01/27/12 9:33am

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NUCLEAR

Revamped search urged for a nuclear waste site (via New York Times)

Is spent nuclear fuel really waste? (via New York Times)

RENEWABLES

Buffett’s Mid American Energy Holdings forms renewables unit (via Greentech Media)

Spain says end subsidies for new renewable energy power plants (via Reuters)

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power aims at 33 percent renewables by 2020 (via Greentech Media)

Renewables from Vestas to Suntech plan profit without subsidy (via Bloomberg)

Asia installing big solar numbers is a big deal (via John Hanger’s Facts of the Day)

Waning subsidy support for wind and solar (via New York Times)

Wind finishes 2011 big, sort of (via Greentech Media)

U.S. Department of Energy announces 2013 solar decathlon is coming to California (via Inhabitat)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Study says European Union law enough for now to regulate shale gas (via Reuters)

No energy industry backing for the word ‘fracking’ (via Associated Press)

Vermont legislature considers banning hydrofracking (via Burlington Free Press)

ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS/CLIMATE

Regional cap-and-trade effort seeks greater impact by cutting carbon allowances (via New York Times)

Obama administration unveils forest management plan (via Los Angeles Times)

UNFCCC launches climate adaptation guide for businesses (via BusinessGreen)

World’s giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show (via The Guardian)

With prevalence of nanomaterials rising, panel urges review of risks (via New York Times)

A flaky winter in Yosemite (via Los Angeles Times)

OIL

Feds propose first central Gulf lease sale since Deepwater Horizon (via Houston Chronicle)

BP can’t collect part of Gulf spill costs from Transocean (via Bloomberg)

China says EU ban on Iran oil not “constructive” (via Reuters)

Is President Obama responsible for US oil production rise? (via Houston Chronicle)

Shell Oil president says pace of federal permitting is improving (via New Orleans Times-Picayune)

GRID

Smart grid survey shows people want more than just money savings (via Treehugger)

GREEN BUILDING

Why historic buildings are greener than LEED-certified new ones (via Good)

National Mall getting new energy-efficient LED lights (via Huffington Post)

OIL SANDS/KEYSTONE XL

State Department says GOP Keystone XL bill raises legal questions (via Reuters)

TransCanada lobbying tops $1.3 million as it pushes Keystone (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

TRANSPORTATION

Obama-backed electric car battery-maker files for bankruptcy (via The Hill)

Chevrolet introduces new Ecologic window sticker, coming first to Sonic (via Autoblog Green)

For the electric car, a slow road to success (via Yale e360)

Electric-car use to reach tipping point in 2015, says Better Place’s chairman (via Bloomberg)

POLITICS

In Colorado, Obama goes from gas to green (via The Hill)

Obama pushes natural gas on swing-state tour (via The Hill)

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