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December 17, 2009 | Posted by Michael McCarthy, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Research Intern - 9:02am | 0 Comments

Foreign Policy features a story about the possibly feckless future of Russia's influential natural gas firm, Gazprom.
The BBC reports that at this point, even the Danish delegation is trying to tamp down expectations of a grand climate deal to emerge from its capital city. The Washington Post reports that China, too, remains doubtful.
The Marine Corps will soon be deploying its first battlefield-ready solar power unit to Afghanistan, according to the intrepid DOD Energy Blog.
The Pakistan Observer features a column about water security problems in Pakistan, a country whose stability is a keen interest of the United States.
A NASA news story reports that California has experienced major groundwater loss since 2003, which could have “major implications for the U.S. economy, as California's Central Valley is home to one sixth of all U.S. irrigated land, and the state leads the nation in agricultural production and exports.”