Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.14.14
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
CLIMATE
NASA: Earth just experienced the warmest six-month stretch ever recorded (via Slate)
Wild weather forces climate adaptation on Europe’s political agenda (via The Guardian)
Climate change threatens national security, says Pentagon (via Washington Post)
Only 7% of energy companies prepared for climate risks, says study (via RTCC)
COAL
Europe spends €10 billion a year on coal subsidies (via RTCC)
RENEWABLES
U.S. duties prompt Chinese PV shipment surge (via PV Tech)
Wind power is cheapest energy source, finds EU analysis (via The Guardian)
UK and Norway will install subsea transmission to trade green power (via BusinessGreen)
Higher efficiency technologies to dominate PV industry by 2018 (via PV Tech)
Survey: Utilities could do a much better job at streamlining solar interconnection (via Greentech Media)
OIL
Saudis tell oil investors low prices might stay (via The Hill)
Nearly 3% of oil output vulnerable if prices fall to $80, says IEA (via Reuters)
Arctic offshore drilling a winner in tight Senate contests (via Houston Chronicle)
TRANSPORTATION
Tesla talking to Slovakia about European EV plant (via Autoblog Green)
California reaffirms EV leadership (via Navigant Research)
EMISSIONS
Germany’s largest utility wants deep EU emissions cuts, early carbon trade reform (via Reuters)
EPA readies major ozone rule change (via The Hill)
Exxon blasts movement to divest from fossil fuels (via National Journal)
2014 Nobel Prize economist argues for binding emissions targets (via Greenwire)
NATURAL GAS
Israel sees natural gas as key to transforming Mideast relations (via Bloomberg)
UK to allow fracking companies to use “any substance” under homes (via BusinessGreen)
ENVIRONMENT
Proctor & Gamble to cut water use an additional 20% by 2020 (via Bloomberg)
POLITICS
Koch Super PAC donors uncloaked (via Politico)
Paul Ryan doubts human role in climate change (via The Hill)
OPINION
What’s the impact of falling oil prices? (via National Journal)
Three reasons solar will outshine fossil fuels in Mexico (via CleanTechnica)
The multibillion-dollar question: How to spend carbon revenue? (via The Energy Collective)
The great climate model (via Forbes)