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

CLIMATE

Sweeping US intelligence report sounds alarm on climate threats (via The Hill)

The budding health care costs of climate change (via New York Times)

We could refreeze Arctic, says study; should we? (via Vancouver Sun)

2012 is the hottest, most extreme year in US history (via Climate Progress)

Index says US investors lag at managing climate risk (via Environmental Leader)

GRID

Smart meter deployments to more than double in emerging markets (via Renew Grid)

Germany energy agency says higher tariffs needed for grid upgrades (via Reuters)

New England grid can function without Vermont Yankee reactor (via Reuters)

RENEWABLES

India targets 30GW renewable energy capacity addition (via Panchabuta)

China planning over 300 dam projects worldwide (via Mongabay)

India hopes to ramp up installed solar capacity to 9GW by 2017 (via Renewable Energy World)

US solar surges 44% in Q3, driven by rooftops, will install 3.2GW in 2012 (via Bloomberg)

Wind, solar, and storage could power full electric grid by 2030 (via Clean Technica)

Wind’s top ten stories for 2012: the best and worst of times (via Greentech Media)

SolarCity IPO represents a bellwether for clean energy exits (via GigaOm)

DOE to invest $29 million in solar installation, forecasting projects (via Recharge)

Rise in California renewable energy will require more use of fossil fuels (via Los Angeles Times)

Could anonymous reporting produce better wind-wildlife data? (via Midwest Energy News)

EMISSIONS

Doha: Kyoto extension unlikely to rescue carbon price (via BusinessGreen)

China’s 10 percent emissions rise could decide coal ports (via Huffington Post)

Forecasters are optimistic about US carbon emissions – should they be? (via Washington Post)

Belarus climate negotiator hints at Kyoto exit, says other could follow (via Reuters)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING

China has plenty of shale gas, but it will be hard to mine (via MIT Technology Review)

US gas drilling experts say technology exists to control methane leaks (via Huffington Post)

US natural gas capacity must peak soon to achieve sustainable pathway (via Climate Progress)

GREEN BUSINESS

Two-thirds of world’s top corporations have set emissions reduction targets or renewable energy goals (via Climate Progress)

Clothes recycling in vogue as H&M launches global collection initiative (via BusinessGreen)

TRANSPORTATION

Use of public transportation jumps in 2012 (via Los Angeles Times)

Infographic: who’s using alternative modes of transportation (via Good)

Car2Go comes to Seattle; now operating in 8 North American cities (via Autoblog Green)

New energy innovation hub a step toward BatteryShot (via Innovation Files)

ENERGY POLICY

Exxon forecasts energy demand will gain 35% by 2040 (via Houston Chronicle)

Military leaders see energy diversity protecting US national security (via AOL Energy)

2008-2012: the historic era of gas & renewable booms that rewrote the record books (via Facts of the Day)

Rahm Emanuel says price motivated Chicago electricity aggregation pick (via Chicago Tribune)

OPINION

Should A123’s battery technology be sold to China? (via Mother Nature Network)

Van Jones on Obama: climate “is going to be the issue he’s judged on” (via Mother Jones)

A conservative, small-government strategy for fighting climate change (via Forbes)

Keystone XL environmental review by US meaningless without climate impacts (via Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

More voices needed in climate debate (via WRI Insights)

Is Chicago a new clean tech hub? (via Christian Science Monitor)

OTHER NEWS

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