Friday, August 14, 2015

DISTRIBUTED SOLAR PV PRICES FELL SHARPLY FOR 5TH STRAIGHT YEAR: DOE .... China air pollution killing 4K people/d .... Over 60 dead from Egypt heat wave .... Puerto Rico calling on DOD for drought aid .... Soaring temps prompting calls for "heat days" at Hawaii schools .... Over 1K dead from heat waves in India, Pakistan in last few months .... Olympic Natl Park rainforest caught fire for 1st time in living memory .... Farmers cutting phosporous discharges into Everglades. But not enough .... Major shocks to global food production to be 3X more likely within 25 yrs from global warming climate change: report .... Some states fighting Clean Power Plan still on track to meet targets: report .... Indonesia scientists urging their nation to protect mangroves to mitigate climate change .... LA villages sinking with Gulf of Mex eating away at land .... Chile to release "ambitious" climate targets in Oct .... President of Kiribati pushing for end to all new coal mines .... Court ruled 2 WV coal mines degraded waterways .... Japan enviro minister won't back another coal plant .... EPA halted all mine cleanup work after Animas spill .... Liver disease threatening frogs worldwide .... Puget Sound cities asking for voluntary 10% water cuts .... Cal regulators ordered US' strictest shower head standard .... Mercury emissions in Asia more than previously thought: study .... Indonesia seized ship hauling slave-caught fish .... 15 states requesting emergency stay of EPA Clean Power Plan at right-wing court .... Nevada regulators turned down bid to continue existing net-metering policy for solar .... New quakes near Okla City. Presumed from fracking .... Cable TV comps cut 3M tons of carbon emissions in '14 .... "Overshoot Day" - day each year when human demands on Earth outstrip planet's ability to regenerate - 6 days earlier this year than '14. We now consume 1.6 Earths/yr .... India preventing Greenpeacers from leaving country, freezing their funds .... Tesla (TSLA) upped stock sale to $650M at $242/sh .... Exxon $40B oil/gas discovery in Guyana rankling Venezuela .... Now appears many of new Russia natgas projects won't be completed/pursued .... 6Mw solar plant turned on in Honduras .... Capital Stage (Germany) buying 14Mw solar (2 farms) for $19M .... Brazil OK'd 97Mw solar/wind project.

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