12/27/11 12:42pm

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POLITICS

Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs (via The Washington Post)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Obama has options to delay Keystone pipeline (via Reuters)

Keystone XL start may be near, TransCanada Corp. says (via The Chronicle Herald)

Sinopec says completes Canada's Daylight Energy buy (via Reuters)

Researchers exploring developing biofilms to remediate oil sands tailings (via Green Car Congress)

ELECTRIC CARS

A123 Says Batteries for Fisker Have Potential Safety Issue (via Bloomberg)

Bad math makes claim that each Volt cost taxpayers $250,000 go viral (via Autoblog Green)

RENEWABLES/WIND/SOLAR

Connecticut Announces 20-Year Deals With Pair of Solar Projects (via Bloomberg)

New solar could exceed new coal in 2011 (via John Hanger)

Hawaii, California removing barriers limiting rooftop solar projects (via Inside Climate News)

Solar power legislation now law in New Jersey (via NorthJersey.com)

OIL

Royal Dutch Shell says worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade now contained (via The Associated Press)

Chevron, Conoco Ensnared in Post-BP Government Crackdown on Oil Slicks (via Bloomberg)

Oil interests push China into Sudanese mire (via The Washington Post)

NUCLEAR

Japan probe finds nuclear disaster response failed (via The Associated Press)

Only 6 of 54 nuclear reactors still operating in Japan (via Japan Today)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

Dominion, Sempra May Boost Dividends Next Year on U.S. Air Rule Clarity (via Bloomberg)

China expects 11 pct industrial output growth in 2012 (via Reuters)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

Analysis: House Republicans picked a fight over the tax cut extension, then they surrendered (via The Associated Press)

Keystone Pipeline Endgame: Three Scenarios (via Rolling Stone)

Obama’s courting the youth vote with Keystone politics (via Ottawa Citizen)

NATURAL GAS

Company seeks state, federal approval to begin methane farming in Wyoming (via The Republic)

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