Japan:
¶ This weekend, officials from Japan and Europe are meeting to discuss energy solutions at a forum in Kyoto. The focus is the Japanese plan to replace nuclear atomic power with other resources by 2040. [Gulf Times]
¶ The Japanese Prime Minister toured Fukushima Daiichi and inspected the reactor at Unit 4, as workers prepare to remove fuel from it. He is also scheduled to tour municipalities undergoing decontamination. [Radio Netherlands]
World:
¶ A Polish plan restores many incentives for renewable power generation that had been proposed to be cut earlier. The measure also shifts the emphasis away from biomass and onshore wind, toward solar power, offshore wind, and micro-generation. [Reuters]
¶ Before the opening of the first Anaerobic Digestion Conference in Northern Ireland, the country’s Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill, told the press she wanted to see more farmers benefit from renewable power to help support farming activities, and that funds were available too assist in that. [Farming Life]
US:
¶ One place the difference between presidential candidates can be seen most clearly is in their energy policies. [Budgeteer]
¶ In Michigan, voters will decide on Proposal 3, which would create a constitutional amendment requiring 25% of power be from renewable sources by 2025. The issue is controversial. [Lansing State Journal]
¶ The amount of methane in the air is potentially life-threatening in some places around the Bayou Corne sinkhole, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. It is coming up out of the ground and waters of an expanding area in southern Louisiana, at “bubble sites,” and in household water wells. [Examiner.com]
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