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06
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.6.14

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

ENVIRONMENT 

China to boost spending on water conservation projects in 2014 (via Bloomberg)

New Year ushers in changing of the guard for green groups (via National Journal)

Colorado River drought forces painful reckoning for states (via New York Times)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Lux Research: Australia best positioned to be next big shale play; then China and Argentina (via Green Car Congress)

Natural gas boom spurs methanol rush (via Houston Chronicle)

US EPA unlikely to step up fracking enforcement efforts for now (via Reuters)

State regulators wary of releasing fracking data while feds rein in oversight (via National Journal)

Several states confirm water pollution from drilling (via AP)

RENEWABLES 

Spain’s solar pullback threatens pocketbooks (via New York Times)

China pledges further support for solar industry (via Reuters)

India delays solar auction bid deadline for second time (via Bloomberg)

Report: Net metering rollbacks will not impact US solar markets in 2014 (via Solar Industry Magazine)

Public attitudes toward cleantech sectors have rebounded (via Renew Grid)

Five PACE programs to watch in 2014 (via Greentech Media)

California’s sizzling solar busts through 3GW (via EarthTechling)

Despite blizzards, temperatures rising in Colorado over rooftop solar energy (via Forbes)

Maine governor tries again to cut state’s renewable energy standard (via Bangor Daily News)

Ohio Clean Energy Initiative has significant support in state, finds poll (via Renew Grid)

TRANSPORTATION 

Plug-in electric car sales for 2013 nearly double 2012 (via Green Car Reports)

Auto sales: Here’s what buyers coveted and shunned in 2013 (via Los Angeles Times)

Nissan Leaf ends 2013 with best sales month ever, but can’t catch Chevy Volt (via Autoblog Green)

COAL 

Dirtiest coal’s rebirth in Europe flattens medieval towns (via Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Environmentalists win a round in coal dust lawsuit versus railroad company (via Bellingham Herald)

EMISSIONS 

30% of Europe’s fossil fuel power capacity to close by 2017 (via CleanTechnica)

Carbon trading is booming in North America, no thanks to US or Canadian governments (via Grist)

How to cut cloud computing’s carbon emissions (via Environmental Leader)

ENERGY POLICY 

House puts reforming EPA regulatory process on January agenda (via The Hill)

Do US biofuel subsidies speed up oil production? (via Midwest Energy News)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Lights out for the light bulb battle? (via Politico)

Why is California’s efficiency program struggling to gain traction? (via Greentech Media)

OPINION 

With a bit of luck, the US could actually hit its 2020 climate change goals (via Washington Post)

Obama’s second term is all about climate change (via New York Magazine)

Crude debate: Should Washington, DC lift oil export ban? (via National Journal)

Green energy battle flares over “60 Minutes” report (via National Journal)

What 60 Minutes got right and wrong in its story on the “cleantech crash” (via GigaOm)

The Congressman who went off the grid (via Politico)

Posted:   |   Categories: Argentina, australia, biofuels, california, Carbon market, carbon trading, chevy volt, China, coal, colorado, colorado river, drought, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, EPA, ev, fracking, india, Maine, Methanol, natural gas, Net metering, News, nissan LEAF, Ohio, oil export, PACE, Paul LePage, Renewable energy standard, renewables, Shale gas, solar, Spain, Transportation
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03
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.3.14

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

EMISSIONS 

Global carbon markets’ value dropped 38% in 2013 (via The Guardian)

EPA publishes final carbon capture regulations for coal plants (via The Hill)

GRID 

California’s grid takes two big steps to add more renewables and EVs (via CleanTechnica)

In Pacific Northwest, engineers map a power grid in flux (via ClimateWire)

Researchers find ways to minimize power grid disruptions from wind power (via Phys.org)

RENEWABLES 

New 1,000MW solar project in China marks “significant shift” for global market (via Climate Progress)

US solar manufacturer says Chinese companies evading import tariffs (via Forbes)

