04/26/11 9:33am

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Boehner: Some Oil Subsidies Unnecessary (via ABC News)

High gas prices cut into driving habits — and Obama’s approval rating (via The Washington Post)

Trade shifts help rich meet climate goals: study (via Reuters)

China to encourage high-tech reactors, uranium exploration (via Reuters)

Report: Climate change worsens Western water woes (via Associated Press)

Group criticizes funding for Marcellus program (via The Journal)

Pa. official: End nears for wastewater releases (via The Miami Herald)

Feds looking at NM for radioactive waste site (via The Santa Fe New Mexican)

Fukushima Crisis Shouldn't Blunt Long-Term Investment in Nuclear Power, Says MIT Report (via Science Mag)

Report Urges Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel, Not Reprocessing It (via The New York Times)

In Ukraine, Scars Of Chernobyl Disaster Remain Raw (via NPR)

Greenpeace: Chernobyl. Fukushima. Indian Point? (via Greenpeace) 

Op-Ed: Jonah Goldberg: Cooling on global warming (via Los Angeles Times)

Energy in America: EPA Rules Force Shell to Abandon Oil Drilling Plans (via FOX News)

Climate change understanding falls along political lines (via Mother Nature Network)

Two Views of Climate Cause and Effect (via The New York Times: Dot Earth)

Carbon emissions 'hidden' in imported goods revealed (via BBC)

State Policies Key to Clean Energy Development, Report Says (via National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Alaska wind farm struggles to interest utilities (via Anchorage Daily News)

Ted Danson dives into 'Oceana' (via The Los Angeles Times)

Will and Kate say "I do" to low-carbon nuptials (via Business Green)

Florida: Solar rebate program hits its cap in 72 hours (via Energy Boom)

Nissan Leaf named 2011 world car of the year (via Energy Boom)

State has no specific rules on containing fracking water spills (via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Slew of bills target growing wind power industry (via Bangor Daily News)

China grows wind capacity to top world ranking (via Clean Technica)

Gas prices set new records, $6 possible (via Dayton Business Journal)

China to invest $391 bln in power grids from 2011-2015 (via Reuters)

US oil drilling motors past gas, is still revving up (via Platts)

BrightSource files for $250M IPO: a closer look (via GreenTech Media)

One year after BP oil spill, as least 1.1 million barrels still missing (via Scientific American)

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