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There鈥檚 no way around it: Donald Trump is going to be a disaster for the planet
From VOX ()
Brad Plumer has written an interesting albeit worrying blog post about what we can expect from the new president of the United States regarding climate. Trump鈥檚 view on climate is very clear, calling global warming a hoax created by the Chinese. He has said that he wants to scrap all regulations to reduce CO2 emissions put forward by Obama, including the clean power plan. Trump has also hinted that he wants to get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency, stop all spending on clean energy and even pull the US out of the Paris agreement.
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Florida voters say no to misleading solar amendment
From Miami Herald: ()
Another important election took place in Florida on the 8th of November. The solar-energy related , which has been a devious attempt by local utilities to monopolise the solar-energy market in Florida. The utilities have tried to take advantage of the popularity of solar to pass an amendment that could have been used as a legal barrier to raise fees on solar users and keep out companies that want to compete with the utilities to provide solar energy generation.
Luckily, the amendment was defeated.
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Landmark Paris Climate Agreement Takes Formal Effect. It鈥檚 Not Nearly Enough
From TIME: ()
3rd of November the Paris Agreement came into force, after countries representing more than 55 % of global emissions have ratified the deal. COP 22 in Marrakech from 7th to 18th of November will be the first opportunity for the parties to decide how to implement the deal.
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Dong Energy confirms oil and gas exit (In Norwegian)
From Dagens N忙ringsliv: ()
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Your feet can be the next source of renewable energy (In Norwegian)
From TU: ()
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IEA raises its five-year renewable growth forecast as 2015 marks record year
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