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RENEWABLES
Japan wind power installation falls 70% in 2011/2012 (via Reuters)
Which countries produce the most geothermal electricity? (via Greenbang)
Current and projected costs for biofuels from algae and pyrolysis (via The Oil Drum)
Top wind power countries per capita (via CleanTechnica)
TRANSPORTATION
Chevy Volt sales climb to 1,680 in May, Nissan Leaf up to 510 (via Autoblog Green)
A battery breakthrough that focuses on the building blocks (via Earth2Tech)
Market tepid for electric vehicles (via Philadelphia Inquirer)
GREEN BUSINESS
Intel, Whirlpool lead corporate green ranking (via Environmental Leader)
Almost half of big corporations plan renewables increase, study says (via Environmental Leader)
Low-carb conference: new tool to cut carbon from corporate events (via GreenBiz)
Academic elites migrate to ‘green cities’ in increasing numbers (via Christian Science Monitor)
LEED home run for Marlins’ ballpark; most sustainable stadium in MLB (via Earth Techling)
TAR SANDS
Report: oil sands sparked ‘uniquely Canadian strain’ of Dutch Disease (via The Tyee)
Lake near oilsands yields more deformed fish (via Winnipeg Free Press)
CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
Climate change threatens power output, study says (via New York Times)
Japan: 25% emissions cuts may be impossible after nuclear shutdown (via BusinessGreen)
When cleaning up power plant pollution, time is money (via New York Times)
How climate change is growing forests in the Arctic (via Time)
Beach communities moving inward: some beach towns eying retreat from sea as conditions change with global warming (via Huffington Post/AP)
Ireland ‘among last lifeboats’ in climate change crisis (via BBC News)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Fracking’s interstate pollution needs US rules, scientist says (via Houston Chronicle)
In land of gas drilling, battle for water that doesn’t reek or fizz (via New York Times)
GRID
Smart grid China: latest plan shows why China is pulling ahead (via AOL Energy)
Report: Texas’ electric grid should pay generators to maintain reserves (via Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
OFFSHORE DRILLING
Clinton urges cooperation in resource-rich Arctic (via Houston Chronicle)
NUCLEAR
China ends nuclear power moratorium (via United Press International)
Good & bad Japanese nuclear news: nukes may restart but estimates of radiation releases double (via Facts of the Day)
New reactor design forecasts future successes, challenges (via Augusta Chronicle)
OPINION
Sizing up Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ energy plan (via National Journal)
7 reasons why the ‘golden age of gas’ is a trap (via Greenbang)
Why you’re getting a break at the gas pump this summer (via MSNBC)
Why we ignore low-tech fixes for the climate (via Washington Post)
OTHER NEWS
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