UK wind farms generated record electricity in December (via Bloomberg)

US biodiesel production hits record high (via Environmental Leader)

A US solar company makes a rare move: Setting up factory in China (via Forbes)

OIL 

Warning issued about oil shipped from North Dakota, Montana (via ABC News/AP)

Shares of Bakken oil producers plunge after US warning (via Reuters)

North Dakota’s explosive Bakken oil: The story behind a troubling crude (via Globe and Mail)

Barnett Shale drilling permits fall to lowest level in a decade (via Houston Chronicle)

TRANSPORTATION 

Few transportation fuels surpass the energy densities of gasoline and diesel (via US EIA)

As battery cost falls, fast charging becomes key electric car issue (via Green Car Reports)

Legal setbacks slow California high-speed rail (via Stateline)

CLIMATE 

Australia endures hottest year on record (via Agence France-Presse/Google)

Climate change damage to poor countries goes far beyond money (via Scientific American/ClimateWire)

One problem with geoengineering: Once you start, you can’t really stop (via Bloomberg)

Five basic Antarctic facts for climate change skeptics (via The Guardian)

Kerry quietly makes priority of climate pact (via New York Times)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

All Oklahoma fracking operations now must disclose chemicals used (via Tulsa World)

Colorado ballot measure could let towns ban fracking (via Climate Progress)

ENVIRONMENT 

Plastic in oceans making own ecosystem, could pose threat to humans (via Los Angeles Times)

Will Congress go another year without designating new wilderness? (via Huffington Post Green)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Energy efficiency markets face financing, big data challenges in 2014 (via Energy Manager Today)

The aggressive acceleration of deep-energy retrofits (via GreenBiz)

Nest value could reach $2 billion on latest financing round (via SmartPlanet)

POLITICS 

Climate to be 2014 political battlefield (via The Hill)

448 new wind turbines in Iowa could swing the 2016 presidential election (via Business Insider)

OPINION 

Dear Donald Trump: Winter does not disprove global warming (via Mother Jones)

Oil and gas price forecast for 2014 (via SmartPlanet)

California’s pioneering spirit endures under cap and trade (via EDF/California Dream)

Favorable consumer attitudes toward clean energy have rebounded significantly in the last year (via Navigant Research)

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02
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.2.14

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

EMISSIONS 

Chinese researchers pin Beijing’s smog on fossil fuels (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE 

Climate change models underestimate likely temperature rise, report shows (via The Guardian)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea nuclear regulators approve restart of three reactors shut in May (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

Trina set to build giant 1GW solar farm in Western China (via BusinessGreen)

UK opposition to new EU green energy targets could risk “half a million jobs” (via The Guardian)

Brazil’s ethanol sector, once thriving, now buffeted by forces man-made & natural (via Washington Post)

Credit Suisse Projects ~85% of US energy demand growth coming from renewables through 2025 (via CleanTechnica)

Ethanol futures plunge most in two weeks as cheaper corn reduces costs (via Bloomberg)

Massive Minnesota solar project gets major legal boost (via Climate Progress)

OIL 

Forget Keystone: Will Podesta put Arctic drilling in his crosshairs? (via National Journal)

North Dakota train derailment shows dark side of America’s oil boom (via Time)

TRANSPORTATION 

For 2014, many automakers already prepared for E15 (via Autoblog Green)

Ford C-Max Solar Energi concept hybrid can fully recharge from sun (via Green Car Congress)

Are Ford and SunPower about to make the grid irrelevant for EV charging? (via Greentech Media)

Posted:   |   Categories: arctic, Beijing, Brazil, China, climate, Climate Change, E15, Electric Vehicle, emissions, ethanol, EU, European Union, ev, EV charger, Ford, green jobs, hybrid, John Podesta, Keystone XL, minnesota, News, north dakota, nuclear, offshore drilling, oil, Oil train, renewables, solar, South Korea, Transportation, Trina Solar, uk, united kingdom
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01
Jan

