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OIL
US may soon become world’s top oil producer (via AP)
EMISSIONS
EU greenhouse gas emissions fall 2.5 percent despite economic growth (via BusinessGreen)
Carbon traders prepare for global market expansion (via BusinessGreen)
NUCLEAR
China to approve only “small amount” of nuclear reactors before 2015 (via Reuters)
Aging and expensive, US nuclear reactors face mothballs (via New York Times)
Self-powered sensors could monitor nuclear reactors in disaster (via United Press International)
US to study cancer risks near six nuclear plants (via Los Angeles Times)
RENEWABLES
Renewable energy could save EU $3.9 trillion in fuel by 2050 (via Reuters)
China to encourage private investment in energy sector (via Reuters)
Australia’s climate policies to spur $103 billion in spending (via Bloomberg)
The business of wind energy in Europe (via AOL Energy)
15MW solar plant in Mauritania will boost nation’s grid by 10 percent (via EarthTechling)
Deconstructing solar industry myths (via Greentech Media)
2012 strongest year on record for US wind industry, continued success uncertain (via Renewable Energy World)
Solar, wind account for all new US electricity in September, 44 percent of year-to-date (via Sustainable Business)
US Navy lights up largest solar installation to date (via Sustainable Business)
Are wind turbines making people sick, or is it just psychological? (via Washington Post)
Blown away by attacks on wind-power subsidy (via Los Angeles Times)
NRG gets US lease for Delaware offshore wind project (via Bloomberg)
WATER
Half the Global 500 companies facing water stress (via BusinessGreen)
Report: switch from coal to natural gas power plants saves water (via Houston Chronicle)
GRID
Distributed generation capacity of microgrids to quintuple by 2018 (via CleanTechnica)
Q3 smart grid investment: home automation rules (via Greentech Media)
Smart meters are smart, but not the same as a smart grid (via Midwest Energy News)
TAR SANDS
From north to south, activists fight tar sands pipeline (via Climate Progress)
TRANSPORTATION
Chinese auto market is a key to climate change (via Plugin Cars)
Questions linger on battery prices in electric cars (via New York Times)
NATURAL GAS
Chevron predicts end of “too cheap” $2 natural gas (via AOL Energy)
Cheap natural gas gives new hope to the Rust Belt (via Wall Street Journal)
EFFICIENCY
US cities enticed by pay-if-you-save energy deals (via New York Times)
OTHER NEWS
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