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Wall Street Journal (subscription) Blackstone Energy to Spend $1.57 Billion on Stake in Troubled Rover PipelineWall Street Journal (subscription)Energy Transfer Partners LP said Monday that Blackstone Energy Partners will acquire a 32.4% stake in the Rover Pipeline project, which has faced environmental scrutiny due to spills of drilling mud in Ohio wetlands earlier this year.…

Forbes An Energy Tax Everyone Should Want To Pay, Especially For Your KidsForbesWhat if you were told there is a policy prescription that not only pays for itself but is a ‘two-for’—actually a ‘multi-for’? No, I am not a politician nor a snake-oil salesman. I do plead guilty, however, for living inside the Washington, DC…

Reuters Panel beaters: Australia utilities branch out as customers shift to solarReutersMELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s power utilities and grid operators, under threat from the world’s fastest take-up of home solar panels, are rushing to come up with ways to stay relevant and protect long-term revenues. Pushing to cash in rather than …Largest solar power plant…

Chicago Tribune Will County is first to be named ‘solar smart’Chicago TribuneWill County has become the first in Illinois to be recognized by a national group as a solar-leading community for making it easy for homeowners who want to use this alternative energy source, officials said. The county was named a SolSmart Bronze …Solar Energy Efforts…

Space.com Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Are Flooding the Market: How to Stay SafeSpace.comIf you’re planning to view the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, make sure you’ve got the right safety gear. Phony eclipse glasses are currently flooding the marketplace, according to the American Astronomical Society (AAS). This counterfeit equipment …Californians urged to save energy…

Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Our View: Solar bill remains best path forwardKennebec Journal & Morning SentinelIn the meantime, there have been attempts to make the bill appear to be something it is not, but L.D. 1504 remains exactly what it has been since it reached its final form — a modest bill that provides…

Electrek EGEB: Minnesota social cost of carbon, Texas wind, Vermont solar+PowerWall, moreElectrekOne goal of the power company is to build demand response, energy storage and solar power into the grid – starting on a house by house level – to limit transmission costs (moving electricity over long distances) – Recently, Green Mountain used this ……

Washington Post We only have a 5 percent chance of avoiding ‘dangerous’ global warming, a study findsWashington PostIn recent years, it has become increasingly common to frame the climate change problem as a kind of countdown — each year we emit more carbon dioxide, narrowing the window for fixing the problem, but not quite closing…

The Guardian 2017 is so far the second-hottest year on record thanks to global warmingThe GuardianThat’s remarkable because 2017 hasn’t had the warming influence of an El Niño event. El Niños bring warm ocean water to the surface, temporarily causing average global surface temperatures to rise. 2016 – including the first six months of the…

SYFY WIRE (blog) Rep. Lamar Smith thinks global warming is awesomeSYFY WIRE (blog)The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to global warming; temperatures there are rising twice as fast as they do globally, for example. Insects are showing up in the region that weren’t there just a few years before. There have been big heat waves as…