12/01/11 10:50am

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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

EU Sees Chance for Deal With China Over Climate Road Map, Kyoto (via Bloomberg)

African Delegates Demand Immediate Action at Climate Conference (via Voice of America)

Setback for 100 bln dollar aid fund at climate talks (via AFP)

EU: Green Climate Fund board must start working (via China Daily)

We are on track for Green Climate Fund: Molewa (via Times Live)

EPA: New rules limiting pollution will not cause power outages (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Dominion Chief Urges More Time to Comply With EPA Air Rule (via Bloomberg)

Thawing permafrost 'speeding' up warming, experts warn (via MSNBC)

Groups frame climate as a moral cause (via The Washington Post)

POLITICS

Clean-Energy Funding to Drop After Obama Grant Program Ends (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

At MIT, Energy Secretary Chu says he hopes ARPA-E will survive budget cuts (via Boston.com)

API, lawmaker square off over industry job claims (via Fuel Fix)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

GOP seeks political price for Obama’s Keystone pipeline delay (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Republican Bill Demands a Quick Keystone XL Permit (via The New York Times Green Blog)

White House denies pipeline delay was political decision (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Canada natives sue Shell over oil sands funding (via Reuters)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Chants, Boos and Celebrities at a Standoff on Fracking (via The New York Times Green Blog)

A Debate Over Who Regulates Gas 'Fracking' In Pa. (via NPR)

OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

Underground pipe eyed in seepage (via Deseret News)

Chevron Was ‘Irresponsible’ in Oil Leak, Rio Governor Says (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

BP Spill Fund Raises Limits for Shrimp and Crab Losses (via The New York Times)

ConocoPhillips Said to Be Planning Sale of Alliance Refinery (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

A123 Systems lays off 125 Michigan employees (via MLive.com)

Despite battery issues, Volt named No. 1 in consumer survey (via Fuel Fix)

NUCLEAR

Study Shows Worse Picture of Meltdown in Japan (via The New York Times)

Fukushima Daiichi Manager Steps Down Due to Illness (via The Wall Street Journal)

SOLAR/WIND/RENEWABLES

IEA Says Solar May Provide One-Third of Global Energy by 2060 (via Bloomberg)

COAL/MINING/CCS

Coal study names top 20 'climate killer' banks (via The Guardian)

Carbon capture bid begins (via The Independent)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

Climate Talks Draw Protests Inside and Out (via The Huffington Post)

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