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PG&E Leaves Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Issue

"Pacific Gas & Electric, the big California utility, has pulled out of the United States Chamber of Commerce over what its chairman, Peter Darbee, termed 'fundamental differences' over the climate change issue."

Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2009

"China and U.S. Try To Jumpstart U.N. Climate Talks"

"China laid out a plan to curb carbon emissions by 2020 and U.S. President Barack Obama called on all nations to act now to tackle global warming, as world leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks."

Source: Reuters, 09/23/2009

"Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention"

"NEW HAVEN, W.Va. -- Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant's carbon dioxide into the earth."

Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2009

"California Solar Power Tower Withdrawn in Favor of Monument"

"Solar energy developer BrightSource Energy, Inc. has withdrawn plans for a 5,000 acre solar thermal facility to be located in the Broadwell Valley in California's Mojave Desert."

Source: ENS, 09/22/2009

"Rediscovering Natural Gas By Hitting Rock Bottom"

New drilling techniques have brought online U.S. natural gas reserves previously considered unreachable.

Source: NPR, 09/22/2009

"States Can Sue Utilities Over Emissions"

"A two-judge panel of a federal appeals court has ruled that big power companies can be sued by states and land trusts for emitting carbon dioxide. The decision, issued Monday, overturns a 2005 District Court decision that the question was political, not judicial."

Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2009

Nukes mean mines: Are we digging a new toxic legacy before the last one’s filled in?

Greg Harman of the San Antonio Current explores the legacy of uranium mining across South Texas as in-situ mining companies, milling outfits, and waste disposal crews prepare for a rebound in uranium prices. With San Antonio poised to lead one of the first nuclear-power expansions in the country, the writer suggests "the risks involved in uranium mining and processing should be a starting point for any debate about the promise and peril of nuclear power, yet it has received scant attention in San Antonio’s decision whether or not to partner in the expansion of the South Texas Project nuclear complex."

Source: San Antonio Current, 09/19/2009

"Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters"

"The Obama administration called Thursday for a comprehensive national system for regulating the use of federal waters along the nation’s marine and Great Lakes shores, now administered by a hodgepodge of federal, state or other agencies with often-conflicting goals."

Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2009

"Enviros Greet Canada's PM with Tar Sands Protests Ahead of White House Meeting"

"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting a chilly reception from environmental groups as he heads to the White House today to talk energy with President Obama."

Source: SolveClimate, 09/16/2009

"Schwarzenegger Orders More Renewable Energy -- His Way"

"The governor says California electric utilities must get 33% of their power from renewable sources by 2020, but he plans to veto Democratic bills that push to produce it in state."

Source: LA Times, 09/16/2009

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