Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.14.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
South Korea to launch world’s most ambitious carbon trading scheme (via BusinessGreen)
Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants (via Los Angeles Times)
EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state (via Green Car Congress)
GREEN BUSINESS
Sustainability “highly important” to 42% of supply chains (via Environmental Leader)
ENERGY POLICY
Wyoming governor unveils state energy policy 2 years in making (via Houston Chronicle)
RENEWABLES
Germany disputes hard EU stance on China solar panel duties (via Reuters)
5 achievements from Germany’s “Energiewende” (via WRI Insights)
Consumer support for wind and solar energy fell in 2012 (via Navigant Research)
Big Data will provide accurate analysis of wind-wildlife impacts (via Treehugger)
Feds study Gulf wildlife to make way for wind turbines (via Houston Chronicle)
Sharper computer models clear the way for more wind power (via MIT Technology Review)
In Solyndra wake, US solar industry sees chance to go from niche to mainstream (via Greenwire)
DOE’s high-impact energy innovation incubator program (via Energy Collective)
SolarCity shares up 200% since IPO (via Recharge)
Illinois renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose (via Chicago Tribune)
OIL
Lower Mexican oil production contributes to lower US crude oil exports (via US EIA)
Pipelines spill three times as much oil as trains (via Houston Chronicle/Bloomberg)
US oil boom leaves OPEC sidelined from demand growth (via Reuters)
CLIMATE
Mount Everest glaciers have shrunk 13% in 50 years (via Mongabay)
Melting ice opens fight over sea routes for Arctic (via Bloomberg)
Hurricane Sandy forced third-most people from homes worldwide in 2012 (via The Hill)
America’s first climate refugees (via The Guardian)
Climate resilience: deconstructing the new buzz-word (via Climate Progress)
Both sides in climate war blamed for cherry-picking attribution research (via InsideClimate News)
GRID
Smart meters stumble in the UK (via Greentech Media)
How “shadow bids” could hurt the demand response market (via Greentech Media)
Insights into renewables and the grid from Congress (via Greentech Media)
Water utilities to spend $2 billion on smart meters through 2020 (via Bloomberg)
ENVIRONMENT
Nations ponder how to handle busier, more polluted Arctic (via ClimateWire)
Fewer rainforests mean less energy for developing nations (via New York Times)
Tinderbox-dry Western US at high risk of major wildfires (via Climate Central)
Feds warn sequester cuts weakened readiness for wildfire season (via The Hill)
Do we need a better yardstick to measure severe droughts in US? (via Climatewire)
OPINION
The myths and realities of America’s oil and gas boom (via Greentech Media)
What to expect from EV range now and over time (via Plugin Cars)