Saturday, May 14, 2016

US BEEKEEPERS LOST 44% OF THEIR BEES APRIL '15 TO APRIL '16. WORSE THAN '14-'15.


Senate passed $37B energy, water development spending bill. Also $1.1B to fight Zika.

EU, US, Colombia moving forward with Paris climate agreement.

Nonprofit groups alliance to spur corp clean energy purchases.

New EPA methane emissions rules only for oil/gas infra built after '15. With '12 regs, on course for 20-30% emissions cut by '25: EPA. (White House promised 40-45% by then.)

Bakken oil ops emit 275K tons of methane/yr: NOAA.

USDA ag program est. to cut GHG emissions 120M metric tons by '25. Equiv to emissions from 25M cars.

Champs-Elysees going vehicle-free on 1st Sundays every month.

New Mexico 17th state to reach 1Gw installed wind power.

IFC invested in Turkey's 1st green bond - $300M.

KfW issued 8-yr 1B Euro green bond.

Nigeria out of money for solar subsidies.

US infra woefully underfunded (including power industry): ASCE.

Coffee shortage expected from climate change.

Tesla X model launch in China.

GM lagging on emissions, EV goals.

AEP seeking up to 900Mw new wind, solar power.

Nissan, Eaton to launch residential energy storage product.

Abengoa 340M Euro net loss 1Q.

Shell leaked thousands of gallons oil into Gulf of Mex. Shutdown 4 Gulf wells.

3,900 fracking spill sites in N Dakota: Duke U.

US oil rig count down 10 last week. Natgas count up 1.

Iran offering discounts on oil to Asia.

OPEC production up 188Kb/d in April to 32.44Mb/d.

More oil offline in Nigeria - up to 337Kb/d.

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