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16
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.16.14

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

CLIMATE 

UN climate experts warn geoengineering may be essential for 2C world (via RTCC)

Australian heatwaves getting hotter and longer, says Climate Council (via The Guardian)

Seven US weather and climate disasters exceeded $1 billion in damages in 2013 (via NOAA)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Half of Britons opposed to shale gas drilling within 10 miles of their homes (via Reuters)

EPA vows action on fracking rules, policy (via National Journal)

Mixing hazardous drainage from mining operations cuts fracking waste’s radioactivity (via ABC News/AP)

Shale plays? There’s an app for that (via Houston Chronicle)

RENEWABLES 

France-Germany energy plan to focus on renewables (via Reuters)

These charts show how solar demand has shifted around the world (via Greentech Media)

India proposes new national offshore wind energy agency (via India Briefing)

Clean energy investment down, but not out (via Christian Science Monitor)

BP sees renewables outpacing fossil fuels, eclipsing nuclear (via Bloomberg)

10 ways to generate $36 trillion in green investments by 2050 (via RTCC)

SolarCity wants to raise billions of dollars in capital – from you (via Quartz)

COAL 

China coal output seen up 2.7% in 2014 (via Reuters)

White House: International coal policy intact despite GOP rider (via National Journal)

EMISSIONS 

BP study predicts greenhouse gas emissions will rise by almost a third in 20 years (via The Guardian)

Hydroelectric dams said to be “hotspots” of greenhouse gas methane (via United Press International)

Study: Low-cost measures could cut EU emissions 40% by 2030 (via BusinessGreen)

Beijing has worst smog in a year (via The Guardian)

OIL 

Fracking chemicals may make oil extra explosive (via Grist)

Cities boost work on oil-train safety as production surges (via National Journal)

North Dakota’s top oil regulator is also its top oil promoter (via Grist)

OPEC outages cut its oil output to below 2014 demand (via Reuters)

On oil exports, it’s US Chamber vs. AFL-CIO – but Keystone XL brings harmony (via Greenwire)

TRANSPORTATION 

The trillion-dollar question: Where does transport investment come from? (via World Resources Institute)

Ford wants to double hybrid offerings by 2020 (via Autoblog Green)

Boeing seeks approval this year for direct blending of renewable diesel in jet fuel (via Green Car Congress)

KEYSTONE XL 

TransCanada will look at rail if Keystone XL is rejected (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

Keystone XL southern leg near activation (via Texas Tribune)

Additional comment period may prolong Keystone review (via Bloomberg)

ENVIRONMENT 

Sea ice cracks causing mercury buildup in Arctic air (via Climate Central)

Obama Administration seen as retreating on environment in Pacific trade talks (via New York Times)

Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could be devastated by mining, says EPA report (via The Guardian)

Trees accelerate growth as they get older and bigger, finds study (via The Guardian)

Holes in chemical regulations hampered West Virginia spill response (via Politico)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Google and Nest: The big picture for home automation competitors (via Greentech Media)

Better Buildings Alliance unveils Green Lease Leaders program (via Energy Manager Today)

OPINION 

America’s energy boom (via Washington Post)

WikiLeaks exposes what Obama’s secret trade deal would do to the environment (via Mother Jones)

A big test for Obama on the environment (via Washington Post)

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15
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.15.14

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

EMISSIONS 

Report: South Korea confirms carbon market launch date (via BusinessGreen)

EU carbon prices rise 4.9% as free permit handouts stall (via Thompson Reuters)

Canada’s carbon emissions predicted to soar 38% by 2030 (via The Guardian)

Under pressure, FirstEnergy agrees to study emissions (via New York Times)

CLIMATE 

EU set to scale back 2030 climate ambitions (via Thompson Reuters)

Obama administration is seen as retreating on environment in Pacific trade talks (via New York Times)

Governor Patrick unveils $50 million climate change prep plan for Massachusetts (via AP/WBUR)

Native Alaskans grapple with global warming impacts (via Roll Call)

Senate group wants climate change on Sunday talk shows (via The Hill)

