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Energy and Climate Report
July 14, 2017-Number 135
Climate Change Asia at Risk of Deeper Poverty Due to Climate Change, Bank Says Asia and the Pacific, home to two thirds of the world's poor, are at the highest risk of suffering deeper poverty and disaster due to unabated climate change, reversing current development gains, according to the Asian Development Bank.
Climate Policy Carbon from L.A. to Paris Jumps as Lawmakers Plan Tightening Carbon prices from California to New Zealand are soaring as lawmakers across the globe seek more stringent rules for their greenhouse-gas markets.
Energy Jones Day Lawyer Tapped to Chair Federal Energy Regulator Energy attorney Kevin McIntyre, co-head of the energy practice at the Jones Day law firm, was tapped to be chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has been without a quorum since February.
Energy Renewable Energy Not a Threat to Grid, Draft of U.S. Study Finds Wind and solar power don't pose a significant threat to the reliability of the U.S. power grid, Energy Department staff members said in a draft report, contradicting statements by their leader Rick Perry.
Energy
Solar Eclipse Could W
19,000 Megawatts of Power
The eclipse set to darken skies next month threatens to sideline solar farms and rooftop
panels in a wide swath of the U.S., wiping out enough power generation to supply about 7
million homes.
Environmental Reviews
Local Plann
in California Climate Decision
Local planning agencies have discretion in how they evaluate the climate impacts of
infrastructure projects, the California Supreme Court said in a highly anticipated decision.
But the ruling leaves unclear whether those environmental reviews must be consistent with
greenhouse gas goals set out in a governor's executive order.
General Policy Week Ahead: N.J. Republican Lawmaker BoosthQ EPAfr Budget
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Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) will get an initial public crack at boosting EPA spending as House Appropriations Committee chairman at a Tuesday committee markup of the fiscal 2018 budget bill, one of numerous environment and energy events scheduled for the week of July 17.
Oil & Gas U.S. Said to Stymie Japan's Plan to Explore for Russian Oil A Japanese group's plans to explore for Russian oil with state-run Rosneft PJSC have been stymied by U.S. intervention over sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter.
Oil & Gas U.S. Says Energy Transfer's Rover Gas Project Violated Rules U.S. regulators are accusing Energy Transfer Partners LP of violating federal rules by failing to disclose information about a historic house it razed to make way for the controversial Rover natural gas pipeline.
Renewable Energy Brazil Projects Rapid Growth in Wind and Solar by 2026 Brazil's latest 10-year energy expansion plan sees wind power doubling to a 13 percent share of the electricity matrix, while solar power stands to also gain a foothold.
Vehicle Fuels Big Oil Just Woke Up to Threat of Rising Electric Car Demand The world's biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long term threat.
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