CLIMATE:
• The Paris climate summit will proceed despite terrorist attacks that killed more than 100 people on Friday night. (Christian Science Monitor)
• Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz emphasizes his departments “all of the above” objective “starts out with a commitment to low carbon.” (The Hill)
• A 13-year-old sues North Carolina for failing to act on climate change. (Raleigh News & Observer)
CLEAN POWER PLAN:
• The Sierra Club says politically vulnerable U.S. senators will win support from voters by supporting EPA carbon rules. (The Hill)
• Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper reiterates his state’s commitment to meeting carbon targets: “We’re going to do this come hell or high water.” (Greenwire)
POLITICS: The Clean Power Plan is increasing political pressure on Democratic governors in coal-producing states. (Associated Press)
SOLAR:
• A report finds more than half of U.S. states were in the process of revisiting their net metering policies in the most recent quarter. (Greentech Media)
• Connecticut is failing to apply its policies backing solar power to its own public buildings. (Hartford Courant)
• While only one community solar project is operating in Minnesota, hundreds are in the pipeline and will likely be built next year. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• The American Legislative Exchange Council joins Duke Energy’s bid to block a small solar system built by a third party for a North Carolina church. (PoliticsUSA)
UTILITIES:
• A shareholder resolution would push utility Ameren Missouri to generate 30 percent of its portfolio from renewables by 2030. (Midwest Energy News)
• Consumer advocates push back against an Arizona utility’s proposed fixed-charge increase. (Arizona Daily Star)
WIND: A $3.7 million grant could revive a proposed Maine offshore wind farm. (Portland Press Herald)
TRANSMISSION: Maine’s governor says new transmission lines connecting New England to Canadian hydropower will be key to reducing the region’s electricity costs. (Reuters)
OIL AND GAS:
• Oil prices are expected to continue sliding as production outpaces demand. (New York Times)
• A natural gas pipeline explodes in California, killing one person and injuring three others. (Reuters)
• A California natural gas storage facility has been leaking for three weeks. (Los Angeles Times)
FRACKING:
• Neighbors succeed in banning fracking at the site of a former country club in Pennsylvania. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• A West Virginia company converts fracking wastewater into distilled water and road salt. (Dominion Post)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Tesla Motors Inc. official says the company is still actively pushing Michigan lawmakers on being able to directly sell its electric vehicles to customers there. (Midwest Energy News)
COMMENTARY:
• What people get wrong about the connection between climate change and terrorism. (Vox)
• Why we should end the “fox-designing-the-henhouse framework” for fossil fuels on federal lands, and leave them in the ground. (The Hill)