Headline News:
- An international team of scientists provided calculations on recent floods in France. They found that global warming increased the chances for the Loire river basin flooding by 90% and the Seine river basin by 80%. That’s compared to a world with no man-made climate change. [Tulsa World]
Flood in Paris on June 4. Photo by Thesupermat. CC BY-SA 4.0 international. Wikimedia Commons.
- There have been some efforts to deal with marine carbon emissions, but ship owners feel little need to green their fleets, as those hiring the vessels pay the fuel costs. When the price of bunker fuel (the sludgiest oil left over from refining) drops, as it has, ecological resolve disappears. [The Guardian]
- A French company, DCNS Group, has joined Aqua Ventus, a consortium the University of Maine, to develop a floating offshore wind farm. It will help develop the project, is one of three offshore wind proposals eligible for nearly $40 million in funding from the DOE. [Press Herald]
- When Hurricane Sandy blacked out most of the city, New York University continued to buzz and glow throughout the night. NYU runs on a microgrid, a semi-independent energy system able to generate and store its own power. Now the state is supporting microgrid developments. [Business Insider]
- Solar Impulse 2, the largest solar-powered aircraft in the world, landed early Saturday in New York City. It is the 14th stop and the final US destination in its year-old trek around the world. It flew past the Statue of Liberty before landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. [CNN]
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from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/06/12/june-12-green-energy-news-3/
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