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Forbes FERC Proposal Supporting Coal And Nuclear Prompts Howls From Gas, Wind, Solar, AntinuclearForbesSome energy business observers wrote that they were taken by surprise when solar and wind industry trade groups plus the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) joined the American Petroleum Institute, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of …

CNBC Michigan’s ‘largest solar park’ will produce enough energy to power 11000 homesCNBCIt experiences harsh, cold winters, but Michigan is now home to a 200,000 panel solar array on a 250-acre site. The Lapeer solar park is operational and generating enough renewable energy to power 11,000 homes, it was announced Monday. It is one of…

US Trade Commission Urged to Reject Solar Tariffs, Protect America’s Clean-energy FutureCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity submitted comments today to the U.S. International Trade Commission opposing proposed tariffs on imported solar panels. In late September the commission sided with two U.S. solar manufacturers that … and more »

Tesla Solar Roof And Energy Business Narrative Continues To Fall ApartSeeking AlphaTesla (TSLA) Solar Roof is a product that, as our past analysis indicates, has very little going for it. In fact, we have an outstanding conviction bet of $1 million with CEO Elon Musk that the company will not capture business anywhere close to…

Appeal based on global warming unlikely in activist caseABC NewsA lawyer for an environmental activist convicted of targeting an oil pipeline in North Dakota said he doesn’t think a judge’s decision disallowing the threat of global warming as a defense to justify the crime would be grounds for an appeal. Defendant … and more »

Royal Gazette ‘Global warming not to blame for floods’Royal GazetteGlobal warming is not to blame for recent flooding and high tides in Bermuda, an oceanographer said yesterday. Ruth Curry, physical oceanographer at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, said that two factors were responsible for the high water that … and more »

U.S. News & World Report Dirty Old Birds Shed Light on Key Global Warming ParticleU.S. News & World ReportScientists say more than 1,000 dirty stuffed old birds from Midwestern museums are helping them better understand a key global warming particle. Researchers found birds from about 100 years ago showed lots more black carbon, often called…

MarketWatch Clinton says wildfires are exacerbated by climate change. Research says she’s right.Washington PostThe fires currently erasing huge swaths of Northern California were fueled by a number of factors. It’s October, traditionally the end of the state’s dry season, meaning that there’s more fuel that can burn rapidly. The fires were aided by “Diablo …With…

The Guardian IMF tells rich nations that greater urgency needed on climate changeThe GuardianThe International Monetary Fund has warned the world’s richest nations to have a greater sense of urgency about climate change, a day after the former Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, delivered a bizarre speech to a London-based thinktank … and more »

The Intercept It’s Not Regulation That is a Threat to Jobs, It’s Climate ChangeThe InterceptPruitt may be right about a connection between climate–change policy and jobs, but he seems to have it backward. The United States shed 33,000 jobs in September, ending a seven-year streak in US jobs growth—the longest-ever in US history. Two of…