12/06/11 10:37am

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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

UN chief to open ministers level at climate talks (via The Associated Press)

Brazil Signals It Can’t Commit to Binding Emissions Target in Durban (via Bloomberg)

Wetlands focus on climate talks sideline (via The Associated Press)

Shipping Fuel Charges May Fund Climate Aid, UN Document Shows (via Bloomberg)

U.K. Spends Almost $1.6 Billion of Fast-Start Funds for Climate Finance (via Bloomberg)

Calif. Takes Big Step Toward Greenhouse Gas Limits (via NPR)

COAL/MINING/CCS

Alpha to pay $200 million in landmark UBB safety deal (via The Charleston Gazette)

Report on West Virginia mining disaster coming (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Geologists awarded $11.5 million to test CO2 storage (via Kansan.com)

OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

BP says Halliburton 'intentionally destroyed evidence' after Gulf oil spill (via CNN)

Feds give Gulf plan $50 million boost (via The Houston Chronicle)

Task Force Says BP Oil Spill Fines Should Go to Gulf Restoration (via The New York Times)

Oil companies plan record capital spending next year (via Fuel Fix)

High oil prices may threaten growth: BP (via Reuters)

Oil's Growing Thirst for Water (via The Wall Street Journal)

Agencies sign off on proposed Arctic bridge (via CBS News)

Russian Oil Frontier: Nowhere Land (via The Wall Street Journal)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Natural gas boom projected to fuel job growth (via The Houston Chronicle)

Shell strikes shale gas in China (via Reuters)

NUCLEAR

Radiation traces found in Japanese baby formula (via The Associated Press)

UTILITIES/TRANSMISSION/GRID

Constellation Power Plant Meets EPA Goals AEP Calls Unattainable (via Bloomberg)

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

GM says very few Chevy Volt owners selling car back, taking out loaners (via Autoblog Green)

CLEAN TECH

China Fuels Energy Innovation (via The Wall Street Journal)

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