“The world’s listed oil and gas majors must cut combined production by more than a third by 2040 to keep emissions within international climate targets and protect shareholder value.”
Energy News Network: More renewables will mean less asthma and heart disease in the Midwest
“A study released today in Environmental Research Letters attempts to localize potential health gains from adding wind or solar generation. For each region, it puts a dollar value on projected health benefits for each megawatt-hour of renewable generation that displaces fossil fuels. The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic regions stand to gain the most, with up to $113 per megawatt hour in benefits, compared to about $28 in California.”
Vox: Wildfires and blackouts mean Californians need solar panels and microgrids
“Though it is still in early days, and only hints of what’s to come are yet visible, the evolution to a more distributed system is inevitable. It can be done inefficiently and inequitably, or the state can make sure it’s done expeditiously and fairly, but it is going to happen one way or another.”
PV Magazine: The largest private coal company in the United states just went bankrupt
“Murray Energy, which has been described by S&P Global Market Intelligence as the largest privately held coal company in the United States, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal courts this morning.”
Miami Herald: This new plan will create affordable housing along South Florida’s rail path
“The business model, explains SELF’s Chief Strategic and Financial Officer Duanne Andrade, is to offer loans to low and moderate-income people for upgrades like hurricane-resistant roofs, solar panels or efficient air-conditioning systems. ‘Those are all expensive items that typically working-class people couldn’t afford easily,’ she said. ‘It’s not fair for only the wealthy to be able to access those home improvements that would serve the low income the most and the best.'”