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

DOHA CLIMATE TALKS

Climate change compensation emerges as major issue at Doha talks (via The Guardian)

Fossil-fuel subsidies of rich nations five times climate aid (via Washington Post/Bloomberg)

Obama plans for climate deal as fiscal cliff talks rage (via Bloomberg)

Whither global climate-change talks? (via National Journal)

Why is progress so hard to achieve at the UN climate talks? (via Forbes)

EMISSIONS

Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second (via AP/Yahoo! News)

13 things to know about California’s cap-and-trade program (via San Jose Mercury News)

NATURAL GAS

Global shale gas push stalls (via Wall Street Journal)

RENEWABLES

Renewable energy most cost-effective electricity option for millions, IRENA reports (via CleanTechnica)

Clean technology a joint focus between India and China (via EarthTechling)

Qatar aiming for 16% electricity from solar by 2018 (via CleanTechnica)

Energy giants step up calls for new 2030 EU renewables target (via BusinessGreen)

US to begin Atlantic wind energy lease sales in first half 2013 (via Recharge)

State renewable portfolio standards add 6,000MW/year to grid, up to 40% of new capacity (via Facts of the Day)

Renewable energy laws in cross-hairs of conservative groups (via St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

The demise of yet another thin film solar maker (via GigaOm)

After Proposal 3, where is Michigan headed on clean energy? (via Midwest Energy News)

TRANSPORTATION

Electric charger standardization remains question, hurdle in Europe’s EV adoption (via Autoblog Green)

AAA asks EPA to stop sales of high-ethanol fuel (via The Hill)

Seeking to start a Silicon Valley for battery science (via New York Times)

Argonne chosen as Energy Department hub for advancing electric car batteries (via Chicago Sun-Times)

Fisker to delay Karma production because of A123 battery shortage (via Autoblog Green)

100 million electric miles driven by Chevy Volt owners (via Green Car Reports)

Better Place’s battery-swapping Coda taxis coming to California in 2014 (via Autoblog Green)

CLIMATE

To fix climate, world needs to boost spending 185 percent (via Mother Jones)

Long-term research reveals how climate change plays out in real ecosystems (via Phys.org)

US climate aid reaches across globe (via Washington Post)

Why seeing is believing – usually – when it comes to climate change (via Time)

Megastorms could drown massive portions of California (via Scientific American)

TAR SANDS/KEYSTONE XL

Obama pipeline decision may preview energy policy (via AP/San Francisco Chronicle)

GREEN BUSINESS

Where can investors who worry about climate change put their pension? (via The Guardian)

100 more colleges join fight to divest from fossil fuel companies (via TreeHugger)

What green businesses can learn from Obama’s campaign (via GreenBiz)

COAL

EIA projects little change in US coal production in 2013 (via US EIA)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

A little bit of data, a lot of building energy saved (via MIT Technology Review)

OPINION

Will India surge ahead of the West in renewable energy? (via Climate Progress)

Reshaping DOE in Obama’s second term: institutional reform goals (via Forbes)

How battery startups are trying to survive in tough times (via GigaOm)

Getting ready for climate change: how the West Coast can lead the way (via Grist)

If we build it right, they (emissions) will come (down): Carbon Zero, chapter four (via Grist)

OTHER NEWS

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