Daily Roundup: June 30, 2011

Starting to Sweat: Maximum and minimum temperatures increased in all 50 states this year, according to a new NOAA report. New York Times 

Frack Yeah! New Jersey is the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing. TreeHugger

Doing Swimmingly: The NRDC released a list of the best and worst beaches in the U.S. MNN

Solar Backfire: The German grid is overwhelmed by the amount of renewable energy being generated by homes. Reuters

Heh: Sen. James Inhofe, a climate-change skeptic, will not deliver the kickoff speech at the denialist International Conference on Climate Change this year because he's feeling “under the weather.” New York Times

--Mimi Dwyer