| March 4, 2016 | | | | | Jim Kharouf
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| | | | Lead Stories | | | | In today's edition, good news for the Obama administration: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. refused to block an Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. And there is no denying any more: February was EarthÂs warmest month in the satellite record. Finally, in the Power section, Brazil's clean-energy boom is running out of steam, as the slumping economy dries up credit, curbs power demand and threatens new transmission lines needed to connect projects to the grid. | | | | | | | | “ | | ÂIÂve always cautioned fellow skeptics that itÂs dangerous to claim no warming. There has been warming. The question is how much warming thereÂs been and how does that compare to whatÂs expected and whatÂs predicted. |
| ” | | Roy Spencer, research scientist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, in the Washington Post's story February was EarthÂs warmest month in the satellite record |
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Chief Justice Rejects Effort to Block E.P.A. Limit on Power Plants
By Adam Liptak - The New York Times
In a significant victory for the Obama administration, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday refused to block an Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants.
http://jlne.ws/1UCbg2n
Oregon lawmakers approve far-reaching climate change bill
By Devin Henry - The Hill
Oregon lawmakers have approved a bill to slash coal-fired power in their state, a measure hailed by environmentalists as a major victory in the fight against climate change.
http://jlne.ws/24E2Zzj
February was EarthÂs warmest month in the satellite record
By Jason Samenow - The Washington Post
The temperature of the lowest section of the atmosphere hit its highest level on record in February, as estimated by weather satellites.
http://jlne.ws/1p2imkZ
Union Leader Urges Trudeau to Create 'One Million Climate Jobs'
By Mychaylo Prystupa - TheTyee.ca
A serious debate over the energy jobs of the future is underway at a sustainability business conference in Vancouver, with national unions urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to create "1 million climate jobs" in new industries that reduce greenhouse gases.
http://jlne.ws/1WXsAxq
Berta Cáceres, Honduran environment and human rights activist, murdered
By Jonathan Watts - The Guardian
Berta Cáceres, the Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, has been murdered, barely a week after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project.
http://jlne.ws/1ppk6EW
The Arctic just set an ominous new record
By Chris Mooney - The Washington Post
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the warmth of the Arctic this year  featuring temperature departures many degrees Celsius above normal  had scientists floored.
http://jlne.ws/1Qo1jTp
| 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
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Global Carbon Market Fair and Conference
May 25-27, 2016
Cologne
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June 9, 2016
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| Carbon | | VW CEO was told about emissions crisis a year before admitting to cheat scandal
By Rupert Neate - The Guardian
VolkswagenÂs chief executive was told about the companyÂs illegal emissions crisis more than a year before it admitted it was systematically cheating on US regulators tests.
http://jlne.ws/1LXdKRS | | | | Natural Gas/Coal | | Gazprom secures 2bn euros loan from Bank of China
By Jack Farchy - Financial Times
Gazprom has agreed to borrow 2bn euros from Bank of China in its largest ever bilateral loan as it braces for export gas prices to fall to a 10-year low.
http://jlne.ws/1RKZvnB
Locals oppose plans to build first coal-fired power plant in Kenya
By Anthony Langat - The Guardian
Azure sky, clear sea and a busy seafront create the picturesque views of Lamu Old Town, the oldest and Swahili settlement in east Africa and an Unesco world heritage site.
http://jlne.ws/1njNlY0 | | | | Power | | Proposed Polish law would 'shackle' wind power, says industry
By Arthur Neslen - The Guardian
A draft Polish law that would impose a raft of exacting demands on windfarm developers is nothing less than a bid to sabotage the countryÂs renewable energy prospects, according to EuropeÂs wind industry.
http://jlne.ws/1QOSXRF Brazil's Clean-Energy Boom Running Out of Steam
By Vanessa Dezem - Bloomberg News
BrazilÂs renewable energy industry is poised for a setback this year as the slumping economy dries up credit, curbs power demand and threatens new transmission lines needed to connect projects to the grid.
http://jlne.ws/1QOV0oS
Solar energy is poised for an unforgettable year
By Chris Mooney - The Washington Post
New statistics just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration suggest that in the coming year, the booming solar sector will add more new electricity-generating capacity than any other  including natural gas and wind.
http://jlne.ws/1TbKxdy | | | | CleanTech | | US agency says it has beaten Elon Musk and Gates to holy grail of battery storage
By Suzanne Goldenberg - The Guardian
A US government agency says it has attained the Âholy grail of energy  the next-generation system of battery storage, that has has been hotly pursued by the likes of Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
http://jlne.ws/1LC8M23
Electric buses could dominate battery market by mid-2020s
By Jocelyn Timperley - BusinessGreen
Electric bus sales worldwide are growing at a rate of 20 per cent a year and could prove a "game changer" for the fast-expanding global battery market, according to a new report from research firm IDTechEx.
http://jlne.ws/1SlMd37 | | | | Water | | Spurred by climate change, Middle East drought worst in 900 years
By Christina Beck - The Christian Science Monitor
A recent NASA study found that an ongoing drought in the Middle East is the worst in the last 900 years.
http://jlne.ws/1QnYWQs BHP and Vale in R$10bn dam disaster deal
By James Wilson and Samantha Pearson - Financial Times
Two of the worldÂs biggest mining companies on Thursday reached a settlement of at least R$10bn four months after a dam accident killed 17 people in Brazil, drawing a line under much of the potential claims they faced.
http://jlne.ws/1OUlmVd
Rising Seas Pull Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Building Boomtown, Toward a Bust
By Katherine Bagley - Inside Climate News
Along the canals that slice through downtown Fort Lauderdale, dozens of freshly razed lots sit ready for construction, many nestled next to historic riverfront mansions and yachts bobbing dockside.
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