02/24/12 9:50am

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RENEWABLES

German ministers agree to speed up solar subsidy cuts (via Reuters)

UK feed-in tariff sees solar panel installation boom (via The Guardian)

Renewable energy firms urge binding EU 2030 energy targets (via Engineering News)

Siemens blindsided by China wind boom, plans ‘massive’ investment (via Bloomberg)

China encourages solar-product makers to expand amid supply glut (via Bloomberg)

Vendors sue company building Florida’s largest solar farm, claiming unpaid bills (via Orlando Sentinel)

Maryland offshore wind bill goes before state legislature (via Annapolis Capital)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

Chevron starts China shale gas exploration (via Bloomberg)

EPA chief says fracking regulations don’t have to be federal (via Newark Star-Ledger)

PUBLIC OPINION

Poll shows support for Keystone pipeline, environmental regulations (via The Hill)

Are consumers getting tired of hearing about green energy? (via GreenBiz)

OIL

Oil hits record highs as Iran fears intensify (via BusinessGreen)

ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE/EMISSIONS

Behind the controversy, an effort to rewrite curriculum on climate change (via New York Times)

UK submarine data de-classified to aid climate science (via BBC News)

New online product allows you to explore record-setting extreme weather (via Weather Underground)

China’s energy consumption rises at fastest pace in four years (via Bloomberg)

TRANSPORTATION

Smokestack vs. tailpipe: how clean are electric vehicles? (via Greentech Media)

GREEN BUSINESS

AT&T goes green with home monitoring service and eco-ratings for cell phones (via CNET)

Ikea’s Steve Howard on bringing sustainability to the masses (via GreenBiz)

BASF beats 2020 emissions and energy efficiency targets nine years early (BusinessGreen)

674 US colleges making a huge impact on educing their environmental impact (via EcoAffect)

Among Energy Star leaders, schools outnumber businesses 5:1 (via Greenbang)

OIL SANDS

EU oil sands debate continues after committee makes no decision (via Huffington Post)

Pollution from tar sands sites comparable to mid-sized city (via Yale e360)

OPINION

US gangs up with Saudi Arabia to crush European climate initiative (via Grist)

Why Obama’s ‘all of the above’ energy policy won’t ease pain at the pump (via Time)

Tired of high gasoline prices already? We ain’t seen nothing yet (via Forbes)

POLITICS

House Republicans, and some Dems, press White House to kill climate rules (via The Hill)

US House could scale back transportation bill (via Reuters)

Obama: opponents are ‘rooting for bad news’ on gas prices (via Washington Post)

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