02/07/12 8:56am

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CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT

China greenhouse gas emissions set to rise well past US (via Scientific American)

OMB misses greenhouse pollution rule deadline (via ThinkProgress Green)

UK greenhouse gas rise exceeds expectations on 2010 recovery (via BusinessGreen)

Political discourse driving public opinion on climate, report finds (via Yale e360)

Will global warming ruin football in the South? (via Grist)

GRID

Four smart grid innovations that are utility painkillers (via Smart Grid Library)

Hawaii using smart grid controls to turn lights off when the wind stops blowing (via TreeHugger)

RENEWABLES

Renewable electricity generation in California includes variable and non-variable sources (via US EIA)

World’s largest wind farm erects first offshore wind turbine (via BusinessGreen)

Solar projects take home of Hoover Dam back to future (via Las Vegas Review-Journal)

OIL

BP preparing ‘vigorously’ for oil spill lawsuits (via Reuters)

Shell still hopes to drill this summer in Arctic water (via Anchorage Daily News)

Refinery closures would disrupt supply chain, marketers say (via AOL Energy)

TRANSPORTATION

Fisker suspends work, lays off workers (via Earth2Tech)

The dawn of a new day for autos (via C2ES)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Keystone denial locks Canadian crude into Midwest (via AOL Energy)

GREEN BUSINESS

Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering (via The Guardian)

Companies get a boost in stock from reporting greenhouse gas info (via GreenBiz)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Pennsylvania lawmakers are near deal on drilling fees (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

After early gallop, Albany slows to crawl in making decision on gas drilling (via New York Times)

POLITICS

Keystone, drilling battles rage in both chambers (via The Hill)

Senators press White House to intervene in ‘fracking’ fight (via The Hill)

DOE-backed Beacon Power finds buyer post-bankruptcy (via CNET)

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