RENEWABLES 

UN climate chief calls for tripling of clean energy investment (via BusinessGreen)

Wind power leads generation output for Denmark and Spain in 2013 (via Recharge)

Google plows $75 million into its 15th clean energy project (via SmartPlanet)

SolarCity to allow retail investors to invest in its projects (via Reuters)

Harvard team sets sights on cheap energy storage of wind and solar power (via Renew Grid)

OIL 

New regulations for oil on rail cars to come in 2015 (via Houston Chronicle)

Rail accidents seen pushing Obama to approve Keystone XL (via Bloomberg)

AFL-CIO president opposes lifting ban on crude-oil exports (via National Journal)

TRANSPORTATION 

Boeing aims to seek approval for green diesel as jet fuel (via Reuters)

Toyota hybrid sales top 6 million vehicles globally (via Green Car Reports)

Tesla delivers hundreds more cars than expected last quarter (via GigaOm)

EVs pose different risks than gas models, says top US auto-safety regulator (via Bloomberg)

Tesla has Supercharger routes up, down, and around the US (via CleanTechnica)

NATURAL GAS 

Analyst predicts world’s next shale boom will be in Australia (via Houston Chronicle)

Polar vortex, winter storm predictions push up natural gas prices (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

China wants time-of-use pricing by 2015, one meter per home by 2017 (via Greentech Media)

Analysis offers ways for transmission line developers to ease local opposition (via Midwest Energy News)

TAR SANDS

Governor Quinn seeks statewide petcoke restrictions in Illinois (via Chicago Tribune)

ENVIRONMENT 

China’s Shanghai announces new measures to curb pollution (via Reuters)

Officials start to clear West Virginia regions of chemically tainted water (via The Guardian)

West Virginia water contamination may have started weeks ago, say residents (via Climate Progress)

Governor Brown to officially declare drought in California (via CBS News)

OPINION 

Thin air: Why the odds eventually favor a PTC extension (via SNL Energy)

Ten reasons why coal is here to stay (via Houston Chronicle)

Are injection wells helping spark Texas quakes? (via Houston Chronicle)

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14
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.14.14

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

EMISSIONS 

Top global emitter China best on climate change, Figures says (via Bloomberg)

After years of decline, US carbon emissions rose 2% in 2013 (via Washington Post)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Google buys Nest for $3.2 billion (via Forbes)

Seattle energy benchmarking finds $90 million potential annual utility bill savings (via CleanTechnica)

Net zero at unprecedented scale on Illinois campus (via EarthTechling)

Nest gives Google its next big data play: Energy (via Forbes)

RENEWABLES 

UK solar panels reach half a million rooftop milestone (via BusinessGreen)

How the new US-China trade case could change the American solar market (via Greentech Media)

UK renewable energy firms “looking to hire more staff” (via BBC News)

Clean tech venture investment is on the rise, says report (via GreenBiz)

Solar City takes 32% of 2013 3Q US residential PV marker as utilities squirm (via CleanTechnica)

Ethanol mandate unlikely to face repeal in 2014 (via Argus Leader/Gannett)

North Carolina to join California as top 10 global PV “country” in 2014 (via CleanTechnica)

Coal-dependent Michigan ready to make the switch to clean energy (via EnergyWire)

New ACORE head outlines renewable energy priorities (via National Journal)

COAL 

Japan’s Tepco doubled coal burning on nuclear shutdown (via Bloomberg)

Coal reliance puts Australia second on OECD’s emissions list (via The Guardian)

China to boost annual railway coal capacity to 3 billion tons by 2020 (via Reuters)

Omnibus federal spending bill thwarts Obama on overseas coal funding limits (via National Journal)

Most states remain dependent on coal imports, draining billions from local economies (via Union of Concerned Scientists)

CLIMATE 

Massive Antarctic glacier has entered irreversible melt, could add up to 1 centimeter of sea level rise (via InsideClimate)

New assessment of climate change’s economic risks is ready for business (via Climate Progress)

