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TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL
Canada regulator to audit Enbridge safety procedures (via Reuters)
US lawmakers ask for broad environmental review of Keystone XL (via Houston Chronicle)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Behavioral changes hold key to energy efficiency throughout Army (via US Army)
Facebook unveils energy use, carbon emissions data (via GigaOm)
EMISSIONS
Study shows planet keeping pace with CO2 emissions (via Climate Central)
US energy-related CO2 emissions in early 2012 lowest since 1992 (via US EIA)
RENEWABLES
UK solar sector saw surge in demand ahead of August subsidy cuts (via BusinessGreen)
Pike Research forecasts global fuel cell industry to reach $15.7B in 2017 (via Green Car Congress)
Off-grid power shines in India solar village (via Reuters)
Lawmakers urge EPA to lower ethanol target amid drought (via The Hill)
Report: White House budget analysts feared Solyndra loan risks (via The Hill)
Small wind turbines may cut bat activity in half (via Treehugger)
PSE&G unveils $883 million solar plan (via Bergen Record)
COAL
Proposed Montana coal tax would offset effects of heavier rail traffic (via Billings Gazette)
TRANSPORTATION
EU carbon aviation law foes press ahead with global alternative (via Reuters)
Internal-combustion engine to enjoy long life, US study finds (via Bloomberg)
Chevy Volt sells 1,849 in July, Nissan Leaf just 395 (via Autoblog Green)
OIL
US proven oil reserves jumped 13% in 2010 (via Wall Street Journal)
Drought may spur a 5 percent drop in US oil production (via Houston Chronicle)
CLIMATE
77 percent of Latinos understand global climate change in ‘already happening’ (via Climate Progress)
Poll: climate change weighs heavily on Californians’ minds (via Sacramento Bee)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Natural gas drilling research suffers from lack of funding (via Wall Street Journal)
Poll finds most Ohioans know little about fracking in their state (via Columbus Business Journal)
GRID
As power is restored in India, the blame game over blackouts heats up (via New York Times)
Texas sets July power demand record as temperatures soar (via Reuters)
Michigan utilities say smart meter concerns overblown, consumers can opt out for a fee (via Detroit Free-Press)
NUCLEAR
Prosecutors start criminal probe into Fukushima nuclear accident (via Bloomberg)
GREEN BUILDING
LEED-certified buildings now cover two billion square feet worldwide (via Inhabitat)
POLITICS
Climate change takes back seat on presidential campaign trail (via Boston Globe)
Romney’s anti-wind stance: a swing state problem? (via Greentech Media)
Climate science hearing renews old tensions on Senate panel (via Greenwire)
OPINION
Can renewables save India’s failing grid? (via Mother Jones)
Business and government start preparing for climate impacts (via C2ES)
Massachusetts takes action to boost clean energy revolution (via Conservation Law Foundation)
In New Jersey solar decision, economics trumped ideology (via InsideClimate News)
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