Econ models underestimate climate change: Institute for Policy Integrity. Economists agree climate change a serious threat, immediate action needed.
Consuming all food discarded because visually unappealing would eliminate 1B tons carbon emissions/yr: Ugly Mugs.
Climate change may boost groundwater supply in tropical countries: study.
US wildfire season expected to be worst in history.
US House voted to phase out microbeads by '18. Americans dump up to 300tons/yr into waterways. Water plants can't filter. Sponges for toxins. Fish eat them. (Thank you, US House.)
Eating less meat helps to decrease global warming: Schwarzenegger. (Especially beef.)
Midwest grid operator OK'd $2.75B of new power transmission lines.
Sun Edison (SUNE) to supply 5Mw power storage for Ontario grid for 10 years. Imergy vanadium redox flow batt tech. Online in '17.
US not prepared for tar sands oil spills: study.
US oil production down 60Kb/d in Nov to 9.17M: EIA.
USDA $70M loan guarantee for wood waste cellulosic biorefinery in Georgia.
Volvo OK'd renewable diesel for all its engines. (Didn't see what percent.)
Exxon to start fracking in Colombia. Chevron, Dow Chem to frack in Argentina.
OPEC production to increase, global oil demand to slow in '16: IEA. No price recovery in '16.
Greenbacker buying 10Mw Montana wind farm from Fairfield Wind for $19M.
Germany awarded 93 solar bids - 204Mw - in 3rd tender.
RWE OK'd clean/renewable power spinoff.
Dow, DuPont to merge, then split into 3.
EPA grants to replace, upgrade diesel school buses.
Beijing doubling its air monitoring.
Japan to slash steelmaking emissions.
Happy weekend, pards.
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