Historic black colleges leading climate change advocacy (via Huffington Post)

The flood next time: Grappling with sea level rise sooner not later (via New York Times)

Massachusetts governor to unveil climate change prep plan today (via Boston Herald/AP)

Washington DC’s water utility takes lead in preparing for warming world (via ClimateWire)

OIL 

Trains will still move oil despite wrecks, Keystone XL (via Climate Central)

Federal report says 400,000 gallons of oil spilled in North Dakota train derailment (via National Journal)

TRANSPORTATION 

Nearly 2.6 million EVs will be sold in the US between 2013 and 2022 (via Navigant Research)

Ford F150 truck trail blazes new green technologies (via TriplePundit)

Annual North Carolina fee on electric vehicles starts this month (via Winston-Salem Journal)

Inslee won’t rule out low-carbon fuel standards in Washington State (via Washington State Wire)

KEYSTONE XL 

Keystone XL: Texas high court gives hope to landowners in eminent domain fight (via InsideClimate News)

ENVIRONMENT 

West Virginia chemical crisis: The latest (via National Journal)

Water restrictions lifted on day five of West Virginia chemical spill (via The Hill)

GRID 

A123 installs 3MWh grid storage solution in Spain (via Renew Grid)

Upper Great Plains Region looking to join Southwest Power Pool grid (via Renew Grid)

ENERGY POLICY 

How one utility giant created its own pipeline of skilled workers (via National Journal)

Has shale gas really reduced US carbon emissions? The problem of coal exports (via Energy Collective)

OPINION 

Keep up the pressure, climate activists (via Washington Post)

Infrastructure snags: What’s so hard about moving energy? (via National Journal)

Why Nest could be a nightmare for Google (via Forbes)

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10
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.10.14

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

CLIMATE 

Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps (via AP)

Senate Democrats to launch climate offensive (via National Journal)

Boxer and Whitehouse: Dem leaders back new climate change push (via National Journal)

The front lines of climate change: Charleston’s struggle (via Climate Central)

ENERGY POLICY 

Rift over new EU energy and climate policy deepens (via Reuters)

President Obama orders sweeping energy infrastructure review (via The Hill)

Sen. Inhofe wants EPA to report economic impact of regulations (via The Hill)

Report says drilling industry could add 44,000 jobs in Midwest by 2025 (via Columbus Business Journal)

RENEWABLES 

US solar industry installs 1.4GW in 4th Quarter 2013 (via Facts of the Day)

Study finds ethanol credits not responsible for higher gasoline prices (via Des Moines Register)

2014: The maturation of clean tech (via Huffington Post)

Technique may lower biofuel production cost (via Environmental Leader)

New Mexico renewable energy rule to get a third review (via Santa Fe New Mexican)

New York Governor Cuomo announces $1 billion, 3GW solar initiative (via Facts of the Day)

OIL 

Regulators face growing pressure after oil-by-rail accidents (via National Journal)

How a group of parents ended Radio Disney’s oil-funded educational tour (via Climate Progress)

North Dakota lawmakers meet with top regulators on oil railcar safety (via The Hill)

TRANSPORTATION 

Chinese vehicle sales soar past 20 million, making smog worse than ever (via Green Car Reports)

Battery development may extend range of electric cars (via Phys.org)

Nissan’s Ghosn wants to double US Leaf sales after 2013 surge (via Bloomberg)

Popularity soaring, Uber faces a backlash (via Navigant Research)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

EPA to require California fracking reports (via USA Today/AP)

USGS says it may learn cause of Texas quakes within months (via EnergyWire)

100 local fracking activists receive grants from MoveOn.org (via Huffington Post)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Marines are molding energy savings along with young troops (via ClimateWire)

Seattle building owners poised to save millions (via Energy Manager Today)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

Keystone pipeline approval snag spurs oil to rail tankers (via Bloomberg)

State Department Keystone consultant lobbied for trade group linked to TransCanada (via Politico)

EMISSIONS 

Report: China to offer cash rewards to regions that cut smog (via BusinessGreen)

