02/14/12 9:59am

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FY 2013 BUDGET PROPOSAL

Obama’s budget doubles down on renewable energy (via The Hill)

Obama budget repeals billions in oil, gas tax breaks, reviving fight with GOP (via The Hill)

Obama seeks clean energy, pipeline funds in budget (via Reuters)

EPA’s FY 2013 budget proposal includes $576M for research, $10M boost for fuel economy and GHG programs (via Green Car Congress)

President’s FY2013 budget boost DOE discretionary funds, cuts fossil fuel subsidies (via Green Car Congress)

OIL SANDS/KEYSTONE XL

GOP revives pipeline push in highway bill (via The Hill)

Keystone XL foes flood senators with 500,000 “vote no” messages (via Houston Chronicle)

Keystone’s thousands of jobs fall to 20 when pipeline opens (via Bloomberg)

COAL

US coal production rises slightly in 2011 amid lower domestic demand and higher exports (via US EIA)

TRANSPORTATION

Global airlines call for UN intervention to prevent carbon trade war (via Treehugger)

EU: emissions trading scheme can be negotiated, but not trapped (via Huffington Post/Associated Press)

China airlines in ‘intolerable’ spot on Europe levies, IATA says (via Bloomberg)

Ready, set, go for London Olympics electric vehicle fleet (via BusinessGreen)

Electric cars in China bigger polluters (via United Press International)

Never before have gas prices risen so high so early in the year (via Los Angeles Times)

RENEWABLES

Will hurricanes topple US offshore wind turbines? (via New York Times)

Bright days: how India is reinventing solar (via Time)

Renewable firms seek tax-equity partners (via Wall Street Journal)

Will austerity derail Europe’s clean energy movement? (via Time)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY/STORAGE

Can energy efficiency counter a loss of nuclear power? (via New York Times)

Engineered carbon gives batteries, ultracapacitors a boost (via CNET)

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS

Arctic warms to highest level yet as researchers fear tipping points (via Mongabay)

New York City could see devastating floods every three to 20 years (via Grist)

US carbon emission rules could ultimately ‘send the message that coal is dead’ (via Huffington Post/Reuters)

Study finds renewable portfolio standards insufficient to meet 2030 GHG emission targets (via Green Car Congress)

Study shows spike in Japan’s CO2 levels after Fukushima nuclear disaster (via Inhabitat)

Cap and trade curbed acid rain: 7 reasons why it can do the same for climate change (via Forbes)

GREEN BUSINESS

Proxy power: shareholder successes on climate, energy & sustainability (via GreenBiz)

Ceres shines a light on the power of shareholder proxy votes (via GreenBiz)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

PA Gov. Corbett signs Marcellus Shale fee into law (via Harrisburg Patriot-News)

Pennsylvania drilling operations studied by EPA for water, waste (via Bloomberg)

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