[GWSG] 100% commitments; free e bus rides; climate vs. the moon; cities & companies meet; 5-15% renewable; kid's lawsuit

[Tilley, Al]

1.  Ten countries, 63 cities, and 62 regions or states have committed to becoming 100% renewably powered in at least one sector.  http://www.go100percent.org/cms/  St. Petersburg, FL, is the first city in Florida to make the commitment.  http://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/11/23/st-pete-will-be-the-first-city-in-florida-to-use-100-percent-renewable-energy#<http://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/11/23/st-pete-will-be-the-first-city-in-florida-to-use-100-percent-renewable-energy>



2.  The Clean Cities program supported Louisville, KY, as it replaced its fleet of trolleys with electric busses which transport people on popular downtown routes for free.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLi3oRk722g&utm_source=EERE+Weekly+Digest+of+Clean+Energy+News&utm_campaign=483652b803-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_96dffafa2f-483652b803-34498985



3.  Trump wishes NASA to cease climate research and concentrate on building a moon base.  http://inhabitat.com/trump-wants-nasa-to-stop-researching-climate-change-to-build-a-permanent-base-on-the-moon/



4.  82 major cities are meeting in Mexico City this week as members of the C40 network to share strategies on dealing with climate change.  The Mayor of Los Angeles observed that in the US now the more important efforts are falling to cities.  http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-garcetti-20161130-story.html



5.  Environmentally friendly US businesses, including Citibank, Nasdaq, and United Airlines, have formed Companies Versus Climate Change.  The new group met in Fort Lauderdale this week.  "We're here to save the world, because the government's not going to."  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/climate-change-donald-trump-us-companies



6.  The US Energy Information Agency reports that renewable energy in the US increased 24% in the first nine months of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015.  CA is the leader, with 44% of its energy generated renewably.  When generation capacity now under construction comes online next year we will have doubled our non-hydro renewable share of power generation in the last five years to 10%, and could reach 15% by 2020.  http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/renewable-energy-in-us-gained-24-percent-through-first-nine-months-of-2016.html?cmpid=enl_REW_RENEWABLEENERGYNEWS_2016-12-02&email_address=atilley@unf.edu&eid=291059574&bid=1602403



7.  The Children's Trust lawsuit by children in Oregon to force climate action should have a court date next summer or fall.  The suit could lead to actions both directly and indirectly, and promises to educate people and to reframe somewhat the climate problem even if it is appealed to a hostile Supreme Court.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/01/trump-could-face-the-biggest-trial-of-the-century-over-climate-change/?utm_term=.bcf0b375f3e6  ?

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