STUFF

White House threatening to veto House legislation to fast-track Keystone pipeline.

Study: thawing tundra soils could produce lower CO2 emissions than previously thought. (Methane emissions another question.)

Moniz: energy efficiency to be key to DOE's climate change fight.

3rd auction held in Calif cap-and-trade program.

Study: during drought, some tree species absorb less CO2.

$100M refinery planned for TX's Eagle Ford.

Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220M units this yr: Digi Times.

Talisman (Canada) didn't find enough NG to warrant further shale gas development in Poland. 2nd developer to bail out in last year. Of 39 wells Poland expected this year, only 2 drilled by May. But Poland shooting themselves in foot with high taxes on developers.

Kroger setting up facility at Calif distribution center to process up to 55K tons of food waste/yr into energy instead of sending it to composting facility. Looking at replicating system at other distribution centers.

OH State U study found clean energy provisions in '08 state energy law saved consumers $170M through '12. Power bills 1.4% lower than they would have been without law. Also spurred $660M in public, private investment, 3.2K new jobs.

Santee Cooper - S Carolina-owned utility - locked down 45-yr sales agreement with Central El Power Coop, Santee's largest customer. Should lower Santee's borrowing costs.

2 yrs into Fukushima, workers still struggle to keep reactors cool while trying to contain 400 tons/d of radioactive water.

JFE, partners test drilling for 7Mw geothermal power plant in N Japan.

BYDDF launching pilot program of electric taxis -45 - in Hong Kong. Already launched trial programs in Europe, US.

Abengoa could get EUR210M from EIB for S Africa CSP project.

White House, Pentagon at odds over $510M fed program to invest in biofuel refineries.

NC added 14th power plant to lawsuit over coal ash v. Duke.

IL state senate voted to override gov's smart grid veto.