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March 18, 2016  
 
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In today's edition, France agrees to bailout EDF in order to proceed with the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in the UK. Also, according to Exxon Mobil Russia, global natural gas demand could double by 2040 (in the Natural gas / coal section). Finally, in the same section: the end of an era as Wall Street checks out of coal mines.

 
     

“There is an overwhelming amount of hope that the Paris climate agreement could be a turning point towards a more resilient, low-carbon future. While the deal is not enough by itself, it is a major step forward.“

Al Gore, former US vice president and climate campaigner, in the Reuters' story Al Gore urges world leaders to sign Paris climate deal

     
 

Efforts to link climate change to severe weather gain ground
By Warren Cornwall - Science
Scientists are tying climate change to individual cases of extreme weather with increasing confidence and speed.
http://bit.ly/1XyqaG2

Al Gore urges world leaders to sign Paris climate deal
Reuters
World leaders must show their commitment to tackling global warming by signing the Paris climate agreement at a ceremony in April at the United Nations, climate change activist and former US vice president Al Gore said.
http://bit.ly/1UjL7q5

Way more Americans are worried about climate change
- Grist
There’s good news and there’s bad news: More Americans are concerned about climate change now than at any time in the past eight years. But that’s because the consequences are getting harder to ignore.
http://bit.ly/1Rpij99

France agrees bailout for EDF to proceed with Hinkley Point C
By Terry Macalister - The Guardian
The French government has promised a financial bailout for cash-strapped energy group EDF so that it can proceed with the £18bn plan to build the first nuclear reactors in Britain for 20 years.
http://bit.ly/1R6JG8C




Events  

Northeast RECs Regional Thought Leader Round Table
March 23, 2016
Environmental Markets Association
Office of Dentons, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York
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Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) 2016
Climate Action Reserve
May 4-6, 2016
San Diego, California
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CARBON EXPO 2016
Global Carbon Market Fair and Conference
May 25-27, 2016
Cologne
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Cleantech Innovate Scotland
June 9, 2016
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Carbon

How to Store Carbon
By Jenny Bowman - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Carbon capture and storage is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s approach to combatting climate change.
http://1.usa.gov/1R6Hnmb

 
Natural Gas/Coal

Wall Street checks out of coal mines
By Jon Marino - CNBC
Few Wall Street banks are still willing to get their hands dirty in the coal business.
http://cnb.cx/1pwW7UG

The federal coal leasing program is just corporate welfare
By Ben Adler - Grist
The federal government’s outdated programs that lease public land for fossil fuel extraction are a subsidy for climate pollution, as has been noted before by green groups, think tanks, and Grist writers.
http://bit.ly/1S6QvJJ

Farm to fleets: Manure helps Chicago startup build natural gas network
Chicago Tribune
Chicago startup AmpCNG launched at a farm in northwest Indiana that converted cow manure to renewable natural gas.
http://trib.in/21xZg2b

Global natural gas demand to double by 2040 — Exxon Mobil Russia
Tass
The global demand for the LNG will grow twice quicker than the overall gas demand growth by 2025, including LNG demand growth in the Asia-Pacific nations by more than 60% during the next decade alone.
http://bit.ly/1pOIOyL

 
Power

Hawaii Air Force unit getting own power grid that uses trash
By Audrey McAvoy - The Associated Press
The Air Force unit that defends Hawaii skies will get experimental energy technology that uses trash to generate power and relies on its own small electrical grid — a system intended to keep the unit operating if a bomb, cyberattack or natural disaster knocks out the local utility.
http://bit.ly/1U9Ix6r

Smart Grids to help provide power to all: Piyush Goyal
PTI
Power Minister Piyush Goyal today strongly advocated the need for India to adopt smart grids and concepts to improve energy access for ensuring that power reaches all in the country.
http://bit.ly/1Z6gQdO

 
CleanTech

Tesla's Product Pipeline And Its Implications
By Richard Gordon - Seeking Alpha
As noted by Seeking Alpha contributor Randy Carlson, in articles such as this, Tesla has been valued based on the confidence or skepticism that the company will manage 500,000 cars in 2020 for some time now.
http://bit.ly/1PeDEkj

 
Water

High levels of lead found in Mississippi capital's water likened to Flint crisis
By Kate Galbraith and Matthew Teague - The Guardian
Startlingly elevated levels of lead were found in the water in Mississippi’s capital in June, but a warning was not issued by government officials until January, the Guardian has learned – a contamination that bears some resemblance to the crisis in Flint, Michigan.
http://bit.ly/1R1gvaC

17 images showing how countries facing dire water shortages across the globe get this vital resource
By Courtney Verrill - Business Insider UK
Many countries throughout the world live without access to safe, clean water. Safe water is crucial to one's health — without it, people are more at risk to infectious diseases and even premature death.
http://bit.ly/1pOK2Kr

Managing the Politics of Water
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Sundeep Waslekar - Project Syndicate
This year’s World Water Day, on March 22, provides an opportunity to highlight what in many countries has become a grim reality: The availability of fresh water is increasingly a defining strategic factor in regional and global affairs.
http://bit.ly/1pr7HQq

Water Is Broken. Data Can Fix It.
By Charles Fishman - The New York Times
As a nation, we have become disciples of data.
http://nyti.ms/1TRRgtz

 
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