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CLEAN TECH
Japan, Toyota to develop rare-earth recycling tech (via Green Car Congress)
MIT chip harvests energy from heat, light, and movement (via Treehugger)
GRID
Brazil’s attempt at distributed generation: will net metering work? (via Renewable Energy World)
UK to spend $34 billion upgrading gas, power grids (via Bloomberg)
Tres Amigas officials estimate ‘early fall’ for groundbreaking (via Intelligent Utility)
Too many obstacles to ‘smart homes’ anytime soon: study (via SmartPlanet)
ENERGY INDUSTRY
Power plant retirements a trickle in 2012, outpaced by new plants 2 to 1 (via Facts of the Day)
Competition among fuels for power generation driven by changes in fuel prices (via US EIA)
Banning oil and gas drilling where there isn’t any oil or gas now a political sport (via Platts)
RENEWABLES
Morocco to harness 6GW of renewable energy by 2020 (via EnergyNext)
Australian navy signs up for wave power at its main base (via Reuters)
BP bucks oil industry allies on advanced biofuels, with a boost from the US government (via Platts)
New Ontario FIT rules arrive, but controversy remains (via Recharge)
UK solar installers want 3.4 million compensation for FIT uproar (via Recharge)
Wind’s midlife crisis (via AOL Energy)
US Air Force tests biofuel at $59 per gallon (via Reuters)
Retailers, led by Ikea, make big moves into on-site renewables (via ClimateWire)
NUCLEAR
UK seen doubling power price to guarantee new reactor (via Bloomberg)
Delays, cost increases at America’s new nuclear projects (via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
How Fukushima challenged a core tenet of US nuclear safety (via InsideClimate News)
TRANSPORTATION
Plug-in vehicle battery costs of $250 per kWh coming with “dramatic” price fall (via Autoblog Green)
Problems with GE’s WattStation charger for Nissan Leafs (via New York Times)
Zero-emission truck corridor ‘feasible by 2035’ (via Environmental Leader)
Ford Focus Electric: a Tesla Model S for the middle class (via Forbes)
Truly affordable Tesla Electric sedan to launch in 2015 (via PlugIn Cars)
Is $23,750 the right price to get electric car sales to soar? (via Green Car Reports)
COAL
Poland blocked from using free GHG permits to build new coal plants (via BusinessGreen)
Digging for China: fight over planned coal exports is next big climate battle (via The American Prospect)
GREEN BUSINESS
Apple reverses course, re-ups with EPEAT green standard (via CNET)
US consumers rank last for sustainable behavior (via Environmental Leader)
TAR SANDS
Economic windfall promised from first Keystone pipeline falls short (via Omaha World-Herald)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Thanks to North Dakota, US waste of natural gas grows rapidly (via Christian Science Monitor)
Nationwide Insurance: fracking damage won’t be covered (via Huffington Post/AP)
Natural gas glut a dilemma for Obama (via Houston Chronicle)
Poland dreams of energy independence – through fracking (via Los Angeles Times)
CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
How much is hot weather costing us? (via Chicago Tribune)
US East Coast heat wave may boost energy use 30% (via Bloomberg)
More companies are reporting water-related climate change risks (via TriplePundit)
Low-key carbon tax talks fuel conservative outcry (via Politico)
OPINION
US oil boom promises 20,00 new jobs but shortages too (via New York Times)
What’s the way forward on biofuels policy? (via National Journal)
Why we pay double for solar in America, but won’t forever (via Grist)
Carbon causes extreme weather; in other news: smoking causes cancer (via Grist)
Appliance, vehicle standards stifle consumer choice – Brookings economist (via Greenwire)
OTHER NEWS
An additional roundup of energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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