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CLEAN TECH
Australia launches $200 million clean tech innovation fund (via Revmodo)
Report: LED price will be cut in half by 2020 (via Earth Techling)
OIL
US, Canada to drive 2013 non-OPEC oil supply gains (via Houston Chronicle)
Oil drops on demand concern amid signs economy slowing (via Bloomberg)
Russian oil drilling off Cuba delayed by old embargo (via New York Times)
BP spill workers say dispersant made them sick (via Mother Jones)
COAL
Train derailments add fuel to coal export battle (via Greenwire)
CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
UN reports high demand for carbon-cutting loan scheme (via BusinessGreen)
EU confirms 2020 vehicle emissions targets (via BusinessGreen)
Report: climate change skepticism could wipe out hundreds of rural Australian towns (via The World)
Texas judge rules atmosphere, air to be protected like water, may aid climate change lawsuits (via Washington Post/AP)
Cap and trade resurrected? Some states awaken to its economic benefits (via InsideClimate News)
Will the farm bill prop up doomed crops in extreme climate? (via Grist)
Ex-GOP Congressman and Regan’s economic adviser call for carbon tax (via Treehugger)
GRID
PJM’s accountability to states called into question (via AOL Energy)
Texas expands demand response for peak load relief (via Greentech Media)
New transmission project will help California meet summer electric demand (via US EIA)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Researchers monitor gas well as they try to answer if drilling pollutes drinking water (via Washington Post/AP)
RENEWABLES
Saudi Arabia weighs annual budget to boost clean energy (via Bloomberg)
UK may maintain clean energy subsidies (via Bloomberg)
Into thin air: the disappearance of dozens of Chinese solar companies (via Renewable Energy World)
Spain’s energy tax to raise 6.8 billion Euros annually (via Reuters)
IEA: solar thermal could boil away Germany’s carbon emissions (via BusinessGreen)
US ethanol output drops to lowest in nearly two years (via Reuters)
Has wind power in Colorado reached its peak? (via Renewable Energy World)
TAR SANDS
Shell carbon capture project gets nod for Alberta tar sands project (via Reuters)
Enbridge says pipeline safe after NTSB blasts company (via Reuters)
Enbridge Michigan oil spill leads to calls for pipeline safety review in Canada (via Huffington Post)
TRANSPORTATION
Extreme weather costs EU’s transport system at least 15 billion euros a year (via CleanTechnica)
Obama’s goal of 1 million plug-ins: 2018, not 2015, say analysts (via Green Car Reports)
Why most Americans can’t take mass transit to work (via Washington Post)
GE’s WattStation electric car charging app to use PayPal exclusively (via GigaOm)
Tesla says all-electric 3-series competitor due by 2015 (via Green Car Reports)
GREEN BUSINESS
Battery manufacturers plan nationwide recycling program (via Treehugger)
Sustainability salaries continue upward trend (via Environmental Leader)
NYC mayor challenges apartment builders to think smaller (via MSNBC)
POLITICS
Presidential surrogate debate underscores divide on energy policy (via Houston Chronicle)
Romney surrogate says wind energy credit should end (via The Hill)
Energy stimulus spending fuels outsourcing debate (via Politico)
OPINION
The UK’s CBI: it’s the green economy, stupid (via BusinessGreen)
Why diluted investments are diluting cleantech’s impact (via Earth2Tech)
The left’s gone left but the right’s gone nuts: asymmetrical polarization in action (via Grist)
OTHER NEWS
An additional roundup of energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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