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28
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.28.15

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

EMISSIONS 

Supreme Court to hear cases against EPA climate rule (via The Hill)

Why size doesn’t matter: Divesting from fossil fuels with a small endowment (via Huffington Post)

NATURAL GAS 

NTSB finds “systemic problems” in gas pipeline oversight (via The Hill)

ENERGY POLICY 

Utility bosses see change coming, look to clean and distributed energy (via Grist)

How these energy geeks are reimagining an old school utility (via Reuters)

The University of California’s new retail energy supplier: Itself (via Energy Manager Today)

RENEWABLES 

USTDA to commit nearly $2 billion to renewable energy projects in India (via PV Tech)

German ground-mount solar to be limited to 1.2GW for 2015-2017 (via PV Tech)

Brazil’s Banco Itau Unibanco to finance $408 million in renewable energy projects (via Recharge)

Bangladesh looks to establish world’s “first solar nation” (via Telesur)

U.S. solar complaint against India set to reopen as Obama leaves town (via PV Tech)

UK study says solar panels made from perovskite far cheaper, more efficient (via Reuters)

U.S. approves Argentina proposal to qualify for biodiesel credits (via Reuters)

NextEra-HECO deal likely linked with Hawaiian utility’s about face on rooftop solar (via Forbes)

Every $1 of solar incentives puts $2.46 into the economy (via CleanTechnica)

West Virginia legislature repeals state renewable portfolio standard (via Charleston Daily Mail)

Cape Wind project faces new hurdles (via Navigant Research)

Can you turn your home into a hydroelectric plant? (via Forbes)

OIL 

Obama’s plan: Allow drilling in the Atlantic, but limit it in Arctic (via New York Times)

Green light for some would-be U.S. oil exporters, more questions for others (via Reuters)

Sen. Cruz won’t seek vote to end crude oil export ban (via National Journal)

TRANSPORTATION 

American Airlines expects to save $5 billion from tumbling oil prices (via Forbes)

Kansas City Power & Light to build 1,000 EV charging sites (via Green Car Reports)

After steadily falling, gas prices notch an increase (via New York Times)

Boston Power targets own battery gigafactory (via Inside EVs)

CLIMATE 

U.S. corporate supply chains vulnerable to climate risks (via Environmental Leader)

GRID 

Storage to follow solar’s path of falling costs, says Citigroup (via PV Tech)

Are carbon nanoballs the answer to renewable’s grid woes? (via BusinessGreen)

The case for long duration storage: Net electricity load in California is five years ahead of schedule (via Greentech Media)

OPINION 

Are stranded assets wearing down oil and coal industries? (via GreenBiz)

What utility executives think the future holds (via Utility Dive)

Solar Outlook 2015: Still growing, but no longer energy’s young kid (via Renewable Energy World)

10 Members of Congress who actually get sustainable business (via GreenBiz)

Another state fights war on solar and energy efficiency (via EcoWatch)

Posted:   |   Categories: American Airlines, arctic, Argentina, Bangladesh, battery, biodiesel, Boston Power, Brazil, california, cape wind, Citigroup, Clean Power Plan, climate, Climate Change, Divestment, electric vehicles, emissions, energy storage, EPA, ev, ev charging, Fossil fuel divestment, germany, grid, Hawaii, HECO, hydroelectric, india, indiana, kansas, natural gas, News, NextEra, offshore drilling, offshore wind, oil, Oil exports, Perovskite, Pipelines, renewable portfolio standard, renewables, solar, Solar trade war, Ted Cruz, transmission, Transportation, united kingdom, University of California, Washington State, West Virginia
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26
Aug

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 8.26.14

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

EMISSIONS 

13 states say EPA climate regulations illegally left out data (via The Hill)

GAO finds no fault with “social cost of carbon” (via The Hill)

Fossil fuel divestment: A $5 trillion challenge (via Bloomberg)

ENERGY POLICY 

UBS analysts: “Large-scale power stations could be on path to extinction” (via Greentech Media)

“Major investment cycle” and rapidly changing U.S. energy markets pose challenges for FERC, says new chairman (via EnergyWire)

One electric utility is carbon neutral, today (via CleanTechnica)

RENEWABLES 

India plans to add 10,000MW wind energy capacity every year (via CleanTechnica)

Pattern turns to solar after building top Chile wind farm (via Bloomberg)

Verizon to boost solar by $40 million, almost doubling its clean energy (via GigaOm)

