A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Australia can achieve 25% emissions cut by 2020, says report (via RTCC)
Obama’s regulations chief plunges into carbon policy fray (via The Hill)
California to hold carbon auction as it considers giving away more allowances for free (via Bloomberg BNA)
GRID
Flexible grid is the key to a clean energy future (via CleanTechnica)
633 energy storage projects now underway worldwide (via CleanTechnica)
White House calls for increased grid spending (via AP)
Ten years after northeast blackout, US power grid smarter and sturdier (via Reuters)
California aims to “bottle sunlight” in energy storage push (via Reuters)
RENEWABLES
Solar shipments surge in second quarter as demand rises in Asia (via Bloomberg)
Western Australia backs down on solar feed-in tariff (via Renewable Energy World)
Honda goes solar in Japan, will sell renewable energy in 2015 (via Autoblog Green)
Interior Department halfway to its renewables goal, but hurdles remain (via Center for American Progress)
Bid to repeal ethanol mandate seen diluted by EPA change (via Bloomberg)
US wind power prices down to $0.04 per kWh (via CleanTechnica)
Small wind makes big gains in US (via EarthTechling)
Wind power company Pattern Energy to seek IPO (via EarthTechling)
Stained glass windows on cathedral are solar panels (via CleanTechnica)
COAL
Switch to coal power held back in gas-starved India (via Reuters)
EPA confirms coal ash contaminates water across the country (via Climate Progress)
Interior Department proposes changes to royalties, land restrictions for coal mines (via The Hill)
CLIMATE
Arctic sea ice loss dramatically slows, record minimum unlikely in 2013 (via Washington Post)
Antarctic ozone layer hole may be adding to global warming (via NBC News)
Tiny Pacific islands make big plans for climate resilience (via ClimateWire)
Agriculture assets face $8 trillion risk from climate change, water scarcity (via Environmental Leader)
How two reservoirs have become billboards for what climate change is doing to the American West (via Climate Progress)
Prepare buildings to withstand climate change, says Boston study (via Energy Manager Today)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
California legislature faces bills on fracking (via Los Angeles Times)
Methane leaks could be big business (via Wyoming Star-Tribune)
ENVIRONMENT
China plans to spend more to tackle environmental pollution (via Reuters)
Half of the US is under threat of floods (via ABC News)
To save water, parched southwest cities ask homeowners to lose the lawn (via New York Times)
OIL
Mexico moves to relax decades-old grip on oil (via Houston Chronicle)
Is peak oil demand just around the corner? (via Washington Post)
Amid pipeline debate, two costly oil spill cleanups forever change towns (via New York Times)
TRANSPORTATION
Tesla Model S hits the European market (via CleanTechnica)
Japan moves to become a plug-in EV leader (via Navigant Research)
Southern California utility girds for 350,000 electric cars (via Green Car Reports)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
States pressure feds to cut energy efficiency backlog (via Stateline)
NUCLEAR
South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs (via Reuters)
Taiwan says nuclear water still leaking inside power plant (via Bloomberg)
Florida residents angered over scrapped nuclear plant (via Houston Chronicle/AP)
ENERGY POLICY
German utilities hammered in market favoring renewables (via Bloomberg)
Finally, the US considers a national energy bill (via Navigant Research)
KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS
Oil sands industry turns to algae to appease Obama (via Bloomberg)
Exxon knew its Arkansas pipeline was old, defective and brittle, but still added new stresses (via InsideClimate News)
Who really discovered the 2011 Keystone leak? (via EnergyWire)
POLITICS
In his second term, Obama becomes bolder on the environment (via Washington Post)
League of Conservation Voters launch $2 million campaign targeting climate change skeptics (via The Hill)
Ex-FERC commissioners defend nominee Binz (via The Hill)
OPINION
Why the World Bank is taking on climate change (via National Journal)
Three ways ALEC will push its fossil fuel agenda this year (via Climate Progress)
Massive demand for solar in Asia shows us where the industry is headed (via Climate Progress)
The cellulosic ethanol industry faces big challenges (via MIT Technology Review)
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