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World:

¶ The Welsh government has agreed additional funding of £938,000 to three community-led and locally supported onshore wind projects in south Wales. Carmarthenshire Energy Limited, a small Welsh-based community developer, will receive a loan of £785,000 and a £25,000 grant towards the building of a 500-kW turbine. [reNews]

Wear Point wind farm in Wales (Infinergy)

¶ Based on estimates of the amounts of excess pollutants released by the 11 million cars VW admitted to fitting with cheating software, Kevin Drum has come up with a rough estimate of a death toll. Worldwide, it may be that 3,700 people died because VW cheated. This is a problem professions will doubtless take up. [CleanTechnica]

¶ The presidents of the US and China have made a bargain. China will implement a national cap-and-trade program, requiring Chinese electric companies, iron and steel plants, and other manufacturers to trade emissions…