QUICK NEWS, June 24: PRESIDENT COMING AFTER CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL NEW ENERGY ADDED 115GW IN 2012; U.S. OFFSHORE WIND GETS $200 MIL BOOST

PRESIDENT COMING AFTER CLIMATE CHANGE Obama to address climate change in speech Tuesday

David Jackson, June 23, 2013 (USA Today)

“Environmentalists who have been prodding President Obama to address climate change get their answer this week...” click here for more

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GLOBAL NEW ENERGY ADDED 115GW IN 2012 Renewable Energy: World Invests $244 billion in 2012, Geographic Shift to Developing Countries

June 2013 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century)

“…In terms of power generation capacity, 2012 was another record year with 115 GW of new renewables installed worldwide, equivalent to just over half of total net additions. REN21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report demonstrates that the right policies can drive the successful integration of larger shares of renewables in the energy mix. Of the 138 countries with renewables targets or policies in place, two-thirds are in the developing world. The geographical distribution of renewables deployment is also widening, particularly in the developing countries…” click here for more

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U.S. OFFSHORE WIND GETS $200 MIL BOOST PensionDenmark Invests in Wind Farm Offshore Nantucket

Peter Levring, June 18, 2013 (Bloomberg News)

“PensionDanmark has pledged $200 million in funding for a wind farm in Nantucket Sound, in the first committed investment in Cape Wind Associates LLC’s proposed 468-megawatt park offshore Cape Cod…” click here for more

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