Thursday, November 12, 2015

EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS AFFECTED 96% OF AMERICANS .... OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA .... WORLD'S 1ST DEEP SEA MINING EXTRACTORS

Extreme weather disasters affected 96% of Americans in last 5 yrs: data.

Ozone hole over Antarctica near record size.

US "laggard" in fossil fuels subsidies reform: study.

US State Dept task force to determine how best to include climate change issues in country risk assessments.

EPA to give only wind, solar power early credit in state clean power plans. (What's wrong with nuclear, hydro, geothermal, batt storage?!)

S Africa drought raising fears of crop failures.

Sunpower (SPWR) to sell rooftop solar, batt storage in Cal to sell to wholesale power market.

Sauds submitted climate targets for Paris summit.

US crude stocks up est. 6.3M bls last week: API. 40 oil tankers reportedly waiting to unload in Texas: report.

EIA sees non-OPEC oil production to fall 300Kb/d in '16; US shale oil production to fall 118Kb/d in Dec.

China exports down in Oct for 4th month in a row. Their industrial production in Oct up 5.6% over last Oct.

2nd major NG discovery off Mauritania.

Gazprom trying to tempt Georgia away from Azeri NG.

Next Era Energy: would take $30B for Hawaii to achieve 100% clean/renewable power by '45.

PSC OK'd 3 Mississippi Power solar projects. ~105Mw total.

Enel Green Power started building 129Mw wind farm in Mexico. Online in 2H16. EGP investment ~$250M.

HSBC $1B green bond commitment.

World's 1st deep sea mining extractors built.

Chinook salmon #s bouncing back despite drought.

~10K new solar, wind power industry jobs in 3Q: report.

VW deception may be legal in Europe.

Montreal released raw sewage into St Lawrence R.

Roundup ingredient doesn't cause cancer: EU agency.

Nevada residents oppose utility plan to charge solar users more: poll.

Thailand returning smuggled orangutans to Indonesia.

Chems sprayed on top of BP spill in Gulf of Mex (remember that spill?) did not help disperse oil: U of Georgia study.

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