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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2017

    Trump Country Farmers Fight Climate Change And Deny It

    In America’s Heartland, Discussing Climate Change Without Saying ‘Climate Change’

    Hiroko Tabuchi, January 28, 2017 (NY Times)

    Editor’s note: This is a long article entirely work some time. But is it about resisting reality or extreme reality?

    “…Doug Palen, a fourth-generation grain farmer on Kansas’ wind-swept plains, is in the business of understanding the climate. Since 2012, he has choked through the harshest drought to hit the Great Plains in a century, punctuated by freakish snowstorms and suffocating gales of dust…To adapt, he has embraced an environmentally conscious way of farming that guards against soil erosion and conserves precious water. He can talk for hours about carbon sequestration — the trapping of global-warming-causing gases in plant life and in the soil — or the science of the beneficial microbes that enrich his land. In short, he is a climate change realist. Just don’t expect him to utter the words ‘climate change.’…Here in north-central Kansas, America’s breadbasket and conservative heartland, the economic realities of agriculture make climate change a critical business issue. At the same time, politics and social pressure make frank discussion complicated. This is wheat country, and Donald J. Trump country, and though the weather is acting up, the conservative orthodoxy maintains that the science isn’t settled…So while climate change is part of daily conversation, it gets disguised as something else…” click here for more

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    Politics Won’t Hold Back New Energy

    Why Donald Trump won't hold back solar and wind power

    Tom DiChristopher, 24 January 2017 (CNBC)

    “President Donald Trump's full-throated support for fossil fuel production and his climate change denial have raised concerns about the future of renewable energy projects in America, but some investors believe the president cannot hold back solar and wind energy deployment — or alternative energy stocks…[because] goals adopted by more than half of U.S. states are what's driving growth in renewable energy projects, and Trump will have little effect on these…

    [Also,] more corporations are pledging to draw power from renewable sources, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle last month renewed subsidies for solar and wind energy firms…In its latest Annual Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information administration projected renewable energy consumption will grow faster than any other source through 2040, because capital costs fall as more solar and wind farms crop up and federal and state policies encourage their construction…” click here for more

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    New Energy Grows Jobs Way Faster Than The Economy

    Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy

    Kate Samuelson, January 27, 2017 (Fortune)

    "The solar and wind industries are each creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than that of the rest of the U.S. economy, according to [Now Hiring: The Growth Of America’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs…It reports] that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20% annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011…The renewable energy sector has seen rapid growth over recent years, driven largely by significant reductions in manufacturing and installation costs. Building developers and owners have been fueled by state and local building efficiency policies and incentives…[T]hese gains are in contrast to Trump's support for fossil fuel production, his climate change denial and his belief that renewable energy is a ‘bad investment’…[A report author said the new president’s approach ignores an entire industry that has grown up over the decade]…” click here for more

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    Monday, January 30, 2017

    Energy Dept’s Solar Program Gagged

    The White House Silences the DOE Solar Energy Team on Twitter; SunShot has been shut out.

    Mike Brown, January 27, 2017 (Inverse)

    “…[An internal email to the Department of Energy’s SunShot solar program is telling employees to not post anything to Twitter or Facebook about work ‘until further notice.’ The note, sent to the 50 staff members working on the project, relayed an order given by Steven Chalk, deputy assistant secretary for renewable energy…[He writes: ‘…we are PROHIBITED from any social media post (from personal or business handles) regarding your work, attendance at any meeting, etc until further notice…’ SunShot is an initiative [launched in 2011] aimed at driving down the cost of solar energy and offering grants for research and development…[and getting] solar cost-competitive with traditional energy by the year 2020…[It helped drive the cost of residential solar photovoltaics (PV) from $0.42/kWh in 2011 to ,$0.18 in 2016 and was targeting $0.09 by 2020…The EPA, National Park Service, and Forest Service have been given orders by the new administration to stop tweeting…[There are now a] number of unofficial accounts claiming to be employees from these agencies tweeting…” click here for more

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    New Energy Is Red, Blue, And Green In Texas

    Why a red state is the No. 1 wind energy producer in America; Lone Star state wind boom: Energy generation can be an economic issue, as much as a partisan one.

