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RENEWABLES
Chain stores lead US in use of solar power (via New York Times)
Japan solar subsidy fires electric spending rush (via Reuters)
Germany’s clean-technology industry to more than double by 2025 (via Renewable Energy World)
EU to limit use of crop-based biofuels (via Scientific American)
Firms in emerging economies expect big energy changes by 2014 (via Environmental Leader)
NUCLEAR
Japan aims for zero nuclear power in 2030s (via Reuters)
CLIMATE
Rising number of top firms believe climate change is a threat to business (via The Guardian)
New York is lagging as seas and risks rise, critics warn (via New York Times)
Why is the US backward, and other climate questions (via Bloomberg)
UK climate change minister warns businesses will face multi-billion dollar climate funding bill (via BusinessGreen)
Bad snow year may just be start of ski industry’s climate headaches (via ClimateWire)
Extreme weather forces climate change up the corporate agenda (via BusinessGreen)
Arctic has lost enough ice to cover Canada and Alaska (via Climate Central)
GRID
More than 57 million households will have HANs by 2020 (via Renew Grid)
GE taps Xtreme Power for battery controls (via Greentech Media)
TRANSPORTATION
Bob Lutz explains the real deal on Chevy Volt cost (via Autoblog Green)
Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% total output (via Green Car Congress)
Recent trend sees Nissan Leaf owners in harsh climates selling their cars (via Plug-In Cars)
EMISSIONS
Brazil World Cup could kick off 14 million tons of extra emissions (via BusinessGreen)
Could businesses rescue the UN’s carbon offset scheme? (via BusinessGreen)
OIL
Lessons learned from the 2011 Strategic Petroleum Reserve release (via Council on Foreign Relations)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission rejects Pittsburgh’s fracking ban (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)
POLITICS
Paul Ryan pushed for green-car loans before opposing them (via Politico)
OTHER NEWS
An additional listing of clean energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress
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