Headline News:
- Two Florida mayors are unique positions for local leaders: they both believe that climate change is occurring, and that the consequences will hit Florida residents hard. That puts them at odds with the state government, which fervently denies that climate change is occurring. [ThinkProgress]
Florida cities are in danger of rising seas. Shutterstock image.
- Opinion: “The fire in Canada looks a lot like climate change – and that should scare you” • It’s impossible for scientists to say global warming caused this specific fire, of course, but polluting the atmosphere is creating conditions that make such disasters more likely, bigger and costlier. [CNN]
- The only land convoy evacuating people trapped by a huge wildfire in the Canadian state of Alberta has been suspended after 200-ft (60-meter) flames flanked the road, officials say. There is also concern about oil facilities, particularly near Nexen’s Long Lake oil extraction site. [BBC]
- Last year two German federal states generated more renewable electricity than they consumed, according to the German clean energy publication Renewables International. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reached net 130% renewable electricity. Schleswig-Holstein reached net 100%. [Inhabitat]
- SolarCity will now offer services to utility and grid operators, including installation, financing, and consulting services for utility-scale solar and energy storage development, advanced controls for demand response, distributed energy resources, and aggregated grid services. [CleanTechnica]
For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/05/07/may-7-green-energy-news-3/
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