Daily Roundup: May 13, 2009

Huge Deal: California’s Pacific Gas & Electric will purchase 1,310 megawatts of solar power in what's being called the world’s largest solar deal. Green Inc. (NYT)

Good Luck: NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is in search of another habitable planet. 60-Second Science (Scientific American)

Oh, Yeah: Migrating blue whales are reappearing in “forgotten” ocean waters off the Canada and Alaska coasts for the first time since whaling ended in 1965. NewScientist

Gentle Ghent: Ghent, a city in Belgium, has vowed to go vegetarian at least once a week. BBC

Political Cells: The Sierra Club’s video-parody response to the West Virginia Coal Association’s pro-coal ring tones has gone viral. WVPubcast

--Avital Binshtock