SolarWorld wins trade case but faces sliding stock, parts recall, and more (via Greentech Media)

Trina Solar posts profit as module shipments jump (via Reuters)

Retail vs. wholesale energy pricing: One reason it’s easy for rooftop solar to be cost effective (via CleanTechnica)

OIL 

Enbridge case reflects broader effort to fast-track pipelines (via Midwest Energy News)

Grain piles up, waiting for a ride, as trains move North Dakota oil (via New York Times)

TRANSPORTATION 

China said to consider $16 billion EV-charging fund (via Bloomberg)

Are the EPA’s MPGe ratings hurting EV sales? (via Autoblog Green)

The story of Elon Musk and GM’s race to build the first mass-market EV (via Quartz)

NATURAL GAS 

Labour party attempts to strengthen UK fracking industry regulation (via BusinessGreen)

Fracking link to birth defects probed in early research (via Bloomberg)

Drilling underway at Pittsburgh International Airport (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)

CLIMATE 

Small island states, facing rising seas, seek economic overhaul (via Reuters)

Health benefits offset costs of climate policies: MIT study (via Greenwire)

Visualize it: Old weather data feeds new climate models (via Climate Central)

Scientists go beyond science to explain their climate terror (via National Journal)

GRID 

Investment in U.S. electricity transmission infrastructure shows steady increase (via U.S. EIA)

The Catch-22 of energy storage (via Energy Collective)

ENVIRONMENT 

Chart: How many birds are killed by wind, solar, oil, and coal? (via Climate Progress)

San Joaquin is America’s most endangered river (via EcoWatch)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Sustainability standard developed for home appliances (via Environmental Leader)

OPINION 

In race for solar power, China is winning (via Christian Science Monitor)

Europe is burning our forests for “renewable” energy. Wait, what? (via Grist)

A climate for change: America should not wait while the world warms (via Washington Post)

How WWI killed the dream of a solar-powered world (via Sustainable Cities Collective)

Posted:   |   Categories: biomass, Cheryl LaFleur, Chile, China, Clean Power Plan, climate, Climate Change, Divestment, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, Enbridge, energy storage, EPA, europe, ev, ev charging, FERC, Fossil fuel divestment, fracking, GAO, GM, grid, india, natural gas, News, north dakota, oil, Pattern Energy, Pipelines, Pittsburgh, renewables, San Joaquin River, Sea level rise, Shale oil, Social cost of carbon, solar, Solarworld, tar sands, Tesla, transmission, Transportation, Trina Solar, united kingdom, verizon, wind
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22
Apr

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.22.14

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

COAL 

China’s coal boom is waning with ambitious reductions targets (via Triple Pundit)

Ontario closes last coal-fired power plant (via Solar Industry)

Federal judge strikes part of Minnesota energy law preventing coal power (via MPR News)

CLIMATE 

China spreading the use of insurance to cope with climate change damage (via ClimateWire)

Climate-linked drought adding to Syria’s misery (via RTCC)

Hot West, cold East may be new normal as world warms (via Climate Central)

Since first Earth Day, US temperatures marching upward (via Climate Central)

RENEWABLES 

China Premier Li reiterates plans to boost clean energy (via Bloomberg)

Australia’s renewables review kicks off with battle over numbers (via Renew Economy)

Top ten trends in Brazil biofuels for 2014 (via Renewable Energy World)

US to dodge solar shortage in 2014 despite looming PV tariffs (via Solar Industry)

Next step for solar industry: Leases for solar plus storage (via Renew Economy)

Study: Fuels from corn waste not better than gasoline (via AP)

US Army to build military’s largest solar array in Arizona (via The Hill)

Dropping cost of “grid defection” means you could soon ditch your utility (via Fast Company)

RMI’s plan to help Fortune 500 companies up their renewables game (via GreenBiz)

Surpassing milestone of 100,000 solar roofs, PG&E calls for “sustainable” solar policy (via Greentech Media)

Western Texas college joins Texas Tech University on wind energy degree (via PR Web)

KEYSTONE XL 

Keystone backers keep their faith in embattled pipeline plan (via Reuters)

Horses, teepees arrive on Mall for Keystone XL protest (via Politico)

Keystone XL pipeline fate now in hands of Nebraska court (via Bloomberg)

ENVIRONMENT 

China’s new environmental protection law submitted to parliament (via Reuters)

Brazil strips protected status from 5.2 million hectares of land (via Mongabay)

Consumer electronics industry sets recycling record (via Environmental Leader)

