Thousands across U.S. march to demand climate action

CLIMATE: Thousands of protesters march in Washington D.C. and elsewhere to demand action on climate change, in what organizers say was the largest rally of its type in U.S. history; and two U.S. Senators introduce a bill to put a price on carbon. (InsideClimate News, Politico)

FRACKING: After a months-long process involving industry, environmental groups and other stakeholders, Illinois legislators prepare to introduce a bill regulating fracking that could be among the strictest in the nation; and a state report says the shale industry is adding jobs in Ohio. (Midwest Energy News, Wheeling Intelligencer)

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KEYSTONE XL: Nebraska’s public utility says TransCanada’s deadline for power line work to support Keystone XL is ​“wishful thinking,” and Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says news organizations are overly fixated on protesters. (Columbus Telegram, The Hill)

TESLA: Over the weekend, a group of six Tesla Model S owners recreated New York Times reporter John Broder’s infamous test drive without running out of charge, and a CNN reporter who drove a Model S from D.C. to Boston shares insights from the trip.

EMISSIONS: A new report finds renewable energy deserves some of the credit along with natural gas for reducing U.S. emissions, but also projects coal may make a comeback. (Washington Post)

MINNESOTA: Two Minnesota utilities announce efforts to expand wind energy. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

MICHIGAN: A state report finds Michigan is on track to meet its renewable energy standard by 2015. (MLive.com)

EFFICIENCY: GM employees volunteer to install energy-efficiency lighting in the Flint YWCA. (MLive.com)

COMMENTARY: The nocebo effect and ​“wind turbine syndrome,” electric cars are ​“crying at the pains of birth and infancy, rather than convulsing at the death throes of oblivion,” and why the Tesla/​New York Times fight is a sideshow. (Last Word on Nothing, Third Way, Grist)