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

DOHA CLIMATE TALKS

Halftime at COP18 in Doha (via Energy Collective)

As global climate talks founder, young people demand real change (via Grist)

Extreme weather is new normal, UN’s Ban tells climate talks (via Reuters)

Fiscal cliff worries overshadow Doha climate talks (via Politico)

ENERGY POLICY

FERC report highlights progress of renewables, transmission in 2012 (via Renew Grid)

California urged to assess energy reform (via Houston Chronicle)

Policy and incentives drive energy efficiency retrofits (via GreenBiz)

Report says California’s green transformation could push up energy prices (via San Jose Mercury News)

KEYSTONE XL

Nebraska hearing kicks off final stage of Keystone XL review (via Houston Chronicle)

RENEWABLES

China set to pay renewable-power subsidies after two-year delay (via Bloomberg)

Almost 7,000MW of new solar installed in Germany in 2012 (via CleanTechnica)

Renewables in US now generate more electricity than nuclear and oil combined (via Energy Manager Today)

2012 will be record year for new, non-hydro renewable energy capacity (via Facts of the Day)

Military biofuel scale-up could generate significant economic activity (via Innovation Files)

WindMade label to expand to other renewables (via Renewable Energy World)

Proposed federal solar zone could be coming to California (via CleanTechnica)

Apple to double its already massive fuel cell farm in North Carolina (via GigaOm)

TRANSPORTATION

Pike Research: annual global investment in vehicle-to-building technology will hit $103 million by 2020 (via Green Car Congress)

EVs and smart meters seek a common language (via Plugin Cars)

Of all places, Texas taking a leading role in EV charging infrastructure (via Autoblog Green)

OIL

US oil production hits 15-year high (via The Hill)

BP plans to increase Gulf of Mexico presence 40% by 2014 (via Houston Chronicle)

EMISSIONS

Asian cities’ air quality getting worse, experts warn (via New York Times)

Japan eyes reduced emission cut target (via Phys.org)

Want to slow Arctic melting? Stop flying over the North Pole (via Washington Post)

Asia international carbon trade cools as nations turn to building domestic markets (via ClimateWire)

World’s largest mining firm: “In a carbon-constrained world, coal is going to decline, and frankly it should.” (via Climate Progress)

Clean Air Act in focus as EPA readies soot rule (via The Hill)

How to cut US carbon emissions 10 percent without Congress (via Washington Post)

NATURAL GAS

China to drastically increase domestic natural gas capacity by 2015 (via United Press International)

Natural gas production rises, despite falling prices (via Houston Chronicle)

Studies tie rise of significant earthquakes in US midcontinent to wastewater injection (via Climate Progress)

CLIMATE

Ban Ki-moon: rich countries are to blame for global warming (via The Guardian)

World Bank: Arab world to be hit hard by climate change (via Phys.org)

Climate models project increase in US wildfire risk (via Phys.org)

To stop climate change, students aim at college portfolios (via New York Times)

Still building at the edges of New York City, even as tides rise (via New York Times)

GRID

Germany, Norway to build $2.6 billion undersea transmission line (via Reuters)

How microgrids improve grid reliability and city resilience (via GreenBiz)

California IOUs choose OpenADR 2.0 standard for demand response programs (via Renew Grid)

ENVIRONMENT

Africa’s great savannahs may be more endangered than the world’s rainforests (via Mongabay)

Indonesia approves landmark forest protection project (via Reuters)

When a green revolution runs out of water (via New York Times)

Water wars put thirsty Dakotas against barges for Missouri flow (via Bloomberg)

GREEN BUSINESS

Unilever, UPS, Nike lead efforts to address climate change (via GreenBiz)

OPINION

Obama can tackle climate in his second term, and he doesn’t need Congress to do it (via Grist)

Cities, nature, and food – mending the rift: Carbon Zero, chapter 6 (via Grist)

OTHER NEWS

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