• Green Inc., Grist and Climate Progress respond to President Obama's speech. Read Switchboard bloggers' reactions to it here.
• U.S. Circuit Court overturns a ban on mountaintop removal.
• The United States reverses policy by signing an international pact to reduce mercury emissions. Read about it on Switchboard.
• David Roberts has a special series about the prospects for meaningful change on energy and climate at the federal level.
• Television manufacturers are racing to make energy efficient tvs.
• PG&E announces it will spend $1.4 billion on solar projects in California.
• There's a new culinary movement afoot in Brooklyn: handmade pickles, cheeses, chocolates and more.
• Captain Charles Moore describes sailing through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
• Robert Redford will be the first recipient of Duke University's new environmental award.
• Congressional Panel and White House disagree about mileage tax.
• What's the greenest way to read: online, print or electronic reader? (Joe Romm's answer: it depends.)
• David Roberts thinks the projected revenue from cap-and-trade auctions is strikingly low.

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