Wednesday, December 23, 2015

DISAPPEARING SEA ICE LINKED TO MORE PRECIP IN ARCTIC: STUDY .... MOST REPUBLICANS SUPPORT GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION: POLL

Rain would melt even more snow/ice in Arctic, stall onset of autumn snow.

California mountain snow pack now above avg.

Over 6B gallons of water raised Lake Tahoe almost 2 inches in 24 hours, helping recovery from 4-year drought.

US powergen emitted lowest CO2 in April '15 of any month in last 25 years. 128M metric tons.

Senator Reid wants tax credits for all clean power, not just solar and wind.

Current models of forest carbon may be wrong: study.

MT, WY, KY asking EPA to reconsider Clean Power Plan. (Coal states.)

Michigan can meet initial Clean Power Plan targets with no changes: officials.

Indonesia cracking down on comps blamed for wildfires.

Scotland to cut renewables subsidies.

Sunpower (SPWR) 50Mw farm online in Colorado.

Gamesa 30Mw order for US wind project online in Oct.

Japan OK'd restart of 2 more reactors in Jan.

MIT developing solar cell using lead recycled from discarded batts. Looking for more benign material. Perovskites.

Wind, solar now providing over 5% of US powergen.

Conoco pulling out of Russia. Selling 50% stake in JV with Rosneft.

India to double ethanol blend at pump to 10%.

US automakers OK E15 blend for 70% of new vehicles. They OK'd 60% of last year models.

Montana to allow bison outside Yellowstone.

DOE lab making plutonium to fuel space missions.

PA Supreme Court OK'd using sewage sludge on farms.

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