by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
“Japan Heads for Nuclear Unknown With Reactor Restart – Bloomberg Business” [link]
The next president could dismantle Obama’s climate policies — or greatly expand them. Here’s how they’d do it: [link] …
EPA’s Clean Power Plan shows need to revise administrative law [link]
While the final version of the Clean Power Plan is more equitable, it’s also a lot harsher for carbon-heavy states: [link]
The case for keeping California’s last nuclear plant open: [link]
The UK plans to build the world’s first negative emissions power plant: [link] Backstory here: [link]
Why is Apple lying about powering its data centers with renewable energy? [link]
Before Approving Iran Deal, Think Of The Climate -Nuclear Iran is only a temporary threat, global warming is forever! [link] …
Obama’s climate policy is ‘practically worthless,’ says Dr. James Hansen [link]
Obama spurns natural gas in climate rule [link] …
Three lines of attack against Obama’s climate change rule [link]
“Warmist Naomi Klein on Obama’s EPA regs: ‘The measures that have been unveiled are simply inadequate’” [link]
Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says [link] key factor in #natgas climate value [link]
Elon Musk’s most impressive company isn’t Tesla or SpaceX. It’s SolarCity: [link] …
Economist: Washing away coal, blowing away carbon—Obama’s clean energy plan: [link]
China invests $115m in Pakistan wind power- part of ‘one road one belt’ /Pakistan Economic corridor [link]
Using #biofuels as a way to cut #GHG emissions could put US water resources under increasing pressure | [link]
Politico: “Democrats insist that embracing Obama’s climate agenda is a winning message for 2016” [link]
States could increase CO2 emissions due anti-nuclear bias in EPA rule. [link]
How We Can Use Less Water to Grow More Crops [link]
Where power comes from in America: maps [link]
Kenya announces 1-Gigawatt solar energy deal, will cost a record $2.2 billion [link] …
Rooftop solar is booming. But it may be more vulnerable than you think [link]
Zimbabwe’s #Climate Change Ambitions May be Too Tall [link] – good perspective on #Africa #adaptation challenges
Renewable energy is a crawl, not a revolution.Asia is building 100s of coal power plants. Coal use is growing to 9B tonnes by 2020. [link]
The inter-relationship among economic activities, environmental degradation, material consumption and population health in low-income countries: [link]
What caused Electric Vehicle sales to go off a cliff in July? [link]
Weekly Digest: World Nuclear Association [link]
In Georgia “The Energy Future is Now” [link]
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) quadruples its income and reduces workforce to 1934 levels [link]
Filed under: Week in review