Japan:
¶ Land reserved for industrial parks in rural areas of Japan is being used by solar farms. [Wall Street Journal]
¶ A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 1,100 people against Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi plant, seeking to shut it down. Ohi has the only operating nuclear reactors in Japan. [RAPSI]
World:
¶ Research, backed by the European Union, NASA, the National Science Foundation and research councils in Britain and the Netherlands, concludes that global warming is happening faster with the passing of time. [CNN]
¶ China is leading the world in coal-fired plant efficiency and the deployment of clean coal technologies. [POWER magazine]
US:
¶ The owners of the San Onofre nuclear plant have told the NRC safety equipment at San Onofre may have been sabotaged. Coolant was poured into the oil system of a backup generator. [Huffington Post]
¶ Vermont Yankee is operating under an expired water discharge permit because the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has not yet made a decision on a new one. The process goes on. [Brattleboro Reformer]
¶ A campaign to get schools to divest holdings in fossil fuel companies has spread to over 100 campuses. [It’s Getting Hot In Here]
¶ A professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering: “Oil and gas will remain the primary energy source, … in 2030 87 percent of our energy will come from oil, gas and coal.” [Midland Reporter-Telegram]
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