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KEYSTONE XL

State Department review to find pipeline impact ‘limited,’ sources say (via The Washington Post)

With emotions high and evidence low, corrosion questions hound Canada-to-US pipeline (via The New York Times)

Green groups add to pressure on Obama (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Study: Climate pollution from gas drilling overstated (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Geologists Sharply Cut Estimate of Shale Gas (via The New York Times)

Tougher rules for gas pipelines considered by feds (via Fuel Fix)

Wyoming regulators exempt 146 fracking chemicals from public disclosure (via Billings Gazette)

GOVERNMENT/REGULATIONS

Groups call on supercommittee to cut energy subsidies (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

US NUCLEAR

Dominion sends seismic data for analysis (via Reuters)

Regulators Want to Know if North Anna Plant Was Built to Withstand Tremors (via The Wall Street Journal)

POLITICS

Romney says would not put limits on emissions (via Reuters)

Jim Inhofe backs Rick Perry over 'mushy' Mitt Romney (via Politico)

Sen. Manchin accuses Rep. Conyers of degrading West Virginia in speech (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

Gas Is Cheaper, but We’re Still Driving Less (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Libya: Can It Become an Oil Superpower? (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

Eagle Ford employers find it hard to fill jobs (via Fuel Fix)

Oil Rig Industry Revisits Lehman Crisis as Credit Squeezed (via Bloomberg)

Is CO2-enhanced oil recovery a carbon storage option? (via The Energy Collective)

Brazil builds $127 billion offshore city to harvest oil in deep sea (via Treehugger)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

Climate cycles are driving wars, says study (via EurekAlert)

Where has all the genetic diversity gone? (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Summer drought limits positive effects of CO2 and heat on plant growth in future climate (via Science Daily)

Graduate business schools offer more environmentally friendly courses (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Drought-baked fields in US dimming 2012 wheat outlook as prices rebound (via Bloomberg)

London flooding costs could hit ‘tens of billions’ (via Business Green)

Australian carbon price to fall post-2015 (via Business Green)

Climate shifts drove wars in 90-plus nations since 1950 (via Solve Climate News)

Dust bowls, water shortages, and toxins drive people from their homes (via Grist)

UTILITIES/GRID

Gov. Brown seeks to extend California energy surcharge (via The Los Angeles Times)

Duke Energy’s strategy to create a digital grid (via Energy Boom)

Demand response: what it is & what it means for you (via The Energy Collective)

ERCOT elevates grid emergency to level 2, shuts off some industrial consumers (via Texas Energy and Environment Blog)

WIND/SOLAR/RENEWABLES

Price tag for Texas wind power lines climbs 38% (via Fuel Fix)

Jersey hits 10,000 solar installations (via Earth Techling)

New partnership to boost US biomass exports (via AOL Energy)

One step closer to kinetic energy for your iPad (via Clean Technica)

Screen-printed solar cell sets new efficiency record of 20.2% (via Clean Technica)

Texas wind industry has new worker source (via Earth Techling)

Connecticut plans for an independent clean energy future (via AOL Energy)

INTERNATIONAL

Chasing Rare Earths, Foreign Companies Expand in China (via The New York Times)

China Power Investment to Invest $11 Billion in Xinjiang, Daily Says (via Bloomberg)

China Says Power Grids Should Build Pumped-Storage Power Station (via Bloomberg)

India Revamps Solar Auction Supply Rules, First Solar May Benefit (via Bloomberg)

Solar Feedstock: Does the Middle East Have What It Takes? (via Fuel Fix)

GREEN BUSINESS/TECH

Shoes redefine 'power walking' (via MSNBC)

Coming Soon: Batteries That Run On (And Clean) Used Toilet Water (via Fast Company)

U.N. chief to NREL: Think bold and we will support your work (via The Denver Post)

Business Studies Become Environmentally Friendly (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Cooling Business Will Be Hot, EIA Predicts (via ECT.coop)

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

Sneak Preview: Audi A8 Hybrid (via Forbes)

High-speed rail funding focuses on Northeast (via Earth Techling)

Pike forecasts electric vehicle charging stations to reach 7.7M worldwide by 2017 (via Green Car Congress)

ETHANOL

Work begins on carbon-capture at ADM Decatur site (via Pantagraph)

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability Consortium Plants a Green Flag in Europe (via Green Biz)

EFFICIENCY

NY offers rebates on energy-saving appliances (via The Wall Street Journal)

Five more capitals getting green makeover (via Earth Techling)

Chicago to replace old yellow streetlights with energy-efficient lamps (via Inhabitat)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

IHS CERA Report: Mismeasuring Methane (via IHS.com)

The Green Scissors 2011 Report [PDF Download] (via GreenBiz)

Marcellus Math: Fun with Frack-tions (via Marcellus Effect)

Analysis: Rails, not pipes, may tame twisted oil market (via Reuters)

Where’s Fox Followup on Climate Inquiry? (via The New York Times: Dot Earth)

The Fire Hose: Fracking, Sea Level, Climate and Conflict (via The New York Times: Dot Earth)

Big Corn Gets Bigger: America's Ethanol Decade (via Forbes)

Suntech Says Solar Is For Real. Do You Agree? (via Forbes)

Top Energy Consultancy Critiques Howarth Study & EPA Methane Data (via John Hanger)

Are we entering cleantech’s dark ages? (via Green Biz)

When too much (solar) success is a bad thing (via The Energy Collective)

4 steps to get you on the path to zero waste (via Green Biz)

Koch lobbying aggressively to allow safety loopholes at chemical sites at risk of terrorist attack (via Think Progress)

GE’s Jim Cramer heads to Midwest as fracking cheerleader (via DeSmog Blog)

Drilling beneath cemeteries is a deal too far (via Post-Gazette)

 

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