by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
The #Hydropower #Methane Bomb No One Wants to Talk About [link]
The EPA’s clean power plan oversteps federal authority [link]
This device made at Georgia Tech turns light into electrical current [link]
New York’s revolutionary plan to remake its power utilities [link]
Seven practical steps to protect our cities from the effects of climate change|[link]
The lack of functioning weather service creates major hole in planning, esp for poor, climate-vulnerable countries [link]
Turning human feces into car fuel? An idea that great deserves a MacArthur genius award, and it got one. [link]
Focus on the here and now, rather than on apocalyptic warnings of the future [link]
CO2 Malthusian Buzzkill: Global poverty rate falls to record low amid record high population [link]
“Donald Trump’s Base Energy Plan: 25 Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore – Forbes” [link] …
The Ganges River Is Dying Under the Weight of Modern #India
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Oversupply and competition between clean energy and fossil energy [link]
Vast #solar plant in Spain uses molten salts to produce #energy after dark. [link]
You know about net neutrality. Meet grid neutrality. [link] …
“Court blocks Obama’s @EPA water rule nationwide” [link]
Paris Climate Summit May Fall If Developed Nations Don’t Deliver, India Warns [link]
India’s symbolic “climate commitment” allows country to triple CO2 emissions by 2030 [link]
“Four more carmakers join diesel emissions ‘scandal’: Mercedes, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi [link]
Paris all about future of capitalism, not climate [link]
Consensus German Professor: Europe’s €6 TRILLION Climate Policy Is “Very Expensive,Counter-Productive,Does Nothing For Climate [link] …
#Chile’s “third way” of climate change [link] …
“Climate stalemate”. Oliver Geden’s review of John Vogler’s excellent book “Climate Change in World Politics” [link]
India Rejects Draft Text For UN Climate Deal [link]
#Scientists Turn Green Algae Into #Biofuel at $50 a Barrel [link] …
How much progress has the UN made on forging a climate deal?. [link]
Experts urge G20 to co-ordinate carbon pricing to quell competitiveness fears | [link]
California builds the country’s largest solar desalination plant [link] …
Court in Pakistan rules the country must protect its citizens from climate change [link]
New IPCC chief touts role for business [link]
“The German Coal Conundrum” [link]
Westinghouse announces new reactor technology frontier [link]
Filed under: Week in review