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CLIMATE/EMISSIONS
Despite record melt, signs of hope for Greenland ice (via Mother Jones)
64% of US now in drought, yet most states don’t consider climate change effect on water (via Treehugger)
Restoring mangroves may prove cheap way to cool climate (via Scientific American)
Majority of Californians say they know nothing about emissions cap-and-trade program (via San Jose Mercury News)
North Carolina sea-level ignorance bill becomes law (via Raleigh Star-News)
GRID
Making the case for smart grid to shave peak power (via Greentech Media)
Outage in India could be harbinger for rest of the world (via MIT Technology Review)
India’s stunning blackouts: key facts and thoughts (via Facts of the Day)
Upgrading the grid by going underground (via Forbes)
RENEWABLES
Japan could become second-biggest solar power nation (via New Scientist)
Australian renewables to be cheaper than coal by mid-2030s (via BusinessGreen)
Germany installs record 4,300MW solar in first half 2012 (via Reuters)
Wind energy bails out Indian region during grid collapse (via Panchabuta)
Ethanol groups to Congress: try not to ‘out-guess’ markets (via The Hill)
Wind-energy credit resurfaces in Senate tax plan (via The Hill)
In hydropower, small can be beautiful (via AOL Energy)
First Solar shares spike as it pursues big solar without subsidies strategy (via Forbes)
New England states embrace regional procurement for renewable energy (via Sustainable Business)
Palo Alto, California had a solar feed-in tariff and nobody came (via Greentech Media)
OIL AND GAS
US oil and gas proved reserves increased sharply in 2010 (via US EIA)
Ohio governor’s claim of $1 trillion worth of shale oil, gas uses faulty math (via Washington Post)
TRANSPORTATION
ECOtality expands EV projects, hints at pricing plans (via Greentech Media)
Renting electric, hybrid, green cars: what are your options? (via Green Car Reports)
ECOtotality offers free electric-car charging stations (via Philadelphia Inquirer)
COAL
Behind the scenes at a big mountaintop-mining protest: the good, the bad, and the ugly (via Grist)
Yet another study digs up the dirt on “clean coal” (via CleanTechnica)
ENVIRONMENT
Study finds under current scenario, global air quality to worsen (via Green Car Congress)
Mississippi River traffic halted as vessels run aground (via Reuters)
GREEN BUILDING
Japanese building claims world’s lowest emissions (via Sustainable Business)
Wide differences found in buildings’ power use (via New York Times)
TAR SANDS
Citing public hazard, regulators add conditions for Enbridge pipeline restart (via InsideClimate News)
Former Canadian minister speaks out against Enbridge pipeline (via Revmodo)
OPINION
Needing a better thesaurus for energy reporters (via Platts)
Former Texas EPA official talks about the state’s biggest problem (via Texas Tribune)
Can industry-funded research lead to solid scientific results? (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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