Energy and Environment News Roundup – 6.13.12

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COAL 

US coal use falling fast; utilities switch to gas (via Yahoo!/AP)

91 mayors, many in coal states, endorse EPA mercury rules (via InsideClimate News)

GRID 

EIA doubles expected 2012 residential power price rise (via Platts)

Grid operator: Midwest needs more natural gas capacity (via Des Moines Register)

CLIMATE/EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT 

IMF chief warns world risks triple crisis without sustainable growth (via BusinessGreen)

How climate change could reshape geopolitics around the Arctic (via Climate Progress)

Diesel exhaust does cause cancer (via CleanTechnica)

Is sustainability overtaking climate change? (via AOL Energy)

Minnesota bog to be site of massive global warming study (via Minnesota Public Radio)

Hillary Clinton to head US delegation to UN earth summit (via The Hill)

As Colorado and New Mexico burn, scientists say prepare for more (via Mongabay)

TRANSPORTATION

Nissan Leaf owners to sell CO2 credits to fund Japanese quick-charge station installations (via PlugIn Cars)

RENEWABLES 

In tariff reaction, US PV imports from China fell 64% in April (via Recharge)

Electricity from wind turbines will soon be as cheap as gas (via The Telegraph)

Solar provides 10 percent of Germany’s electricity in May (via Climate Progress)

Renewable energy grows despite financial crisis (via Reuters)

Where did all the solar go? Calculating total US solar energy production (via Renewable Energy World)

Who’s funding the green energy revolution? (via CNN)

NUCLEAR 

Nuclear power showdown arrives in Senate (via The Hill)

NATURAL GAS/FRACKING 

Fracking research and the money that flows to it (via New York Times)

GREEN BUILDING 

Smart building market to peak in 2020 (via Greentech Media)