Energetics Cliff Notes - Friday Edition

The week that was: coal hearings and Lindsey Graham on Earth Day.

• DOE has a report (pdf) on deficiencies in workforce education and training for smart grid jobs.
• Kate Sheppard sums up coal news, from subsidies in Waxman-Markey to the hearings and student protests this week.
• Surprise, surprise - despite a decrease in 2009, global oil demand hits a new high.
• That said, there's a growing chorus of researchers warning of a coming oil supply crunch.
• Ben Tribbett at Huffington Post calls the Southern States the "Saudi Arabia of energy efficiency savings" - in other words, the South has a huge opportunity in negawatt power.
• The Hill's Energy and Environment Blog has the scoop on a new bipartisan effort to invest in electrification of the transportation industry.
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu has some tough love for the US on its clean tech competitiveness.
• President Obama talks mine safety.
• Just for fun, someone should ask Professor of Climatology Sean Hannity what he makes of March 2010 being the warmest March ever recorded.
• Obama budget proposals seek a shift from incentivizing fossil fuels to incentivizing renewables.