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Anniversary of Note:

¶ 50 years ago today, President Johnson’s Science Advisory Committee sent him a report, “Restoring the Quality of Our Environment,” which included a warning on carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. It was written by prominent climate scientists Roger Revelle, Wallace Broecker, Charles Keeling, Harmon Craig, and J Smagorisnky. [The Guardian]

Opinion:

¶ “How the World Is Saving Itself From Coal Even Without a UN Prod” • The energy industry is easing away from coal and will keep moving in that direction regardless of what happens at the United Nations climate talks in Paris next month. That’s the view of Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. [Bloomberg]

Emissions rise from a coal power station in Indiana. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

World:

¶ Envision Energy, a leading smart energy providers, has acquired a 600 MW portfolio of wind projects in development stages…