Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.30.12

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ENERGY POLICY 

China’s looming conflict between energy and water (via Yale e360)

Japanese power utilities post record losses for 2011-2012 (via Platts)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

US “dirty oil” imports set to triple over next decade (via CNNMoney)

TransCanada to soon re-file for Keystone XL approvals (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Study: wind farms may have local warming effect (via Reuters)

German solar installs almost double last year’s, regulator says (via Bloomberg)

Australia becomes one of the first countries to achieve grid parity for solar (via EnergyNext)

Japan targets 13% rise in green energy by 2013 (via BusinessGreen)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.27.12

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RENEWABLES 

India’s solar market shows dramatic spurt (via Energy Next)

UK Launches North Sea renewable energy hub (via Reuters)

Solar soars as fastest growing new US utility source (via Earth Techling)

US subsidy boom and bust is ‘a threat to green sector’ (via Recharge)

Wind power industry warns tax credit lapse will hurt jobs (via Renewables Biz)

Largest solar PV plant in North America comes on-line (via Greentech Media)

TAR SANDS 

Vancouver council, park board to formally oppose Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion (via Vancouver Sun)

GREEN BUSINESS 

London Olympics carbon footprint 20% lower as venue sizes cut (via Bloomberg)

US corporate sustainability falling short, Ceres finds (via Environmental Leader)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.26.12

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NUCLEAR

Austria decides to forgo importing nuclear power by 2015 (via EnergyCentral)

Small nuclear reactors generate hype, questions about cost (via St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Calls for closure of San Onofre reactor (via EnergyCentral)

RENEWABLES

Indian solar boom faces challenges (via Livemint)

UK government aims to ignite biomass industry with new strategy (via BusinessGreen)

Power generation from solar PV costs double as compared to wind (via EnergyNext)

Biogas market to reach $8.9 billion by 2017 (via Environmental Leader)

UK’s Cameron sees North Sea as green energy hub (via Reuters)

Head of Japan’s FIT panel backs generous rates for renewables (via Recharge)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.25.12

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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT 

Climate goals require $5 trillion investment by 2020 (via Bloomberg)

Unilever: climate change cost company €200m last year (via BusinessGreen)

GREEN BUILDING 

Green infrastructure could save cities billions (via The Atlantic)

LA shines as Energy Star building leader (via Earth Techling)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Interior: fracking regs still not ready for prime time (via The Hill)

ALEC and ExxonMobil push loopholes in fracking chemical disclosure rules (via ProPublica)

TRANSPORTATION

Gamesa and Toyota ink electric vehicle partnership (via BusinessGreen)

Biofuel powers Boeing 787 across the Pacific (via Earth Techling)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.24.12

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GREEN BUSINESS 

Intel tops list of ‘green power’ users (via United Press International)

Wells Fargo to invest $30 billion in environmental financing (via BusinessGreen)

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT 

Boulder scientists distinguish sources of CO2 in the air (via Energy Central)

3 things businesses need to know about extreme weather (via GreenBiz)

Fees and anger rise in California water war (via New York Time)

NJ withdraws from federal lawsuit with EPA (via Newark Star-Ledger)

TRANSPORTATION 

China’s dream of electric car leadership elusive despite heavy government subsidies (via Washington Post/AP)

Court blocks injunction on California low carbon fuel standard (via Sacramento Bee)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.23.12

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TRANSPORTATION 

US regulators to examine electric car battery safety (via Bloomberg)

IBM speeds push for 500-mile EV battery (via CNET)

Royal Caribbean ships to cut up to 20% of energy, GHGs (via Environmental Leader)

Will California’s ZEV mandate expand across the country? (via Autoblog Green)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

EU vote on tar sands oil delayed until 2013 (via Reuters)

All down the line: the economic and environmental impact of Keystone XL (via StateImpact Texas)

RENEWABLES 

US, Britain to develop floating offshore wind technology (via Bloomberg)

Japan may announce preferential rates for clean energy in April (via Bloomberg)

Congressional bill slashes funding for clean energy investment (via Greentech Media)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.20.12

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EARTH DAY

The weirdest, worst PR crap we’ve seen this Earth Day (via Grist)

How to destroy the planet (via Bloomberg)

OIL/GASOLINE 

Audit finds ‘significant’ errors in Gulf oil spill compensation process (via The Hill)

BP spill fight looms with feds, despite settlement of private claims (via Huffington Post)

Two years after BP oil spill, offshore drilling still poses risks (via Washington Post)

EU could review Iran oil ban in coming months (via Reuters)

GRID 

California rules on analog opt-outs, finalizes smart grid metrics (via Greentech Media) 

US credit rating ‘threatens smart grid deployment’ (via Environmental Leader)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.19.12

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KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

House GOP clears highway bill with Keystone pipeline mandate, thwarts Obama (via The Hill)

TransCanada offers new Keystone XL pipeline route (via Omaha World-Herald)

RENEWABLES

Clean energy subsidies are vanishing – what should replace them? (via Washington Post)

Rivers flowing into ocean a power source? (via United Press International)

Solar energy blooms in India (via Earth2Tech)

Siemens figures out what to do with night wind (via CleanTechnica)

Danger from Three Gorges Dam may force 100,000 to move (via Seattle Times/AP)

Ontario leads Canada’s record-setting wind power expansion (via CleanTechnica)

Poll finds majority of UK public backs wind development (via Recharge)

COAL 

US coal exports to China may double in 2012 (via… Continue reading >

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.18.12

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EMISSIONS/CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT

Italy to introduce carbon tax to fund green energy (via Reuters)

In poll, most Americans link extreme weather to climate change (via New York Times)

Data centers have major carbon footprint, report says (via Washington Post)

Mapping disease to climate (via Mother Jones)

Evaluating California’s cap and trade program (via Energy Collective)

RENEWABLES

McKinsey: solar will be cost competitive within a decade (via BusinessGreen)

EU makes €50m pledge for clean energy schemes in developing countries (via The Guardian)

Poland awards 4.5GW of offshore wind zones, relents onshore (via Recharge)

New Zealand to work with Indonesia on geothermal growth (via Recharge)

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 4.17.12

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NUCLEAR 

Japan to be without nuclear power after May 5 (via Reuters)

New underwater images show damage at Fukushima (via Yahoo! News)

ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

US greenhouse gas emissions grow in ’10, EPA finds (via The Hill)

Sustainability indicator: 396.53 CO2 parts per million in atmosphere (via Bloomberg)

‘Clean cookstoves’ draw support, but they may not improve indoor air quality (via Washington Post)

RENEWABLES 

Europe shows modest growth in renewables (via United Press International)

US and China uncertainty clouds wind’s prospects, GWEC says (via Recharge)

Loans to dominate Australia’s $10.3 billion clean energy funding (via Recharge)

US biofuel cropland mapped for lower impact (via Earth Techling)