Posted on June 30, 2008 by Dennis Pfaff
- A Georgia state judge Monday rejected a permit to build a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired plant, citing the developers' failure to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, according to Reuters. This is the first time that any court has applied to an industrial facility last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found greenhouse gases were air pollutants, says the Sierra Club.
- The battle over offshore wind projects, such as the Cape Wind development on the East Coast, has mostly been won -- by those who want to build them -- says this article from Business Week.
- Texas regulators, who have been inundated with last-minute filings from wind developers, have moved closer to drawing the final map for transmission lines to carry wind energy to the state's largest cities, according to the Amarillo Globe-News.
- Politicians of both parties have been responsible for blocking offshore oil and gas drilling, the subject of recent rumblings in the presidential campaign, says this critique from Barron's.
- Florida Power & Light Company has announced new solar energy projects that include the world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant and the first "hybrid" energy center, coupling solar thermal technology with an existing combined-cycle generation unit, Clean Edge News reports.
- The peril, and promise, of weeds in a changing climate, is examined by The New York Times Magazine.
- An internal battle is raging within the Bush administration over a document that "could become the legal roadmap for regulation of greenhouse gas emissions across the U.S. economy," says this dispatch from Dow Jones Newswire appearing on Cattlenetwork.
- Canadians have long been comfortable with the adequacy of their water supplies but some of their beliefs seem open to challenge, particularly in light of a changing climate, according to this piece from the Edmonton Sun.
- The government of India has unveiled its action plan for dealing with climate change, focusing on sustainable development through use of cleaner technologies but without setting any targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reports the Business Standard.
- A joint initiative by foreign governments and international agencies has been launched to help "economically fragile" provinces in China map out ways to cope with climate change, according to this dispatch from Xinhua.
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