Tuesday, April 14, 2015

WORLD'S LARGEST ORG OF PHYSICISTS NOW SAYS EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL WARMING not "incontrovertible", reversing '07 call. (Could we the countries be doing enough so far?) .... Judge ruled against restarting 2 nuke reactors in Japan. (Case of to be sure, fear or other?) .... Nigeria, Rosatom deal for up to $80B of nuke power development .... Ontario plans to link with Cal, Quebec for carbon market .... France to Australia: release "ambitious" climate plan that fits with 2*C target .... India launched its 1st air quality index for 10 cities .... Dutch govt sued over failing to cut GHG emissions .... Blue jellyfish-like creatures washing ashore in Oregon. (Fukushima was how many years ago? Eee.) .... Al Gore: utilities using atmos as "sewer". He's also teaming up with Tea Party to fight solar-hating utilities .... Growing "warm blob" in Pacific Ocean .... Japan GHG emissions up 1.2% to 1.4B tons in FY13 with increase of coal power gen post Fukushima. Up 9.9% in commercial sector .... New US govt reg aims to prevent offshore oil rig explosions 5 yrs post BP in GOM .... Com Ed OK'd to deploy drones for power system inspections .... Russia oil pipes spilling millions of tons/yr, causing widespread enviro damage that largely goes unreported: Greenpeace Russia .... Unplanned OPEC crude supply disruptions avg 2.7Mb/d in Feb. 2.4M avg in '14 .... Iran comps trying to buy Swiss refinery now controlled by Libyan interests .... Petro China passed Exxon as biggest energy comp by market value. Petro Chi A shares up 60% last 12 months, X down 14% .... March US oil train traffic down 7% yoy .... EIA: US coal production est 926M tons this year, down 17M from last month est .... China enviro ministry nixed 1Gw hydro dam on eco vulnerable river already damaged by construction. China hydro cap to rise 60Gw next 5 yrs .... DOE initial OK for $269M loan to Alcoa for new factory cap for aluminum for vehicles, cap coming online within months. Over $16B of DOE funds still available for loans. (DOE, please, get more creative. Alcoa's got money.) .... Duke Ohio got PUCO OK for new power security plan .... India plans push for green bonds .... SPI Solar (SOPW) buying development rights for 50Mw in UK. Projects each less than 5Mw. All online by 1Q16 .... Marubeni, EDF unit to build 146Mw solar in Chile. As much as $334M .... Martifer installed 57.8Mw solar in UK.

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