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Energy and Environment News Roundup – 7.9.12

Marcacci Communications publishes a daily roundup of energy and climate news and opinion. Inclusion of articles does not mean endorsement. Client relationships are disclosed where applicable.

RENEWABLES 

IEA predicts 40 percent boost in renewables capacity by 2017 (via BusinessGreen)

Tax fears grow as Spain keeps wind and solar waiting (via Recharge)

Wind power faces taxing headwind (via Wall Street Journal)

First solar bonds financing $4.6 billion US panel boom (via Bloomberg)

Despite postponement, GE still committed to Aurora solar factory (via Denver Post)

ENERGY INDUSTRY 

Monthly coal- and natural gas-fired generation equal for first time in April 2012 (via US EIA)

North Carolina agencies investigating Duke Energy CEO shuffle (via Reuters)

OIL

Coast Guard repair order could delay Shell Arctic drilling (via Houston Chronicle)

Ice, logistics delay Shell Alaska drilling plans (via Reuters)

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS 

Trillions at stake in sea level rise for 20 global port cities (via Climate Central)

EU ministers to discuss funding climate change adaptation, water (via Bloomberg)

Getting crops ready for a warmer tomorrow (via Wall Street Journal)

Top US science official: “climate change is underway…it’s having consequences in real time” (via Climate Progress)

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported (via Green Car Congress)

Climate change plays a role in wildfires – but not the only one (via Time)

Texas plant may be first casualty of greenhouse gas rules (via Houston Chronicle)

ENVIRONMENT 

New record low snow and ice in Arctic (via Mother Jones)

US corn growers farming in Hell as Midwest heat spreads (via Bloomberg)

UK floods will cost tens of millions of pounds, insurers say (via Bloomberg)

Deadly floods strike Russia (via Yahoo! News/AP)

TRANSPORTATION 

Popularity of fuel-efficient vehicles lowering demand for gasoline in Japan (via Green Car Congress)

Brief suggests smart grid and EV technologies could be mutually beneficial (via Green Car Congress)

Plug-in vehicles taking the slow road to 1 million in sales (via Christian Science Monitor)

Nissan to push Leaf to mass market (via Triple Pundit)

California approves $27 million in green vehicle incentives (via Autoblog Green)

Living in sprawl can cost you up to $10,000 extra a year (via Autoblog Green)

GREEN BUSINESS 

Apple bows out of program for environment-minded products (via CNET)

GREEN BUILDING 

US, other rich nations set the trend in “green building” (via Environmental Leader)

Benchmarking is step one of commercial energy efficiency (via Greentech Media)

CLEAN TECH 

California bill helps pave way for lithium gold rush (via Forbes)

Urban mining: billions in precious metals discarded in landfills (via Triple Pundit)

NUCLEAR 

Areva looks to China as France rethinks nuclear power (via Bloomberg)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS 

Keystone oil pipeline finds champions in Montana Democrats eyeing local benefits (via Washington Post)

Keystone XL pipeline would add link in US-Canada trade relations (via Washington Post)

OPINION 

A hotter West – climate change effects undeniable (via Salt Lake Tribune)

A carbon tax – the most sensible tax of all (via New York Times)

Is global warming causing wind weather? (via National Journal)

Vaclav Smil: there’s no way we’re staying under 450 ppm (via The New Fuelist)

How air conditioning transformed the US economy (via Washington Post)

OTHER NEWS

An additional roundup of energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress

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