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GREEN BUSINESS
A tally of 3.1 million US green jobs (via New York Times)
China’s coal-rich city eyes green economy (via China Daily)
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
EPA chief: no date yet for power plant carbon rules (via The Hill)
Record heat wave grips US, but is it climate change? (via Mother Jones)
Climate change in The Hunger Games (via Slate)
Proposed environmental rule to give hundreds more Texas polluters a passing grade (via Austin Statesman)
Ghana needs $1 billion each year for climate change (via Bloomberg)
European crops damaged by winter freeze now face drought (via Bloomberg)
RENEWABLES
US solar panel tariffs ‘harm green sector’ in China (via China Daily)
US manufacturers see higher China solar duties ahead (via Reuters)
Denmark, already world leader, to further boost offshore wind energy (via Reuters)
Solarworld reveals deep loss as German solar industry staggers (via Renewables Biz)
Obama Administration to award up to $35M to support advanced biofuel and bioenergy R&D (via Green Car Congress)
BrightSource sets IPO share price, seeks to raise $182.5 million (via Forbes)
Japanese firms considering geothermal plants in Fukushima (via Reuters)
Wind roars to record 4,039MW in Northwest (via Earth Techling)
TRANSPORTATION
EU sees window of opportunity for aviation CO2 curbs deal (via Bloomberg)
Boeing joins Airbus in EU carbon trading complaint (via Business Green)
GM starts testing electric Chevrolet Spark (via Autoblog Green)
FRACKING/NATURAL GAS
Natural gas boom set to test US storage capacity limits (via Wall Street Journal)
For Pennsylvania’s doctors, a gag order on fracking chemicals (via Mother Jones)
Texas shale tops finds from Brazil to Bakken as best prospect (via Bloomberg)
The Marcellus is so yesterday; the Utica is where it’s at (via Platts)
The upside to a natural gas downturn (via Forbes)
OIL/GASOLINE
Senate to vote on bill killing oil tax breaks (via The Hill)
Industry says EPA low-sulfur rule could hike cost of making fuel (via Houston Chronicle)
With high gas prices, buyers shift their focus downward (via New York Times)
20 experts who say drilling won’t lower gas prices (via Media Matters)
Cushing pipeline extension could hike fuel prices in Midwest (via Lincoln Journal Star)
US oil spill plan prepares for Cuba (via Bloomberg Businessweek)
Gas could hit $8 on Iran showdown, experts say (via USA Today)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Utilities embrace Green Button energy data project (via Earth2Tech)
ENERGY POLICY
Neither drillers nor environmentalists are buying Obama’s energy pitch (via MSNBC)
US inches toward goal of energy independence (via New York Times)
ENERGY STORAGE
Utility-scale battery technology could be around the corner (via AOL Energy)
Will cheap energy storage come to coal and nuclear’s rescue? (via Energy Collective)
NUCLEAR
California energy officials prepare for summer without San Onofre nuclear plant (via Los Angeles Times)
DOE to provide up to $450M for small modular nuclear reactor design and commercialization (via Green Car Congress)
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