Apple offering free recycling on all used products (via ABC News/AP)

Interior Department launches landscape mitigation strategy (via Triple Pundit)

Wildfires in West increasing burn area at rate of one Denver per year (via Climate Progress)

Fields and farm jobs dry up with California’s worsening drought (via NPR)

Texas city first to reuse water from sewers as drought continues (via Bloomberg)

NATURAL GAS 

Alaska lawmakers back natural gas export plans (via New York Times)

Ohio utilities replacing thousands of miles of gas pipeline (via Midwest Energy News)

EMISSIONS 

Divestment campaigns struggle against stock market, profits (via Houston Chronicle)

OIL 

Russia ships its first Arctic oil – is a boom coming? (via Christian Science Monitor)

Four years later, a sharp divide on Gulf oil spill (via National Journal)

US railroads show untapped value of delay in building oil pipeline (via Reuters)

TRANSPORTATION 

Musk says Tesla will make cars in China within four years (via Bloomberg)

Hybrids significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than US (via CleanTechnica)

US exporting a “tidal wave” of gasoline, other fuels (via Houston Chronicle)

Nissan Leaf likely to offer larger battery for longer range (via Green Car Reports)

Tesla Gigafactory seeks North American raw materials to cut pollution (via Green Car Reports)

A detailed look at the dreams and failure of Better Place (via Autoblog Green)

ENERGY POLICY 

Renewable energy gains in 2013 but coal and gas still dominate (via Greentech Media)

Power players muster forces for electricity market reforms (via EnergyWire)

Obama Administration spared developers millions in fees for Georgia nuclear project (via Greenwire)

POLITICS 

Not a single Republican has mentioned Earth Day in Congress since 2010 (via National Journal)

OPINION 

Two degrees: How the world failed on climate change (via Vox)

The clean energy transition is unstoppable, so why fight it? (via Smart Planet)

Where is the real innovation in wind energy? (via CleanTechnica)

World’s top serial bird killers put infamous windmills to shame (via Bloomberg)

Right wing trains its hysterical eye on renewable energy (via Mother Jones)

How conserving water, energy isn’t always about a green lifestyle (via Daily News)

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19
Mar

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 3.19.14

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

CLIMATE 

Global warming will cut crop harvests 2% each decade, say researchers (via The Guardian)

Scientists warn of global warming’s abrupt changes (via Los Angeles Times)

White House launches new climate data initiative (via Washington Post)

A steady 57% in US blame humans for global warming (via Gallup)

NATURAL GAS 

Keystone foes take aim at Maryland natural gas export terminal (via Bloomberg)

New York pipeline blast shakes up an industry (via Christian Science Monitor)

RENEWABLES 

Hints of a settlement in the US-China solar panel trade case (via Greentech Media)

These 16 states will install the most solar PV in 2014 (via Greentech Media)

Cellulosic fuels company KiOR has “substantial doubts” about its future, funding needed by April 1 (via Green Car Reports)

SolarCity on track to install half a gigawatt of solar in 2014 (via Greentech Media)

New algorithm improves small wind turbine efficiency (via Phys.org)

Ohio approves 300MW wind farm (via Recharge)

Minnesota paves the way for solar advocates nationwide (via Renewable Energy World)

Cape Wind offshore wind project wins important legal victory (via Triple Pundit)

Minnesota takes step to link energy loans with utility bill (via Midwest Energy News)

KEYSTONE XL 

Despite opposition, many landowners await Keystone XL pipeline (via ABC News/AP)

EMISSIONS 

Atmospheric CO2 to cross 400ppm threshold for a month (via Climate Central)

Chongqing’s draft carbon market plan calls for cuts from 2014 (via Reuters)

China’s Shanghai aims for cleaner energy, lower CO2 growth (via Reuters)

OIL 

US energy boom needs $641 billion in infrastructure, says study (via Houston Chronicle)

Faced with production declines, drillers cook up new recipes for growth (via EnergyWire)

Fewer firms submit bids in offshore Gulf drilling auction (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

Efficiency, emissions rules to squeeze California gasoline demand (via Bloomberg)

COAL 

Coal exports are dragging down Indonesia’s economy – is the US next? (via Huffington Post)

Study says coal demand has hit rock bottom (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

Grid evolves, and FERC isn’t just for energy wonks anymore (via Greenwire)

Should consumers bear the cost to upgrade the grid? (via National Journal)

OPINION 

What the world will look like if Elon Musk becomes the next Henry Ford (via Quartz)

