An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories compiled by Roger Andrews.
This week we feature the Trump EPA, which is proposing a major rollback in US coal plant emission restrictions (no details presently available). To follow we have OPEC and the Iran/Saudi standoff; Saudi Arabia denies plans to scrap the ARAMCO IPO; Nord Stream 2 to bypass Denmark; more production cuts at Groningen; rising EU carbon prices; Australia’s Turnbull ousted; nuclear in Taiwan, Sweden, South Korea, New England, the Middle East and North Africa; a slowdown in California renewables; New Zealand’s first battery storage project; Scotland’s floating wave turbine; the Brexit aftermath; Britons want more subsidized solar and how mass-produced Volkswagens cause drought in Mexico.