Tuesday, September 23, 2014

WORLD LEADERS PLEDGING ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING at 1st-ever UN climate summit ... Global business leaders back carbon price at summit ... Global warming climate change could cause 250K more deaths/yr by '30-'50: WHO ... Green bonds needed to meet 2*C target: HSBC ... Krispy Kreme, other comps pledge to curb deforestation. Cargill joined palm oil makers pledging forest protection ... Brazil refused to endorse UN anti-deforestation initiative ... US State Dept lending support for intl methane emissions reductions ... US Treasury Sec warned of high costs of global warming climate change inaction ... Global warming climate change will harm water quality, supply in Calif Central Valley: DOI study ... New England lobsters already moving north to Canada because of warming seas ... Cal to start collecting data on who's prepared for rising sea ... Kiribati secured land deal with Fiji because of rising sea ... Mayors of Houston, LA, Philly promise more climate action ... World cities have potential to reduce annual GHG emissions 8B tons by '50 through better local energy management: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Equivalent of cutting global coal use by over half ... Germany set to miss '22 climate target as coal use increases ... Hong Kong seeks to reduce GHG emissions 50% from '05 levels by '20 ... Kazakhstan aiming to add over 3Gw clean/renewable power by '20. 713Mw from 28 solar plants ... PNNL ID'ing over 300 proteins in bacterium capable of converting CO2 into other molecules ... Enbridge buying additional 17.5% stake in 300Mw Quebec wind project, 30% more stake in other 150Mw Quebec wind project for $225M total. Partnering with EDF Canada ... US scientists ID'd new kind of polymer that improves solar powgen efficiency 15%. Allows el charges to move more easily through cells ... Enviro groups challenging judicial ruling upholding Utah decision to allow proposed nuclear plant to use Green River water ... GE to supply 100Mw of wind turbines for Morocco project. Morocco target 2Gw wind power by '20. GE also to supply 40Mw of turbines for Poland wind project ... IKEA to expand customer solar offer to 8 more countries over next 18 months ... Greencoat (UK) to raise 100M Pounds from stock sale for UK wind projects ... EIB, AFD, EC financing 70.5M Euro solar plant in Africa ... Japan forecast to add 8Gw of solar in '14 ... CECEP Wind Power raised $63M from IPO.

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