Thursday, May 26, 2016

SHELL CEO: IT WILL TAKE $1 TRILLION/YEAR OF CLEAN/RENEWABLE POWER INVESTMENT TO ACHIEVE PARIS CLIMATE GOALS


US insurers' investment in fossil fuel comps est. $459B.

Clean/renewable power jobs passed US oil/gas drilling jobs in '15. Over 8.1M global clean/ren jobs, up 5% in '15.

Air pollution from Canada oil sands vapor as substantial as largest metro areas.

EPA, NIH launched 5 new research centers to focus on communities affected by environmental threats to public health.

Antibiotics almost double methane emissions from cow poo.

Off-grid lighting boom in Africa, S Asia saved est. $3.4B for poor households.

Wind to supply 10% of US el by '20: AWEA.

NY board OK'd $485M for new Solar City (SCTY) Buffalo module factory.

Total (France) aiming for 20% clean/ren power in portfolio by '35.

Jinko Solar 122Mw order from Chile.

150M Euros for 100Mw solar project in Kazakhstan. Complimentary 50Mw biogas plant for 45M Euros.

EIB to fund $770M of wind farm project off Scotland. Online in '19.

German comp to build 500Mw solar in Iran. 3 plants.

BYD (BYDDF) partnering with Sky Power to bid on solar/power storage projects in India.

Oil/gas activities behind Texas quakes since '25: scientists.

Nigeria militants took Chevron terminal offline. Massive oil spill from bomb on pipeline. Nigeria oil production down to 1.4Mb/d.

Wells Fargo reducing 2/3 of its credit lines to oil/gas drillers.

Rosneft can't be sold on open market: Kremlin.

Chevron to invest $37B in giant Kazakhstan oil field.

Russia $1B offshore rigs - 5 rigs - contract with Iran.

50-75% of Alberta Canada's new carbon tax will be passed on to consumers.

1st phase 700Mw coal power plant project in Ghana for $1.5B. 1.3Gw phase 2.

Scientists urging US Congress to tackle food waste.

Fertilizer runoff from soy, corn crops not as bad as thought: study.

Ohio lawmakers want to cut phosphorous runoff into Lake Erie.

Minnesota partnering with Land O' Lakes to reduce farm runoff.

Thailand closed dive sites over coral bleaching crisis.

Deeper coral has better chance of surviving bleaching.

31 World Heritage sites at risk of temps, seas rise: report.

New Jersey recycling industry still under mob control: investigators.

Trump energy policy speech today.

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