Tuesday, February 2, 2016

KfW AIMING FOR UP TO EURO75B OF GREEN BONDS THIS YEAR

India coal power plant developer planning switch to solar on economics.

US govt stopping offshore California fracking to study up on enviro effects.

Industry, greens deal to phase out HFCs. (Remember ozone holes? Or are they escape hatches for GHGs? Science, pards. Science.)

El Nino studies focusing in up close.

Drought could devastate California ecosystems: USFS.

Drought bringing record die-off of juvenile salmon. (Well, juveniles always think they know more than elders.)

Health questions on BPA substitute. (Could it be worse? Always can be.)

Ocean plastic threatening oysters. (I don't eat them anyway. Bottom feeders.)

Moon affects rainfall. (Who knew?)

Flint Michigan. Fix that. And all US tap water. And even if fluoride should be in water systems. Are we that void of vision?!

A 3rd nuclear reactor restarted in Japan.

Apex investing $100M in Texas wind/solar hybrid power plant. 65.8Mw. 50.4Mw wind. Online next year. (I forgot to check what part of Texas. Sorry, pards.)

$304M loan for Yingli.

Solar World (SRWRF) revenues up 33% in '15.

Tesla (TSLA) Nevada giga batt factory ahead of schedule.

Sun Edison (SUNE) Japan asset sale.

Global energy demand to increase 25% '14 to '40: Exxon outlook.

Chevron, CNPC started natgas production from new field in China. ~345MCF/d capacity. China NG demand to increase from 6% of energy mix now to over 10% by '20.

Nigeria set to take back 9B bls crude block from Shell, Eni. And fine them.

US oil rig count down 12 last week. NG rigs down 6.

Rigs exploring N Dakota oil/gas down ~20% since start of year.

NYC Teachers' Retirement Fund lost $135M from fossil fuel investments in '15. (I'm pretty sure there's a lot of funds hurting from fossil fuel investments.)

Australian driver intentionally plowed over 17 kangaroos. (Just reporting what I read, pards. I tie me kangaroo down meself.)

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