Climate Change Dispatch Over-reliance on green energy and freezing winter weather triggered serious power shortages across Europe. European Union nations, including Greece and Hungary, hoarded power due to the cold winter weather. That hoarding triggered shortages that cut off electricity to tens of thousands of homes and sent power prices soaring to record levels. Temperatures across southern Europe are expected […] http://ift.tt/2kcnCjf

Climate Change Dispatch The head of the EPA under President Barack Obama vehemently denied politicians and environmentalists waged a “war on coal.” There’s just one problem. She was sitting in front of a “coal sucks” poster in the office of California’s top state senator. Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy huddled with Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento Thursday to advise them […] http://ift.tt/2kWTSel

Climate Change Dispatch Seattle’s City Council voted to end all ties to Wells Fargo because of the financial institution’s direct investments with the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The council will remove $3 billion in city funds from the banking giant. Council members want to turn the bidding process into a race to see which banking institution is committed […] http://ift.tt/2kcqXhS

Climate Change Dispatch Members of the conservative Climate Leadership Council, half of whom publicly denounced candidate Donald Trump during the election, visited the White House yesterday to extol the benefits of a carbon tax. In their view, such a tax would mark the first step toward fighting global warming while potentially gaining new constituents for the party. The […] http://ift.tt/2kWFEKK