Energy and Environment News Roundup – 11.19.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
COP 19
Carbon market hopes dashed in Warsaw (via Environmental Leader)
US preparing post-2020 emissions reduction pledge (via Greenwire)
EMISSIONS
Global carbon emissions set to reach record 36 billion tons in 2013 (via Phys.org)
Winding roads to replacing the Kyoto Protocol by 2015 (via Climatewire)
Global emissions may peak this decade on China’s renewables push (via Bloomberg)
Beijing and Shanghai set to launch carbon markets (via BusinessGreen)
EU sets provisional CO2 auction calendar for 2014 (via Global Post)
RENEWABLES
China to install 12,000MW of solar in 2014 (via Facts of the Day)
Floating offshore wind turbines could drive Japan’s renewable energy future (via Renewable Energy World)
Carbon pricing flaws have “chilling effect” on clean energy (via Greenbang)
Solar can cut summer peak power demand in half across Texas (via StateImpact Texas)
Can a coal state like Virginia create a real solar market? (via Greentech Media)
NREL dedicates wind turbine test facility (via Energy Manager Today)
COAL
British banks among world’s biggest lenders to coal industry (via BusinessGreen)
EPA permitting seen as high hurdle for carbon capture project (via Greenwire)
CLIMATE
Natural disasters cost $3.6 trillion since 1980, says World Bank (via Mother Jones)
Wealthy nations pledged billions to help the poor adapt to climate change – where did it all go? (via Washington Post)
OIL
Federal agency pushes back timeline for offshore drilling rules (via Houston Chronicle)
BP releases Gulf of Mexico environmental data (via Houston Chronicle)
TRANSPORTATION
Why China isn’t ready for electric vehicles (via EarthTechling)
Recargo releases report detailing the habits of EV drivers (via Inhabitat)
US auto regulators probe Tesla on car fires (via The Hill)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Colorado proposes reducing methane leaks from fracking (via Los Angeles Times)
Environmentalists oppose proposed Illinois fracking rules (via Chicago Tribune)
GRID
Dawn of the grid-scale energy storage era in California (via Greentech Media)
The battery storage system that could close down coal power (via Renew Economy)
NUCLEAR
Japan won’t set dates to restart 50 idled nuclear reactors (via Bloomberg)
Uncertainties abound in Fukushima decommissioning (via Phys.org)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission resumes Yucca Mountain review (via The Hill)
GREEN BUILDING
A new scale for green building (via Philadelphia Inquirer)
OPINION
Why EPA cut down the biofuel standard for the first time ever (via Climate Progress)
Solar energy could be America’s greatest national security asset (via Huffington Post)
California’s cap and trade program more than just a solution for one state (via Huffington Post)