    Charlie Wood, January 27, 2017 (Christian Science Monitor)

    “…In 2013, the Lone Star state produced 36 million megawatt hours, more than twice that of runner up Iowa, although Iowans can still brag that wind satisfies almost a third of their state’s energy needs. California came in third…Texas is a big producer of energy in general: number one overall in 2014, pumping out a whopping one fifth of the country’s energy…[In 2005,] then-Gov. Rick Perry signed on for a goal of generating 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2025…[upping] a previous target of 2,000 megawatts set by George W. Bush as part of a 1999 deregulation of the power market. In April of last year, the state was already making 19,000…[The growth drivers have been its competitive rate and…[reducing the risk in the natural gas price volatility…Bush’s 1999 deregulation paved the way…Texas also invested heavily in energy infrastructure, connecting the windy and sunny western panhandle with cities with a higher demand…” click here for more

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    The New Energy In The Oceans

    Green Energy from the Blue Ocean

    24 January 2017 (Military Technologies)

    “…There is vast potential for using [the energy in waves, tides, and currents in the ocean] to provide clean, renewable energy to…the nearly half of the U.S. population that lives within 50 miles of the coastlines…[Estimates suggest that the amount of energy that could feasibly be captured from U.S. waves, tides and river currents is enough to power over 67 million homes and the country could be producing 13,000 MW of power from hydrokinetic energy by 2025, which would be equivalent to displacing 22 new dirty coal-fired power plants, according to the Union of Concerned Scienists]…The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies program recently announced $20 million in funding for projects…[Its $2.25 million, 20-month Wave Energy Prize challenge was won by AquaHarmonics, CalWave Power Technologies, Waveswing America…” click here for more

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    Tuesday, January 24, 2017

    Trump White House Rewrites The U.S. Climate Message

    What Climate Change? Trump's White House Touts Energy Plans On Web

    Paul Raeburn, January 22, 2017 (Newsweek)

    “…Minutes after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, [the Obama White House web page on its significant climate fight and New Energy achievenments was] replaced with [the An America First Energy Plan page and the only mention of climate change was] to dismiss any concern…There are no superscripts, no footnotes…[but proclaims that the] Trump Administration ‘is committed to energy policies that lower costs for hardworking Americans and maximize the use of American resources, freeing us from dependence on foreign oil’ despite the fact that] imported oil use has declined every year since Obama took office and, in] 2010, for the first time, the U.S. imported less that 50 percent of the oil it consumes. And America is producing more oil than at any time in the last eight years…[The biggest missing piece on the new webpage is a] plan to address climate change…” click here for more

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    Defense Dept. Advances Microgrid Trials

    Military Microgrids Steeply Cut Energy Costs Says New Study

    Elisa Wood, January 19, 2017 (Microgrid Knowledge)

    “Military microgrids open the door to steep electricity cost cuts at U.S. bases, and even create free energy in some cases, [according to Power Begins at Home: Assured Energy for U.S. Military Bases from Pew Charitable Trusts]...Increasingly the conversation [at DoD is moving beyond protection from storms and other natural grid power interruptions to] potential cyberattacks…[The new study focuses on the economics of military microgrids and shows a] base can save up to $20 million by replacing stand-alone generators with a microgrid…The study compares the cost of stand-alone diesel generators with microgrids powered by diesel or a combination of diesel and natural gas…[The study did not consider non-monetary advantages of military microgrids or efficiencies if a microgrid includes combined heat and power or sophisticated energy management techniques and renewable energy] with advanced microgrid controllers…” click here for more

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    NatGas Price On The Rise

    Natural gas prices in 2017 and 2018 are expected to be higher than last year

    Tim Hess, January 23, 2017 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    “…[The Henry Hub natural gas spot price will] average $3.55 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2017 and $3.73/MMBtu in 2018, both higher than the 2016 average of $2.51/MMBtu, [according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)]…Higher prices in 2017 and 2018 reflect natural gas consumption and exports exceeding supply and imports, leading to lower average inventory levels…In 2016, the annual average Henry Hub natural gas price was the lowest since 1999 as a result of a very mild winter that left natural gas inventories at a record high for the end of March…However, high natural gas use for electricity generation during the summer and declining production contributed to Henry Hub natural gas prices rising from an average of $2.00/MMBtu in the first quarter of 2016 to an average of $2.88/MMBtu in the third quarter of 2016. Cold weather across much of the northern United States in mid-December led to an increase in demand for space heating (much of which is provided by natural gas)…[and] spot prices increased to a monthly average of $3.59/MMBtu in December…In 2017, Henry Hub prices are expected to remain near the levels in December 2016…” click here for more

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    Sunday, January 22, 2017

    SPECIAL FEATURE: The Women’s March, Los Angeles – Something Happened Here

    Three-quarters of a million people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Saturday to celebrate women’s rights. It quickly turned into a celebration of human rights in general and of the greatest human right of all, to stand up for yourself and speak out for your own beliefs

    It was a cool sunny day that fell between two days of rainstorms and was so clear the marchers seemed to be almost at the feet of the distant snowcapped mountains. There was a list of notable leaders scheduled to speak atThe Women’s March LA but the timetable was soon interrupted by a turnout thirty times bigger than planners expected.