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.1.14

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

CLIMATE 

Planet likely to warm 4C by 2100, scientists warn (via The Guardian)

Climate change could put seafloor marine life in world oceans at risk (via United Press International)

Atlantic Ocean zooplankton now reproducing in Arctic waters (via Yale e360)

KEYSTONE XL 

North Dakota train fire adds fuel to Keystone XL debate (via Bloomberg News)

EMISSIONS 

Can climate hawks beat Chris Christie to let New Jersey rejoin RGGI? (via CleanTechnica)

RENEWABLES 

SolarWorld aims to close China PV trade loophole with new filing (via Greentech Media)

United Kingdom catapulted to forefront of offshore wind (via Recharge)

The year ahead in wind and solar (via Recharge)

Wind’s tax credit winds down, but debate is in full force (via Christian Science Monitor)

California more than doubles solar power market in 2013 (via Solar Industry Magazine)

OIL 

Rail explosions won’t curb soaring oil shipments (via Houston Chronicle)

Railcars in North Dakota oil train crash older, less safe say investigators (via Reuters)

Booming North Dakota takes latest oil train wreck in stride (via Reuters)

TRANSPORTATION 

Plug-In America predicts good EV sales in 2014 and beyond (via Autoblog Green)

US gas prices at lowest level since 2010 (via The Hill)

ENVIRONMENT 

China says land the size of Belgium too polluted for farming (via Bloomberg)

2013 is California’s driest year on record (via Huffington Post/AP)

Daunting calculus for Maine shrimpers as entire season is lost (via New York Times)

Los Angeles starts 2014 with new plastic-bag ban (via Los Angeles Times)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

US home electricity use falls to 2001 levels (via The Hill)

OPINION 

2013 climate by the numbers (via Climate Central)

Energy industry: Here is your mission for 2014 (via Huffington Post)

Posted:   |   Categories: arctic, california, China, Chris Christie, climate, Climate Change, drought, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, ev, gas prices, global warming, Keystone XL, los angeles, Maine, new jersey, News, north dakota, offshore wind, oil, Oil train, Plastic bag ban, production tax credit, ptc, regional greenhouse gas initiative, renewables, rggi, solar, solar pv, Solarworld, Transportation, united kingdom, wind
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31
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.31.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

ENVIRONMENT 

China says 8 million acres of farmland now too polluted for food (via Climate Progress)

Losses from Yosemite wildfire could reach $2 billion (via ABC News)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Natural gas is trying, but it just can’t kill coal (via Motley Fool)

Study says majority of Americans don’t understand fracking (via The Hill)

EMISSIONS 

Earth’s carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990 (via RTCC)

DOE stands by “social cost of carbon” (via The Hill)

New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions drop 19% since 2005 (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES 

All new Australian power plants will be renewable through 2020 (via CleanTechnica)

How wind is helping deliver record-cheap solar (via EarthTechling)

EIA: US biodiesel production hits high in October (via Green Car Congress)

Shipping container with rollable PV panels inside could become instant 100kW solar plant (via TreeHugger)

CLIMATE 

96% of nightly news segments on extreme weather don’t mention climate change (via EcoAffect)

GRID 

Massachusetts makes smart grid mandatory (via Greentech Media)

California’s risky path to grid reform (via Navigant Research)

OIL 

North Dakota community evacuated after oil train collision and fire (via Los Angeles Times)

TRANSPORTATION 

Number of US public charging stations climbed 30% this year (via Autoblog Green)

California ISO rolls out roadmap on vehicle-grid integration (via Renew Grid)

TAR SANDS 

Scientists find 7,300-mile mercury contamination “bullseye” around Canadian tar sands (via Climate Progress)

Posted:   |   Categories: Alberta, australia, biodiesel, Cal-ISO, california, California ISO, canada, carbon dioxide, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, department of energy, DOE, eia, emissions, environment, EV charger, Extreme weather, fracking, grid, Masschusetts, natural gas, New York City, News, north dakota, oil, Oil train, renewables, smart grid, Social cost of carbon, solar, solar pv, tar sands, Transportation, Wildfire, wind, Yosemite
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30
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.30.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

