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RENEWABLES
Renewable energy can supply 80% of US electricity (via Sustainable Business)
US passes 5,000MW solar generation milestone (via Facts of the Day)
Are we wildly underestimating solar and wind power? (via Washington Post)
More solar power in Texas could save consumers over $520 million (via CleanTechnica)
Who owns solar? (via Greentech Media)
The maturing of wind energy (via AOL Energy)
COAL
76% of US coal exports went to Europe and Asia in 2011 (via US EIA)
CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
Kaiser Permanente links climate change to health care (via Huffington Post)
Companies listed on London Stock Exchange will be required to report their carbon emissions (via BusinessGreen)
Poll finds public backs EPA, not GOP, on mercury (via National Journal)
GE introduces technology to make carbon capture affordable (via Houston Chronicle)
US carbon emissions down more than any other country (via Sustainable Business)
Greenest US cities ranked by Corporate Knights (via Huffington Post)
OIL
Oil firms in China and India working together to secure resources (via Wall Street Journal)
Report: US oil reserves grew 9% in 2011 (via Houston Chronicle)
Gulf drilling auction expected to net high bids (via Houston Chronicle)
TRANSPORTATION
UN delays aviation emissions plan until 2013 (via BusinessGreen)
Honda to begin reusing rare earth metals from used EV batteries before year’s end (via Green Car Congress)
Air Canada makes its first biofuel flight (via Mother Nature Network)
GRID
Pacific Northwest grid operators ready largest US smart grid trial (via CleanTechnica)
“Equal pay” for demand response goes to court (via Greentech Media)
TAR SANDS
Another tar sands oil spill occurs in Canada (via Huffington Post)
ENVIRONMENT
Scientists give world leaders ‘Fs” on climate change, biodiversity, and desertification (via Mongabay)
US, others commit to restoring 45 million acres of native forests (via Mongabay)
On eve of Rio summit, Americans see environment deteriorating (via Washington Post)
Corn prices surge as crops begin to droop in hot weather (via Star-Tribune)
POLITICS
House appropriations committee unveils deep cuts to EPA (via The Hill)
OPINION
Lie about EPA spy drones thrives in right-wind blogosphere (via Los Angeles Times)
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