Monday, March 29, 2010 10:50 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, March 29
By Christopher Snow Hopkins, NationalJournal.com
1) Rajendra Pachauri, the embattled chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, "has been cleared of allegations of financial irregularity by an independently conducted review" (Financial Times -- subscription).
2) President Obama on Saturday appointed Islam Siddiqui to a post in the office of the U.S. trade representative, prompting an outcry from environmental groups concerned by Siddiqui's ties to the pesticide industry.
3) "The U.S., China and Germany are among the most attractive markets for developers of renewable energy technologies," according to an index put out today by Ernst & Young (Bloomberg News).
4) China's wind industry boomed in 2009, becoming the world's top turbine market and producing three of the world's top 10 turbine manufacturers, Danish consultants say (Reuters).
5) J. Bennett Johnston, who chaired the Senate Energy Committee as a Democratic senator from Louisiana, expressed doubts Sunday that Congress would pass a climate and energy bill this year given other legislative priorities and the coming midterm elections (Platts Energy Week).
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