02/28/12 1:08pm

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ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE/EMISSIONS

EU politicians approve plan to withhold carbon permits (via BusinessGreen)

EPA: Greenhouse gas permits won’t target smaller sources (via The Hill)

EPA GHG draft inventory shows overall emissions rose 3.3% in 2010 (via Green Car Congress)

Will the EPA’s new climate rules get killed in court? (via Washington Post)

Federal agencies respond to risks of climate change (via C2ES)

How climate change causes earthquakes and erupting volcanoes (via Mother Jones)

Monsanto asks its scientists if global warming is real (via MinnPost)

Beyond cap and trade, a new path to clean energy (via Yale e360)

Study: cheaper gas lowered emissions (via United Press International)

Ohio fracking opponents push environmental safety as Republicans tout jobs (via Bloomberg)

RENEWABLES

Pike Research finds erosion in US consumer support for clean energy since 2009 (via Green Car Congress)

China’s State Grid Corp in talks to buy AES’ US wind assets (via Reuters)

Spain exits renewables top 10 after curbing subsidies (via Bloomberg)

UK wind power still gets lower public subsidies than fossil fuel tax breaks (via BusinessGreen)

Keeping the lights on in California amidst 33% renewables and environmental rulings (via Greentech Media)

NJ Gov Christie quietly diverts $210 million from clean energy fund (via NJ Spotlight)

Steven Chu puts clean energy on faster learning curve (via CNET)

Meet America’s next top energy innovators (via Good)

Peel off solar panels could make solar competitive with coal (via Grist)

Renewable energy’s ‘dirty little secret’ (via AOL Energy)

China aims to boost domestic solar sector (via United Press International)

GULF OIL SPILL TRIAL

BP investors see spill deal narrowing $44 billion gap (via Bloomberg)

GREEN BUSINESS

Determining the environmental impact of a product is a complex process (via Washington Post)

Shareholders actions on political money nearly outpace green issues (via GreenBiz)

NUCLEAR

Japan weighed evacuating Tokyo in nuclear crisis (via New York Times)

KEYSTONE XL/OIL SANDS

White House gives blessing to partial Keystone XL pipeline construction (via The Hill)

TransCanada chops up Keystone XL to push it ahead (via Reuters)

TransCanada renewing request to build Keystone Pipeline (via New York Times)

OIL/GASOLINE

Gas prices climb for 20^th straight day (via CNN Money)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

China tightens energy targets (via Wall Street Journal)

OPINION

What “left” and “right” really mean on climate change (via Grist)

Bill Gates: the lack of energy funding is crazy (via Earth2Tech)

How EPA helps big corporations greenwash (via Grist)

POLITICS

Jackson, Chu, and Salazar face Congress over Obama budget (via The Hill)

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