Energy and Environment News Roundup – 9.23.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
French carbon tax to raise €4 billion for green energy by 2016 (via Reuters)
Norway cancels carbon capture plan it likened to “Moon landing” (via Reuters)
Everything you need to know about the EPA’s carbon limits for new power plants (via Washington Post)
Emissions regulations are central battle in Obama climate agenda (via The Hill)
Feds promise to work with businesses on meeting emissions goals (via The Hill)
COAL
EPA claims new power plan emission regulations offer coal lifeline (via InsideClimate News)
A changing market and dim future for coal in Texas (via StateImpact Texas)
RENEWABLES
SEIA offers peace plan to avert US-China solar trade war (via Bloomberg)
India to build world’s largest power plant in Rajasthan (via India Economic Times)
Report: Old business models holding back clean energy shift (via Midwest Energy News)
Wind energy: Bigger isn't always better (via Breaking Energy)
Wicked green: Massachusetts clean economy grows 11.8% to 80,000 jobs (via CleanTechnica)
Renewables provide a growing share of California’s electricity (via US EIA)
New Jersey offshore wind proposal still seeks answers (via Renewable Energy World)
Michigan can triple its renewable energy production by 2035, finds report (via Detroit Free Press)
Lake Erie wind turbines viable (via Plain Dealer)
CLIMATE
IPCC issues stark warning over global warming (via The Guardian/The Observer)
Global warming “hiatus” puts climate change scientists on the spot (via Los Angeles Times)
Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official (via The Guardian)
Arctic alpine plants may survive in “micro refuges” as temperatures rise (via The Guardian)
Arctic on course for ice-free summer “within decades”, scientists say (via The Guardian)
Hunger to worsen as climate change heats up world (via Bloomberg)
Study says children will bear brunt of climate change impact (via The Guardian)
OIL
Not business as usual: China’s oil majors are no longer invincible (via Houston Chronicle)
Federal standards needed for safe Arctic drilling, Pew says (via Houston Chronicle)
Eagle Ford’s future might lie in Mexico’s oil demand (via Houston Chronicle)
California law to regulate fracking signed by governor (via Reuters)
TRANSPORTATION
China to raise prices for clean fuel to boost production (via Reuters)
US gasoline prices fall 6.4 cents as crude declines (via Reuters)
Green parking: Not just a concept anymore (via New York Times)
Tesla’s feat of (financial) engineering (via Washington Post)
NUCLEAR
France to tax nuclear output to fund shift to renewables (via Bloomberg)
US DOE invests $60 million in nuclear technology research and training (via Green Car Reports)
GRID
Vehicle-to-grid charging coming of age (via EarthTechling)
Top 9 things you didn’t know about America’s power grid (via Energy.gov)
KEYSTONE XL
Hundreds of events “Draw the Line” against Keystone XL and tar sands (via Huffington Post)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Why are some airlines better at saving fuel than others? (via Washington Post)
Siemens installing energy saving measures for US Coast Guard (via Energy Manager Today)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Money flowing to build pipelines (via Houston Chronicle)
Sites sought for Marcellus Shale region’s fracking residue (via Columbus Dispatch)
POLITICS
Merkel romps to victory but faces tough coalition choices (via Reuters)
Republicans pounce on Obama’s global warming regulations for political fodder (via National Journal)
White House “War on Coal” no slam dunk for GOP in 2014 (via Politico)
White House: No retreat on troubled FERC nominee Binz (via The Hill)
OPINION
What climate scientists should talk about: Their personal stories (via The Guardian)
Beleaguered CEOs say they can’t save the planet by themselves (via Bloomberg)
A reality check on offshore wind in Virginia (via Washington Post)
How big an impact will EVs have on the grid and your wallet? (via Greentech Media)
Will offshore wind finally take off on US East Coast? (via Yale e360)