Gov. Brown diverts California cap-and-trade money again, to cheers rather than jeers (via ClimateWire)

GRID 

Microgrid market will reach nearly $20 billion in annual revenue by 2020 (via Navigant Research)

New York plans $40 million in prizes for storm-resilient microgrids (via Greentech Media)

Under pressure, utilities look to self-healing grids (via Navigant Research)

ENVIRONMENT 

China mulls national pollution permit trading system (via Reuters)

We’re losing the war against e-waste, says new report (via TreeHugger)

OPINION 

New steps to strengthen the nation’s energy infrastructure (via Energy.gov)

In 2014, utilities must adapt or retreat (via Navigant Research)

Reimagining New York for a New Reality (via Sustainable Business)

Posted:   |   Categories: Andrew Cuomo, barack obama, Barbara Boxer, biofuel, california, cap and trade, Charleston, China, climate, Climate Change, e-waste, emissions, Energy benchmarking, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPA, ethanol, EU, European Union, fracking, gas prices, Gasoline, grid, Jerry Brown, Jim Inhofe, Keystone XL, Microgrid, MoveOn.org, natural gas, New Mexico, new york state, News, north dakota, oil, Oil train, Quadrennial Energy Review, Renewable energy standard, renewables, Sea level rise, seattle, Sheldon Whitehouse, Smog, solar, State Department, tar sands, texas, TransCanada, usgs
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09
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.9.14

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

CLIMATE 

Europe’s floods trump Haiyan as costliest natural disaster of 2013 (via RTCC)

Australia heat wave sets records across continent (via Huffington Post/AP)

Flooding could cost UK insurance industry £400 million (via RTCC)

US cold snap inspires climate change denial, while scientists see little room for doubt (via National Geographic)

White House says polar temperatures part of climate change (via The Hill)

Why some mushrooms may be magic for climate change (via Time)

OIL 

Unforeseen US oil boom upends markets as drilling spreads (via Bloomberg)

US oil exports have been banned for 40 years – is it time for that to change? (via Washington Post)

Train carrying oil derails, catches fire in Canada (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

RENEWABLES 

New German solar PV installations fall by half to 3.3GW in 2013 (via Recharge)

Austria adds record 309MW new wind energy capacity in 2013 (via Recharge)

Australia reaches two million small-scale solar systems (via Renew Economy)

US installed record 4.2GW solar PV in 2013 (via Recharge)

DOE’s $3 million clean energy incubator funding is very NIICE (via CleanTechnica)

CRS report outlines PTC phase-out allowing wind, gas parity (via E&E Daily)

New battery material could help wind power go big (via MIT Technology Review)

Wind aids grid as cold hits conventional power (via EarthTechling)

Thanks to wind energy, Texans didn’t lose power during polar vortex (via Climate Progress)

Solar gardens grow in Colorado (via CleanTechnica)

California leads clean energy patent pack (via Energy Manager Today)

Political activism at the grid’s edge: Ethical Electric scores $11 million (via Greentech Media)

SolarCity: Taking on and powering big companies around the world (via The Guardian)

Company pushing massive tar sands pipeline drops $200 million on Texas mega-wind project (via Climate Progress)

COAL 

Wall Street backs away from Washington coal export facility (via Huffington Post)

GRID 

FERC’s new “fast track” interconnection rules will make clean energy development easier (via Greentech Media)

Rural cooperatives: The next smart grid investment frontier (via Navigant Research)

As winter takes hold, plunging temperatures test utilities (via New York Times)

Cold knocks out 36.6GW of power generation in PJM, proving no power plant is 100% dispatchable (via Facts of the Day)

Energy storage company completes $55 million financing round (via Renew Grid)

EMISSIONS 

Location, location, lifestyle determines global warming pollution (via Scientific American)

EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP’s dismay (via The Hill)

KEYSTONE XL 

Former top Obama security aide endorses Keystone XL pipeline (via Washington Post)

ENVIRONMENT 

China sets air particulate pollution reduction goals (via The Guardian)