CLIMATE 

US-Japanese climate-tracking satellite to launch in February (via The Hill)

Climate change debate ready to heat up (via The Hill)

The dark money in climate change (via Washington Post)

COAL 

UK won’t challenge EU environmental regulations on coal power plants (via Reuters)

Seeking cleaner alternatives, lenders pass on coal (via Navigant Research)

RENEWABLES 

Solar may reach 49 gigawatts in 2014 (via Renewable Energy World)

Could Congress kill ethanol mandate altogether in 2014? (via Green Car Reports)

Solar power poised for a huge year in 2014 (via EarthTechling)

In the age of solar securitization, is it time for third-party assurance? (via Greentech Media)

West Texas wind will soon light up East Texas region (via Houston Chronicle)

EMISSIONS 

China’s air pollution could reach US (via The Hill)

Lawmakers act to raise European carbon price (via Triple Pundit)

China launches fifth carbon trading zone (via RTCC)

Obamacare overshadows cap and trade (via Politico)

OIL 

In midst of record oil boom, Obama administration seeks more production (via Climate Progress)

TRANSPORTATION 

Tesla leads way as EV sales double in 2013 (via Seattle Times/New York Times)

Electric vehicles may hold solution for power storage (via Los Angeles Times)

Winter cold shows value of plug-in vehicles as emergency generators (via Navigant Research)

ENVIRONMENT 

Natural defenses best protect coastlines, says study (via Climate Central)

California could experience “historic” drought in 2014 (via Al-Jazeera America)

KEYSTONE XL 

Environmentalists face day of reckoning on Keystone pipeline (via National Journal)

Keystone XL foes want focus on spill clean up (via Houston Chronicle)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Executive perspectives: The most important trends in energy efficiency (via Greentech Media)

NATURAL GAS 

Vaclav Smil’s graph of the year: The natural gas boom (via Washington Post)

GRID 

Puerto Rico mandates energy storage in green power mix (via Energy Collective)

California ISO publishes roadmap for integrating EVs into grid (via Green Car Congress)

NUCLEAR 

South Korea may need five more nuclear plants for 2025-2035 (via Reuters)

Posted:   |   Categories: Cal-ISO, california, California ISO, cap and trade, Carbon market, carbon trading, China, climate, Climate Change, coal, CREZ, drought, Electric Vehicle, emissions, Energy Efficiency, energy storage, environment, ethanol, EU, europe, European Union, ev, fracking, grid, japan, Keystone XL, natural gas, News, nuclear, oil, Puerto Rico, Renewable Fuels Standard, renewables, RFS, Sea level rise, Shale oil, solar, South Korea, Tesla, texas, Third party solar, transmission, Transportation, uk, united kingdom, wind
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27
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.27.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

EMISSIONS 

Worries in the path of China’s air (via New York Times)

Rethinking how to split the costs of carbon (via New York Times)

Bill McKibben’s graph of the year: We’re extracting more fossil fuels than ever (via Washington Post)

Appellate court to hear arguments on Christie’s removal of NJ from RGGI (via Bergen Record)

TAR SANDS 

Alberta’s tar sands will now be regulated by fossil fuel-funded group (via Climate Progress)

RENEWABLES 

Scotland hits 100MW solar PV milestone (via Recharge)

The $100 million green bond from Hannon Armstrong (via Greentech Media)

US solar panel manufacturers get a gift from US military (via Public Radio International)

Is the Interior Department’s eagle plan good for the birds? (via Greenwire)

How one Austin church could lead to more urban solar power (via StateImpact Texas)

Shady critics attack Cape Wind effort (via Providence Journal)

OIL 

2013 US oil boom is biggest-ever one-year increase (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

American utilities face perfect storm (via Energy Manager Today)

Utilities feeling rooftop solar heat start fighting back (via Bloomberg)

