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KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Former State Dept official: Clinton will approve Keystone XL (via FuelFix)

 

Infographic: Keystone pipelines are ‘built to spill’ (via DeSmog Blog)

 

Greens blast new Alberta oil sands lands policy (via Reuters)

 

NUCLEAR

Virginia quake may have exceeded nuclear plant design (via Reuters)

 

U.S. Nuclear Operators Survey Damage, Boost Output After Irene (via Bloomberg News)

 

Germany Dims Nuclear Plants, but Hopes to Keep Lights On (via The New York Times)

 

'Suitcase' Nuclear Reactors to Power Mars Colonies (via Discovery News)

 

OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

Big banks bet crude oil prices would fall in 2008 run-up, leaked data show (via FuelFix)

 

EU prepares oil embargo on Syria (via The Wall Street Journal)

 

Number of the week: how many rigs are drilling for oil (via The Wall Street Journal)

 

New Energy Estimate Breathes Life Into a Declining Alaskan Oil Field (via The Wall Street Journal)

 

Blast at Wyo. oil production site kills three workers (via FuelFix)

 

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Texas regulator drafts frac fluid disclosure rule (via FuelFix)

 

New study trims Pa. Marcellus job estimates (via FuelFix)

 

Schools fill budget holes with fracking revenues (via Stateline.org)

 

GOVERNMENT/REGULATIONS

House GOP leaders outline sweeping attack on EPA rules (via The Hill)

 

POLITICS

Inhofe Endorses Perry, Djou Backs Romney (via RealClearPolitics)

 

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT

Climate relics: seeking clues on how some species survive (via Yale e360)

 

Cost of damages from Irene could hit $7 billion (via Inhabitat.com)

 

Scientists Slam Link Between Hurricanes and Global Warming (via US News & World Report)

 

Global warming fears rise in developing world (via Financial Times)

 

Researchers: Wastewater recycling can multiply greenhouse gas emissions (via EurekAlert)

 

Japan's Tepco says to review CO2 emissions goal (via Reuters)

 

Monitoring ground-level ozone from space (via EurekAlert)

 

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

Natural gas vehicle backers push for federal recognition (via Midwest Energy News)

 

China rethinking plug-in vehicle policy (via GreenAutoBlog)

 

Thanks to huge government subsidies, China poised to be world leader in electric cars (via Mother Nature Network)

 

Cars Could Run On Recycled Newspaper, Scientists Say (via Science Daily)

 

GRID

Hurricane Irene highlights need for smarter grid (via Gigaom.com)

 

RENEWABLES/SOLAR/WIND

Reid: Energy revolution happening, but too slowly (via Business Week)

 

CA Pushes Wind and Geothermal Energy (via Courthouse Service News)

 

Promise of Jobs from Solar, Wind Power a Hard Sell in the Desert (via National Journal)

 

A Sneak Peek at “World’s Biggest” Solar Project (via KQED News)

 

The debate on how to best store solar electricity continues (via CleanTechnica)

 

Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says (via Bloomberg News)

 

China revises up 2015 renewable energy goals: report (via Reuters)

 

Solar Purge Drives Weakest Into Buyouts (via Bloomberg News)

 

GREEN BUSINESS

In Seattle, work starts on 'greenest' office building (via LA Times)

 

CLEAN TECH

An LED light bulb for under $15 (via Gigaom.com)

 

Fuel-Cell Startup ClearEdge Scores $73.5 Million From Investors (via Forbes)

 

OPINION/ANALYSIS

FACT CHECK: Bachmann energy claims oversimplified (via Associated Press)

 

Heartland Institute Report: Climate Change Reconsidered (via NIPCCReport)

 

Markey Urges Tougher Plant Standards in Letter to Jaczko (via Rep. Markey)

 

Clear the way for a greener electric grid (via Baltimore Sun)

 

As Republican Candidates Bash Science, Another Call to George Will (via DotEarth)

 

Are bikes environmentally friendlier than cars? Green Lantern runs the numbers. (via Washington Post)

 

Ford-Toyota Partnership Shows Standards Drive Innovation (via GreenBiz.com)

 

How Pepsi and Coke's Plant-Based Bottle Wars Affect Manufacturers (via GreenBiz.com)

 

China's Not Going Green (via Forbes)

 

Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Renews Energy vs. Environment Debate (via PBS)

 

Study: Ethanol growth has influenced cropping practices (via The Independent)

 

Field book, s'mores, bug spray ... and climate education? (via The Daily Climate)