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Yahoo News: Noted Anti-Global Warming Scientist Reverses Course
Bjorn Lomborg, author of the influential tract "The Skeptical Environmentalist," has reversed course on the urgency of global warming, and is now calling for action on "a challenge humanity must confront."

The Hindu: India Approves 1,000 MW Grid-Connected Solar-Power Projects
The government is targeting 1000 MW of solar power by 2013 of which 500 MW would be solar PV and 500 MW through solar thermal technology, New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said.


NY Times: Murkowski Concedes Senate Race in Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, conceded late Tuesday in her Republican primary race against Joe Miller who was backed by Tea Party activists.

The Hill: Reid Puts Renewables Mandate in Play, Eyes Lame-Duck Energy Bill
Senate Majority Leaders says a nationwide
renewable-electricity standard, or RES, is “absolutely” in the mix as
he tries to salvage energy legislation this year — possibly in a
lame-duck session.

NY Times: Cap-and-Trade is Beginning to Raise Some Concerns
Critics have warned for years that this form of offsetting would encourage profiteering, with little or no value in efforts to curb climate change.

NY Times: Review Finds Flaws in U.N. Climate Panel Structure
The United Nations needs to revise the way it manages its assessments of climate change, with the scientists involved more open to alternative views, an independent review panel said Monday.


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