Fracking’s odd new friend: Vladimir Putin (via National Journal)

Posted:   |   Categories: 400ppm, california, cape wind, Carbon market, Cellulosic biofuel, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, Coal exports, Cove Point, Elon Musk, emissions, FERC, fracking, global warming, grid, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Keystone XL, KiOR, minnesota, natural gas, Natural gas export, New York City, News, offshore drilling, offshore wind, Ohio, oil, Pipelines, renewables, small wind, solar, Solar trade war, SolarCity, Transportation, Vladimir Putin, wind
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22
Nov

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.22.13

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

COP 19 

Warsaw talks ignore IPCC “carbon budget” approach (via Climate Central)

COAL 

Ontario premier vows to ban coal-powered electricity (via Financial Post)

CLIMATE 

US and China find convergence on climate issue (via New York Times)

Is America no longer public enemy number one on climate change? (via ClimateWire)

Wildfire risk seen as high or extreme for 4.5 million US homes (via Bloomberg)

RENEWABLES 

Latin America report: Wind sweeps Brazil’s A-3 power auctions (via Renewable Energy World)

“Stealth business lobbyist” plans 2014 offensive against solar net metering (via Greentech Media)

Standard developed to predict solar plant capacity (via Energy Manager Today)

Wind produces 25% of Iowa’s power, may generate 50% by 2018 (via Facts of the Day)

South Carolina embraces wind energy with turbine research center (via Reuters)

Prince George’s County, Maryland requires buildings to install renewable energy (via Sustainable Business)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Americans uninformed about fracking, says new survey (via Climate Central)

House votes 252-165 to speed up natural gas pipeline approvals (via The Hill)

EMISSIONS 

EPA doesn’t rule out state carbon tax option for power plants (via The Hill)

Shell self-imposes carbon tax high enough to crash coal, natural gas (via Climate Progress)

Iowa wind energy cuts carbon pollution by 8.4 million metric tons (via Des Moines Register)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

Working around Keystone XL, Suncor Energy steps up oil production in Canada (via New York Times)

TRANSPORTATION 

Why cities hold the key to success on EVs (via GreenBiz)

Can California charge ahead to one million EVs within ten years? (via Energy Collective)

What’s behind NRG’s slow rollout of EV chargers in California? (via Greentech Media)

Tesla Model S tops Consumer Reports car owner satisfaction survey (via San Francisco Chronicle)

GRID 

Transmission line would take Kansas wind power east (via Hutchinson News)

PSE&G gains public support for grid resilience proposal in New Jersey (via Renew Grid)

FERC 

FERC Chairman Wellinghoff stepping down Sunday (via The Hill)

The greatest hits of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff (via Greentech Media)

POLITICS 

A war over solar power is raging within the GOP (via New Republic)

Fracking campaign contributions fuel Congress (via Roll Call)

Controversial Ohio clean energy bill gets rewritten (via Energy Manager Today)

OPINION 

Why America’s major sports leagues are talking about climate change (via Think Progress)

How Ontario went coal free (via National Journal)

Experts present their views on ethanol and advanced biofuels (via Breaking Energy)

Posted:   |   Categories: Advanced biofuels, ALEC, Brazil, california, canada, Carbon budget, carbon tax, China, climate, coal, COP 19, electric vehicles, emissions, EPA, ethanol, ev, ev charging, FERC, fracking, grid, Iowa, Jon Wellinghoff, kansas, Keystone XL, maryland, natural gas, Net metering, new jersey, News, NRG, Ohio, ontario, Pipelines, PSE&G, renewables, Shell, solar, south carolina, Suncor Energy, tar sands, Tesla Model S, transmission, Transportation, Wildfire, wind
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20
Nov

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.20.13

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

COP 19 

Poor countries walk out of UN climate talks as compensation row rumbles on (via The Guardian)

COP 19: Warsaw summit faces loss and damage deadlock (via BusinessGreen)

Four issues to watch as COP 19 wraps up (via World Resources Institute)

ENERGY POLICY 

Interior Department announces $14.2 billion in energy revenue (via The Hill)

Colorado state regulator at the center of America’s fracking boom (via National Journal)

RENEWABLES 

Solar PV dominates first year of Japan’s feed-in tariff (via Recharge)

Wind sets new generation records across US in 2013 (via Facts of the Day)

Biofuels industry, allies push back against EPA decision (via The Hill)

