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POLITICS
Talk climate change solutions, win votes: Yale study (via Treehugger)
Romney, Obama trade swing-state punches on energy (via The Hill)
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney tangled in coal conundrum (via Politico)
Top coal moguls helping bankroll Obama opposition (via Greenwire)
Ryan sought stimulus funds while decrying clean energy loan program (via Boston Globe)
Congressman running Solyndra probe trails in primary vote (via The Hill)
COAL
China’s water at risk from coal projects (via United Press International)
Plans dropped for proposed Washington State coal export terminal (via The Daily World)
CLIMATE
Climate models that predict more droughts win further scientific support (via Washington Post)
Arctic sea ice on pace for record low in September (via Climate Central)
Only two percent of Canadians don’t believe in climate change (via Canadian Press)
An endangered county, where climate change turns into money problems (via ClimateWire)
RENEWABLES
Worldwide distributed renewable power supply to triple by 2017 (via Environmental Leader)
Mega-deals drive boost in European renewables (via BusinessGreen)
Pension funds harness wind power to drive returns (via Reuters)
Geothermal projects in Japanese national parks steam locals (via Daily Yomiuri)
Wind power comprised 32% of US electric generating capacity additions in 2011 (via ArsTechnica)
DOE report forecasts wallop to wind power if tax credit ends (via Houston Chronicle)
Investors say US needs to extend the wind Production Tax Credit (via Climate Progress)
US study shows huge scale of looming wind oversupply (via Recharge)
The rise – and possible fall – of US wind power in five charts (via Washington Post)
NREL maps renewable energy potential for every state (via Revmodo)
Mass. governor spearheads the “Costco” of wind energy development (via InsideClimate News)
Massachusetts doubles net metering cap and long-term renewable contracts (via Facts of the Day)
NUCLEAR
96 percent of surveyed Japanese business organizations see job losses if nuclear plants shut down (via Daily Yomiuri)
Extreme heat, drought show vulnerability of nuclear power plants (via InsideClimate News)
New top US nuclear regulator ticks off her wish list (via New York Times)
ENVIRONMENT
North American freshwater fish going extinct at rate over 800 times fossil record (via Mongabay)
Farmers turn to genetically engineered corn to survive drought, but will it be enough? (via Washington Post)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Fracking hazards obscured in failure to disclose wells (via Bloomberg)
Deadly crashes keep adding up as Texas sees more fracking-related truck traffic (via Houston Chronicle)
TRANSPORTATION
World’s first wind-powered EV charging station installed in Barcelona (via Inhabitat)
DOE study: hydrogen fuel cell vehicles advancing rapidly (via Environmental Leader)
Future state of charge for electric vehicles (via Sustainable Industries)
Fisker replaces CEO for second time this year (via Reuters)
OIL
Ultra-deep water drilling lure grows as new technology pays off (via Reuters)
Survey says 7 of 10 voters support more offshore drilling (via Houston Chronicle)
EMISSIONS
EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 2.4% in 2011 while GDP rose (via Green Car Congress)
Ruling against EPA limit on plant and refinery emissions may not mean much (via Houston Chronicle)
KEYSTONE XL
Court decision could come soon in case of the Keystone XL pipeline vs. the Texas farmer (via StateImpact Texas)
OPINION
Carbon taxes cut debt, cool planet (via Bloomberg)
Why I didn’t buy a Ford Focus Electric (via Forbes)
Do Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney disagree on climate change? (via Washington Post)
PG&E sees a bright future for rooftop solar (via Greentech Media)
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