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Energy and Climate Report
September 22, 2017 - Number 184
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Air Pollution
Diesel Becomes Campaign Issue for Merkel in German Elections Germans head the polls Sept. 24, and an unexpected issue has wedged itself into the campaign along with the usual themes of jobs and refugees: diesel.
Climate Change Are Hurricanes Winds of Change for Insurers' Climate Risk? The insurance industry faces a dilemma when it comes to climate change: fundamentally, companies understand the risk natural disasters intensified by climate change can pose, but they see relatively little risk to their business in the near future.
Climate Policy
Storm Resiliency Enters Sen;
ate on Flood Insurance
Senate Democrats who have been largely shying away from any debate about the role of
climate change in worsening recent storms that hit Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands say they're ready to raise climate influence and the need for resilient
infrastructure in an upcoming debate over reauthorizing the federal flood insurance
program.
Climate Policy ip Climate Confusion Is the New Brexit, Top UN Official Says
When U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May criticized President Donald Trump for taking the U.S. out of the landmark Paris climate change deal this week, she might as well have been talking about another kind of exit closer to home.
Climate Regulation
California Sets Demands for Talking Emissions Targets v
imp
California could be willing to re-open discussions on its greenhouse gas limits for cars and
trucks for 2025--so long as automakers and the Trump administration embrace the
significantly tougher targets it's contemplating for later years.
Coal-Fired Power Plants
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Threats to Sue Duke Energy Shelved If Utility Han<
r Data
Recent lawsuit threats against Duke Energy will be dropped if the utility follows through on
promises to provide additional information about coal ash hazards, the lawyer for an
environmental group told Bloomberg BNA.
Dumping International Trade Commission Votes to Tax U.S. Solar Imports The U.S. International Trade Commission concluded that a flood of cheap, foreign solar panels is hurting U.S. manufacturers, teeing up an opportunity for President Donald Trump to impose tariffs and import quotas.
Emissions Trading California, Quebec, Ontario Ink Deal to Join Carbon Markets California, Quebec, and Ontario cemented plans Sept. 22 to launch North America's largest carbon allowance market next year.
Energy A $21 Billion Failed Nuclear Project is Still Haunting Scana Scana Corp, may have dropped a $21 billion plan to build a nuclear power plant in South Carolina, but washing its hands of the project altogether won't be so easy.
Energy
Lack of IRS Sol
dit Guidance Clouds New Projects
Solar energy developers hoping to break ground on large-scale projects want the IRS to
define new-construction requirements for a renewable energy tax incentive.
Enforcement SolarCity to Pay $29.5M After Inflating Recovery Act Claims SolarCity will pay $29.5 million to resolve allegations that it submitted inflated claims for itself and affiliated investment funds for grants under the Obama administration's stimulus plan, the Justice Department said Sept. 22
Hydraulic Fracturing CORRECTION A story published Sept. 21, "Obama Fracking Rule Restored Temporarily as Court Halts Case," misstated what intervening environmental advocacy groups sought. They wanted the district court's ruling to be vacated, not the rule as originally reported. The online version has been corrected.
Motor Vehicles How Electric Cars Can Create the Biggest Disruption Since iPhone It's 10 years since Apple Inc. unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same trick on Big Oil.
Natural Gas Twice-Rejected LNG Exporter Gives Project Another Shot The developer of a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Oregon that has already twice been denied permits by U.S. regulators is giving it another shot.
Renewable Energy ! Group Start-- / m Amer> >' ' > ' jest Solar Parks
Latin America's two largest solar parks, which can provide enough power to meet the annual
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demand of more than half a million homes, are now online in Brazil.
Renewable Energy The Most Expensive Teslas and the Policy `Paradox' Behind Them Fun fact: A poster child of green energy policies has cemented its place in Europe as the most expensive place to own a Tesla.
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