11/17/11 10:55am

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POLITICS

GOP grills Steven Chu, keeps Solyndra affair burning (via Politico)

Solyndra hearing: Stearns says Chu has 'failed the test' (via Politico)

Chu doubles down on solar push (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Solyndra Has a Cousin in the Poorhouse (via The New York Times Green Blog)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

EPA to propose utility carbon rules next year (via Reuters)

Science panel: Get ready for extreme weather (via The Associated Press)

OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

Republicans push drilling plan to pay for roads, bridges (via Fuel Fix)

9,627 feet: Shell Gulf well sets deep-water record (via Fuel Fix)

Brazilian police investigate offshore oil spill (via The Associated Press)

Groups file again to block 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale (via Anchorage Daily News)

Halliburton to hire 1,500 for work in San Antonio area (via Fuel Fix)

KEYSTONE XL

Keystone XL: Activists Ask What State Department Is Hiding (via The Huffington Post)

Route Proposals May Ease an Oil Pipeline Bottleneck (via The New York Times)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

The Fracturing of Pennsylvania (via The New York Times)

As Delaware Announces No Vote on DRBC Regulations, Monday’s Meeting in Doubt (via NPR)

To 'frack' or not? Public responds (via The Buffalo News)

NM panel approves regulations for disclosing details of hydraulic fracturing fluids (via The Republic)

Chesapeake CEO Says Services Unit May Be Worth $10 Billion (via Bloomberg)

EPA chief: Wyoming water well results 'of concern' (via Trib.com)

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

U.S. grants $112 million for energy-efficient transit (via Reuters)

Hybrids safer for drivers, less so for pedestrians, study finds‎ (via The Los Angeles Times)

2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas wins Green Car of the Year (via The Detroit News)

ETHANOL/BIOFUELS

Sensenbrenner introduces second attempt to delay E15 (via Ethanol Producer)

UTILITIES/TRANSMISSION/GENERATION

From Edison’s Trunk, Direct Current Gets Another Look (via The New York Times)

COAL/MINING

Cloud Peak, unlike many coal companies, awaits CSAPR hopefully (via Platts)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

The Energy Department’s loan guarantee program is the real Solyndra scandal (via The Washington Post)

Long-term study shows acid pollution in rain decreased with emissions (via EurekAlert)

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