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

EMISSIONS

Trading in first carbon units shows progress in Australia (via Bloomberg)

Obama may levy carbon tax to cut US deficit, HSBC says (via Bloomberg)

Australia promotes carbon market with first trading licenses (via Bloomberg)

Online “Cool Farm” tool helps farmers calculate their carbon footprint (via Inhabitat)

KEYSTONE XL

TransCanada wins as Obama Keystone permit expected (via Bloomberg Businessweek)

Pipeline’s fate to provide early test for re-elected Obama (via Greenwire)

Canada’s Harper optimistic for US Keystone approval (via Reuters)

SOLAR TRADE WAR

Final ITC decision on SolarWorld’s China-US solar trade complaint (via Greentech Media)

Solar tariffs upheld, but may not help US industry (via New York Times)

EU steps up solar power trade battle with China (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES

China to add 19GW of wind capacity in 2013, say analysts (via Recharge)

Danish government may delay offshore wind projects to fund solar boom (via Recharge)

Solar panels could double as ship sails (via United Press International)

Seoul may float power stations off coast (via United Press International)

World’s largest community solar project online in UK (via Sustainable Business)

US ethanol production headed for first decline in 16 years (via Bloomberg)

New Jersey is first state to get more than 1% of its electricity from solar (via Facts of the Da)

CLIMATE

Reid on climate change: “I hope we can address it” (via The Hill)

Weighing sea barriers as protection for New York (via New York Times)

Climate change warrior McKibben takes activism on the road (via Seattle Times)

NATURAL GAS

Shale gas poised to be a star player in economy-driven second term (via EnergyWire)

New regulations and LNG approvals possible in Obama’s second term (via Houston Chronicle)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Opower turns UK customers on to energy efficiency (via BusinessGreen)

California Proposition 39 results in $2.5 billion for energy efficiency (via Christian Science Monitor)

COAL

US coal shares fall as Obama wins second term (via Reuters)

Coal’s election loss could mean gain for carbon tax (via Bloomberg)

Obama emerges bruised but victorious in “coal war” (via Politico)

GRID

UK government reveals plan to beef up smart meter privacy (via BusinessGreen)

Microgrids kept power flowing through Sandy outages (via MIT Technology Review)

Path to increased grid reliability requires advanced analytics (via Greentech Media)

New compressed air energy storage system could deliver double the efficiency (via Treehugger)

ENERGY POLICY

Australia to push to further deregulate power markets (via Reuters)

POLITICS

Does the 2012 election represent a realignment of green politics? (via Climate Progress)

Obama faces energy team shuffle, tough confirmation fights (via Politico)

House Energy and Commerce faces leadership changes (via The Hill)

Oil lobby, Koch-backed groups spent $270 million on anti-Obama ads (via The Guardian)

The final tally: big polluters’ big ad spending in the 2012 elections (via Climate Progress)

Green groups tout election results as victory for clean energy (via The Hill)

OPINION

What can we expect now from Obama on energy and climate? (via Grist)

For green business, blue skies ahead. For climate policy, who knows? (via Marc Gunther)

What Obama’s re-election means for coal, climate change, and America’s energy future (via Climate Progress)

Obama finally talks climate change – now what will he do about it? (via Washington Post)

Obama to continue efforts to curb greenhouse gases, push energy efficiency (via Washington Post)

What Obama’s win could mean for the auto industry over the next four years (via Autoblog)

OTHER NEWS

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