STUFF

WHO: diesel fumes cause cancer. Same order of magnitude as secondhand smoke.

Climate Central: warming trend in US intensified after '70.

NY gov proposing to limit fracking to counties along PA border and allow it only in communities in favor of it.

USAF top E official: biofuels burn cleaner and cooler in aircraft engines, potentially adding lifespan. (Reducing maintenance costs?)

Polling: Americans prefer climate regs over market-based measures. And Gallup: 57% of Chinese want more investment in environment over economy. (I would guess so with that water and air pollution.)

NOAA ordered investigation of dolphin deaths in TX.

Exxon moving forward on North Slope NG development.

Small leak shut down Mich reactor.

US solar installs 506MW in Q1. Up 85% over '11. GTM Research bumped up '12 projections 15% to 3.3GW. 1.8GW installed in '11. Projected growth flat for '13, 5.3GW for '14, 6.6GW for '15, 8.4GW for '16. Avg module prices $.94/w, down 47% from '11. Total US solar capac 4.4GW.

Solar E Industry Ass: More investment needed in US solar workforce development.

LS9 opened demo 135K liter advanced biofuels plant in FL. Commercial-scale plant planned for '14-'15.

Fed court ordered restraint on GEVO sales pending prelim injunction decision.

UN Global Renewables Status Report '12: clean/renewable E accounted for almost half of est. 208GW new elgen added globally in '11. Biofuels provided 3% of global road trans fuels in '11.

TEPCO signed long-term LNG contract with Qatar. 1M tons/y.

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) 1 of most commonly-used plastics in world. Usually derived from oil, creating huge amounts of of non-biodegradable waste. So now Coke, Ford, Heinz, Nike, P&G to work together to develop plant-based plastics. (More demand on land and ag. Maybe they can grow stuff in oceans.)