Pecan Street study: West-facing solar panels better for summer’s peak power demand (via Austin Statesman)

Report: Stable policy key to Great Lakes offshore wind jobs (via Midwest Energy News)

$13 billion Ohio clean-energy bond submitted for ballot (via Columbus Dispatch)

Iowa utility plans state’s largest solar farm (via Daily Iowan)

Midwest transmission line developer seeks customers among wind-farm operators (via Wichita Eagle)

OIL 

Saudi Arabia says welcomes us shale oil, sees no need to cut output (via Reuters)

BP builds its largest-ever drilling fleet in the Gulf of Mexico (via Houston Chronicle)

CLIMATE 

Global damage from extreme weather disasters set to break $200 billion a year (via Climate Progress)

Cost of climate change adaptation could destabilize African countries, warns UN (via The Guardian)

Warming seen worse as nations fail to meet carbon goals (via Reuters)

Three countries that are bailing on climate action (via Mother Jones)

US ranks 43rd on climate policy – and Canada is even worse (via Mother Jones)

Some states ignore climate change in disaster plans, but coastal states are on alert (via ClimateWire)

Sunday’s tornado outbreak could be costliest November weather event in US history (via Washington Post)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Colorado proposes historic air pollution regulations (via Climate Progress)

In Oklahoma, water, fracking, and a swarm of quakes (via Reuters)

On Colorado’s Front Range, fracking questions loom large (via National Journal)

EMISSIONS 

Scientists, UN official warn of “unabated” coal use (via Climate Central)

Tsunami-blocking mangroves lure carbon investors to Southeast Asia (via Bloomberg)

KEYSTONE XL 

TransCanada boosts Keystone XL cost estimate by $100 million (via Reuters)

Upgrading existing pipelines would create more jobs than building Keystone XL, says report (via Climate Progress)

TransCanada pushes Keystone XL pipeline start to 2016 (via Bloomberg)

TRANSPORTATION 

Consumers have favorable views of EVs, but awareness remains low (via Navigant Research)

Nissan to boost production of battery-powered LEAF (via Plugin Cars)

More evidence American may have reached “peak car” (via Greentech Media)

Many consumers still unaware of EV incentives (via Green Car Reports)

Posted:   |   Categories: biofuels, BP, canada, Clean Line, climate, Climate Change, colorado, COP 19, Electric Vehicle, emissions, EPA, ev, Extreme weather, feed-in tariff, fracking, global warming, Green bond, Gulf of Mexico, interior department, Iowa, japan, Keystone XL, methane, natural gas, News, nissan LEAF, offshore drilling, offshore wind, Ohio, oil, oklahoma, Peak car, Pipelines, Renewable Fuels Standard, renewables, RFS, saudi arabia, Shale oil, solar, solar pv, TransCanada, Transportation, wind
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27
Sep

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 9.27.13

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

IPCC REPORT 

IPCC: Global warming “extremely likely” man-made (via AP)

Climate panel’s fifth report clarifies humanity’s choices (via New York Times)

Six things we’ve learned from the IPCC climate report (via The Guardian)

Why has geoengineering been legitimized by the IPCC? (via The Guardian)

IPCC climate change report by the numbers (via The Guardian)

ENERGY POLICY 

Merkel looks left to rescue Germany’s energy revolution (via Reuters)

Multiple factors push Western Europe to use less natural gas and more coal (via US EIA)

US energy independence by 2020 won’t mean isolationism (via Houston Chronicle)

National Parks will close to public but stay open to drilling if government shuts down (via Think Progress)

RENEWABLES 

Annual global solar installations to beat wind for first time (via Bloomberg)

South Africa “ideal” for wind turbine export hub (via Recharge)

UK renewable generation increases 56% since 2012 (via RTCC)

German researchers hit 44.7% solar cell efficiency record (via Climate Progress)

Largest US wind farm proposed for West Texas (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

Making renewables connect to the military’s energy security framework (via Greentech Media)

Can solar be a differentiator in deregulated electricity markets? (via Greentech Media)

State renewable portfolio standards survive conservative attacks (via EarthTechling)

Analyst: SunShot goals unachievable even with new solar technology (via Renewable Energy World)

California renewables rise and the grid survives (via EarthTechling)

Report says California net metering costs all utility customers (via Reuters)

NREL releases roadmap to reducing solar PV “soft costs” by 2020 (via CleanTechnica)

KEYSTONE XL 

Canadian PM on Keystone XL fight: It’s over when we’ve won (via The Hill)

