March 14, 2016 | | | | Jim Kharouf Editor-in-Chief John Lothian News | |
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| | Lead Stories | | Bad news in today's edition, some 11 states have failed to write sulfur dioxide pollution plans says the EPA (in the Carbon section). Also, an Australian study shows that CEOs survive environmental controversies unscathed. Finally, some visionary words, those uttered in 1968 by David M. Gates, an ecologist who sounded early warnings that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides, who just died at 94. | | | | | “ | ÂWe will go down in history known as an elegant technological society which underwent biological disintegration for lack of ecological understanding. |
| ” | David M. Gates, an ecologist who sounded early warnings that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides posed a potentially fatal threat to the global environment, in the New York Times' story David M. Gates Dies at 94; Sounded Early Alarm on Environmental Perils |
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Getting off scot-free: how CEOs survive environmental controversies unscathed By Alison Moodie - The Guardian Volkswagen announced on Wednesday that its top US boss, Michael Horn, would be leaving the company Âeffective immediatelyÂ, six months after the car giantÂs global CEO resigned as the emissions cheating scandal became public. http://bit.ly/1RHViP1 ***LB: Also in this story "A CEO losing his or her job following an environmental controversy is more the exception than the rule, according to a new study by researchers at AustraliaÂs University of Adelaide."
How one German region is bucking the rightwing trend by going green By Philip Oltermann - The Guardian Rightwing populists are on the rise across America and Europe, and, with anti-refugee party Alternative für Deutschland expected to sweep into three state parliaments on Sunday, Germany is no longer an exception. http://bit.ly/24YyR1K David M. Gates Dies at 94; Sounded Early Alarm on Environmental Perils By Sam Roberts - The New York Times David M. Gates, an ecologist who sounded early warnings that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides posed a potentially fatal threat to the global environment, died on March 4 in Ann Arbor, Mich. http://nyti.ms/1RYhzLd
Events | | The Wall Street Green Trading Summit Columbia University Club, New York March 14, 2016 http://jlne.ws/doFbLA Northeast RECs Regional Thought Leader Round Table March 23, 2016 Environmental Markets Association Office of Dentons, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York http://jlne.ws/1mg7iOT Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) 2016 Climate Action Reserve May 4-6, 2016 San Diego, California http://goo.gl/Ah5s1I CARBON EXPO 2016 Global Carbon Market Fair and Conference May 25-27, 2016 Cologne http://jlne.ws/1mg8bqR Cleantech Innovate Scotland June 9, 2016 http://jlne.ws/1mg6nOG |
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Carbon | EPA: 11 states have failed to write sulfur dioxide pollution plans By Devin Henry - The Hill Eleven states have failed to submit plans to reduce sulfur dioxide air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week. http://bit.ly/24Yz2dx ***LB: Also in this story "Parts of Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia have not yet reduced their sulfur dioxide emissions enough to meet federal limits, and those states have yet to tell the EPA how they intend to do so, the agency said. " | | Natural Gas/Coal | China coal protests highlight overcapacity tensions By Lucy Hornby - Financial Times Thousands of Chinese coal miners have taken to the streets in a city near the Siberian border to protest against unpaid wages, in the first direct challenge to BeijingÂs plan for orderly downsizing and job cuts in the state-owned coal sector. http://on.ft.com/1QQTK9e
Feds block Oregon natural gas export terminal By Timothy Cama - The Hill Federal officials denied a permit Friday for a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal, a rare rebuke of a gas project by the federal government. http://bit.ly/24Yz4SC | | Power | EDF chief executive warns France over Hinkley costs By Terry Macalister - The Guardian The boss of the French state-owned company behind the UKÂs first new nuclear power station for 20 years has threatened to pull the plug on the £18bn project without further backing from François HollandeÂs government. http://bit.ly/1TG4XvH
Solar, Wind Power Game Changers By Arnie Gundersen - Fairwinds Associates Historians will look back at 2015 as the turning point for producing electricity during the 21st century. The data is in: building new nuclear power plants is too expensive and takes too long. http://bit.ly/1XnR2bz
Nevada Solar Power Business Struggles To Keep The Lights On By Jeff Brady - NPR (Audio) Nevada's home solar business is in turmoil as the state's Public Utilities Commission starts to phase out incentives for homeowners who install rooftop solar panels. http://n.pr/1QWabh6
In Rhode Island, National Grid creates a solar-power shopping site By David Brooks - Granite Geek This spring, National Grid will launch a new online marketplace that allows customers in Rhode Island to shop for solar and receive an incentive for improving energy efficiency at the same time. http://bit.ly/1XnRVRn | | CleanTech | Honda Aims for Fuel-Cell Car at Hybrid Price as GM Lends Scale By Yuki Hagiwara - Bloomberg News Honda Motor Co., beginning sales of its Clarity Fuel Cell sedan in Japan, said joint work with General Motors Co. will help bring hydrogen-powered vehicle costs down to the level of hybrids within the next decade. http://bloom.bg/1QWaCI4 | | Water | BoliviaÂs water people are left high and dry By Andres Schipani - Financial Times Vicente Valero wears a poncho that tells the story of his ethnic group, the Uru-Murato, in multicoloured stripes. http://on.ft.com/1Ua22va | | Disclaimer: All John Lothian Newsletters, JohnLothianNews.com, MarketsWiki.com and MarketsReformWiki.com are products of John Lothian News, a division of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. The opinions expressed in all John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. publications are strictly those of their respective editors. They are intended solely for informative purposes and are not to be construed, under any circumstances, by implication or otherwise, as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or trade in any commodities or securities herein named. Information is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but is in no way guaranteed. No guarantee of any kind is implied or possible where projections of future conditions are attempted. Security futures are not suitable for all customers. Futures and options trading involve risk. Past results are no indication of future performance. Nothing on any John J. Lothian & Company site should be considered an endorsement by any sponsor of any website or newsletter content.
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