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

TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle standards and fuel feeds could reduce combined US, China, EU CO2 emissions by 1.3Gt in 2030 (via Green Car Congress)

Is $1/hour the right price for plug-in car charging? Industry says yes (via Autoblog Green)

Nissan and GE figure out why the WattStation damages some Leafs (via Plugin Cars)

Curbing aviation emissions 101: everything you need to know about US and EU policies (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS

Climate change study forces skeptical scientists to change minds (via BusinessGreen)

Oil industry-funded “BEST” study finds global warming is real, manmade (via Weather Underground)

What tree rings can teach us about fire and climate change (via Grist)

US to host 15 countries for emissions trading scheme meeting (via Bloomberg BNA)

Emissions count to show Canada nearly halfway to meeting 2020 target (via Vancouver Sun)

Drought, searing heat reignite food-fuel debate (via Greenwire)

COAL

27 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity to retire over next five years (via US EIA)

China’s coal to chemical future (via The Oil Drum)

RENEWABLES

Administration hits China with wind tower tariff in face of GOP criticism (via The Hill)

Solar PV installations in India cross 1GW milestone (via Panchabuta)

France approves 541MW of new solar PV projects (via Recharge)

FIT-powered Britain surpasses US in 2011 small wind capacity (via Renewable Energy World)

The Philippines approves a renewable energy feed-in tariff (via Sustainable Business)

Study finds nearly 200,000GW of solar possible for US (via CleanTechnica)

Tidal power could be worth $4.7 billion to UK’s economy (via Bloomberg)

As the US corn crop withers, ethanol markets soar, then slip (via Platts)

Banks double down on solar investments (via Forbes)

Researchers report on potential long-range atmospheric emissions impact of increased North American ethanol use (via Green Car Congress)

KEYSTONE XL/TAR SANDS

US approves southern portion of Keystone pipeline (via The Hill)

First Nations hold the cards in Northern Gateway battle with Enbridge (via InsideClimate News)

Enbridge suffers new oil leak, shuts key pipeline (via Reuters)

Did Keystone XL really drive Canada-China oil coziness? (via EnergyWire)

Keystone XL an issue of property rights for some ranchers (via Washington Post)

Two years after oil spill, Michigan town and its creek are reshaped (via Los Angeles Times)

GREEN BUSINESS

Top 10 green Olympic facts (via BusinessGreen)

SF Bay Area leads new ranking of US eco-friendly cities (via Treehugger)

NATURAL GAS

Gas pipeline safety valves could have prevented 270 accidents since 1968 (via Houston Chronicle/AP)

In Northeast Pennsylvania, methane migration means flammable puddles and 30-foot geysers (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)

GRID

Grid collapse leaves 360 million people in India without power (via Bloomberg)

OIL

SEC: inside traders reaped millions on China’s oil firm deal (via The Hill)

Emergency drill tests containment equipment in Gulf (via Houston Chronicle)

Greenpeace finds deep-sea corals on Shell’s Arctic drill site (via Washington Post)

NUCLEAR

Tens of thousands anti-nuclear protesters demonstrate at Japanese parliament (via Reuters)

Are fast-breeder reactors a nuclear power panacea? (via Yale e360)

OPINION

Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could (via Grist)

Canada’s oil, the world’s carbon (via New York Times)

Is the natural gas industry buying academics? (via Mother Jones)

Is momentum building to act on climate change? (via National Journal)

Dirty but essential – that’s coal (via Los Angeles Times)