Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.30.14
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
CLIMATE
Bangladesh leads 32 nations hit by extreme climate risk (via Bloomberg)
Two years on: Sandy inspires storm of climate research (via Climate Central)
Chuck Hagel: We should worry about climate change like we worry about ISIS (via Huffington Post)
NATURAL GAS
Ukraine-Russia gas talks stalled in Brussels (via The Hill)
EIA says natural gas exports would boost economy, raise prices (via The Hill)
U.S. natural gas market players move from “cautiously optimistic” to “all in” (via Breaking Energy)
RENEWABLES
China rushes to harness wind while the government still pays (via Bloomberg)
Mexico’s clean energy certificate guidelines will support renewables development (via Breaking Energy)
Giant UK offshore wind farm hits power target earlier than expected (via BusinessGreen)
Solar presents solution to Brazil post-election economic woes (via PV Tech)
Scottish Power may cut size of English offshore wind farm (via Reuters)
Solar grid parity in all 50 U.S. states by 2016, predicts Deutsche Bank (via CleanTechnica)
Biogas, a low-tech fuel with a big payoff (via New York Times)
SunPower earnings: Solar is increasingly competitive (via San Jose Mercury News)
New York Green Bank in debut clean energy transactions (via PV Tech)
Getting off the grid in Hawaii becoming a family affair (via Bloomberg)
Ivanpah solar power plant energy production falling well short of expectations (via Breaking Energy)
COAL
Private banks invest record €66 billion in coal sector (via RTCC)
EMISSIONS
China’s trade dominance is bringing more pollution from an unexpected source (via Quartz)
German CO2 emissions to fall in 2014 as renewables deliver record 28% of country’s power (via BusinessGreen)
Breathing cleaner air to cost Americans on utility bills (via Bloomberg)
Hydropower may be huge source of methane emissions (via Climate Central)
OIL
OPEC sees little output change in 2015, says don’t panic on oil drop (via Reuters)
TRANSPORTATION
Average U.S. gas prices set to drop below $3 (via The Hill)
Tesla direct sales banned in Michigan (via Navigant Research)
KEYSTONE XL
Kerry wants Keystone pipeline decision “sooner rather than later” (via Reuters)
Landowners, tribes to intervene in Keystone’s South Dakota permit renewal (via The Hill)
NUCLEAR
Environmental groups sue feds over nuclear waste rules (via The Hill)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
LEDs save energy and boosts profits, productivity in factories (via Phys.org)
POLITICS
George P. Bush and how the next generation of Republicans talk about climate change (via Climate Progress)
How cheap wind energy threatens to upend Kansas’ governor’s race and upset the Koch Brothers (via Climate Progress)
How Big Oil could be the big winner in Colorado’s elections (via Climate Progress)
OPINION
Australia divestment war shows investment is now the main climate change battleground (via The Guardian)
What you need to know about the next big climate report (via Grist)
Why oil prices went down so far so fast (via Bloomberg)
While you were getting worked up over oil prices, this just happened to solar (via Bloomberg)
Experts: Reducing carbon emissions, increasing grid reliable are doable (via Forbes)
What New York City can learn from its relationship with the sea (via Huffington Post)