Tree islands more effective way to replant the world’s forests (via Mongabay)

Can America’s grasslands be saved? (via Think Progress)

Celebrating deep freeze, insect experts see a chance to kill off invasive species (via New York Times)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Philips promises to halve commercial lighting energy use with new LED tube (via BusinessGreen)

Seattle’s latest benchmarking data shows where efficiency programs should focus (via Greentech Media)

Houston boosts energy efficiency in new homes (via Texas Tribune)

NUCLEAR 

300 groups oppose top climate scientists’ call to embrace nuclear power (via Greenwire)

TRANSPORTATION 

Aerodynamic trailer design more than doubles fuel economy (via CleanTechnica)

OPINION 

Five reasons the clean tech industry is stronger than ever (via Renew Grid)

Four reasons California cap and trade had an extraordinary first year (via Forbes)

Oil trains: What you should be reading (via Sightline Daily)

Cap and trade throws a wrench into gears of green consumerism (via Energy Collective)

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07
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.7.14

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

ENVIRONMENT 

Natural disasters killed more, cost less worldwide in 2013 (via Huffington Post/AP)

COAL 

Coal surge sullies Germany’s clean energy image (via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

India’s coal imports rise 20 percent to help fuel new power plants (via Reuters)

The future of coal: Appalachia’s downturn sends miners west (via Wall Street Journal)

More coal plant retirements in New England? Perhaps not so fast (via Forbes)

RENEWABLES 

EU urged to set 2030 renewable energy target by ministers (via The Guardian)

China’s CNOOC oil company selling wind, biofuels projects (via Thompson Reuters)

Mexico as bellwether for an unsubsidized solar future (via Greentech Media)

Wind emerges as Spain’s dominant power source in 2013 as emissions plummet (via BusinessGreen)

US consumer support for clean energy at highest level since 2010 (via CleanTechnica)

White House urged EPA restraint on 2014 RFS targets (via Greenwire)

NREL adds 5MW wind turbine test facility (via Energy Manager Today)

OIL 

Fracking moratorium urged by California lawmakers (via Sacramento Bee)

Sen. Schumer presses for safer crude-by-rail shipments (via National Journal)

TRANSPORTATION 

Nissan Leaf has record sales in 2013 as it challenges Volt for top EV spot (via Facts of the Day)

Plug-in vehicles: For utilities, more opportunity than challenge (via Navigant Research)

Jerry Brown seeks $250 million to boost California’s bullet train (via Los Angeles Times)

CLIMATE 

Polar vortex may be example of global warming (via Climate Central)

Everything you wanted to know about the polar vortex (via Climate Progress)

NATURAL GAS 

House Energy Committee to release report on natural gas exports (via The Hill)

GRID 

First commercially operating Li-ion energy storage installation goes online in China (via Green Car Congress)

ISO-NE approves Northern Pass transmission line, other approvals needed (via Renewable Energy World)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Top ten markets for energy efficient-lighting (via Greentech Media)

Four reasons cities neglect energy efficiency (via Energy Manager Today)

OPINION 

Clean energy should do without special tax breaks (via Washington Post)

The clean energy economy in three charts (via Energy.gov)

Canadian prime minister says Keystone XL pipeline will be approved (via Reuters)

Posted:   |   Categories: biofuels, california, chevy volt, Chuck Schumer, climate, CNOOC, coal, Electric Vehicle, Energy Efficiency, energy storage, EPA, EU, European Union, EVs, Extreme weather, fracking, germany, global warming, grid, high speed rail, india, ISO-NE, Jerry Brown, Keystone XL, mexico, natural gas, Natural gas exports, New England, News, nissan LEAF, Northern pass, NREL, oil, Oil trains, Polar vortex, Renewable Fuels Standard, RFS, solar, Spain, Stephen Harper, Subsidies, transmission, Transportation, wind
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02
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.2.14

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

EMISSIONS 

Chinese researchers pin Beijing’s smog on fossil fuels (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE 

