Zaher Karp
Natural Gas Gets Boost From Congress and Freightliner
A new natural gas truck is cleaner and cheaper to operate, and a Senate bill would more than double the tax credit for vehicles.»
Voices That Matter 
SustainableBusiness.com
Senate Bill Creates Cap-And-Trade for SO2, NOx
The bipartisan bill would create stringent limits but leaves CO2 alone.»
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Renewable Energy World
Feds Give Local Power a Leg Up |
Vermont, Wisconsin, and California win big grants in wind, solar, wood chips and biogas.» | |
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Cleantechnica
Army Corps of Engineers Starts to Whistle a New Tune |
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From restoring wetlands to solar installations, the Army Corps is becoming an ally of the conservation movement.» | |
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Reuters
Chamber Challenges EPA on California Emissions |
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked for a review of the government's decision to let California set its own auto emissions standard.» | |
Scott Salyer
Feds Propose a Smart Grid Rulebook
Setting standards for grid upgrades will help integrate renewables and lower energy bills for consumers.»
Emily Setzer
California Researchers Get New Home for Innovation
Innovative projects are underway at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society’s new Berkeley office.»
Emily Setzer
Legislation Enforces Product Stewardship
The western states have introduced legislation that makes manufacturers responsible for products at the end of their life cycle.»
Emily Setzer
Ontario Proposes Progressive Energy Policy
The promising Green Energy and Green Economy Act would expand renewable energy and mandate energy efficiency throughout the province.»
News That Matters
Triple Pundit
U.S. Establishes Climate Change Office
The Climate Service will serve as the entry point for all data on climate information, products and services.»
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Rolling Stone
The Eco Warrior: Profile of EPA's Lisa P. Jackson |
There's one agency where the hope of the campaign trail has transitioned into effective governance: the Environmental Protection Agency.» | |
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Environment News Service
Infrastructure Takes a Front Seat at National Governors Meeting |
NGA Chair and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell highlighted the role states can play in managing existing infrastructure and developing new infrastructure in ways that enhance economic and environmental prosperity.» | |
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Environment News Service
Obama's Inaugural Address Shows Concern for the Planet |
In his inaugural address today, before some two million people on the National Mall and the assembled living past presidents and current legislators, President Barack Obama exhorted the nation to unite to surmount the» | |
Environment News Service
Climate Scientists Released from Federal Gag Order
Bush administration rules limiting what U.S. Department of Commerce employees can say to the media or in public do not apply to climate and weather scientists, according to an agency email released by Public»
Environment News Service
EPA Nominee Jackson Promises Science Will Trump Politics
Scientific integrity and the rule of law will be the "two core values" guiding decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the incoming Obama administration, says agency nominee Lisa Jackson during her confirmation hearing.»
Washington Post
Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy
California Democrats will assume pivotal roles in the new Congress and White House, giving the state an outsize influence over federal policy and increasing the likelihood that its culture of activist regulation will be»
Environment News Service
Climate, Clean Energy Top Democrats' Legislative Agenda
Senator Barbara Boxer of California, who chairs Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced this week that she will introduce two pieces of climate legislation in January.»
New York Times
House Energy Leadership a Shade Greener
Democrat Henry Waxman wrestles away the important chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee from friend of Big Auto John Dingell. Waxman is viewed as a strong environmentalist and more likely to push»