08/18/11 10:26am

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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

APNewsBreak: Oil sheen in Gulf, source unknown (via Associated Press)

Marshall Islands report blames behavior for BP spill (via Reuters)

As Oil Spiked, Many Traded (via The Wall Street Journal)

Exxon, U.S. Government Duel Over Huge Oil Find (via The Wall Street Journal)

Oil drilling tops gas for first time in 18 years (via Fuel Fix)

Maine legislates 30% reduction in oil use by 2030 (via Treehugger)

Obama administration moves against Alaska oil drilling (via Grist)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

Weather alerts are imperiled, NOAA warns (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Univ. of Wisconsin model shows polar ice caps can recover from melting (via Green Car Congress)

No end in sight for Texas drought, says National Weather Service (via Treehugger)

AUTOS

GM plans to roll out Cadillac ELR, a luxury electric compact car (via The Los Angeles Times)

Citing a Lack of Usage, Costco Removes E.V. Chargers (via The New York Times)

Nissan, Mitsubishi working together on electric vehicle-to-home standards (via Autoblog Green)

BIOFUELS

Never Mind a Tiger in Your Tank: How About An Alligator? (via The New York Times Green Blog)

POLITICS

Bashing EPA is New Theme in GOP Race (via The New York Times)

Climate controversy spotlights GOP stands on science (via MSNBC)

Rick Perry: Climate science skewed by ‘dollars’ (via Politico)

Bachmann: I'll get gas under $2 (via Politico)

Bachmann: man-made climate change is ‘manufactured’ (via Think Progress)

Huntsman camp knocks Perry on climate science (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Could ethanol subsidies affect Perry’s presidential bid? (via Autoblog Green)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Industry pushed back on shale gas recommendations (via Fuel Fix)

Local governments take on Marcellus shale development (via Platts)

Lawmaker defends comments pinning higher rates of STDs on gas drillers (via WITF)

Consol to sell half of Marcellus acreage to Noble for $3.4 bln (via Reuters)

GOVERNMENT/REGULATIONS

Grover Norquist: I'm OK with extending gasoline tax (via Politico)

KEYSTONE XL

Climate scientist sees no choice but to risk arrest at Keystone XL protests (via Solve Climate News)

WIND/SOLAR/RENEWABLES

Brownback supports new wind power infrastructure (via CJOnline.com)

Solar could be as cheap as coal by 2015, Chinese report says (via Treehugger)

First US offshore wind farm will be in Texas (via Treehugger)

A GOP shout out for wind energy (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Report: Hydro is cleaner than you thought (via ECT.coop)

Largest Solar-Power Project Switches Technology to Photovoltaic (via Bloomberg)

UTILITIES/GRID

Smart grid report card finds CA utilities barely average (via Green Biz)

EFFICIENCY

Texas heat spurs surge in sales of energy-efficiency upgrades (via Solve Climate News)

Minnesota a big believer in Opower home energy reports (via Green Bang)

CLEAN TECH

7 ways the military is embracing cleantech (via GigaOM)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

Where to put spent U.S. nuclear fuel (via Politico)

Koch Brothers fund study bashing offshore wind in New Jersey (via Think Progress)

After 12 oil spills in one year, TransCanada says proposed Keystone XL will be safest in US (via Think Progress)

Shell oil spill re-sparks deepwater drilling safety concerns (via Energy Boom)

Big Oil’s Smoggy Notions Proved False (Again...) (via Center for American Progress)

Raising The Gas Tax Could Jumpstart The Economy (via The Fiscal Times)

Will natural gas remain cheap for 10-20 years? (via The Energy Collective)

Northeast clean fuels standard = thousands of jobs, billions of dollars (via The Energy Collective)

Why the scorching summer underlines the need for a smart grid (via Green Biz)

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