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RENEWABLES
Irena says renewable energy may create 4 million jobs by 2030 (via Bloomberg)
A brave new world: renewable energy without subsidies (via AOL Energy)
Report: US under-investing in clean tech (via Revmodo)
DOE’s SunShot initiative now focusing on creative finance (via Greentech Media)
Wind-energy leader Texas is well placed to keep booming (via Recharge)
COAL
Coal market share drops to 34% in March: lowest level since records kept (via Facts of the Day)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
“Intelligent efficiency” could cut US energy use 22% (via Environmental Leader)
Residential energy consumption per household dropping in US (via CleanTechnica)
Self-reliance: why building owners should go off the grid (via GreenBiz)
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
Rio Earth summit nears as scientists warn planet faces grave threat (via Washington Post)
UN targets committing 7,000 businesses to climate pledges by Rio+20 (via BusinessGreen)
Climate change’s worst enemy is its first victim: the city (via Grist)
Urban climate adaption hampered by fiscal restraints, survey finds (via Yale e360)
Survey: climate attitudes are polarizing (via United Press International)
Greens sue NJ Governor Christie for dropping climate pact (via Mother Jones)
Pacific Institute reinstates Peter Gleick after outside review confirms his statements on Heartland affair (via Climate Progress)
OIL
Dramatic decline in microscopic life on BP’s oiled beaches (via Mother Jones)
TRANSPORTATION
LaHood, Senate committee hammer ‘lousy’ EU airline emission trading rules (via The Hill)
Honda finds that $5-plus gas is ‘tipping point’ (via Autoblog Green)
Solar plane makes first intercontinental flight (via SmartPlanet)
CA governor floats plan to let bullet train roar past enviro lawsuits (via Greenwire)
Tesla sells out Model S Signature series (via Autoblog Green)
NATURAL GAS
Global LNG glut to empower Asia consumers by 2015 (via Reuters)
The biggest story in natural gas that few people are talking about (via AOL Energy)
Is there such a thing as too much pipeline safety? (via Platts)
OPINION
Can climate hawks campaign for something good instead of against something bad? (via Grist)
OTHER NEWS
Additional climate and energy news is posted at Climate Progress
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