CLIMATE 

China’s plan to clean up air pollution could be a climate disaster (via Washington Post)

White House, Kerry: UN report makes case for climate action (via The Hill)

First-ever bulk freighter to pass through Artic was carrying coal (via Climate Progress)

OIL 

Interior gets ball rolling on new Arctic drilling auction (via The Hill)

After the floods in Colorado, a deluge of worry about leaking oil (via New York Times)

North Dakota regulators say oil production to double by 2017 (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

TRANSPORTATION 

US backs market scheme for aviation emissions from 2020 (via Reuters)

Monthly EV sales shatter US records (via Energy.gov)

NATURAL GAS 

Boom in unregulated natural gas pipelines poses new risk (via InsideClimate News)

EMISSIONS 

World’s carbon budget to be spent in three decades (via WRI Insights)

China and UK forge ties on carbon capture (via BusinessGreen)

State Department: Obama climate plan hits emissions reduction target (via The Hill)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Is Europe emerging as a major demand response market? (via Renew Grid)

Scotland sets energy efficiency building standards (via BusinessGreen)

POLITICS 

UN climate report to fuel political battles (via The Hill)

White House seeking replacement for faltering energy nominee Binz (via The Hill)

OPINION 

10 things to know about the IPCC climate panel (via AP)

The science of global warming has changed in 25 years – the basic conclusions haven’t (via Washington Post)

Poll: two-thirds want Keystone pipeline, carbon limits (via The Hill)

Climate scientists issue their report, now it’s our turn (via Time)

What happens if you add lots of wind and solar to the grid? (via Washington Post)

Posted:   |   Categories: ALEC, Angela Merkel, arctic, Aviation emissions, barack obama, canada, Carbon budget, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, colorado, Competitive electricity markets, Demand response, electric vehicles, emissions, Energy Efficiency, europe, ev, FERC, Flood, Geoengineering, germany, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, john kerry, Keystone XL, natural gas, Net metering, News, north dakota, NREL, offshore drilling, oil, oil spill, Pipelines, renewable portfolio standard, renewables, Renewables integration, Ron Binz, rps, Scotland, Shale oil, solar, Solar soft costs, South Africa, SunShot, texas, Transportation, uk, united kingdom, wind
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26
Jun

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 6.26.13

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

OBAMA CLIMATE PLAN 

Obama outlines ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases (via New York Times)

Obama invites court fight with aggressive climate rules (via The Hill)

Obama’s climate plan spares oil and gas from big changes (via Houston Chronicle)

Obama plan offers help to US cities on climate’s front lines (via Reuters)

Utilities react cautiously to Obama climate plan (via Wall Street Journal)

Republicans face limited options on Obama climate plan (via Politico)

GRID 

Snapshots of China’s smart grid (via Greentech Media)

Energy storage for solar and wind integration will total 22GW installed capacity from 2013 to 2023 (via Navigant Research)

US smart meter installations to hit 61.7 million units by end of 2013 (via Renew Grid)

Breakthrough NREL lab could solve renewables-grid integration problems (via CleanTechnica)

RENEWABLES 

China top country in world for renewables investment (via Renewable Energy World)

UK Green Investment Bank spends £635 million in first year (via BusinessGreen)

Study: wind and solar plant benefits vary by location (via Phys.org)

DNV-KEMA releases floating offshore wind turbine standards (via North American Windpower)

How can the solar industry better assess financial risk? (via Breaking Energy)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Obama offers Keystone surprise in climate change speech (via The Hill)

Canada says it sees no net increase in emissions from Keystone (via Reuters)

Federal report: diluted oil sands crude poses no higher pipeline risk (via Houston Chronicle)

Narrow and flawed, federal pipeline safety study fails to settle controversy (via InsideClimate News)

Tar sands mining to begin this summer in Kentucky (via Louisville Public Radio)

GREEN BUILDING 

Green infrastructure promises GDP boost to UK by 2015 (via BusinessGreen)

Green building taking off in hospitality, retail industries (via Sustainable Business)

OIL 

Oil prices to fall as much as 30% by 2016, says forecaster (via Houston Chronicle)

BP challenges settlements in Gulf oil spill (via New York Times)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Recovering wasted energy expenses is a $750 billion opportunity (via Energy Manager Today)

5 leading-edge efficiency programs in the US (via Greentech Media)

EMISSIONS 

UK “could miss carbon emissions targets in 2020s” (via The Guardian)

