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EMISSIONS
CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low (via Associated Press)
GAO: EPA rules pose acceptable “reliability challenges” for utility industry (via The Hill)
Study finds SOx emissions from shipping drop sharply in EU ports due to sulfur content rules (via Green Car Congress)
OIL
US reliance on Saudi oil heads back up (via New York Times)
GRID
India’s centralized grid: casting a dark shadow (via Ecopolitology)
Can smart grid tech reduce the potential for blackouts? (via Renew Grid)
Can and should grid-scale energy storage be mandated? (via Greentech Media)
National Grid moves forward with Massachusetts pilot program (via Renew Grid)
KEYSTONE XL
Keystone XL construction met with protests in Texas, Oklahoma (via InsideClimate News)
RENEWABLES
South Africa to open third renewables tender next month (via Recharge)
Poll says US, facing drought, wants more clean energy (via Bloomberg)
Commercial CHP market to reach $11.2 billion by 2022 (via Environmental Leader)
Solar leasing dominating booming distributed energy markets (via Facts of the Day)
The controversial 2011 wind technologies market report (via AOL Energy)
Sunflower-inspired solar power technology effortlessly follows the sun (via Treehugger)
World’s largest rooftop wind farm unveiled in Oklahoma City (via Inhabitat)
NATURAL GAS
The case for natural gas exports (via New York Times)
Exporting liquefied natural gas still bad for the climate and a very poor long-term investment (via Climate Progress)
Panelist reviewing fracking study has his own industry ties (via Houston Chronicle)
TRANSPORTATION
54.5 MPG CAFE rule implementation delayed, review will be completed ‘soon’ (via Autoblog Green)
EV battery prices dropping, but maybe not fast enough (via Plugin Cars)
2013 Nissan Leaf will go 25% further, could cost a lot less (via Autoblog Green)
CLIMATE
Temperature rise ‘slows economy in poor countries’ (via The Guardian)
Climate change poses risks to food, beyond US drought (via Reuters)
GREEN BUSINESS
Green product purchases on the rise in China, Brazil (via Environmental Leader)
Investment in green lodging remains strong, survey finds (via GreenBiz)
Novozymes develops fungus to produce biochemical (via Green Car Congress)
Beer industry raises a glass toward cutting water consumption (via GreenBiz)
ENVIRONMENT
Comparing the 2012 drought to the 1930s Dust Bowl droughts (via Weather Underground)
A brief history of US corn, in one chart (via Washington Post)
Drought may ease in coming weeks; too late for crops (via Climate Central)
Mississippi River reaches historic lows: “we have 50-year guys who’ve never seen anything like this before” (via Climate Progress)
POLITICS
Wind tax credit at center of presidential election spat (via AOL Energy)
ARPA-E: The one part of Obama’s stimulus that Romney loves (via Washington Post)
OTHER NEWS
An additional listing of clean energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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