Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.2.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Federal shutdown weakens weather and climate operations (via Washington Post)
What the shutdown means for energy and environment programs (via Climate Progress)
EMISSIONS
California and Quebec take another step toward linking cap-and-trade programs (via Green Car Congress)
California’s cap and trade market still needs a price ceiling (via Energy Collective)
COAL
Coal to surpass gas in Southeast Asia power boom, says IEA (via Bloomberg)
RENEWABLES
France launches 80MW tidal power tender (via Recharge)
Analysis shows wind tax credit would cost billions (via The Hill)
Washington DC unanimously passes community solar legislation (via Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE
Poland pits itself against EU climate pledges (via Reuters)
Fossil fuel interests ready to pump millions into climate change debate (via Forbes)
Three things we aren’t as sure of as climate change but accept as fact (via Climate Progress)
Wildfire season could be longer, more intense by 2050 due to climate change (via National Journal)
Climate adaptation goes mainstream in Wisconsin (via Grist)
Yosemite’s largest ice mass is melting fast (via Los Angeles Times)
OIL
Public health report released on 2010 Michigan oil spill (via Houston Chronicle)
At trial, BP denies dithering during response to US Gulf spill (via Reuters)
TRANSPORTATION
Nearly 64,000 public EV charging stations installed worldwide (via Navigant Research)
Once you go electric, you don’t go back, finds study (via BusinessGreen)
Tesla Model S was best-selling car in Norway during September (via Green Car Congress)
Nissan Leaf outsells Chevy Volt 1,953 to 1,766 in September (via Autoblog Green)
GM intensifies military hydrogen fuel cell research (via BusinessGreen)
$2 billion for cleaner vehicles in California (via CleanTechnica)
GRID
40MW energy storage facility goes live in Ohio (via Renew Grid)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Chambers of Commerce want fracking oversight left to states (via Midwest Energy News)