ECED 6190 - Energy Systems Analysis
Fall 2019
Energy news from online media
Last updated: 25 November 2019
19 11 25 - Climate-heating greenhouse gases hit new high, UN reports
Guardian
19 11 24 - Can we have net zero emissions and still fly?
Guardian
19 11 23 - We may be closer than we thought to Earth's dangerous tipping points
New Scientist
19 11 20 - Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
Guardian
19 11 21 - As Climate Risk Grows, Cities Test a Tough Strategy: Saying ‘No’ to Developers
NY Times
19 11 13 - World Energy Outlook 2019 - Executive Summary
IEA
19 11 16 - Protests Incited by Gas Price Hike Grip Iran
NY Times
19 11 05 - Global climate pledges need to be ramped up to keep warming below 1.5C
New Scientist
(You can pledge all you like, it is whether you follow through that matters.)
19 11 15 - John Browne - Engineering the Future
Interview with John Browne, former CEO of BP
NPR - Climate One
19 11 07 - Pollutionwatch: Africa increases its reliance on fossil fuels
Guardian
19 11 13 - Climate change: do more now or risk catastrophe, warns energy agency
Guardian
19 11 06 - How soon can we go carbon zero?
BBC Inquiry
19 11 05 - Saudi Aramco Offers Some Details on Coming Stock Offering
NY Times
19 11 12 - 5 Global Trends Shaping Our Climate Future
NY Times
19 11 08 - How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong
NY Times
2019 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year
(Before clicking on the "i", guess what the picture is of. Remember, Germany has decided to phase out nuclear power.)
Guardian
19 10 27 -
Wait eight seconds longer for your kettle – and cut your carbon bill
Guardian
19 10 29 -
Murray Energy Is 8th Coal Company in a Year to Seek Bankruptcy
NYTimes
19 10 28 -
Aramco’s I.P.O. Will Be Less Gigantic Than Promised
NYTimes
19 10 29 -
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
NYTimes
19 10 23 -
Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think
NYTimes
19 10 21 -
Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - report
Guardian
19 10 25 -
Offshore windfarms 'can provide more electricity than the world needs'
Guardian
19 10 24 -
A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn to Live With Fire
NYTimes
19 10 24 -
Earthquakes Are Jolting the Netherlands. Gas Drilling Is to Blame.
NYTimes
19 10 24 -
Cash for Carbon: Schumer Climate Plan Would Help Consumers Buy Electric Cars
NYTimes
19 10 24 -
America’s Air Quality Worsens, Ending Years of Gains, Study Says
NYTimes
19 10 15 -
US green economy has 10 times more jobs than the fossil fuel industry
New Scientist (Paywall)
19 09 18 -
"Deliberate drowning of Brazil's rainforest is worsening climate change"
New Scientist (Paywall)
2019 - Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income
Communities
Federal Reserve of San Francisco
19 10 16 - Despite Their Promises, Giant Energy Companies Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas
NYTimes
19 10 15 - Manitoba woman found unconscious from carbon monoxide, 12,500 still without power
CBC
19 10 14 - Ecuador repeals law ending fuel subsidies in deal to stop protests
BBC
19 10 10 - Ecuador falls into chaos after the president cuts fuel subsidies
Economist
19 10 09 - Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline
Guardian
19 10 09 - Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Guardian
19 10 08 - PG&E: Massive power shut-off to hit 800,000 customers, could extend nearly a week
San Francisco Chronicle
19 10 07 - Climate action protest shuts down major bridges in Halifax, Toronto
CBC
19 09 26 - Fight the power: why climate activists are suing Europe’s biggest coal plant
Guardian
19 09 30 - Weatherwatch: glass skyscrapers are worst energy offenders
Guardian
19 10 02 - Tidal energy companies join forces for Bay of Fundy project
CBC Nova Scotia
19 10 02 - 'Things are getting unstable': global heating and the rise of rockfalls in Swiss Alps
Guardian
19 09 30 - Weatherwatch: glass skyscrapers are worst energy offenders
19 09 27 - World’s largest untapped coal reserve about to go up in smoke
New Scientist (Paywall)
19 09 26 - More Than 60 Countries Say They’ll Zero Out Carbon Emissions. The Catch? They’re Not the Big Emitters.
NYTimes
19 09 25 - Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
IPCC
19 09 24 - Oil Giants, Under Fire From Climate Activists and Investors, Mount a Defense
NYTimes
19 09 22 - Who’s Speaking at the U.N. Climate Summit? Several Champions of Coal
NYTimes
19 09 05 - 'Most renewable energy companies' linked with claims of abuses in mines
Guardian
19 09 15 - Collapse of PNG deep-sea mining venture sparks calls for moratorium
Guardian
19 09 23 - UN secretary general hails 'turning point' in climate crisis fight
Guardian
19 09 19 - Commentary: The world can’t afford to relax about oil security
IEA
19 09 19 - Real crunch from Saudi Arabia's oil outage has yet to be felt
Financial Post
19 07 03 - Top 15 Countries by Oil Production (1965-2018)
Youtube
19 09 16 - Climate Strike N.Y.C.: 1.1 Million Can Skip School for Protest
NYTimes
19 09 17 - How an Oil Price Surge Could Hurt the U.S. Economy
NYTimes
19 09 18 - 'Greenwashing': fossil fuel execs to hold invite-only forum at UN climate summit
Guardian
19 09 14 - Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
BBC
19 09 13 - Interior Dept. Takes Next Step Toward Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge
NYTimes
19 09 14 - Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim responsibility for strikes that sparked huge fire at oil processing facility
Guardian
19 09 11 - Adaptation isn't enough. We’ve got to throw everything at the climate crisis
Guardian
19 08 12 - Understanding the Correlation of Oil and Currency
Investopedia
19 09 06 - White House Prepares to Revoke California’s Right to Set Tougher Pollution Rules
NYTimes
19 09 05 - Global shipping needs to clean up its act now – here’s how to do it
New Scientist (Paywall)
19 09 05 - 'Most renewable energy companies' linked with claims of abuses in mines
Guardian
19 09 05 - White House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for Light Bulbs
NYTimes
18 11 23 -
FOURTH NATIONAL
CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and
Adaptation in the United States
National Climate Assessment
18 11 22 - Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN
Guardian