    As masses streamed into the narrow downtown canyons of the City of Angels, the L.A. Fire Marshall grew concerned for their safety and delayed events. By the middle of the morning, the schedule was forgotten.

    By then, the event had become the streets themselves, gridlocked with a wall-to-wall array of real-life angels of every age, gender, and color. They carried posters and banners proclaiming an almost confusing political agenda that ranged from presidential politics to women’s healthcare and from environmental advocacy to human rights.

    Only one thing unified them: Their commitment to what their banners and posters proclaimed. Real-life angels were spreading their wings on behalf of what mattered to them.

    By the end of the day, away from the streets, a platoon of conservative women had been hustled out in the media to respond with a set of pro-Trump administration, pro-establishment talking points. One thing they repeated on radio and television was that those with conservative views had been excluded.

    What this reporter experienced in Los Angeles was the most diverse, warm, and welcoming crowd he has seen at a political rally anywhere in the U.S. or Europe, going all the way back to the 1966 Sunset Strip protests. The Sunset Strip marches were immortalized in Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth, which opens with “There’s something happening here…”.

    Had a pro-life woman appeared in the crowd, she would have had to make her case, just like the numerous marchers this reporter talked to who came armed with facts to make their cases.

    A young woman who just got her Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology talked about the science behind climate change and her concerns with the new administration’s inattention to it.

    A baby boomer remembered the Cold War and described worries about ties between the new administration and Russia after well-substantiated reports linked Vladimir Putin to meddling in the November U.S. election.

    A hefty gay man working event security expressed concern about recent stock market fluctuations that seem to have been aggravated by the new administration’s erratic positioning on economic policy.

    More than anything else, though, the streets seemed almost screaming with a single sentiment. It put President Trump in the White House and put President Obama there before him. It was the voice of the people demanding to be heard. But there was something very different emerging here.

    This movement is, yes, led by old-school Democrats with a traditional liberal agenda. With them came the traditional slogan-chanting. But the fiber of this march was a very different constituency. The movement behind this march is where millennials hope to get their one question answered.

    The noise out front was being made by Gen X activists and their celebrity and political heroes. But the streets were too jammed for most to get to the stages and hear the celebrities and political leaders. The strength and driving force was in the crowd itself and it came from the young adults who made up the bulk of the crowd.

    These astute millennials went to kindergarden in September 11’s shadow, saw school mates die in Iraq, Afghanistan, and this nation’s inner cities, and face mountains of student loan debt that will not buy them the careers they deserve.

    Their dream of Bernie was ripped away. And on November 8, the fading hope of Hillary was stolen.

    These young people, schooled by Kermit and Mr. Rogers, have the noblest and gentlest values of any generation this nation has produced. They want to know what happened to the world they thought they lived in while Barack Obama, really the only president they’ve known, was at the helm.

    The diversity made the center hard to see but diversity is the millennial generation’s ethos.

    Here’s what happened in the streets of Los Angeles Saturday: The crowd quickly became much too big for anybody to march. Nobody around Pershing Square or at City Hall or on the streets between them went anywhere. The march became a stand – for three hours.

    Many of the baby boomers in the crowd grew weary and sat down. Many Gen X-ers, often pushing strollers, got on their cell phones to make dinner plans. But the millennials started dancing where they stood.

    The message was unmistakable: “We will party until the streets clear because this is just the beginning of OUR time. We are here to begin remaking this country into the one we were promised and we are not going anywhere until that gets done.”

    A Facebook friend asked Saturday night where the post-march parties were. The answer is that parties were unneeded. The march was the party. It celebrated the emergence of a new political generation.

    What remains to be seen is whether what happened Saturday will blossom into a political movement. Translating the march into changes on schoolboards and city councils and state legislatures all across Southern California and the rest of the U.S. is where the party ends and the work begins.

    It is the next test for a truly great generation already tested by terrorism and recession. Saturday, on the streets of Los Angeles and around the world, these young people declared they want the work.

