Green groups hail sustainable EU fisheries deal (via BusinessGreen)

The latest casualty of drought may be US aquifers (via ClimateWire)

RENEWABLES 

Japan set to overtake Germany as world’s biggest solar market in 2013 (via Recharge)

Australia approaches 22% renewables by 2020, 51% by 2050 (via CleanTechnica)

US favors net-metering while Europe, Japan like feed-in tariffs (via Energy Manager Today)

Japanese domestic solar shipments increase by most in 30 years (via Bloomberg)

Big dams are booming business, but politics remain difficult (via ClimateWire)

Ontario set to overhaul its renewables support policies, end feed-in tariff (via Recharge)

Polish offshore wind energy could be worth €17.5 billion by 2025 (via Renewable Energy World)

Google invests in 96MW South African solar project (via GigaOm)

Q1 2013 clean tech venture investments hit lowest point in 4 years (via Greentech Media)

FERC report says 33MW of new solar added in US during April (via Solar Industry Magazine)

First North American offshore wind turbine rises in Maine (via CleanTechnica)

Connecticut’s renewable portfolio standard set to include more hydropower (via Renew Grid)

North Carolina fights back against anti-solar bills (via Renewable Energy World)

KEYSTONE XL 

Keystone XL protesters seek dismissal of lawsuit preventing protests (via The Oklahoman)

TRANSPORTATION 

Renault takes Better Place bankruptcy in stride, says EVs still a focus (via Autoblog Green)

Should the US government have made more money off Tesla? (via Washington Post)

Honda cuts US lease price for Fit EV to $259/month (via Green Car Congress)

GRID 

North American smart grid sensor market set to double by 2014 (via Renew Grid)

POLITICS 

GOP US Senator praises solar, warns of human-caused climate change (via Greentech Media)

OPINION 

How China may have just changed the climate game (via Climate Progress)

EU energy and climate change policy after 2020 (via Energy Collective)

Coming off fossil fuels is akin to quitting smoking – only harder (via The Guardian)

Coal is the enemy of the human race, video edition (via Grist)

How battery technology killed better place (via Environmental Leader)

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25
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.25.13

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

ENERGY POLICY 

By 2023, a changed world in energy (via New York Times)

EU faces energy policy vacuum after 2020 (via Reuters)

Europe struggles in shale gas race (via New York Times)

Biggest energy private equity deal is on verge of collapse, and it’s a big deal (via Energy Trends Insider)

EMISSIONS 

China to phase out production of super greenhouse gas (Mongabay)

Keeling Curve website wants you to know when CO2 levels hit 400 PPM (via Climate Progress)

Scientist says China’s pollution is killing Japan’s trees (via New York Times)

COAL

Exploring prospects for US coal exports to China (via WRI Insights)

Federal study says many coal sludge ponds have weak walls (via Washington Post)

RENEWABLES 

Anonymous donors fund solar projects across the US (via Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy parks: a blueprint for locally produced clean energy (via Energy Manager Today)

North Carolina rejects cuts to renewable energy mandates (via Bloomberg)

Last gasp for controversial Minnesota wind farm? (via Midwest Energy News)

TRANSPORTATION 

Chinese airline to start biofuel-powered commercial flights (via BusinessGreen)

How to charge millions of electric cars? Not all at once (via New York Times)

Honda boss says Chinese drivers don’t want green cars (via Autoblog)

Swerving around barriers and moving electric cars (via Forbes)

Chevy Spark EV rated at 82 miles, 119 MPGe combined (via Autoblog Gren)

Fisker hearing kicks off as unhappy customers emerge (via GigaOm)

OIL 

Rosneft plans more Arctic exploration to boost share value (via Bloomberg)

Gulf oil spill trial judge poses questions on gross negligence issue (via Houston Chronicle)

CLIMATE 

US should do more on climate change to aid economy: UN official (via Scientific American/Reuters)

Pakistan’s farmers grapple with climate change (via Al-Jazeera)

US East Coast cities confront global warming-induced sea level rise (via Union of Concerned Scientists)

