02/23/12 10:40am

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ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS/CLIMATE

South Africa set for carbon tax in 2013 (via BusinessGreen)

Measuring China’s pollution from space (via The Guardian)

Rethinking carbon dioxide: from a pollutant to an asset (via Yale e360)

Maine braces for high seas, worse storms as climate change study is released (via Bangor Daily News)

OIL SANDS

EU tar sands pollution vote ends in deadlock (via The Guardian)

Canadian oil: could some of it be headed for California? (via Los Angeles Times)

TRANSPORTATION

Tesla Roadster facing ‘brick’ battery problems? (via Autoblog Green)

E15 may be cleared for commercial sales by summer, advocates say (via Autoblog Green)

Foes of EU airline CO2 rules agree on tactics (via Reuters)

NUCLEAR

UK nuclear reactor fleet could be extended beyond 2025 (via BusinessGreen)

The nuclear industry’s answer to its marketplace woes (via Greentech Media)

Radioactive fallout from Fukushima posed little threat to the US (via Time)

EFFICIENCY

For greener hospitals, start by doing less harm (via Good)

RENEWABLES

In Germany, solar will be as cheap as conventional electricity by 2013 (via Grist)

Vermont won’t make renewable energy goals (via Yahoo! News/Associated Press)

Ohio $13B green energy fund takes step toward ballot (via Columbia Business First)

Germany says to cut solar incentives earlier than expected (via Reuters)

Clean-energy ballot initiative has its quirks (via Columbus Dispatch)

Offshore wind turbines at least 5 years away (via Wilmington Star News)

OIL/GASOLINE

BP oil spill victims still feel economic impact (via Bloomberg)

Rising gas prices drive inflation (via CNN Money)

BP, Andarko, Transocean may face US spill claims (via Reuters)

NATURAL GAS

Natural gas boom won’t stall US renewables (via National Geographic)

Washington State expects economic windfall from wind, new energy (via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

CLEAN TECH

Smart lights save energy without changing bulbs (via CNET)

America’s only rare earth metals mine gears up (via SmartPlanet)

OPINION

Wind energy gasping for air (via Forbes)

Don’t expect Asia to join the Iran oil embargo (via Slate)

POLITICS

House Dems to Obama: be ready to tap emergency oil reserve (via The Hill)

Obama tax plan takes scalpel to oil tax breaks, boosts renewables (via The Hill)

Gingrich calls energy key to reviving candidacy (via The Hill)

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