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    Tuesday, January 17, 2017

    New Energy’s Fight Against Climate Change Won’t Be Done

    Not even Trump can easily reverse our progress on climate change

    David Ignatius, January 16, 2017 (Washington Post)

    “…[The progress made in the fight against climate change by the Obama administration is probably irreversible, according to] eparting Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz…[R]egardless of the policies adopted by Donald Trump, who has expressed skepticism about climate science and government efforts to cut emissions…Clean-energy technologies have become much cheaper and more efficient…and the global market for them will lure U.S. companies. Utility and manufacturing industry executives, who have to plan investments on 30-year time horizons, aren’t likely to make long-term bets on high-carbon projects…[Moniz is] a nuclear physicist for MIT who has been involved in government energy projects for two decades. His designated successor, former Texas governor Rick Perry, has no comparable educational or business background that would equip him for the job…[The Energy Department just] released several studies that underline his argument that climate-change progress is being driven by the market rather than government…” click here for more

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    New Energy Jobs Leapt Again Last Year

    U.S. Solar Employment Jumped 25% In 2016, Says DOE Study

    Joseph Bebon, January 13, 2017 (Solar Industry)

    "...[The wind industry added 25,000 jobs in 2016 and the solar industry added 73,000, according to a new report from] the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…6.4 million Americans now work in the [fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, which last year] added over 300,000 net new jobs in 2016 – representing 14% of the nation’s job growth…[Energy efficiency jobs, which increased by 133,000 to a total of 2.2 million, cover] the “production of energy-saving products and the provision of services that reduce end-use energy consumption”…[The wind industry] employs a total of 101,738 workers, which represents a 32% increase since 2015…[The solar industry includes] 373,807 Americans who ‘spend some portion of their time working to install, distribute or provide professional services to solar technologies.’ Like wind, construction/installation represents the biggest employment share…” click here for more

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    Nebraska Gets Wind Power Economy Bump

    Wind Farms Give Economic Boost To Northeast Nebraska

    Ariana Brocius, January 17, 2017 (Nebraska Public Radio)

    “…Nebraska’s wind development often happens around farm-towns…And it can be good for a small town economy. Each project employs hundreds of construction workers who spend money on food and gas. Wind company Invenergy’s three Prairie Breeze wind farms have created 18 permanent jobs in nearby Elgin. That number will nearly double once their newest Antelope County wind farm comes online…Wind companies pay millions in local taxes. The school district in Elgin has received more than $430,000 in the last two years, letting them ask less from other taxpayers. Wind companies also pay millions in leases to landowners who allow [properly sited] turbines to be built on their property…Those local taxes and landowner payments should continue as long as the wind turbines keep operating…[Publicized concerns about wind development ease] as the economic benefits become more noticeable over the long term…” click here for more

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    Monday, January 16, 2017

    What Would Dr. King Do About Climate Change?

    Faith leaders reframe climate change as moral issue

    Marion Renault, January 16, 2017 (Columbus Dispatch)

    "…[Would Martin Luther King have joined the fight against climate change? Faith-based] advocacy has emerged as a powerful tool in the environmental movement. By reframing climate change and sustainability as moral issues, [priests, pastors, ministers, imams, and rabbis] hope to advance environmentalism by elevating it above the political fray…Presenting climate change as a [moral and] spiritual issue could be a successful strategy for attracting religious folks to environmental causes…[E]xploitation of natural resources severely affects the world’s poorest populations and violates divine dictates on how people should treat the planet.. [As leaders of intimate community spaces, religious officials’ thinking about the human-rights implications of climate change might well have appealed to Dr. King]…” click here for more

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    U.S. To Export Natural Gas

    EIA's AEO2017 projects the United States as a net energy exporter in most cases

    January 5, 2017 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    “…[The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017)] presents updated projections for U.S. energy markets through 2050 based on eight cases (Reference, Low and High Economic Growth, Low and High Oil Price, Low and High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology, No Clean Power Plan implementation). This is the first time that EIA is publishing projections through 2050…The United States becomes a net energy exporter in most AEO2017 cases as petroleum liquid imports fall and natural gas exports rise…In all cases but the High Oil and Gas Resource Technology case, which assumes substantial improvements in production technology and more favorable resource availability, U.S. production declines in the 2030s, which slows or reverses projected growth in net energy exports…[All cases except the No Clean Power Plan case include the Clean Power Plan and energy] related carbon dioxide emissions decline [in all but] the No Clean Power Plan case…”

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    Where Corporates Are Boosting New Energy

    Which States Make It Easy for the Advancement of Renewable Energy?

