Monday, September 15, 2014

US, EU ORDERING COMPS TO CUT OFF EXPORTS TO RUSSIA for oil exploration within 14 days. Exxon/Rosneft Arctic project among those affected ... Dead zones expanding in Green Bay despite regs ... Gulf of Alaska unusually warm. Unusual fish showing up. Up to 5*F above avg. Even warmer in Bering Sea, off Mex west coast ... Homes near NG wells in TX face worsening water contamination ... Proximity to NG wells could be causing health problems including skin, respiratory infections: report ... Contaminated drinking water linked to faulty wells, not fracking: study ... Fed judge rejected admin's approvals of Arch Coal mine expansion in Colorado ... Viruses affect life, death of carbon-eating algae blooms: scientists ... NASA website allows countries, states, cities to track their CO2 emissions ... Denver airport committing to reducing carbon emissions ... Germany's clean power shift can ignore storage infrastructure for up to 20 years: study. Still too expensive ... Japan signed 17-year deal to buy natgas from BP at N Am prices ... Developer shelved 45-65Mw Brit Columbia hydropower project ... India's Tamil Nadu set solar power prices after 2-year failure to attract projects. 11 cents/Kwh for PV, more for solar thermal. State gets ~300 days of sun/year ... Japan promoting wooden racking for PV solar ... Canada oil exports to US up 27% yoy ... Bernstein Research: US NG production to grow 3BCF/d in '15. Demand to grow 1.2BCF/d. US 1H14 production up 4.1BCF/d yoy ... Iraq PM ordered his forces to stop indiscriminate shelling, bombing of Sunni civilian neighborhoods in ISIS-controlled areas ... Libya's last elected Parliament hiding out on car ferry anchored near Egypt border. PM traveling around Gulf drumming up support for foreign intervention. Libya oil production said rising to 1Mb/d in Oct. Head of central bank fired by Parliament-on-ferry over weekend ... Rouhani says US' ISIS coalition will have no chance of success without Iran. Iran doing, supplying much of fighting in Iraq ... Pipeline to supply Iraq power plants with Iran NG finished. But fighting in region delaying gas shipments ... ADB to provide $150M debt for clean power transmission lines in India ... Chile to allow wind, solar projects at next power auctions ... US nuke reactors can handle climate change under current rules: NRC chief.

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