QUICK NEWS, July 29: REAGAN’S SEC-STATE TALKS ENERGY AND CLIMATE; SUN TO HIT $134BIL BY 2020; WHEN INTRODUCING WIND

REAGAN’S SEC-STATE TALKS ENERGY AND CLIMATE A Republican Secretary of State Urges Action on Climate Change

David Biello, July 24, 2013 (Scientific American via Yahoo News)

“…[George Shultz, Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and key negotiator for the Montreal Protocol, one of the most effective global climate treaties ever:] “…In the energy area, we have to be constantly aware of three big objectives. Number one: we have to think of energy as a strategic commodity that is very important to our national security. Number two: we have to recognize that energy is the engine of the economy, so we want inexpensive, reliable, consistent energy. And number three: we have to recognize that energy produces pollutants as it burns, so it affects our environment. It affects the air we breathe; it affects the climate we create. So we have these three issues to keep in mind all the time, and you can't just do one or the other, but you've got to work on them all…” click here for more

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CHINA, EU SETTLE SOLAR TRADE DISPUTE EU reaches 'amicable solution' with China on solar panel dispute

July 27, 2013 (AFP via The Economic Times)

“China and the European Union defused their biggest trade dispute by far on Saturday with a deal to regulate Chinese solar panel imports and avoid a wider war in goods from wine to steel…After six weeks of talks, the EU's trade chief and his Chinese counterpart sealed the deal over the telephone, setting a minimum price for panels from China near spot market prices…An EU diplomatic source said that in the solar agreement, the agreed price was 0.56 euro cents per watt, near the spot price for Chinese solar panels in July in Europe…Under the terms of the deal, China will also be allowed to meet [7 of Europe's 2012 16.9 gigawatt] solar panel demand…without being subject to tariffs under the deal…” click here for more

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WHEN INTRODUCING WIND PSU study: Residents more responsive to wind farms if involved in process

Dan Seufert, July 17, 2013 (Plymouth State University via Plymouth Magazine)

“Plymouth State University's Viewshed Valuation Pilot Study of residents' attitudes on the value of scenic views affected by wind farms found discontent among Groton residents, where a wind farm went online…[The study] found widespread individual values-based opposition in the Plymouth area to current proposals from two European wind power companies…[It] also found that residents responded more favorably to wind farm projects if they were involved in the early proposal and planning stages…” click here for more

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