Week in review – energy and policy edition

by Judith Curry
A few thinks that caught my eye this past week.

Here’s how we can give climate-displaced persons deserve a dignified transition. [link]
China May Shelve Plans to Build Dams on Its Last Wild River [link]
In Ethiopia, young women lead conversation about #population, health, and the #environment [link]
Natural regeneration of tropical forests reaps benefits [link]
Air pollution in India is so bad, it kills a half million people per year [link]
Worth reading re learning from climate policy “mistakes” [link]
The US Is Badly Underinvesting in Electricity Infrastructure [link] …
Micro-hydro in #Nepal helps to improve people’s lives, but can it help bring stability? [link]
Carbon-offset deal would cost airlines $6.2 billion in 2025: IATA [link]
Good balanced overview of debate over fracking, CO2/CH4 [link] …
Shell outlines ‘below 2C’ #climate scenario: [link] …
With sea level rise, Miami Beach builds higher streets and political willpower [link]
California Governor Makes Some Water Restrictions Permanent [link]
Here’s Why There’s a Searing Ethiopian Drought Without an Epic Ethiopian Famine [link]
The End Of Hunger? ‘Calamitous Famines’ Seem To Have Disappeared [link]
The effectiveness, costs and coastal protection benefits of natural and nature-based defences: [link]
Wyoming rancher beats EPA in pond fight [link]
The climate-nuclear-security nexus [link]
Carbon dioxide emissions from US energy sector fall 12% since 2005 [link]
Shipping industry’s carbon footprint double whammy: fossil fuels comprise >1/3 by weight of the stuff we ship by sea [link]
Europe’s experience with renewable-energy shows mandates drive up prices & hurt national competitiveness [link]
Not-so-Big Oil: @TheEconomist on how supermajors are being forced to rethink their biz model [link]
The environmental cost of moving stuff is huge. How can we shrink it? [link] …
Can we save the algae biofuel industry? [link]
How economists rod maths to become our era’s astrologers [link]Filed under: Week in review

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