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TRANSPORTATION
Chevy Volt sales soar to record high in August 2012, Nissan Leaf still struggling (via Plugin Cars)
Electric cars now owners’ primary vehicles in California (via Green Car Reports)
OIL
Saudi Arabia may become oil importer by 2030, Citigroup says (via Bloomberg)
Moving crude oil relies on aging pipeline system (via StateImpact Texas)
US accuses BP of ‘gross negligence’ in 2010 oil spill (via Reuters)
Investors sue BP over safety issues leading up to 2010 Gulf oil spill (via United Press International)
Oil washing up on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Isaac (via Climate Progress)
Survey: many in North Dakota oil patch not happy about shale boom (via Forum of Fargo-Moorhead)
RENEWABLES
US and EU must change biofuel targets to avert food crisis, says Nestle (via BusinessGreen)
Could wave power boost US security surveillance? (via BusinessGreen)
For a look at the future of US energy, go to Texas (via Triple Pundit)
Can solar robots cut the cost of renewable energy? (via Forbes)
Georgia utility building solar plant to replace retired coal plants (via Revmodo)
Corkscrew wind turbines at Cleveland Indians’ ballpark are overachievers (via Cleveland Plain Dealer)
GRID
Electric grid operators monitoring drought conditions (via US EIA)
500-mile wind energy power line planned across Iowa and Illinois (via Waterloo-Cedar Valley Courier)
Grid is the key for Kansas to export potential 650GW of wind resources (via Recharge)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
US shale glut means gas shortage for Mexican industry (via Bloomberg)
Natural gas usage by US trucks to skyrocket, could displace diesel (via Reuters)
Water treatment as the mediator in the fracking discussion (via Environmental Leader)
Ohio’s gas-fracking boom seen aiding Obama in swing state (via Bloomberg Businessweek)
CLIMATE
Global warming may double UN goal without more carbon pledges (via Bloomberg)
Impact of climate change on food prices is underestimated, Ofxam warns (via The Guardian)
Extreme weather can’t ‘surprise” insurance companies (via Climate Central)
Summer of 2012 hottest on record for many in US (via Climate Central)
Against the odds, young conservatives buck the GOP on energy and climate change (via InsideClimate News)
Pittsburgh to showcase climate action plan (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
COAL
From India to America, taxpayers are getting scammed by fake coal “auctions” (via Climate Progress)
Recovered coalmine land creates low-cost rural retreats – but at what cost? (via Midwest Energy News)
EMISSIONS
EU CO2 trading link to save billions for Australian polluters (via BusinessGreen)
Solving the ocean methane emissions paradox (via New York Times)
GREEN JOBS
Critics say California Environmental Quality Act hurts effort to add green jobs (via New York Times)
POLITICS
A pale green tinge for US presidential campaign (via Reuters)
How Democrats have shifted on climate and energy issues since 2008 (via Washington Post)
Fossil fuels: more, less, or the same under Obama or Romney? (via AOL Energy)
No matter what he says, Obama can’t make big moves on climate (via Grist)
The twelve most important energy facts of President Obama’s term (via Facts of the Day)
Romney: humans contribute to climate change, more regulations not the answer (via The Hill)
Coal ash spilling into Obama and Romney race (via Forbes)
Salazar: “We feel good” about energy policy heading into election (via The Hill)
A piece of Ryan’s heart, and his finances, lies in the oil and gas lands of Oklahoma (via EnergyWire)
OTHER NEWS
An additional listing of clean energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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