Energetics Cliff Notes - Friday Edition

• Dave Roberts gets hopeful over the Senate Democrats' caucus yesterday, thinking carbon pricing may be back in the mix.
• Michael Levi discusses the inherent problem in the climate science/climate skeptics debate, as illustrated by the latest poll of climate researchers.
• In a similar vein, Roger Pielke Jr. asks: Do climate back lists matter?
• Weeks after Obama lifted the moratorium on deep-water drilling, he put the cap back on, so to speak. Now a judge has lifted his replaced moratorium.
• Bryan Walsh at TIME thinks the oil spill might be good for environmentalism as a whole.
• Andy Revkin gives us a much-needed reminder of the energy innovation gap (with help from my Professor at Cal, Dan Kammen).
• SciAm interviews Jon Wellinghoff, FERC chairman, on his predictions for the US electrical grid.
• Researchers at MIT continue their quest to use America's vast domestic resources of natural gas as a platform towards renewable energy.