California ISO, CPUC will jointly plan for a clean energy grid (via Renew Grid)

CLIMATE 

German researchers calculate how climate change affects water scarcity and hunger (via Deutsche Welle)

FEMA knew flood maps left NYC unprepared for Sandy (via Climate Central)

GREEN BUILDING 

Green infrastructure investments increase commercial property value (via Sustainable Cities Collective)

Heliotrope: The world’s first energy positive solar home (via Inhabitat)

TRANSPORTATION 

New gas tax can help pay for roads and transportation (via Washington Post)

Posted:   |   Categories: Alberta, Austin, Bill McKibben, Cal-ISO, california, California ISO, California Public Utilities Commission, canada, cape wind, China, Chris Christie, climate, CPUC, emissions, FEMA, Flood, Gas tax, Gasoline, germany, green building, grid, interior department, new jersey, New York City, News, offshore wind, oil, regional greenhouse gas initiative, renewables, rggi, Scotland, Shale oil, solar, solar pv, tar sands, texas, Transportation, Water scarcity, wind
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26
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.26.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

EMISSIONS 

Tianjin launches China’s latest carbon market (via Reuters)

OIL 

US crude oil production on track to surpass imports for first time since 1995 (via US EIA)

Judge deals a blow to BP’s effort to dodge Deepwater Horizon payments (via Climate Progress)

First US oil shale mine is coming to Utah (via Grist)

ENVIRONMENT 

China struggling to meet 2011-2015 environment goals (via Reuters)

Interior Secretary rejects “Road to Nowhere” though Alaska wilderness area (via Climate Progress)

RENEWABLES 

NPD Solarbuzz predicts 49GW global solar PV demand for 2014 (via CleanTechnica)

Solar energy payback time (via CleanTechnica)

Wind power developers race clock to secure PTC subsidy (via New York Times)

Wind farm eagle deaths overestimated, says company (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

New York Green Bank gets $210 million in start-up funding (via CleanTechnica)

Los Angeles moving ahead with plans for 2GW Owens Valley solar plant (via Los Angeles Times)

COAL 

Coal in their stockings – US coal plants closing at record pace (via Politico)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

State energy efficiency scorecard released – how did yours fare in 2013? (via Triple Pundit)

Energy efficiency, facilities management jobs growing (via Energy Manager Today)

TRANSPORTATION 

Tesla shares zoom on renewed NHTSA safety rating (via San Jose Mercury News)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Report: EPA followed rules in North Texas fracking case (via Texas Tribune)

EPA report on fracking in Texas raises new concerns (via Los Angeles Times)

Wyoming may act to plug abandoned wells as natural gas boom ends (via New York Times)

OPINION 

India: A solar market you cannot afford to ignore (via Renewable Energy World)

Michael Bloomberg: Big brother or pioneer? (via Room for Debate)

Posted:   |   Categories: alaska, BP, Carbon market, China, coal, deepwater horizon, emissions, Energy Efficiency, environment, EPA, fracking, Green bank, india, los angeles, Michael Bloomberg, natural gas, new york state, News, NHTSA, oil, oil shale, oil spill, production tax credit, ptc, renewables, Sally Jewell, solar, solar pv, Tesla, texas, Tianjin, Transportation, utah, wind, wyoming
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24
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.24.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

ENERGY POLICY 

Fitch Ratings: Net metering can destabilize entire utility industry (via CleanTechnica)

US pipeline safety agency says no to pipeline safety improvements (via Climate Progress)

OIL 

Russian oil giant becomes first in world to pump oil Arctic (via Yale e360)

Landrieu could swing at export limits with energy gavel (via National Journal)

CLIMATE 

Global warming will intensify drought, says new study (via The Guardian)

RENEWABLES 

Global geothermal industry passes 12GW operational capacity (via Green Car Congress)

Vestas to supply Middle East with first utility-scale wind project (via CleanTechnica)

If the US solar business is booming, why are solar jobs declining? (via Quartz)

