Monday, May 18, 2015

25% OF VEHICLES CAUSE 90% OF EMISSIONS: STUDY. (I'm thinking trucks. I don't think they included airplanes.) .... Enviros' suit in Cal v. illegal oil wastewater injection. Contaminating aquifers across state .... LA aqueduct went dry to preserve water .... Lake Mead has dropped 150 ft in last 14 yrs .... Canada pledged to reduce GHG emissions 30% below '05 levels by '30 .... Ontario set new emissions target .... 41 US states exploring Clean Power Plan options despite Republican rhetoric .... FERC calling for reliability mechanism in Clean Power Plan .... China emissions on track for record yearly drop. Greenpeace says emissions down 8% in 1Q. Equal to total emissions of UK. China coal use down 6% in 1Q. China 30% of global GHG emissions. Surpassed EU in per capita emissions in '14. China to make green vehicles tax exempt .... LA area could see doubling of extreme heat days by mid-century .... El Nino expected to persist through summer, could bring heavy rains to southern US .... Brit Columbia 7 yrs ago was 1st in N Am to adopt carbon tax. Cut fossil fuel use without hurting econ .... Okla lawmakers approved halt of 2 wind power tax credits .... Avg amount of miles between train accidents with passenger injuries 84,300 miles in US. 4.9M in France, 4.1M in Germany .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) got $44M loan for 10Mw project .... Hanwha (HQCL) turned on 45Mw solar farm in UK .... Blue Sphere (BLSP) bought 4 biogas facilities in Italy .... NRC disclosed 4 US utilities requested review of Lightbridge (LTBR) metallic fuel design .... Real Goods Solar (RGSE) 1-for-20 reverse stock split .... L'Oreal to 3D print human skin .... Goldman sees oil at $50 at end of decade .... Buffett's NV Energy opposing proposal to increase cap on rooftop solar net metering in Nevada .... Clean Energy ETFs doing well so far this year. GEX up 17%. TAN up 37%. All 12 beating market. Combined assets now over $1B. Volatility ~2x S&P .... Solar CIty (SCTY) doubled installs in 1Q yoy .... Cost of much of Europe's natgas, including Russia imports, linked to cost of crude .... Oil prices gained 9th week in row, 30-yr record for consecutive weekly gains .... Analysts expect US oil/liquids production to grow 675Kb/d this year, 425K in '16 .... IEA: still 2Mb/d global oil/liquids surplus .... Revenue sharing from Baghdad to Erbil (Kurds) breaking down. Development budget for 1 of Iraq's largest oil fields cut $1B this year .... Obama expected to sign bill for Congress review of Iran deal .... Sauds long suspected of financing Pakistan nuke weapons development. So, if bad Iran nuke deal for Sauds, they could possibly have nukes overnight .... Russia GDP down 1.9% in 1Q. Ukraine down 17%. EBRD outlook for Russia, Ukraine: recession through '15 .... Russia drilled ~8.6K new oil wells in '14 to maintain production. US ~36K. 399 in Saudi Arabia .... Ameresco (AMRC?) contract for 18.6Mw solar plant on Ft. Derrick in MD. Online 1Q16. To provide 12% of base's power demand .... Vestas got order for 19.8Mw wind power in Australia. 3.3Mw turbines .... GA Power started solar projects on 2 army bases. Part of 3 30Mw projects on bases. Online by '17 .... Pattern Energy (PEGI) closed on $304M buy of 2 Wind Capital wind farms.

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