Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.2.14
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
CLIMATE
Obama and Modi announce agreement on U.S.-India global warming efforts (via Washington Post)
Antarctic sea ice hits new max; continent still warming (via Climate Central)
ENERGY POLICY
MIT: Global energy use, CO2 may double by 2100 (via Climate Central)
Ex-Im Bank to finance $1 billion Mexican oil and gas deal (via The Hill)
Finland’s “fickle” nuclear energy policy? (via The Hill)
RENEWABLES
2014 clean energy spending at $175 billion so far on Chinese rise (via Bloomberg)
Global clean energy investment rallies, but UK market plummets (via BusinessGreen)
Latin America on pace to install 2.3GW of solar PV in 2015 (via Greentech Media)
World Bank approves $500 million for Morocco solar (via Bloomberg)
Trina drops as Japan outlook sinks Chinese solar makers (via Bloomberg)
Property tycoon reveals $20 billion solar-led portfolio (via Bloomberg)
Vivint Solar makes public market debut, shares up modestly (via Forbes)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Hilton Worldwide achieves ISO 50001 energy management certification (via Energy Manager Today)
Japan focuses on zero-energy buildings (via CleanTechnica)
NATURAL GAS
Natural gas slips on outlook for above-normal supply gain (via Bloomberg)
Baker Huges will officially disclose fracking chemicals (via Houston Chronicle)
Exxon fracking report responds to shareholders (via ABC News/AP)
Ohio fracking waste issues go beyond chemical disclosure (via Midwest Energy News)
GRID
DOE approves transmission line to deliver Quebec hydropower to New York (via Renewable Energy World)
New Jersey Transit becomes a leader in microgrids (via Energy Collective)
OIL
U.S. crude oil exports headed to South Korea (via Energy Collective)
As U.S. debates oil train safety, local rules gather steam (via Christian Science Monitor)
Maze of federal oversight impedes North Dakota’s anti-flaring push (via Reuters)
North Dakota oil boom widens wage gap between the sexes (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
TRANSPORTATION
Tesla now has 200 Superchargers open around the world (via Autoblog Green)
Nissan Leaf makes 19 months in a row for record sales; Chevy Volt drops 21% (via Autoblog Green)
Tesla’s Musk outlines unveiling of “Model D and something else” (via Bloomberg)
COAL
Australian coal miners cutting costs not output as rebound seen (via Bloomberg)
Court upholds EPA veto in mountaintop removal mining case (via The Hill)
ENVIRONMENT
Study: Bark beetles not a wildfire bugaboo in Western U.S. (via USA Today)
POLITICS
Republicans craft 2015 plan to force Obama’s hand on Keystone (via Reuters)
Energy trade group, environmental bosses rake in green (via Greenwire)
Report: McConnell opposed coal plant as county leader (via The Hill)
OPINION
Global clean energy investment sustains its recovery (via Bloomberg)
Counting trees to save the woods: Using big data to map deforestation (via The Guardian)
Could the 2C climate target be completely wrong? (via The Guardian)
Expanding on the California Climate Credit (via Huffington Post)
Voters don’t really care about climate change, so why do Democrats keep talking about it? (via Washington Post)
The Wall Street Journal’s fresh face of climate inaction (via Slate)
The cult of Neil Degrasse Tyson (via Politico)