Climate change models underestimate likely temperature rise, report shows (via The Guardian)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea nuclear regulators approve restart of three reactors shut in May (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Trina set to build giant 1GW solar farm in Western China (via BusinessGreen)

UK opposition to new EU green energy targets could risk “half a million jobs” (via The Guardian)

Brazil’s ethanol sector, once thriving, now buffeted by forces man-made & natural (via Washington Post)

Credit Suisse Projects ~85% of US energy demand growth coming from renewables through 2025 (via CleanTechnica)

Ethanol futures plunge most in two weeks as cheaper corn reduces costs (via Bloomberg)

Massive Minnesota solar project gets major legal boost (via Climate Progress)

OIL 

Forget Keystone: Will Podesta put Arctic drilling in his crosshairs? (via National Journal)

North Dakota train derailment shows dark side of America’s oil boom (via Time)

TRANSPORTATION 

For 2014, many automakers already prepared for E15 (via Autoblog Green)

Ford C-Max Solar Energi concept hybrid can fully recharge from sun (via Green Car Congress)

Are Ford and SunPower about to make the grid irrelevant for EV charging? (via Greentech Media)

Posted:   |   Categories: arctic, Beijing, Brazil, China, climate, Climate Change, E15, Electric Vehicle, emissions, ethanol, EU, European Union, ev, EV charger, Ford, green jobs, hybrid, John Podesta, Keystone XL, minnesota, News, north dakota, nuclear, offshore drilling, oil, Oil train, renewables, solar, South Korea, Transportation, Trina Solar, uk, united kingdom
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01
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.1.14

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

CLIMATE 

Planet likely to warm 4C by 2100, scientists warn (via The Guardian)

Climate change could put seafloor marine life in world oceans at risk (via United Press International)

Atlantic Ocean zooplankton now reproducing in Arctic waters (via Yale e360)

KEYSTONE XL 

North Dakota train fire adds fuel to Keystone XL debate (via Bloomberg News)

EMISSIONS 

Can climate hawks beat Chris Christie to let New Jersey rejoin RGGI? (via CleanTechnica)

RENEWABLES 

SolarWorld aims to close China PV trade loophole with new filing (via Greentech Media)

United Kingdom catapulted to forefront of offshore wind (via Recharge)

The year ahead in wind and solar (via Recharge)

Wind’s tax credit winds down, but debate is in full force (via Christian Science Monitor)

California more than doubles solar power market in 2013 (via Solar Industry Magazine)

OIL 

Rail explosions won’t curb soaring oil shipments (via Houston Chronicle)

Railcars in North Dakota oil train crash older, less safe say investigators (via Reuters)

Booming North Dakota takes latest oil train wreck in stride (via Reuters)

TRANSPORTATION 

Plug-In America predicts good EV sales in 2014 and beyond (via Autoblog Green)

US gas prices at lowest level since 2010 (via The Hill)

ENVIRONMENT 

China says land the size of Belgium too polluted for farming (via Bloomberg)

2013 is California’s driest year on record (via Huffington Post/AP)

Daunting calculus for Maine shrimpers as entire season is lost (via New York Times)

Los Angeles starts 2014 with new plastic-bag ban (via Los Angeles Times)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

US home electricity use falls to 2001 levels (via The Hill)

OPINION 

2013 climate by the numbers (via Climate Central)

Energy industry: Here is your mission for 2014 (via Huffington Post)

Posted:   |   Categories: arctic, california, China, Chris Christie, climate, Climate Change, drought, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, ev, gas prices, global warming, Keystone XL, los angeles, Maine, new jersey, News, north dakota, offshore wind, oil, Oil train, Plastic bag ban, production tax credit, ptc, regional greenhouse gas initiative, renewables, rggi, solar, solar pv, Solarworld, Transportation, united kingdom, wind
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30
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.30.13

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

CLIMATE 

US-Japanese climate-tracking satellite to launch in February (via The Hill)

Climate change debate ready to heat up (via The Hill)

The dark money in climate change (via Washington Post)

COAL 

UK won’t challenge EU environmental regulations on coal power plants (via Reuters)

