Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.23.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
EU may have road map on modified carbon fix in June (via Bloomberg)
EU carbon trading reform could face second ballot in June (via RTCC)
TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL
Canada launches oil sands online environmental monitoring portal (via CBC News)
EPA balks at State’s “insufficient” review of Keystone XL route (via The Hill)
Americans more supportive of Keystone than Canadians, poll finds (via Financial Post/Bloomberg)
Keystone XL foes say 1 million comments show power of grassroots (via Houston Chronicle)
Tar sands spill poses unusual threat (via Houston Chronicle)
Hedge-fund billionaire leads donors in pushing Obama on Keystone (via Bloomberg)
Former top US pipeline regulator backs Keystone XL (via Politico)
Keystone XL opponents to train 60k activists in civil disobedience (via The Hill)
RENEWABLES
BNEF: renewables investment set to triple by 2030 (via BusinessGreen)
India offers to foot bill for 30% of solar construction costs (via Bloomberg)
As cities fill with smog, China embraces stable and regulated renewable development in 2013 (via Renewable Energy World)
US states turn against renewable energy as gas plunges (via Bloomberg)
Senators to offer bill expanding financing mechanism to renewables (via The Hill)
New tool to attract solar investors: monitor real-time performance (via Sustainable Business)
Will we ever really make much electricity from the ocean? (via EarthTechling)
CLIMATE
Report: EU urged to develop climate adaptation strategy (via BusinessGreen)
Despite unseasonable cold in EU and US, March was 10th warmest on record (via Mongabay)
Bangladesh focuses on adaptation strategy as climate fears grow (via RTCC)
US shows rapid rise of temperatures since first Earth Day (via Climate Central)
TRANSPORTATION
Report: EVs to make up 2-10% of world’s cars by 2035 (via Greentech Media)
US hybrid vehicle market share grew 41% in 2012 to 3.1% overall (via Green Car Congress)
West coast cities dominate Greenest Car Shoppers list (via Autoblog Green)
NYC launches electric taxi “fleet” with six Nissan Leaf EVs (via Autoblog Green)
Fisker Automotive misses DOE loan payment (via Los Angeles Times)
OIL
Is Saudi Arabia losing its importance in the oil market? (via Motley Fool)
Halliburton seeks a deal over Gulf oil spill (via New York Times)
GRID
Nest unleashes power of smart thermostats with data-driven services (via GigaOm)
University of British Columbia unveils smart grid energy storage system (via Renew Grid)
Why doesn’t dynamic pricing make sense for electricity customers? (via Greentech Media)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Interior chief Jewell: “one size doesn’t fit all” on fracking (via The Hill)
US trucking industry set to expand use of natural gas (via New York Times)
ENVIRONMENT
US drought worsens, scorching much of the country (via AOL Energy)
Texas and Oklahoma head to Supreme Court over water (via StateImpact Texas)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Facebook lifts the lid on its water, energy use (via GreenBiz)
OPINION
How Americans see global warming – in 8 charts (via Washington Post)
What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010 Gulf spill (via Newsweek/The Daily Beast)
Infrastructure and resilience: forging a national strategy for reconstruction and growth (via Climate Progress)
How the climate reform effort was poisoned from the inside (via The Nation)
Why aren’t younger Americans driving anymore? (via Washington Post)