STUFF

TOP STUFF

Cal cap and trade system kick off today with auction.

EPA approved revised mercury/toxics proposal for new power plants.

DOE building factory in SC to turn plutonium from bombs into fuel for reactors. NRC looking at ways to relax security rules on plutonium in fuel form.

Gulf coast states may seek $20B or more in civil pollution penalties for BP spill.

Patriot Coal has decided to phase out Appalachian mountain top removal mining.

Long Island Power facing > $800M in Sandy damages. Unclear how they will pay for it. 1.1M customers.

Global CO2 emissions rose 2.5% in '11 to 34B tons, a new record.

OTHER STUFF

Iran postponed planned start-up of research reactor until '14. Experts say it could potentially offer 2nd route to produce bomb material. They are also ready to double output at underground enrichment facility: UN. IAEA says 2,784 centrifuges at Fordo, 700 operating.

Flooding, theft, corruption dropping Nigerian crude production. July deliveries down ~500K bls over year ago. Exxon's Nigeria spill spreading.

Shell moving NG supply again to Nigeria LNG. But their oil exports still on hold.

Norway might not meet oil/NG  production targets for year. "Technical problems" @ several offshore fields.

Chesapeake Energy's  prospects of getting oil out of east Ohio have dimmed.

Iraq govt considers deals between Gazprom, Kurd govt to be illegal.

BP won $1B bid to explore offshore Nova Scotia.

China el demand up 6.1% in Oct over year ago.

TX getting 26% of power from wind, set record.

Iceland signed on with World Bank to play role in major geothermal project in 13 east Africa countries.

South TX institutions got $1.3M for workforce training for oil/NG industry.

Uganda plundering its forests.

GEVO defeated Butamax appeals over patent infringement.

NSF granted $19M to U of Mass Lowell to find ways to recycle wind turbine parts. Worn-out parts now ending up burned or in landfills.

CIA shut down its Center on Climate Change and National Security earlier this year. Staff, analyses continuing under other auspices.

A123 received grant payout same day they filed for bankruptcy. (Shouldn't that get looked at?)

Delhi, India banned plastic bags.

Areva plans to build new wind turbine factory in Scotland.

Knoxville announced $10M available for E efficiency loans.

Ameresco (AMRC) Q3 revs down 28%, income down 35%. Helps institutions, mostly govt entities, improve their E infra, reduce E use w/out cap outlay or increased E budget.

World fish catch fell to 90M tons in '12 so far.