| March 21, 2016 | | | | | Jim Kharouf
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| | | | Lead Stories | | | | In today's edition, learn about the digital impact on climate: An email adds 4g of CO2 into the air, web search on a desktop adds 4.5g. And about ways to counter climate change - with stickers, for example. On gasoline pumps that is. Or by issuing green bonds. | | | | | | | | “ | | "There is nothing else that currently connects us to the problems of climate change in such a direct way." |
| ” | | Robert Shirkey, a Toronto-based lawyer, in the Vox' story Could climate change warnings on gasoline pumps actually work? |
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Can Apple's $1.5bn green bond inspire more environmental investments
By Alison Moodie - The Guardian
On the surface, green bonds seem counter intuitive: why would a company willingly take on debt to finance environmental efforts?
http://bit.ly/1RXcJeG Could climate change warnings on gasoline pumps actually work?
By Heather Smith - Vox
Later this year, someone stopping to fuel up in North Vancouver will be the first customer to see the controversial warning labels.
http://bit.ly/1pUgUBl
***LB: Also in this story "TheyÂll be wrapped around the gas pump handles. The exact wording isnÂt settled yet, but hereÂs the gist of it: Every time you pump gas, youÂre contributing to air pollution and climate change." The digital impact on climate: An email adds 4g of CO2e into the air, web search on a desktop adds 4.5g
AFP
Even as people the world over symbolically dim lights to fight global warming this Saturday, many will join email and social network campaigns that invisibly contribute to climate change.
http://bit.ly/1SaNHeD
Gallup Finds Concerns Rising Over Global Warming and Nuclear Energy Solution
By Andrew C. Revkin - The New York Times
The climate appears to be changing in American attitudes about global warming.
http://nyti.ms/1UsWs7h
Earth Hour 2016: Lights go out worldwide in demonstration against increasing climate change
By Geoffrey Lean - The Independent
On the evening of 19 March the lights went out not just all over Europe, but throughout the world. But far from being a harbinger of doom  as in Sir Edward GreyÂs celebrated observation on the eve of the First World War  it was a sign that one of the worldÂs most perilous, impending problems might yet be solved.
http://ind.pn/21Brk4F
Environmental Activists Take to Local Protests for Global Results
By John Schwartz - The New York Times
They came here to get arrested.
http://nyti.ms/1UsWewX Researcher: New butterfly has clues to geology, climate
Associated Press
A new species of butterfly could provide clues about AlaskaÂs geological history and its changing climate, according to a University of Florida researcher.
http://wapo.st/1RsAlxj
| Events | | | 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
http://goo.gl/Ah5s1I CARBON EXPO 2016
Global Carbon Market Fair and Conference
May 25-27, 2016
Cologne
http://jlne.ws/1mg8bqR Cleantech Innovate Scotland
June 9, 2016
http://jlne.ws/1mg6nOG |
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| Carbon | | Australia's emissions rising and vastly underestimated, says report
By Michael Slezak - The Guardian
The latest federal government carbon emissions inventory shows Australia has increased its emissions and has come under fire for allegedly vastly underestimating the amount of land clearing that has occurred, and its associated emissions.
http://bit.ly/1TY7r8D
Stunning Global Heat Wave Pushes Planet Into Uncharted Territory
By Tom Randall - Bloomberg News
Humanity's experiment with planetary warming has reached a new level of extremes. Last month was the hottest February in 137 years of record keeping, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
http://bloom.bg/1puJGrI | | | | Natural Gas/Coal | | Don't Blame Renewable Energy For Dying U.S. Coal Industry
By Robert Rapier - Forbes
The coal industry has been in trouble for years, as evidenced by the recent announcement by Peabody Energy, the worldÂs largest private-sector coal company, that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
http://onforb.es/1RupTiM State regulators fine The Termo Company for natural gas discharges in Aliso Canyon
By Ryan Carter - San Bernardino Sun
The massive SoCalGas leak detected in October in Aliso Canyon, which forced thousands from their Porter Ranch-area homes for months, apparently wasnÂt the only source of methane in the air at the time.
http://bit.ly/1Pk6lMF Coal loophole: Doubts on ChinaÂs will to enforce N Korea sanctions
Reuters
Over two weeks after the UN slapped harsh new sanctions on North Korea, several Chinese shipping and trade sources say they have not been told of any curbs on the import of coal from the isolated nation  a lifeline for its struggling economy.
http://bit.ly/1RcaZ1r
Four firms bid to import gas for Egypt market
Trade Arabia
Four companies have applied to Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) seeking to import natural gas to supply to the domestic market through the national grid, a report said.
http://bit.ly/1Ruqcdr | | | | Power | | Five ways to power the UK that are far better than Hinkley Point
By Damian Carrington - The Guardian
The planned £18bn nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset are derided by critics as Âone of the worst deals ever for Britain, but defended as crucial to the UKÂs energy policy by the government.
http://bit.ly/1SaOEnh 5 Weird Ways To Make Energy
The Alternative Daily
As a green living advocate, youÂve probably heard of some of the latest attempts to create green energy. Solar power, wind power, harnessing the power of the tides, and even energy production from algae are ideas being pursued as alternatives to fossil fuels.
http://bit.ly/1pC2RAD
Tidal developments power forward
By Gail Rajgor - Renewable Energy Focus.com
If it can be made to work at scale and cost-effectively the predictability of tidal power gives it a significant advantage over wind and solar PV technologies.
http://bit.ly/1Ut0ahe Let there be light! Futuristic street lamps tap into the oldest energy source: the sun
By Jamie Doward - The Guardian
Not far from the House of Commons, a stoneÂs throw from Westminster bridge, two streetlamps will soon be erected.
http://bit.ly/22qge8a
| | | | CleanTech | | Beyond Price, This Could Make or Break Tesla's All-Important Model 3
The Motley Fool
In just over a week, Tesla Motors will unveil its mainstream affordable Model 3 at an event in California.
http://bit.ly/25cHuWN Tesla confirmed having discontinued the 10 kWh Powerwall for backup power to focus on daily cycling version
By Stephen Hall - electrek
We noticed that Tesla removed references to its higher-capacity 10-kilowatt-hour residential battery from the Powerwall website (and the press kit) some time ago, but today GreenTechMedia received an official statement from a Tesla representative confirming that the larger capacity battery has indeed been discontinued.
http://bit.ly/1R938Uq
South Korea to Replace CNG Buses with Hydrogen Fuel Cells
NGT
South KoreaÂs Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho has announced plans to deploy thousands of hydrogen fuel cell buses in a partnership with Hyundai.
http://bit.ly/1LyqPqi
This new urine-based fuel cell puts your liquid waste to good use
By Peter Dockrill - Science Alert
Scientists in the UK have developed a new kind of fuel cell capable of turning urine into electricity, and they say it's smaller, cheaper, and more powerful than existing microbial fuel cells.
http://bit.ly/1R77X1I | | | | Water | | World Water Day 2016: 40 photos to make you think twice about wasting this precious resource
By David Sim - International Business Times
Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services is vital to human health. However, about 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.
http://bit.ly/1RcckFx
Water diplomacy by China offers drought relief
The Nation / Asia News Network
China has embarked on an unprecedented "water diplomacy" mission to alleviate the ongoing drought in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam by discharging massive quantities of fresh water downstream from one of its dams in its southern region.
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