Japan:
¶ The United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to health raised concerns that the Japanese government is not screening enough of its people, and had been overly optimistic with radiation exposure thresholds. [Radio Australia]
World:
¶ The amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere last year was 3% more than the year before, most of the increase from China. Of the top ten polluters, only Germany and the US reduced their CO2 emissions. [Huffington Post]
¶ The head of EON SE’s trading unit says Europe should consider cutting costs for consumers by rewarding renewable power and energy efficiency through the region’s carbon market rather than through expensive subsidies to utilities. [Businessweek]
¶ The government of the UK released an Energy Bill it hopes will increase the amount of power generated by renewables capacity from the current 11% to 30% by 2030. [EcoSeed]
¶ The wealthiest countries are providing five times as much aid for fossil fuel as they are to combat climate change. [BusinessWeek]
US:
¶ The TVA is building higher flood barriers at Watts Bar, and other nuclear plants will have to build higher barriers as well. Weather systems are changing, and old calculations were already excessively optimistic. [Chattanooga Times Free Press]
¶ In addition to generating power, Xcel Energy buys and sells electricity in a trading room that operates around the clock, every day of the week. The company estimates that in the past 12, it has made almost $245 million on energy trades. [Denver Post]
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