Seeking cleaner alternatives, lenders pass on coal (via Navigant Research)

RENEWABLES 

Solar may reach 49 gigawatts in 2014 (via Renewable Energy World)

Could Congress kill ethanol mandate altogether in 2014? (via Green Car Reports)

Solar power poised for a huge year in 2014 (via EarthTechling)

In the age of solar securitization, is it time for third-party assurance? (via Greentech Media)

West Texas wind will soon light up East Texas region (via Houston Chronicle)

EMISSIONS 

China’s air pollution could reach US (via The Hill)

Lawmakers act to raise European carbon price (via Triple Pundit)

China launches fifth carbon trading zone (via RTCC)

Obamacare overshadows cap and trade (via Politico)

OIL 

In midst of record oil boom, Obama administration seeks more production (via Climate Progress)

TRANSPORTATION 

Tesla leads way as EV sales double in 2013 (via Seattle Times/New York Times)

Electric vehicles may hold solution for power storage (via Los Angeles Times)

Winter cold shows value of plug-in vehicles as emergency generators (via Navigant Research)

ENVIRONMENT 

Natural defenses best protect coastlines, says study (via Climate Central)

California could experience “historic” drought in 2014 (via Al-Jazeera America)

KEYSTONE XL 

Environmentalists face day of reckoning on Keystone pipeline (via National Journal)

Keystone XL foes want focus on spill clean up (via Houston Chronicle)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Executive perspectives: The most important trends in energy efficiency (via Greentech Media)

NATURAL GAS 

Vaclav Smil’s graph of the year: The natural gas boom (via Washington Post)

GRID 

Puerto Rico mandates energy storage in green power mix (via Energy Collective)

California ISO publishes roadmap for integrating EVs into grid (via Green Car Congress)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea may need five more nuclear plants for 2025-2035 (via Reuters)

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Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.23.13

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

CLIMATE 

Fossil fuel investments face major risks due to climate (via Climate Central)

Conservative groups spend up to $1 billion a year to fight climate change action (via The Guardian)

Temperature records broken across Mid-Atlantic during December heat wave (via Huffington Post/AP)

Tom Steyer may be the liberal answer to the Koch Brothers (via Los Angeles Times)

COAL 

How this Chinese coal company’s $5 billion bankruptcy could trigger financial panic (via Quartz)

Germany’s biggest electricity producer to drop two coal-fired power contracts (via Bloomberg)

RENEWABLES 

Asia-Pacific region to account for half 2014 global solar PV demand (via CleanTechnica)

Are utilities wilting from heat of solar competition? (via National Journal)

Study finds Texas will increase renewable energy 150% by 2032 but add no coal capacity (via Facts of the Day)

Most new residential solar PV projects in California program aren’t owned by homeowners (via US EIA)

California takes aim at “ducks” to smooth move to renewables (via Reuters)

Ballot fight over Oregon renewable energy law could be sparked by small rural utility (via The Oregonian)

North Carolina has morphed into a solar power leader this year (via GigaOm)

Hawaii’s solar boom is so successful, it’s been halted (via ClimateWire)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Enbridge Gateway win shows stopping Keystone won’t halt oil (via Bloomberg)

Hundreds of conditions attached to Northern Gateway route’s approval (via EnergyWire)

TransCanada CEO: Obama will approve Keystone XL (via The Hill)

Enbridge’s Michigan dilbit spill still not cleaned up as 2013 closes (via InsideClimate News)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

US electricity sales continue downward trend (via Energy Manager Today)

California utility energy efficiency efforts save customer $850 million over two years (via Energy Manager Today)

The new Philadelphia Story is about green infrastructure (via Sustainable Cities Collective)

EMISSIONS 

$290 billion investment needed for China to treat air pollution (via Shanghai Daily)

Why a carbon tax is necessary (via CleanTechnica)

OIL 

US oil industry takes aim at export ban (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

US transmission investment gets largest boost since 2000 (via Greentech Media)

EVs integrating with the smart grid (via Navigant Research)

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