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TRANSPORTATION
China starts longest bullet-train line (via Bloomberg)
Car buyers lack interest in electric cars, study says (via New York Times)
Prius tops Consumer Reports list of best new-car values (via New York Times)
Ford dealt class-action lawsuit over C-Max, Fusion hybrid mileage claims (via Autoblog Green)
ENVIRONMENT
China’s economic boom shrinking coral reefs by 80% over past 30 years (via Phys.org)
EMISSIONS
California sets second cap-and-trade emissions auction (via CleanTechnica)
ENERGY POLICY
High energy costs plaguing Europe (via New York Times)
Report finds US energy production growing, consumption down (via The Hill)
How do smart grid and renewables fare among Americans? (via Renew Grid)
How the price for power is set (via Forbes)
RENEWABLES
UK on track to hit 2020 green energy targets (via Reuters)
Biggest solar power company in US could more than double in size (via CleanTechnica)
Maine’s wind power production falling short of goals, but hopes are high for future (via Huffington Post/AP)
GREEN BUSINESS
New guide helps firms evaluate sustainability options (via BusinessGreen)
A bumper crop of waste diversion: Ford’s recycling program at 10 years (via Triple Pundit)
TAR SANDS
Little oversight for Enbridge pipeline route that skirts Lake Michigan (via InsideClimate News)
CLIMATE
At State Department, Kerry could push climate change action (via Houston Chronicle)
2012: global warming became reality (via Salon/AP)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
New York shale gas boom is unlikely in 2013, even if fracking moratorium is lifted (via Huffington Post/AP)
GRID
Smart meter opt-out hearings to start next month in Michigan (via Renew Grid)
OPINION
2013: a cloudy forecast for renewable energy, with a silver lining (via Time)
Six things utilities need to get right in 2013 (via Greentech Media)
Who’s killing the electric car? Consumers. (via Christian Science Monitor)
On wind tax credit, a breath of stale air from GOP (via Los Angeles Times)
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