    John Rogers, January 14, 2017 (EcoWatch)

    “…[The top states for making corporate renewables purchases easy are Iowa and Illinois but New Jersey, California, and Texas round out the top five. No one region has a lock on making corporate renewables purchases easy. But some regions do better, according to the] Corporate clean energy procurement index: State leadership and rankings…The Northeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions are generally the most favorable regions in the U.S. for corporate customers seeking to power their operations with renewable energy…The analysis assesses how much choice and competition for renewable energy purchases exist by state. One indicator of that is whether companies are allowed to enter into PPAs (power purchase agreements) with third parties, which let companies take advantage of the stable prices renewables are uniquely qualified to offer, to lock in electricity rates over the long term…[The authors also suggest how to] help businesses trying to get access to renewable energy…”

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    Tuesday, January 10, 2017

    Business Shows The Right Climate Path To Trump

    Businesses and investors renew plea to Trump: don't ignore climate change; A letter released today contains signatures from 530 companies including Campbell Soup and Johnson & Johnson, urging the president-elect to take action

    Carol J. Clouse, 10 January 2017 (UK Guardian)

    “More than 600 businesses and investors signed and released a letter on Tuesday urging president-elect Donald Trump to fight climate change…[ The letter contains signatures from roughly 200 more companies and investors than when it was initially submitted after the election in November…Campbell Soup, Johnson & Johnson, the New York State Retirement Fund, [and electric utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric joined] companies like Monsanto, eBay, Levi Strauss and Staples…The letter urges Trump to continue policies that combat global warming, such as the Clean Power Plan created by the Obama administration to cut emissions from coal power plants. The letter also petitions Trump to invest in low-carbon energy at home and abroad and remain committed to the Paris agreement… The letter reflects the hope that Trump, as a businessman, will heed the declaration of so many American companies that climate change is real and could pose a threat to their financial health…” click here for more

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    New Energy Dominated 2016 U.S. Power Build

    Renewable generation capacity expected to account for most 2016 capacity additions

    January 10, 2017 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    “…EIA expects 24 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity to be added to the power grid during 2016…[Renewable capacity additions are often highest in the final months of the year…[but, for] the third consecutive year, more than half of these additions are renewable technologies, especially wind and solar…Most renewable generation comes from the Western census division, which accounted for the majority of the hydroelectric (63%) and solar (77%) generation in the United States in 2016. Wind generation was more evenly spread across the country with 37% occurring in the Midwest, 35% in the South, 24% in the West, and the remaining 4% in the Northeast…As of October 2016, the United States had a total of 12.6 GW of small-scale solar PV installed…[with 56% in] the residential sector, 36% in the commercial sector, and 8% in the industrial sector…” click here for more

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    Tech Giants Leading In New Energy

    Report: Apple, Google, Facebook, and Switch are leading advocates for renewable energy; East Asian internet giants lag behind U.S.companies in commitment to clean energy January 10, 2017 (Greenpeace)

    “…Apple, Google, Facebook, and newcomer Switch are leading the charge to build a renewably powered internet…[by] coupling transitions of their data centers to clean energy with strong advocacy for access to renewable options. But while nearly 20 internet companies have now committed to 100 percent renewable energy, the reality is that much of the sector continues to grow rapidly in Asia and U.S. markets like Virginia, both of which have little to no renewable energy options [according to Clicking Clean: Who Is Winning the Race to Build a Green Internet?]…Despite some movement, the lack of transparency by some of the largest players in the sector remains a critical barrier, masking both their current size and whether the renewable deals they are claiming are actually changing the power mix in the markets they are expanding into. Much clearer reporting, like we now see from industry leaders Apple, Facebook, and Switch, must be embraced…” click here for more

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    Monday, January 9, 2017

    The Whole Climate Story In One Image

    All the risks of climate change, in a single graph; There are a lot of them

    David Roberts, January 9, 2017

    “…Since the atmosphere affects everything, everything will be affected by its warming — there’s no single risk, but a wide and varied array of risks, of different severities and scales, affecting different systems, unfolding on different timelines…One of the better-known and more controversial attempts to address this problem is a graphic from the reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The so-called ‘burning embers’ graph attempts to render the various risks of climate change — ‘reasons for concern,’ or RFCs — in an easy-to-grasp visual form…[A group of 17 scholars examined it and found it ] is generally accurate (though it has key limitations). They offer suggestions for how the RFC framework could be extended…[There is a ton of information about the risks of climate change] so it’s worth unpacking…” click here for more

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