12/20/11 10:44am

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OIL/GASOLINE/DRILLING

Corps OKs ConocoPhillips' petroleum reserve access (via The Associated Press)

Spill reported at Shell Gulf of Mexico drill site (via Reuters)

Oil boomlet sweeps U.S. as exports and production rise (via USA Today)

At Gas Pump, 2011 Was The Year Of The Big Squeeze (via Salon)

Miss. moves toward offshore oil and gas leasing (via Deseret News)

Eagle Ford Fracking Rush May Boost Texas Tax Revenue 15-Fold as Jobs Boom (via Bloomberg)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

Keystone Pipeline Deadline Leaves Too Little Time for Review, Carney Says (via Bloomberg)

Oilsands supporters call for banana boycott (via Calgary Herald)

CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT/EMISSIONS

New EPA rules threatening aging power plants (via MSNBC)

EU Parliament Committee Backs Proposal to Withhold CO2 Permits (via Bloomberg)

US Demands Airlines CO2 Emissions Data As Spat With EU Drags On (via The Wall Street Journal)

Illuminating the Perils of Pollution, Nature’s Way (via The New York Times)

Seattle officials vote to ban plastic bags (via MSNBC)

POLITICS

Law allowing delay of emission compliance picks up support (via The State Journal)

Election 101: Where the GOP candidates stand on energy and the environment (via CSMonitor.com)

Perry rebuts 'fracking' pollution claims (via The Hill's E2 Wire)

Jerry Brown calls for solar-power 'miracle' at Capitol menorah lighting (via The Los Angeles Times)

SOLAR/WIND/RENEWABLES

US-China Solar Trade Dispute May See India Joining With Probe (via Bloomberg)

Google, KKR Set California Solar Deal (via The Wall Street Journal)

Wind industry accused of blowing off worker safety rule (via MSNBC)

Missouri initiative seeks to increase renewable energy (via Columbia Missourian)

NUCLEAR

Report Urges New Safety Rules on Uranium Mining (via The Wall Street Journal)

AUTOS/TRANSPORTATION

Fisker Automotive Expands Latest Financing Round to $133 Million (via Bloomberg)

UTILITIES/TRANSMISSION/GRID

PJM Capacity Market Faces Uprising (via AOL Energy)

OPINION/ANALYSIS

Majority of Departments, Agencies Struggling on Scientific Integrity (via Union of Concerned Scientists)

How renewable energy may be Edison's revenge (via Reuters)

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