Is a carbon tax more effective than EPA rules? You might be surprised. (via Washington Post)

CLIMATE 

Climate change becoming a top shareholder concern (via Houston Chronicle)

Maine governor vetoes climate change study (via Portland Press Herald)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Mixed results in study of water, fracking (via Philadelphia Inquirer)

OPINION 

How Tesla pulled ahead of the electric car pack (via Council on Foreign Relations)

Obama and climate change: fresh air (via The Guardian)

Obama may have left himself wiggle room to approve Keystone XL (via Washington Post)

The 5 most interesting pieces of Obama’s new climate plan (via Greentech Media)

10 takeaways from Obama’s climate speech (via Politico)

Posted:   |   Categories: barack obama, BP, canada, carbon tax, China, climate, Climate Change, Dilbit, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, energy storage, ev, fracking, green building, grid, Grid integration, Gulf of Mexico, Kentucky, Keystone XL, natural gas, News, NREL, oil, oil spill, Pipelines, renewables, smart grid, smart meter, solar, tar sands, Tesla, uk, united kingdom, wind
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06
Jun

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 6.6.13

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

EMISSIONS 

Research assigns US three times CO2 reduction responsibility as China (via Bloomberg)

Brazil’s emissions fall 39% since 2005, now 10% below 1990 levels (via Mongabay)

Obama officials raise “social cost” of carbon in federal regulations (via The Hill)

Schools addressing students’ fossil fears without divesting (via Bloomberg)

OIL 

Canada oil output will double by 2030 if pipelines are built (via Houston Chronicle/Bloomberg)

US crude output exceeds imports for first time in 16 years (via Houston Chronicle)

BP to pump $1 billion into its Alaska drilling efforts (via Grist)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Smarter energy use by UK industry could cut electricity demand 75% (via Phys.org)

Amendments could sink bipartisan Senate energy efficiency bill (via Politico)

RENEWABLES 

UK solar investment jeopardized by EU tariffs on China (via Bloomberg)

Japan PM’s power plan lifts renewables at utility expense (via Bloomberg)

Brazil may unlock 21GW renewable energy market (via Recharge)

US solar PV demand to grow 20% in 2013 to 4.3GW (via CleanTechnica)

Interior Department Approves Up to 4Gw Of New Renewable Energy Projects (via CleanTechnica)

Will Master Limited Partnerships campaign put wind tax credit at risk? (via Politico)

DOE issues regulatory roadmap to spur geothermal energy development (via Green Car Congress)

Offshore wind advances create greentech investment opportunities (via Greentech Media)

Solar gardens taking root in US communities (via EarthTechling)

MIT creates solar potential map of Cambridge (via Treehugger)

Renewable energy gets a rural boost in Colorado (via Climate Progress)

Michigan legislators seek offshore wind power restrictions (via Record-Eagle)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

UK prepares for US-style shale gas boom (via CNN Money)

Summer to bring upward pressure on US natural gas prices (via Wall Street Journal)

EPA Inspector General to investigate efforts to reduce natural gas pipeline leaks (via Washington Post/AP)

With more solar on the way, does Xcel need more gas peakers? (via Midwest Energy News)

North Carolina House panel Oks more cautious fracking bill (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

CLIMATE 

Russia continues to block UN climate talks (via RTCC)

As extreme weather increases, Bangladesh braces for the worst (via Yale e360)

How investors can help avert climate catastrophe (via GreenBiz)

Stormy weather set to increase due to climate change (via RTCC)

Rising sea levels, stronger storms will threaten US coasts through end of century (via Times-Picayune)

The Obama climate move that nobody noticed (via Grist)

US tailors regional climate plans to help farmers beat the heat (via Bloomberg)

Agriculture Secretary: “America must take steps now” on climate (via The Hill)

COAL 

China to cut coal use in key industrial regions (via Reuters)

Sierra Club sues BNEF over coal dust from trains in Washington State (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

TRANSPORTATION 

US new-car average gas mileage at highest level ever: 24.8 MPG (via Green Car Reports)

US hybrid & plug-in sales continue strong gains, 32,300 PEVs sold in 2013 (via Green Car Congress)

EPA to issue ethanol use targets this summer (via Reuters)

US added 180 EV charging stations in May (via Autoblog Green)

Study says California’s low-carbon fuel rule is working, but threats loom (via InsideClimate News)

GRID 

Smart and micro grids can minimize power outages during hurricane season (via Breaking Energy)

Cheap batteries for backup renewable energy (via MIT Technology Review)

