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

DOHA CLIMATE TALKS

US defends ‘enormous’ past efforts at Doha climate talks (via The Guardian)

UN climate talks promise little drama (via New York Times)

Climate talks aim at decade’s end (via Washington Post)

Doubts on $30 billion climate aid threaten UN talks (via Bloomberg)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

China’s “ultimate goal is a huge fracking industry” (via Mother Jones)

Natural gas tanker attempts first winter Arctic crossing (via BBC News)

RENEWABLES

Global renewable energy venture capital funding poised to triple (via Renew Grid)

Clean energy aid for developing nations hit $8 billion in 2011 (via Bloomberg)

China starts dumping probe on US, European solar polysilicon (via Bloomberg)

Germany renewable energy drive brings emissions cuts success (via The Guardian)

The rise and fall of America’s wind industry, in one chart (via Washington Post)

US solar industry may soon face a shortage of skilled labor (via Renewable Energy World)

Conservative groups team up to fight renewable energy (via Climate Progress)

Putting a price on renewables in New Mexico (via Albuquerque Journal)

Boost for US offshore project as regulators OK Cape Wind PPA (via Recharge)

TRANSPORTATION

European conflict continues over incompatible electric-car charging standards (via Green Car Reports)

How two billionaires are supercharging the electric car to upend Big Oil (via Forbes)

Midwest wants to wind race to develop aviation biofuels (via Midwest Energy News)

New smartphone apps will help boost range of GM electric vehicles (via CleanTechnica)

EMISSIONS

EU carbon permits drop as nations may block proposal to cut supply (via Bloomberg)

Melting permafrost a new peril in global warming – UN (via Reuters)

CLIMATE

Five climate change charts that should have you very, very worried (via The Atlantic)

Climate change: it’s even worse than we thought (via NewScientist)

Looking to cities, in search of global warming’s silver lining (via New York Times)

Katrina-level storm surges are twice as likely in warm years (via Weather Underground)

Outcry grows over Canadian government’s undermining of climate science (via InsideClimate News)

Swiss Re sees $900 million insured Hurricane Sandy losses (via Bloomberg)

200,000 UK homes ‘may become uninsurable’ over flood risk (via Phys.org)

GRID

Swiss smart grid-renewable pilot program announced by IBM (via Energy Manager Today)

For Western states, will there be strength in transmission unity? (via Greentech Media)

ENVIRONMENT

Thailand, US had biggest economic losses from extreme weather in 2011 (via Bloomberg)

Pine beetle attacks are warming Canada (via ClimateWire)

EPA strengthens water quality guidelines for beaches (via Los Angeles Times)

Six meetings planned in Minnesota to talk about the environment (via Minneapolis Star Tribune)

GREEN BUILDING

India’s “Universal Town” has become a green building lab (via EarthTechling)

POLITICS

Chamber meets White House on fiscal cliff, seeks easing of energy rules (via The Hill)

Will Jay Inslee, Washington’s next governor, fight coal trains? (via Grist)

Wind energy’s top lobbyist navigates political crosswinds (via The Hill)

OPINION

How the myth of oil abundance impedes progress on climate change (via Christian Science Monitor)

Washed away by storms, rebuilt by taxpayers (via New York Times)

The most anti-solar reporter in the mainstream media? (via Climate Progress)

OTHER NEWS

An additional listing of clean energy and climate news is posted at Climate Progress