Fires burn more fiercely as northern forests warm (via Yale e360)

GRID 

Demand response cuts the need for new generation in PJM (via Greentech Media)

New York State approves $2.2 billion power line from Quebec (via AOL Energy)

POLITICS 

Energy boom strengthens US clout in world, Obama advisor says (via Reuters)

LNG, Keystone XL emerge as central issues in British Columbia election (via Vancouver Sun)

Bipartisan group of lawmakers float renewable energy finance bill (via The Hill)

Billionaire climate activist backing old-line and new-school tactics in Mass. Senate primary (via E&E Daily)

Baucus to lean heavily into land conservation before retiring (via E&E Daily)

OPINION 

Finding a new direction in climate change policy (via The Innovation Files)

Utilities have far to go in smart grid maturity (via Greentech Media)

What Fisker’s failure tells us about Obama’s clean energy programs (via Washington Post)

If Keystone XL gets blocked, can trains save Canada’s tar sands? (via Washington Post)

Why we don’t need Fisker (via MIT Technology Review)

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25
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.25.13

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

ENERGY POLICY 

By 2023, a changed world in energy (via New York Times)

EU faces energy policy vacuum after 2020 (via Reuters)

Europe struggles in shale gas race (via New York Times)

Biggest energy private equity deal is on verge of collapse, and it’s a big deal (via Energy Trends Insider)

EMISSIONS 

China to phase out production of super greenhouse gas (Mongabay)

Keeling Curve website wants you to know when CO2 levels hit 400 PPM (via Climate Progress)

Scientist says China’s pollution is killing Japan’s trees (via New York Times)

COAL

Exploring prospects for US coal exports to China (via WRI Insights)

Federal study says many coal sludge ponds have weak walls (via Washington Post)

RENEWABLES 

Anonymous donors fund solar projects across the US (via Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy parks: a blueprint for locally produced clean energy (via Energy Manager Today)

North Carolina rejects cuts to renewable energy mandates (via Bloomberg)

Last gasp for controversial Minnesota wind farm? (via Midwest Energy News)

TRANSPORTATION 

Chinese airline to start biofuel-powered commercial flights (via BusinessGreen)

How to charge millions of electric cars? Not all at once (via New York Times)

Honda boss says Chinese drivers don’t want green cars (via Autoblog)

Swerving around barriers and moving electric cars (via Forbes)

Chevy Spark EV rated at 82 miles, 119 MPGe combined (via Autoblog Gren)

Fisker hearing kicks off as unhappy customers emerge (via GigaOm)

OIL 

Rosneft plans more Arctic exploration to boost share value (via Bloomberg)

Gulf oil spill trial judge poses questions on gross negligence issue (via Houston Chronicle)

CLIMATE 

US should do more on climate change to aid economy: UN official (via Scientific American/Reuters)

Pakistan’s farmers grapple with climate change (via Al-Jazeera)

US East Coast cities confront global warming-induced sea level rise (via Union of Concerned Scientists)

Fires burn more fiercely as northern forests warm (via Yale e360)

GRID 

Demand response cuts the need for new generation in PJM (via Greentech Media)

New York State approves $2.2 billion power line from Quebec (via AOL Energy)

POLITICS 

Energy boom strengthens US clout in world, Obama advisor says (via Reuters)

LNG, Keystone XL emerge as central issues in British Columbia election (via Vancouver Sun)

Bipartisan group of lawmakers float renewable energy finance bill (via The Hill)

Billionaire climate activist backing old-line and new-school tactics in Mass. Senate primary (via E&E Daily)

Baucus to lean heavily into land conservation before retiring (via E&E Daily)

OPINION 

Finding a new direction in climate change policy (via The Innovation Files)

Utilities have far to go in smart grid maturity (via Greentech Media)

What Fisker’s failure tells us about Obama’s clean energy programs (via Washington Post)

If Keystone XL gets blocked, can trains save Canada’s tar sands? (via Washington Post)

Why we don’t need Fisker (via MIT Technology Review)

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