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Sow your wild votes

10 races to watch in 2010
Posted 9 Feb 2010 5:31 PM by Lisa Hymas, Samantha Thompson
Even without a presidential contest, this election year will be a doozy. Green angles are cropping up in close races from California to Texas to Illinois. Read More
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Obama admin launches new Climate Service and climate.gov 3
Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:27 AM by Agence France-Presse
The Obama administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy. Read More
Tea Party tirade

Palin bashes ‘cap and tax’ and commends Obama on nuclear 11
Posted 7 Feb 2010 1:44 PM by Lisa Hymas
In Sarah Palin's much-anticipated speech Saturday night at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, she hit on her familiar talking points about energy -- drill here, drill now, "cap-and-tax" sucks -- but also praised Obama for highlighting nuclear power in his State of the Union address. Read More

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U.S. warns China against ‘stillborn’ climate deal
Posted 9 Feb 2010 3:26 PM by Agence France-Presse
The United States on Tuesday pressed China, India, and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen Accord risked being "stillborn." Read More
hot and bothered

U.N. climate chief raises the temperature with racy novel
Posted 8 Feb 2010 10:07 AM by Agence France-Presse
Rajendra Pachauri, who is at the heart of a controversy over a few instances of incorrect global warming data, has penned a racy novel that dishes up sex, reincarnation, and a real-life Hollywood actress. Read More
designs of the times

New E.U. organic logo set for Europe’s supermarkets
Posted 8 Feb 2010 10:03 AM by Agence France-Presse
The European Union on Monday unveiled a new Green logo that will have to be shown on all pre-packaged organic products produced in Europe from July. Read More
The catchup game

Cleantech execs learn to lobby
Posted 2 Feb 2010 2:23 PM by Jonathan Hiskes
Y’know how clean-energy attracts more new investment funding these days than dirty energy, but members of Congress act like they don’t know this, because they spend their weekends in South Beach with oil lobbyists? Well clean-energy executives are learning to lobby too. Read More
act accordingly

Climate accord gets boost, but key elements still missing 2
Posted 2 Feb 2010 9:39 AM by Agence France-Presse
Fifty-five nations including the world's top carbon polluters have registered their commitments to combat global warming, the U.N. climate chief said late Monday. The pledges from both industrialized and developing countries for cutting greenhouse gases up to 2020 cover nearly 80 percent of total emissions, and provide a much-needed boost to December's Copenhagen Accord. Read More
clean energy: will he budge it?

Digging into Obama’s 2011 budget on energy and the environment 2
Posted 1 Feb 2010 9:59 PM by David Roberts
The Obama administration released its 2011 budget on Monday. The four biggest green stories are EPA funding, fossil-fuel defunding, nuke and clean energy spending, and the cap-and-trade placeholder. Let's dig into the details, cause details are fun! Read More
gotta get that boom boo--wha?

Why senators don’t see the clean energy boom 4
Posted 1 Feb 2010 4:30 PM by Jonathan Hiskes
People with money to invest are choosing clean energy over dirty. Lawmakers who shape energy legislation are not, quite possibly because they don’t know much about it. Because they spend their weekends with oil lobbyists in South Beach. Read More
Bin Laden blames industrial nations for global warming 12
Posted 29 Jan 2010 10:06 AM by Agence France-Presse
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden blamed industrial nations for global warming and urged a boycott of the U.S. dollar to end "slavery" in an audio tape aired by Al-Jazeera television on Friday. Read More
U.S. government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28 percent 64
Posted 29 Jan 2010 9:32 AM by Agence France-Presse
The White House announced Friday that President Obama would order the federal government to reduce its greenhouse-gas pollution by 28 percent by 2020. Read More
It's not dead yet

Obama and Kerry continue to push for climate bill 1
Posted 28 Jan 2010 9:25 AM by Agence France-Presse
President Barack Obama and his congressional allies insisted on Wednesday they would move ahead on fighting climate change despite a toughening political climate. Read More
How 'bout them Apples?

Apple’s new iPad is deep green, but a planet saver? Nope. 6
Posted 27 Jan 2010 11:14 PM by Matthew Wheeland
In keeping with Apple's environmental policies, the iPad is free of all kinds of nasty chemicals, and supposedly has an impressive battery life. But the big problem is that it will be an addition to one's gadget collection, not a replacement for something that's already there. Read More
put it on your charge car

THINK plans to charge into U.S. electric-car market 4
Posted 27 Jan 2010 3:49 PM by Agence France-Presse
With a jump-start from a new quick charging system, Norwegian electric carmaker THINK is taking aim at the U.S. market with a new assembly facility set to begin operations later this year. Read More
U.S. slips in Environmental Performance Index 2
Posted 27 Jan 2010 11:59 AM by Jonathan Hiskes
The death knell for comprehensive cap-and-trade 50
Posted 27 Jan 2010 2:13 AM by David Roberts
Messaging that can save the clean energy bill 30
Posted 25 Jan 2010 4:51 PM by David Roberts
Will Google’s fight with China stymie climate negotiations? 7
Posted 23 Jan 2010 4:25 PM by Lisa Hymas
Last decade was the warmest ever, says NASA 28
Posted 22 Jan 2010 9:10 AM by Agence France-Presse
New Sierra Club chief brings confrontational style to the job 6
Posted 20 Jan 2010 6:16 PM by Jonathan Hiskes
Copenhagen Accord is the priority, says U.S. climate envoy. But what about a binding treaty? 4
Posted 20 Jan 2010 12:44 PM by Amanda Little
No guarantee of climate treaty this year, says UNFCCC head official 5
Posted 20 Jan 2010 11:27 AM by Agence France-Presse
U.N. climate panel admits Himalayan glacier data ‘poorly substantiated’ 5
Posted 20 Jan 2010 11:08 AM by Agence France-Presse
British engineers slam home wind turbines as ‘eco-bling’ 4
Posted 20 Jan 2010 10:51 AM by Agence France-Presse