Wednesday, November 23, 2016
TRUMP EASED STANCE ON CLIMATE, PARIS ACCORDS
Global CO2 output from human activity is 37 gigatons/year, ~40% of world's natural carbon cycle of 750/year. Human-caused CO2 has been absorbed by oceans and land. But that's ending.
Exxon accusing Rockefellers of climate conspiracy.
Arctic sea ice hitting record lows.
Bolivia declared state of emergency due to historic drought.
Army Corps dredging caused coral death near Miami: study.
Coal mining harming Great Barrier Reef: marine park head.
EU urged to support comps wanting to go 100% clean/renewable.
US western states suing BLM over methane emissions rule.
World Alliance for Climate Techs launched by Solar Impulse Foundation.
Tucson El broke ground on 10Mwh power storage using lith-ion batt tech with 2Mw solar power. Online 1H17.
14Mw community solar online in Massachusetts. NRG Energy built.
Saud, China comps to build 170Mw solar in Morocco.
Walmart plans to power 1/2 of its ops from clean/ren by '25, an 18% cut of their carbon footprint.
Sweden to abolish solar tax. Also to offer 60% subsidies for residential power storage costs up to $5.6K.
Amazon announced 5 new solar farms in Virginia to bring its total to 260Mw solar.
Mosaic got $550M new solar loan funding.
USAID $4M for Africa off-grid solar power startups.
Tesla powering American Samoa island with 1.4Mw solar. 60 Tesla power packs. Now online.
Vestas 8Mw wind turbines now online at 258Mw DONG Energy offshore wind project.
Over 200K EV sales estimated for Europe this year.
Renault Sweden proposing special EV drivers licenses.
Tesla launch in New Zealand.
Britain's last coal power plant likely to shutter in '22.
S Africa hitting brakes on nuke power development.
Eni investing $8B in natgas development offshore Mozambique.
US natgas storage at all-time high, 5.6% over 5-year avg for time of year.
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