JLN Environmental Energy, March 18, 2016 France agrees bailout for EDF to proceed with Hinkley Point C; Global natural gas demand to double by 2040 - Exxon Mobil Russia; Wall Street checks out of coal mines.

How to Store Carbon
By Jenny Bowman - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Carbon capture and storage is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s approach to combatting climate change.
http://1.usa.gov/1R6Hnmb

Wall Street checks out of coal mines
By Jon Marino - CNBC
Few Wall Street banks are still willing to get their hands dirty in the coal business.
http://cnb.cx/1pwW7UG
The federal coal leasing program is just corporate welfare
By Ben Adler - Grist
The federal government’s outdated programs that lease public land for fossil fuel extraction are a subsidy for climate pollution, as has been noted before by green groups, think tanks, and Grist writers.
http://bit.ly/1S6QvJJ
Farm to fleets: Manure helps Chicago startup build natural gas network
Chicago Tribune
Chicago startup AmpCNG launched at a farm in northwest Indiana that converted cow manure to renewable natural gas.
http://trib.in/21xZg2b
Global natural gas demand to double by 2040 — Exxon Mobil Russia
Tass
The global demand for the LNG will grow twice quicker than the overall gas demand growth by 2025, including LNG demand growth in the Asia-Pacific nations by more than 60% during the next decade alone.
http://bit.ly/1pOIOyL

Hawaii Air Force unit getting own power grid that uses trash
By Audrey McAvoy - The Associated Press
The Air Force unit that defends Hawaii skies will get experimental energy technology that uses trash to generate power and relies on its own small electrical grid — a system intended to keep the unit operating if a bomb, cyberattack or natural disaster knocks out the local utility.
http://bit.ly/1U9Ix6r
Smart Grids to help provide power to all: Piyush Goyal
PTI
Power Minister Piyush Goyal today strongly advocated the need for India to adopt smart grids and concepts to improve energy access for ensuring that power reaches all in the country.
http://bit.ly/1Z6gQdO

Tesla's Product Pipeline And Its Implications
By Richard Gordon - Seeking Alpha
As noted by Seeking Alpha contributor Randy Carlson, in articles such as this, Tesla has been valued based on the confidence or skepticism that the company will manage 500,000 cars in 2020 for some time now.
http://bit.ly/1PeDEkj

High levels of lead found in Mississippi capital's water likened to Flint crisis
By Kate Galbraith and Matthew Teague - The Guardian
Startlingly elevated levels of lead were found in the water in Mississippi’s capital in June, but a warning was not issued by government officials until January, the Guardian has learned – a contamination that bears some resemblance to the crisis in Flint, Michigan.
http://bit.ly/1R1gvaC
17 images showing how countries facing dire water shortages across the globe get this vital resource
By Courtney Verrill - Business Insider UK
Many countries throughout the world live without access to safe, clean water. Safe water is crucial to one's health — without it, people are more at risk to infectious diseases and even premature death.
http://bit.ly/1pOK2Kr
Managing the Politics of Water
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Sundeep Waslekar - Project Syndicate
This year’s World Water Day, on March 22, provides an opportunity to highlight what in many countries has become a grim reality: The availability of fresh water is increasingly a defining strategic factor in regional and global affairs.
http://bit.ly/1pr7HQq
Water Is Broken. Data Can Fix It.
By Charles Fishman - The New York Times
As a nation, we have become disciples of data.
http://nyti.ms/1TRRgtz