Henry Harrell"s Blog: September 17 Green Energy News

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A survey of 903 Canadian vertebrate species spanning over four decades has found that half are in serious population decline. Declining species lost a total of 83% of their numbers between 1970 and 2014, says the report from the World Wildlife Fund. Causes include pollution, climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species. [The Weather Channel]

St Lawrence beluga (Nick Caloyianis, National Geographic Creative | WWF-Canada)

Following a meeting of environment ministers, the EU climate commissioner said Trump officials had indicated the US would either stay in the 2015 accord or review its terms. But the White House had insisted it will leave the Paris climate accord, and despite reports to the contrary, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that its position was unchanged. [BBC]
On Thursday morning, Florida Power and Light tweeted that all substations and 1,000 main power lines have been restored in Florida in the wake of Irma. And the process of allowing people to return to homes was underway in most areas outside the storm-ravaged lower Florida Keys. FPL is working to fix over 12,000 cases of damage. [ExpressNewsline]
California lawmakers will go home for the year without voting on a landmark renewable energy bill. The bill would have required state regulators to chart a path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045, though this could have included such energy sources as nuclear plants and gas-fired power plants that capture their carbon emissions. [The Desert Sun]
Dubai has officially launched the world’s largest single-site concentrated solar power project at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The project, which will be built at a total cost of $3.9 billion, was unveiled by the UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. [Gulf Business News]

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