A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
ENERGY POLICY
IMF: Get rid of $1.9 trillion in energy subsidies to fight climate change (via Washington Post)
Oil and electricity: a compare-and-contrast tale of two regulators (via McClatchy)
Sequestration forces Interior to cut mineral revenue payments to states (via EnergyWire)
TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL
Battle widens over oil pipelines from Canada through Midwest (via Minnesota Star-Tribune)
Train derailment spills 30,000 gallons of Canadian crude in Minnesota (via Reuters)
Suncor Energy cancels troubled Alberta tar sands project (via Vancouver Sun)
US to hold Keystone pipeline hearing in Nebraska (via Phys.org)
RENEWABLES
Solar, wind to push renewables to 36% of global cumulative installed capacity by 2020 (via EnergyNext)
Global solar PV installations to reach 200GW by 2015 (via EnergyNext)
China raising PV prices on European exports (via Recharge)
Japan to increase offshore wind capacity to 40x current level by 2020 (via EnergyNext)
UK boosts renewables share of power generation to 11.3% (via Recharge)
Rwanda to start $27 million geothermal development (via Renewable Energy World)
We’re number one: US installed most wind power in 2012, US company GE Wind is top supplier (via Climate Progress)
NREL study: securitization could cut solar LCOE 16% (via Greentech Media)
New organic solar cells process sunlight as plants do (via Mother Nature Network)
Study: Midwesterners open to wind farms, especially in rural areas (via Phys.org)
Lancaster, California becomes first US city to require solar (via Greentech Media)
OPT Oregon wave energy project delayed again (via EarthTechling)
COAL
Japan coal use to jump 24% in 2013-2014 as energy costs rise (via Reuters)
More science on mountaintop removal’s health effects (via Charleston Gazette)
CLIMATE
Security risks of climate change prompt military review by over 100 countries (via RTCC)
How to abuse statistics: claim global warming stopped in 1998 (via Weather Underground)
Global warming predictions prove accurate over past 15 years (via The Guardian)
Climate change is increasing seasonal allergies (via Climate Central)
Ocean acidification from climate change threatens the seas (via USA Today)
EMISSIONS
EU eyes 40 percent carbon cuts by 2030 (via BusinessGreen)
EU confident carbon market fix will win states’ support (via Bloomberg)
Auditor General’s carbon neutral report scalds British Columbia government (via Huffington Post/Canadian Press)
Disney, Microsoft, Shell opt for self-imposed CO2 emission taxes (via The Guardian)
Study: US biofuels policy pushes GHG emissions overseas (via Midwest Energy News)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Fracking’s latest scandal – earthquake swarms (via Mother Jones)
Drilling boom spurs rush to harness brackish water (via StateImpact Texas)
Small towns find fracking brings boom, booming headaches (via Bloomberg)
Texas regulators ease rules to encourage frack water recycling (via Houston Chronicle)
Nearly 670 miles of wells drilled in Ohio in 2012 (via Akron Beacon Journal)
TRANSPORTATION
US “peak miles” may have happened five years ago, Americans still drive 3 trillion miles a year (via Autoblog Green)
Nissan Leaf sales will hit new record in March, around 1,900 units (via Autoblog Green)
Fisker puts US workforce on furlough this week (via Reuters)
GRID
Seven simple strategies for smart grid engagement (via Renew Grid)
Solar activity can affect transmission grid, but 2013 activity less than anticipated (via US EIA)
You can’t have a smarter grid without smarter buildings (via Greentech Media)
Santa Clara, California launches free outdoor wi-fi on backs of smart meters (via GigaOm)
ENVIRONMENT
With drought season off to a bad start, scientists forecast another bleak year (via InsideClimate News)
Gardeners plant strawberries and tomatoes in Arctic valleys of Greenland for first time (via Inhabitat)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
How the Internet of Things will transform building management (via GreenBiz)
Tax time 2013: energy efficiency home tax credits (via EarthTechling)
POLITICS
UK prime minister removes anti-wind energy minister from post (via Recharge)
Under fire, Senate Democrat trio says Keystone vote not endorsement (via The Hill)
Ethanol debate has glimpse of bipartisanship (via National Journal)
OPINION
Low-carbon economies and smart grids: watch out for China (via Forbes)
Americans already pay a carbon tax, via extreme weather’s impact on GDP (via Sustainable Business)
Giant investment bank taken over by hippie alarmists (via Grist)
Is the sky the limit for wind power? (via NPR)
Cooling on warming (via New York Times)
How green is your university? (via New York Times)
OTHER NEWS
An additional roundup of energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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