02/29/12 9:58am

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OIL/GASOLINE

Refinery closure would send gasoline prices even higher, EIA says (via Houston Chronicle)

Clinton wants tough SEC oil, gas disclosure rules (via Houston Chronicle)

GOP warns against tapping strategic oil reserve (via The Hill)

RENEWABLES

Germany gives Merkel authority to cut solar subsidy without vote (via Bloomberg)

UK renewable energy push may prevent electricity crisis (via Bloomberg)

A primer on the US clean energy economy: what it is, why it matters (via InsideClimate News)

Chinese manufacturers cement their hold on global solar market (via Forbes)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Clinton: no timeline yet for new Keystone pipeline decision (via The Hill)

EMISSIONS/CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT

EPA still hopes for power plant climate rules “early” in 2012, but refinery plans unclear (via The Hill)

Alliance seeks vast marine reserve areas in Antarctic (via New York Times)

Poll: American’ belief in global warming rises with thermometer (via Associated Press)

RGGI revival legislation clears NJ Senate committee (via EnviroPolitics Blog)

Scientists say global warming played ‘critical role’ in Snowpocalypse winters (via ThinkProgress Green)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Western Pennsylvania fracking wells had casing failures in complaint area (via Associated Press)

ARPA-E SUMMIT

At ARPA-E, energy meets innovation (via CNET)

Gates on energy: IT revolution has warped our minds (via CNET)

At ARPA-E summit, FedEx CEO Smith sounds an optimistic note (via Greentech Media)

NUCLEAR

Report says nuclear has nine times the potential of solar (via Environmental Leader)

GREEN BUSINESS

Kaiser Permanente aims to cut GHG emissions 30% by 2020 (via GreenBiz)

GRID

Power costs could rise in 29 states as energy sources shift (via AOL Energy)

Battery to take on diesel and natural gas (via MIT Technology Review)

COAL

Washington State coal export opponents to bring 40,000 petition signatures to Olympia (via The Daily News)

OPINION

Canada’s oil sands mining has become an environmental issue (via Post Carbon Institute)

Five reasons why high gasoline prices do less damage than in 2008 (via John Hanger’s Facts of The Day)

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