Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.10.12

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RENEWABLES 

China steaming toward 10GW annual PV market (via Recharge)

India’s renewable energy ministry draft guidelines on offshore wind likely in a month (via Panchabuta)

Small islands team up on energy (via Mother Jones)

VCs still funding next-gen biofuel companies (via Earth2Tech)

Arizona legislature exempts sale of renewable energy credits from state sales tax (via Renewable Energy World)

October start seen for Texas wind turbine research facility (via Recharge)

Two more pro baseball stadiums go solar, total now at eight (via Revmodo)

ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

Senate bill aims to appraise value of home efficiency (via Midwest Energy News)

ENERGY POLICY 

Policies for compensating behind-the-meter generation vary by state (via US EIA)

Senior DOE official in charge of energy investment to step down (via The Hill)

UK energy bill is coming (via BusinessGreen)

ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE/EMISSIONS 

UN to rule on carbon offsets from coal plants in developing countries (via Reuters)

The bad news continues to flow about Antarctica’s ice (via Climate Central)

World Bank calls on countries to take urgent steps to protect ‘natural capital’ (via BusinessGreen)

Vietnam’s climate woes ignite national strategy (via Asia Times)

Rising temperature to hit wheat production in India (via Calcutta News)

California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Quebec (via Green Car Congress)

A dry year so far in the US (via New York Times)

Asking the tough questions about water in Texas (via StateImpact Texas)

OIL/GASOLINE 

Bay of Rigs? Cuban drilling in focus (via The Hill)

GREEN BUSINESS 

WWF leading corporate giants to epic carbon cuts (via GreenBiz)

Corporate exodus from Heartland Institute continues as USAA and insurers bail (via DeSmogBlog)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

How much gas has Total’s Elgin well leaked so far? (via Forbes)

Obama courts energy industry by supporting natural gas (via Bloomberg)

Township officials prepare for Pennsylvania’s new drilling law (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)

GRID 

The bill to (mostly) avoid blackouts? $75 billion annually (via AOL Energy)

NUCLEAR 

Poland to pick nuclear technology this year (via Reuters)

TAR SANDS 

Koch Brothers’ activism protects their 50 years in Canadian heavy oils (via InsideClimate News)

Canadian oil execs bring US warning to Capitol Hill (via Politico)

Enbridge’s eastern oil access to cost at least $2 billion (via Calgary Herald)

COAL 

Analysis declares ‘twilight of coal-fired power’ in US (via ClimateWire)

POLITICS 

White House threatens veto over NOAA, NASA funding (via Science)

GOP suggests Obama went easy on BP to win cap-and-trade backing (via The Hill)

Green group files FOIA lawsuit seeking details about White House EPA meetings (via The Hill)

GOP seeks to undercut White House on gas well approvals (via The Hill)