by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Considering power system planning in fragile and conflict states [link]
Peter Gluckman: Understanding the challenges and opportunities at the science-policy interface [link]
Could we illuminate the world with tidal power? How about this: let’s try. [link]
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Germany’s Energiewende – the intermittency problem remains. [link]
Obama-Backed Solar Plant Literally Incinerates Itself [link]
Coal Decline Steepens in 2016 in India, China, U.S. China’s latest idea for cleaning up air pollution could be horrible for climate change:[link]
Is it time to unplug the Colorado River’s massive Glen Canyon Dam? [link]
China’s latest idea for cleaning up air pollution could be horrible for climate change: [link]
Exxon began acquiring the technology for low-emission vehicles and electric cars in 1963 – if not earlier. [link]
Nuclear Matters’ Sen. Evan Bayh on Department of Energy Summit on Improving the Economics of America’s Nuclear Power Plants [link]
Breakthrough Institute: Low carbon portfolio standards – raising the bar for clean energy [link]
People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity [link]
Done sensibly, agricultural development can reduce poverty in Africa [link]
BBC: Agricultural emissions ‘reality check’ [link]
In Sharp Reversal, California Suspends Water Restrictions [link]
With women at the top, UN climate body has chance for real change [link]
EPA Chief: ‘Climate deniers are not about’ science, they’re just selfish about ‘the solutions’ [link]
What happens to renewable energy without the Clean Power Plan? [link]
Investors beware: Iranian govt calls large dams the wrong investment under climate change [link]
Droughtlandia: When climate change causes Californians to migrate north to Oregon and Washington [link]
How Ethiopian farmers made the desert bloom despite #drought: Big dams are not the answer! [link]
Building #resilience helps communities bounce back from drought #Ethiopia [link]
Sea Level Rise Could Help Marshes Ease Flooding [link]
The Left’s jihad against American energy [link]
How Washington Politicians Wasted Billions Trying to ‘Invest in Our Future’ [link]
Senate Hearing on advanced nuclear technologies [link]
India to ‘divert rivers’ to tackle drought [link] “The public has welcomed it and they are happily ready to be displaced.”!
This Is What a Smarter 21st-Century #Transportation System Will Look Like [link]
Turning the Impending Mosul Dam Disaster Into Opportunity [link]
The global air pollution ‘blindspot’ affecting 1 billion people [link] … for once, we can truly blame climate change
New study sets climate target for agriculture [link]
Why even the people who worry the most about climate change often take little action [link]
America is finally building new nuclear plants. We need more of them. [link]
9 things you should know about a carbon tax: [link]
Filed under: Week in review