POLITICS 

Americans for Prosperity targets Democrats up for re-election with anti-carbon tax campaign (via The Hill)

Congressional Democrats change climate message to focus on disaster costs (via ClimateWire)

Offshore drilling proponents launch new Congressional push (via Houston Chronicle)

The billionaire force behind GOP attempts to dismantle Maine’s renewable energy standards (via Bangor Daily News)

OPINION 

EU solar outlook still bright after binge (via Reuters)

Global signs of leadership on clean energy (via WRI Insights)

Why I wanted to be CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (via Greentech Media)

Don’t let another hurricane season blow by without climate action (via The Hill)

Now is the time to be an infrastructure hawk, not a deficit hawk (via Washington Post)

An obscure new rule on microwaves can tell us a lot about Obama’s climate policies (via Washington Post)

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May

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.9.13

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

EMISSIONS 

World Bank President urges carbon price (via Environmental Leader)

EU carbon price crisis spreads to Australia (via RTCC)

EU carbon trading system remains in peril, but rescue attempts is launched (via ClimateWire)

Carbon market champions unfazed by Kyoto dead end (via Bloomberg)

Cap and trade auction investment plan a win for California (via Energy Manager Today)

COAL 

Another Northwest coal export project falls by the wayside (via The Oregonian)

ENERGY POLICY 

The 2013 US utility outlook on renewables, smart grid (via Greentech Media)

Foes suggest a climate trade-off if Keystone XL is approved (via New York Times)

RENEWABLES 

Offshore wind industry will become €130 billion annual market by 2020 (via CleanTechnica)

World’s first green bank loans $1 billion in first five months of operation (via Reuters)

World Bank turns to hydropower to square development with climate change (via Washington Post)

German scientists use offshore wind farms to replenish lobsters (via Bloomberg)

Study finds tiny rate increases from state renewable portfolio standards (via Greentech Media)

US job market bursting with green tech opportunities (via EarthTechling)

Weak 2013 US wind turbine market predicted (via Recharge)

Minnesota House approves 4% by 2025 solar PV mandate (via Recharge)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Mexico still far from tapping shale potential, says energy minister (via Reuters)

US natural gas exports: friend or foe? (via WRI Insights)

US will use less natural gas in 2014 than in 2012, according to EIA (via Facts of the Day)

Interior Department’s fracking rules in cross hairs ahead of upcoming release (via The Hill)

TRANSPORTATION 

European plug-in EV sales will reach 670,000 unites annually by 2020 (via Navigant Research)

Tesla posts first profit as Model S becomes best-selling US plug-in (via Autoblog Green)

California legislature aims to make public charging networks available to all (via Plugin Cars)

Consumer Reports gives near-perfect score to Tesla Model S (via Reuters)

OIL 

How oil travels around the world, in one map (via Washington Post)

Shell announces plans to build world’s deepest production facility (via Houston Chronicle)

Interior Secretary to oil industry: don’t throw regulators under the bus (via Houston Chronicle)

Gulf of Mexico emergency oil spill equipment put to the test (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

North American smart meter shipments will continue decline through 2014 (via Navigant Research)

Demand response cuts need for new generation in PJM grid (via Energy Collective)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Canada says it may take EU to WTO over oil sands dispute (via Reuters)

Can carbon capture clean up Canada’s oil sands? (via MIT Technology Review)

Academics warn Canada against further tar sands production (via The Guardian)

Pipeline wars seen spreading after Keystone XL fight (via Bloomberg)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Energy efficiency bill clears Senate panel (via The Hill)

Big data means big savings for big buildings (via GreenBiz)

Boston mandates energy benchmarking (via Energy Manager Today)

CLIMATE 

Declining snow cover imperils plant and animal species, study says (via Yale e360)

After swimming through Sandy’s havoc, New Jersey beach towns want to stay put (via ClimateWire)

POLITICS

Congressional scholar says holds on top administration posts “not business as usual” (via SNL Energy)

Environmentalists seize on Biden’s Keystone XL remarks to launch new attack (via Washington Post)

OPINION 

How the anti-coal campaign is protecting Australia’s economy (via Renew Economy)

Carbon tax is best option Congress has (via Washington Post)

It’s official: $1 invested in EPA yields $10 in benefits (via Climate Progress)

Why aren’t environmental groups divesting from fossil fuels? (via The Nation)

Carbon tax has very broad, bipartisan support – outside of Congress (via Climate Progress)

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