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FRACKING/NATURAL GAS
Report finds quake risks linked to carbon storage, fracking wastewater injections (via The Hill)
RENEWABLES
Japan OKs renewable subsidy in shift from nuclear power (via Reuters)
Japan gives green light to renewable FITs from July (via Recharge)
What solar and offshore wind can do together (via Greentech Media)
Hydropower continues to grow (via Grist)
China’s offshore wind program is beached by interagency disputes (via ClimateWire)
German lawmakers can’t agree on cuts to solar subsidies (via Bloomberg)
Energy issues crop up with farm bill (via Politico)
Wind and renewable energy research center first of its kind in North America (via Revmodo)
Lake Michigan: a source of wind power? (via United Press International)
TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL
US begins review of TransCanada’s new Keystone pipeline route (via Calgary Herald/AFP)
Keystone XL: GOP concerns on uncertain scope of pipeline study (via Huffington Post/Reuters)
TRANSPORTATION
EU vehicle emissions standards set to create €9 billion in new jobs (via BusinessGreen)
Nissan sees Leaf sales doubling as factory begins production (via Bloomberg)
Nissan still claims 80% capacity for Leaf battery after 5 years (via Autoblog Green)
EMISSIONS/CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT
Global ocean acidification monitoring network to launch at Rio summit (via Washington Post)
Analysis: EU CO2 market has failed to promote cleaner energy (via Reuters)
Brussels ready to bail out carbon price by withholding permits (via BusinessGreen)
EPA casts new soot standard as easily met (via New York Times)
OIL
Venezuela passes Saudi Arabia to hold world’s biggest oil reserves (via Bloomberg)
OPEC hamstrung by events beyond its control (via Wall Street Journal)
Rising US crude output may open door to exports (via Reuters)
US regulator vows close watch on Shell drilling in Arctic (via Houston Chronicle)
Bakken Formation a million years in the making (via Houston Chronicle)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Survey: more commercial building owners want to be energy efficient (via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
COAL
Perfect storm pulling coal sector under (via Forbes)
GRID
As summer nears, old plants go back on grid (via Houston Chronicle)
OPINION
Climate change is simple: we do something or we’re screwed (via Grist)
Why Venezuela won’t pass Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil power anytime soon (via Washington Post)
How crowdfunding could revolutionize solar (via Earth2Tech)
EPA’s clean-air rules: defend, delay, or abolish? (via National Journal)
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