Siemens puts weight behind US offshore wind (via EarthTechling)

Wood-pellet bonds show US biomass market expanding worldwide (via Renewable Energy World)

Catching rays in California, and storing them (via New York Times)

New York Green Bank to launch with $210 million in funding (via BusinessGreen)

The solar net metering battle moves to Colorado (via Greentech Media)

Solar energy projects finally getting boost in New York State (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

Wind farms in Maine stir a power struggle (via Wall Street Journal)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

New efficiency rules for cable boxes could save enough energy to power 700,000 homes per year (via Climate Progress)

NUCLEAR 

Japanese nuclear angst weighs on neighbors concerned about emissions (via Forbes)

Cleanup at Fukushima Daiichi might take three years (via The Hill)

EMISSIONS 

US carbon emissions set to miss Obama’s targets (via Environmental Leader)

OPINION 

Americans are buying less electricity – that’s a big problem for utilities (via Washington Post)

Are utilities wilting from heat of solar competition? (via National Journal)

A biofuels holiday wish list (via The Energy Collective)

Have EVs already reached the tipping point? ABB says yes (via Green Car Reports)

Does merchant solar make any sense? (via Greentech Media)

Posted:   |   Categories: ABB, arctic, biofuels, biomass, california, climate, Climate Change, colorado, concentrated solar power, drought, electric vehicles, emissions, Energy Efficiency, EVs, Fitch Ratings, Fukushima Daiichi, geothermal, global warming, japan, Maine, Mary Landrieu, Net metering, new york, News, nuclear, offshore drilling, offshore wind, oil, Oil exports, PHMSA, renewables, Russia, Siemens, solar, vestas, wind
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23
Dec

Energy and Environment News Roundup – 12.23.13

A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.

CLIMATE 

Fossil fuel investments face major risks due to climate (via Climate Central)

Conservative groups spend up to $1 billion a year to fight climate change action (via The Guardian)

Temperature records broken across Mid-Atlantic during December heat wave (via Huffington Post/AP)

Tom Steyer may be the liberal answer to the Koch Brothers (via Los Angeles Times)

COAL 

How this Chinese coal company’s $5 billion bankruptcy could trigger financial panic (via Quartz)

Germany’s biggest electricity producer to drop two coal-fired power contracts (via Bloomberg)

RENEWABLES 

Asia-Pacific region to account for half 2014 global solar PV demand (via CleanTechnica)

Are utilities wilting from heat of solar competition? (via National Journal)

Study finds Texas will increase renewable energy 150% by 2032 but add no coal capacity (via Facts of the Day)

Most new residential solar PV projects in California program aren’t owned by homeowners (via US EIA)

California takes aim at “ducks” to smooth move to renewables (via Reuters)

Ballot fight over Oregon renewable energy law could be sparked by small rural utility (via The Oregonian)

North Carolina has morphed into a solar power leader this year (via GigaOm)

Hawaii’s solar boom is so successful, it’s been halted (via ClimateWire)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL 

Enbridge Gateway win shows stopping Keystone won’t halt oil (via Bloomberg)

Hundreds of conditions attached to Northern Gateway route’s approval (via EnergyWire)

TransCanada CEO: Obama will approve Keystone XL (via The Hill)

Enbridge’s Michigan dilbit spill still not cleaned up as 2013 closes (via InsideClimate News)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

US electricity sales continue downward trend (via Energy Manager Today)

California utility energy efficiency efforts save customer $850 million over two years (via Energy Manager Today)

The new Philadelphia Story is about green infrastructure (via Sustainable Cities Collective)

EMISSIONS 

$290 billion investment needed for China to treat air pollution (via Shanghai Daily)

Why a carbon tax is necessary (via CleanTechnica)

OIL 

US oil industry takes aim at export ban (via Houston Chronicle)

GRID 

US transmission investment gets largest boost since 2000 (via Greentech Media)

EVs integrating with the smart grid (via Navigant Research)

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