- Would President Obama veto a marriage equality bill?

- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) has said he believes the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and has filed court responses to support a lawsuit to overturn it.

- The Baltimore County Council finally passed its LGBT nondiscrimination bill, but some think it could become the first law in the county’s history to be challenged by petition.

- A New Jersey judge has reinstated a previously dismissed lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

- Leaders in the Oklahoma House of Representatives have blocked a bill that would have implemented an extreme version of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” within the Oklahoma National Guard.

- A Georgia House subcommittee has tabled a bill that would have created workplace protections for all state LGBT employees.

- David Malone, the mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio told city councilman Kevin Johnson that his homosexuality is a “preferred lifestyle” and an “abomination.”

- Students and staff at Britain’s Exeter University are debating whether cross-dressing for sportis offensive to those who are actually transgender or gender non-conforming.

- A headline too bizarre and endearing to ignore: “Swedish farmer seeks companion for bisexual pig.”

- The Trevor Project’s new PSA featuring Daniel Radcliffe debuted during last night’s Glee. Watch it:

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A rising star among climatologists, Katharine Hayhoe, the daughter of missionaries, is also an evangelical Christian. [LA Times]

Global investors have spent more than $1 trillion on clean energy since 2004, Bloomberg New Energy Finance announced Tuesday. [Forbes]

An unusual confluence of environmental, political and economic events are colliding to take down the coal-fired power plant, shifting American power generation from the country’s historically dominant fuel source. [Politico]

Aon Benfield’s Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the climate disaster perils that occurred worldwide during November, concludes that insured losses from the flood in Thailandcould top $10 billion, while floods in Europe will exceed $1 billion. [Insurance Journal]

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found peak attendance in U.S. national parks that have experienced climate change is happening earlier, compared to 30 years ago. [Science Daily]

The Calgary Herald reports that the decision on the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline was delayed until late 2013, a year later than planned. [DeSmogBlog]

Five U.S. senators urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to reject Republican efforts to make approval of the Keystone XL pipeline part of a payroll tax cut bill expected to pass through Congress in the next two weeks. [Reuters]